The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-28

they made wild rushes and damaged
considerable property in the neighb0r-
hood. Policemen had to be called to
keep the crowd within bounds.
The closing of the end of the steel
case in the temporary tomb on the
night the coffin was put there. Aug S,
1895, was an interesting detail. Some
few people then were able TO under
stand the care with which the case
had been constructed. Early in the
evening of that day. Patrick Cregan,
who had charge of the work. with
seven men who had come especially
from Troy, entered the tomb. Every
thing was in readiness for the
placing of the IS steel rivets
steel wall. For two and half hours
the men worked by the light of candles
A portable furnace roared. and the
clash of hammers on metal gave the
little tomb every appearance and sound
of boiler works. When the task had
been completed. Cregan said the armor
steel case was not only Theoretically
sealed, but was chisel proof. That
will last 10000 years" he remarked, as
the tomb door was locked.
More than LOCO peop.e had gathered
about the tomb, anxious to see the
work in progress. A Gordon of police,
however. kept them back. When it was
all over the people scrambled for each
tiny bit of metal and other material
left by the workmen. One man got. and
treasured, the end of a candle that a
workman had held in his hand.
THE NEW TOMB.
One hundred feet above mean high
water of the Hudson river, the Grant
monument stands, a solid pile Of white
granite, $50 feet in height The first -
feet of this height is a cube of the
Grecial Doric order, which measures 80
feet on all sides.
The entrance, on the southern side
is enclosed by a portico made up of a
row of recessed columns. Above and
behind the portico rises an almost
blank wall. which Will one day be re-
lieved by the four equestrian statues
shown usually in plans of the monu-
ment. and finishes in a parapet, which
shows upon its face the sculptured fig
ures of Peace and War.
Above the parapet. there starts alb
ruptly a cuDola, 20 feet in diameter.
surrounded as relief. with Ionic
columns.
Around the crown of the cupola a
line of faces, surmOunted with eagles,
connects the columned drum with the
pyramidical top.
The fiawless granite of which the
tomb consists is of dotted whitish gray
taken from a quarry of uniform grain,
and is so light in tone that in the
strong sunlight il is hardly distinguish
able from marble
Passing up the great steps. which
extend three-quarters of the way
across the front of the structure, one
comes first to the doors of the tomb,
filling a space Is feet Az inches in
height and feet in width. OF bone
dried ash. covered thickly with a COM
position of copper and tin, these doors
weigh three and one-half tons. In
each door are three PANELS, ornament
ed with 14S bronze rosettes, the "a on
the larger central PANEL being each
twice the size of mans fist and all
riveted to the doors with heavy bolts
Beyond the doors. after a clear space
of IS feet. is a 25-foot opening directly
over the crypt beneath. The interior
of the monument is cross-shaped and
the four corner arches are 80 feet above
the floor. On these arches rests an
open gallery with an inner diameter
of 40 feet which is approached by two
circular corner stairways, each with
50 steps. Above the gallery extends the
pannelled dome, one-fifth of a foot
above the floor, and below through the
opening can be seen the lower floor.
and still lower the crypt with the sar-
cophagus.
The peadentives formed between the
circular dome and the arches are dec
GRATED in high relief sculpture. emblem
attic of the military and civic life of
General Grant.
The windows are u in number. three
in each side of the cross-shaped interior.
The crypt is reached by side stairways
which lead directly into the passage en-
circling the space in which rests the sar-
coohagus. This passage is shut in by
square columns which support the
pannelled marble ceiling.
The sarcophagus rests in the center of
the crypt. 40 feet below the dome. OF
all the perDle1ing questions which arose
in connection with the new tomb. the
material for the sarcophagus. The proper
quality was found, after long search. in
the cuarries of Montello. Wis, por-
Dhyry of fine texture brilliantly reddish
in color. Cut from the solid rock. it is
highly polished, rejecting the nearby
surfaces as it rests in the crypt. The
great block is 10 feet inches long. feet
inches wide and feet s inches high.
blocl. a space was followed out into
which the cOfiined remains of General
Grant were lowered. Then the cap-Stone
was set, and the sarcophaguS again be-
came as solid block. II is plain. save
for the simple engraved inscription at
the head of the cap-stone, Ulysses 8
Grant
TIE pedestal on which the sarcophagus
rests is a square of 10 feet 10 inches. The
ioy-cr course of l foot s inches is made
in sections. above which is 5-inch in
dented course. Still above this are two
heavy blocks of marble on which the
sarcoohasus directly sets. The total
height of all is ~ feet
Some day the body of Mrs. Grant will
renose beside that of her husband in
Duplicate of the sarcophagus now in the
crypt of the tomb.
WHERE THE TOMB STANDS
Riverside park is. indeed, a fitting place
for the tomb of hero Nestled on the
banks of the Hudson. it seems TO lit
the scenes below to purer atmosphere
Massive walls OF gray granite tnat from
the river look like rows of Darapets'
guard the park on the water front; Inc
steep incline is thickly wooded and Only
here and there can the gray rugged sides
OF the hill be seen from the river.
From no other point in the city can
such view be obtained as from RIVER
side park For 20 miles the placid Hud-
son can be seen vending its way to wnere
the tail mist-covered Palisades blend with
the western horizon. On the Jersey sice
is old Fort Lee. the ferry-houSe ana
dainty villas that dot the banks and look
like Swiss chalets nesting in the warmth
of the Alpine summer. with no grim,
SNOWY peaks to cast shadow on tneir
rural loneliness On the bosom OF the
Hudson palatial pleasure yachts, ferry
boats. steamers and putting tugs make
their way by summer. while in winter
solitary craft plough through Ice ana
silent grandeur reigns. Looking to the
east are the signs of a great city. the
tall smoke-stacks of factories. the hum
from the busy streets. and the distant
shrek of trains and ships. To the south
is the smoke of Jersey City. with its
myriad of masts and outlines of docks
that gradually grow indistinct until moth
ing is seen but the blue waters OF the pay
that seem to mingle with the eastern sky.
The striking features with which kind
nature has endowed the park have been
ADDED to nv the mechanical genius of