Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-02-20
A Great Mausoleum.

The plans for the great structure
which the New Mausoleum Company
intends TO erect in Greenwood Gem
etery, Brooklyn, have been COM
pleted by Messrs Carrere and Hast
ings, the architects, and it is stated
that the work of construction will be
in progress before the close OF the
present year The mausoleum will be
a building of imposing size and state
ly proportions, and it will be devoted
to the preservation OF the dead after
the method Of the New Mausoleum
Company. which, although original,
is yet, in sense, but n return 10 the
ancient customs OF Egypt, Rome and
Greece
The general form OF the mausoleum
will be that OF square extending $50
feet in each direction. lt will stand
on the slope OF a hill in that part OF
Greenwood Cemetery adjacent 10
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. Marble and concrete
are the only materials 10 bc used in
its construction. From the centre
will rise tower 10 the height of 100
feet. On its ground floor will be II
memorial hall and in the centre II cat
afalque on which will rest the coffin
during whatever services may occur
previous 10 its removal 10 it, final
resting place in the sepulchre.
In this immense mauSoleum, which
is 10 cost $3.50, 600, there will be $4,000
sepulchres Chapels Of various sizes
will open on the main arcades, which
run around the four sides OF the
square and also across the court at
right angles. separating IL into four
smaller courts. The largest chapels,
or chambers, will contain Is sepul-
chres, in three tiers OF q sepulchres
each, aud smaller chapels will con.
tain only IL sepulchres, while there
will be, in less favorable locations on
the arcades, chambers in which single
bodies can be placed. The sepulchres
are to be OF concrete, formed over n
mold, in one piece and AR tight. The
preservation OF the body is TO be ac-
complished by n simple process OF
desiccation. A current OF dry air will
be circulated through the sepulchre
for n period OF four To eight months
and thus the body will be gradually
dried 10 state where il will keep
forever. The air will bc first prepared
by passing IL over sulphuric acid.
The large chapels will be left for
the adornment OF those who purchase
them. \ millionaire can decorate his
burial chamber in gold and silver
Opposite the chapels, on the other
side Of the arcade, are inches for stat
uary When coffin is placed In it's
sepuchrc IL will be opened 80 as to
disclose the features and the upper
part OF the body, aud glass plate
will be sealed over the sepulchre 30
that the features can be seen at any
time. In cases where there II posi-
bility OF resuscitation the coffin will
then be placed in n sepulchre con
nected by a system Of wires with the
Office OF the director Of the mau-o-
leum. and the slightest movement OF
the body will be instantly detected.
The floors Of the arcades will have
four grand staircases, four service
stairways aud four elevators. The
receiving vaults, 10 contain 900
bodies. will be under the terraces In
front Of the mausoleum. AT each OF
the four corners Of the building will
be n square chamber with a domed
ceiling. All Of the ceilings will be
arched. The cost OF the chapels will
vary from 500 10 $1,000. When the
mausoleum il full-which will be la
about seven years, II the ordinary
rate OF interment at Greenwood Is
maintained-an mausoleum will
be built. One acre Of mausoleuIn has
the capacity Of thirty acres OF CEN
etery.
Ground has been broken Mt kensico,
the large new cemetery above White
Plains, for mausoleum somewhat
smaller In size than the one projected
for Greenwood, but similar TO IL In
shape. 1t will cost 100000. Work
on the receiving vaults is In progress.
Mausolums are also 10 be built at
Rochester, New Orleans, 81. Paul,
and Detroit. .-Nep York Timss.