New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-18
cRowDS TO HONOR ERICSSON'S MEMORY.
FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE EMDARKArIoN
OF LII. EnnY OF TIE wAESHrP.


The preliminary work OF constructing the cAtatalquc
upon which will rest the body Of Captain Ericsson on
tc quartcrcc II tlc cruiser Baltimore on her voyage
from New York - stockholm. sweden. VIII beslH AZ
tho Navy Yard this morning The vc--cl VIII fc'cNo
500 tons Of The best coal and the slight ofcra"uhg
which tho machinery needs will be made. she VIII DC
ready 10 sail from here on saturday Wi'lo"' l@li'
II Is believed that, II the day Is fair there VIII not 10
less than - 900 persons IN line on saturday, a. "p
uIicatlon, from ,oc,cue, aic coming ~ Lieutenant
Commander Clifford II. West, who has charge oi thch'
bv nearly ever, mail. The odd Fellows WILL %
course make up the larger number. Inc American
society Of Mechanical Engineers, the American sJceN
OF Cvil Engineers and tho 18Th Regiment drum ana
buac corps have sgnlGcd their intention to be present.
Fifty Swcdcs, composing the singing corps VIII po
feature In the parade and they will sing National
HYMN At tne cemetery and also at the place 81 en-
borrntiou The Navy Yard band viii also play the
swedish national hymn.
An inoulry WAS sent To this oacc Yesterday asking
y,lere tho Marble Cemetery IS in which the body OF
CAPTAIN Ericsson lies. II Is on the north 'dc oil
second.,t between First and second aves. Only the
front of the cemetery Is visible from the street ana
this Is enclosed BY iron railing The sides are
banked by brick tenement houses. The property was
purchased by a few wcll-tOdO business men, ana 10
each was allotted s9acc for FAMILY vault No pio'
has ever been sold to any one not member ana t'c
present president Of the association IS Erasmus Stcr
Hing The exact vault III WHICH 'dP'"H i-'i''''' %
hodv lies Is known only b. the undertaken ana inc
executor, of the estate II Is all Interesting fact tha
thc body Of Robert Fulton the inventor OF tho river
st.amboat who died In 1915, IS also in THIS cemetery
II lies I'm the Livingston vault, which Is Identified Dy
capstOnc upon which Is cut;
The Vault of
Robert C. aud Walter Livingston,
sons Of Robert Livingston,
Of Livingston Manor.
The body of President Monroe also lay III ono Vi
,besc vauIts for twenty-five years after his DEATH
4 suggestion has been published That II would DC
appropriate to bring the dOubletnrTecd monitor DC
titor here for the funeral ceremonies ihere Is no
monitor Dictator now, although thefc useu 10 W oo
nf that name AbOu her last employment was as
si,tne in towing the single turreted monitors iOm
Kew Nest 10 League Island IN ISL ,.. -,
that lime said " We sailed from Key West ll may
l-7l and after passing tnc ohPos VI oo ~"
the Dictator took in tooy. We were AT s"a ScTe o
Thrn our vessel was near being lost. AZ one tne
We had several feet OF water III lo 'mlp '.u r Inc
wa rapidly increasing ana the scas M' annrr
heavy at the time. and there va vUte"' C"pptain
Iicnrv ErI,rn was I'm command OF the vessel ~ VIC
time ana don't think he had ten hours sSsP Iurs
the trip: aud Assistant hheceiI, ~ tbeir nosts in
the engine room, ready to meet any emergency ana
urging the nremcn to keep To- ther wofn, , ne nih
Jaaues was the senior watch 0Ihcer' anu "S voar,v
fnIncss TO duty did much b save the vessel .sen
ali az tine officers we're sick from the results on tnso
severe trip Everybody had confidence III we sa
going qualities Of the Dictator ana s pn pun" she ict
M go but lie would have cast OF before II Captain
Erbcn had pointed ont our danger ~. 70 w ros
the Dictator through the signals INC ~ y, Ia time
probably the best monitor In the service AZ Una, u,J
and mol only capable Of carrying the TWO t"cHS ~
smoothbore guns, but also fuel enough to cross THO
ocean,