The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-10
OPENING THE COFFIN CASE.
PREPARATIONS FOR TRANSFERRING
GRANTS BODY BEGUN.

GISE run IIta EItftANU
GRANTS BODY BEGUN.
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An Omcisi Estimate OF the Number That Will
Participate In the Land Parade Places tho
Figures at SO. OOO-A Meeting or the Conn
mitteo on Reception Held last Evening.
Four men began the work Of opening tho steel
case in which 10 inclosed Gen. Grants coffin at 7
o'clock yesterday morning. 1t was slow and
hard work, and at quitting time last night less
than a score Of the 1875 heavy rivets were loos-
ened from the sockets into which they wero
hammered by F. 7. Cregan Of Troy twelve years
ago. It will DO Monday night before all are
taken out, as the men will not work tomorrow.
Tho new bronze-coated doors of tho tomb,
which arrived yesterday, are 10 feet Ale inches
high and tho span OF both together Is 0 feet.
They will be hung on pivots and will open In
ward. They consist Of oak frames. which are
covered with wrought bronze about ls inch
in thickness. Each door contains three sunken
panels, the top and bottom ones being about two
feet square, and the centre ono oblong. Except
for the moulding around the panels. the only
Communications are borders Of cast bronze studs,
which surround the panels and the whole door.
An estimate made at the military head
quarters from data at hand there yesterday
places the number that will march in the in
augurl parade at about $4,000, divided as fol-
lows: regulars, 5000; militia from New York,
$4,000; New Jersey, 1000; Pennsylvania,
1000; militia and military organizations from
other States, 5000 to 10000; veterans organi-
cations, 5000 to 10000. and civic organizations.
5000 to 10000. 1t is expected now that the pa
rade win start at about 1890 in the morning,
arriving at tho tomb for roview at about
! o'clock. Tho exercises at the tomb will be-
gin at about IL and will last till 1890, when
a light lunch will be served to tho guests Of the
rttr y ~ 81. ..-tIt l-t. nl.- I.-l
review should BIO over by about s, when tho
President, with about 1875 other guests, will go
aboard the steamer Gen. Meigs at the foot of
130th street and review the water parade, pro-
cceding down the river to Twenty-third street,
where he will land. to be driven to his hotel.
The city has invited as its guests at the core
monies the following general officers
ing armies in the late war: Lieut.-Gen. j.. NJ.
Schofeld, army headquarters, Washington, d..
C.. and the following Major-Gencrals: o. o.
Howard, Burlington, VT; w. S. Rosecrans, Los
Angeles, CAL; G. G. Angus, Georgetown, d.. c.;
II. G. Wright, Washington, d. c.; J. G. Parke,
Washington. ID. c.; n. J. I. Dana, Washington,
u. G., and ]. J. Reynolds, Washington. i. c..
still on the active or retired lists, and Major
Gems. ID. G. Buell., Paradise, KY; F. Sigcl. New
York city; Lew Wallace, Charlottesville, Ind;
J. ID. Cox, Cincinnati, o.; J. NJ. Palmer. Spring
field. ILL.,, and Granville NJ. Dodge, New York,
not now in service.
About 100 acceptances to the city, invitations
have been received SO far. A large part of these
guests will travel on the two special trains leav-
ing Washington on the morning Of April 20, and
will DO guests Of the city of New York from the
time these trains start. The first meeting of
the Committee on Reception was held at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel last night, at which the re-
ception and entertainment of these guests were
outlined and discussed. The first special train
will arrive in Jersey City between 4 and 5
at the foot Of West Twenty-third street,
to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The second special
train, bringing the Vice-President and others,
will arrive about half an hour later. At 9:3O in
the morning of April % about sixty carriages,
with an escort consisting OF Troop A. under Gen.
Daniel Buttericld, will convey the guests of tho
at the disposal OF the guests through the day,
and viii carry them to their trains on the morn
Sa&Corim!ttce Oh Arrangements o, the Re
csption Committee was appointed as follows:
CHARLES lss st Gi5sa smith n, Hugh Hug n. H Garden, GsiNfrEe
r. Grace. Frank Tiltord, w. Hull WickhRni, /.
\; seligman, H. Nick. ,Twombly, and j. II. Van
short meeting last night, and apportioned the
work OF the committee among its members;
be aboard of each Of the special trains from
Washington, and each guest of the city will be
mittee, which numbers 100 and will be in
creased. The Subcommittee on Arrangements
will meet again on Monday. and daily thereafter
until its work is well under way.
Meetings of the committees on Plan and
morning in the Mayors office. The Mayor APP
pointed the following on the ommitt on
Naval Affairs yesterday: Robert NJ. Thompson,
Park Benjamin, William b. Duncan, Jr.. James
A. Hartman. and +. G. Osborn. +. V. skinner,
general Eastern agent of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, has been appointed on the Committee
on transportation
1t is requested by Ger. Dodge that all organiza-
tions intending to take part in the parade notify
the military headq ~uarters, / Broadway, before
giving commander. number OF officers and men,
uniforms and equipments.
w. J. Arkell, the publisher of .Juige, has been
fairly swamped with letters from the miscel-
laneous public asking for grand stand tickets
for the Grant dedication ceremonies. Applica-
tons to Mr.. Arkell are useless, for the reason
that he has to do only with the assignment OF
the $50 seats reserved for the newspapers.
Seven hundred newspapers have already ap-
piled for these seats.
Property owners on the Riverside Drive along
the line OF march are receiving large offers for
desirable places 10 view the procession. Cyrus
Clark rendered his plot OF ground OF 1873 feet
frontage on the drive, between Eighty-nintha and
League Club and their friends. This offer was
promptly accepted. Seats for about 200 per-
sons will be provided at 81 each to cover the ex-
pense of erecting platforms. These tickets have
all been sold. and applications for $500 more
have been received.
The owner Of the plot at the northeast corner
OF 10th street, with n frontage of only 100
feet, has declined an offer OF 300 for the day.
For the use of tho vacant new house at the north
east corner of Eighty-second street an offer OF
$3.50 for the southeast corner OF 122d street,
size DSxlOO.