St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-07
GREAT MAUsOLEUM.
Plans for a Huge Structure in
Greenwood Cemetery.

Plans for Huge Structure in
Greenwood Cemetery.
New York Times.
The plans for the great structure
which the New Mausoleum compa. y
intends to erect in Greenwood cemetery,
Brooklyn, have been completed by
Messrs. Carrere & Hastings, the archl-
tects, aud it is stated that the work Of
construction will be in progress before
the close of the present year. The
mausoleum will be building of impos
ing size and stately proportions, ana it
Will be devoted to the preservation OF
the dead after the method of the New
Mansoleum company, which, although
original. is yet, in sense, but return
to the ancient customs OF Egg pit, Rome,
and Greece.
The general form of the mausoleum
will be that of a square, extending $50
feet in each direction. 1t will stand on
the slope of hill in that part of Green
wood cemetery adjacent to Ninth avenue
and Twentieth street, and will command
a view of the country for miles around.
The style will be that of the Italian
Renaissance, and there will be three
stories below the ground and two or
three stories above the ground. Marble
and concrete are the only materials to
be used in construction. From the CEN
ter will rise tower to the height of 100
feet. On its ground floor will be me-
mortal hall, and in the center cata-
falque, on which will rest the coffin
during whatever services may occur
previous to its removal to its final rest
ing place in the Sepulcher.
In this immense mauS0leum, which IS
IN aOSt S7SO Q0O there will he 20 U(l0
sepulcherS. Chaptls OF various sizes
will open on the main arcades, which
run around the four sides of the square,
aid also across the court at right angles,
separating it into four smaller courts.
The large chapels or chambers Will con-
tain eighteen SepulcherS, in three tiers
of SIX sepulcher5 each, and smaller
chapels will contain only twelve Sepul
cheers; while there will be in less favor
able locations Oh the arcadeS chambers
in which single bodies can be placed.
The SepulcherS are to be of concrete,
formed over mold, in one piece and
alright. The preservation of the body
is to be accomplished by simple proc
air will be circulated through the sepul-
cher for period of four to eight
months, and thus the body will be grad
ually dried to state where 1T will keep
forever. The air will be first prepared
by passing it over sulphuric acid.
The larger chapelS will be left for the
adornment of those who purchase them.
A millionaire can decorate his burial
chamber in gold and silver. Opposite
the chapels, on the other side of the az
cade. are inches for Statuary. When
coffin is placed in its sepulcher it will
be opened so as to disclose the features
and the upper part of the body. and
glass plate will be sealed over the sep
ulcher so that the features can be seen
at any time. LII cases where there is
possibility of resuscitation the coffin
will he placed in a sepulcher connected
by system OF wires with the office of
the director of the mauSOleum, and the
slightest movement of the body will be
instantly detected.
The floors of the arcades will be tiled
in mosaic patterns. There will be four
grand stalrcaSeS, four service Staircases
and four elevators. The receiving
vaults, to contain 500 bodies, will be
under the terraces in front of the mau-
solemn. Ateach of the four corners of
the building will be square chamber
with double ceiling. All of the cell
ings will be arched. The cost of the
chapels will vary from 500 to 81, 600.
When the mausoleum is full, which will
be in about seven years, if the ordinary
rate of interment at Greenwood is main
tanned, another mausoleum will be
built. One acre of mausOleum has
capacity of thirty acres of cemetery.
Ground has been broken at Kensico,
the large new cemetery above White
Plains, for mausoleum somewhat
smaller IN size than The one projected at
Greenwood. but similar to it in shape.
1t will cost 100000. Work on the re-
celving vaults is iii progress. Mausole
ums are also to be built in Rochester,
New Orleans, ST. Paul and Detroit.