New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-10

the armorsteel one will not be touched at all by the
workmen for It is to form covering for the coffin
for all time.
Just when this cherry case containing the BODY
will be transferred to the sarcophagus the con-
tractor does not know. He said yesterday that 1t
would undoubtedly be undertaken In few days
1t Will be done in the presence and at the conven-
fence Of the Grant family, without any formai cere-
monies The hour Of the transfer VIII propaoly DC
kept secret in order to avoid the presence Oh d
large number of sightseers
According 10 the contractor when everything Is
ready the cherry case will be carried 10 the tomb
and the sarcophagus will be reached by way OF the
marble stairs 10 floor OF the pit On the marpie
base of the sarcophagus will stand the members '.Is
OF the Grant family and pUnI,o ine body Of the
General is being placed in It's na from the
It is believed ,hn' .e midde of next week at
early hour and that some hours later Il VIII De iald
in the sarcophagus. AS soon as this IS done in ne
IL stands a raised boarded walk j. 10 pt 80
before april 81 1t can be removed In day, ana
IL Is believed thar by next Saturday night IL VIII
no longer grace the beautifu Knoll on WIZ ~ vac
placed before the work the tomb was begun ,bo
The contractor told the reporter YESTERDAY ,mai
the work the tomb ana on me ralseu "a ,i,h
G 1he excep,on Of the polishing of the marble work
within the tomb the erecuon od me sevaprel hun
dred feet OF asphalt walk along the eas' eu t,i'
the raised grounds. Men however VII be DUSTY
af work doing something here he added, uh.ii
he dav of the ceremonies. as such work there
Is seemingly no end 10 the things 10 pc uoie' no
doors of the tomb will be put in place to-nlo loM
without much difficulty. Each of the doors Is oyer
sixteen feet high and weighs over a ION ana d
quarter The erection of the doors is IKE pa!
compared 10 that of some of the MASSIVE gran inS
blocks of the tomb. Some of the blocks 10 Whicn
! refer weighed over forty tons. II required great
skill and care in hosting them In several slue
streets near the tomb which are not under inc
supervision Of the Park Department are 10 De seen
heaps of gravel and barrels OF hme ana sI Ei,,
blocks | have written letter TO General COILS
asking that these streets be cleaned OF an opstaces
by April % / am my request VIII be quichiy
and properly attended 10. -, ,, -
The work Of erecting the stands VIII peelil on
Monday owing to the rain nearly all OF the Work
on the grounds was suspended yesterday
The doors Of the tomb were taken away from
the workshop of Borkel & Debevoise. the makers
at Houston and Mulberry SITS. at IL O'Clock yester
dav morning. II required the efforts OF eighteen
men 10 carry each door out OF the building ana
load II on a truck The work of carrying the doors
out took than two hours The doors were
loaded on a truck belonging TO the Junior memner
OF the firm and Elijah Hoffman. an old soldier
who was with Major Reno at the Little BIG horn
drove the three horses attached to the truck 10
the tomb Several rival truckmen wanted 10 re,
move the doors free OF cost. They were inspired
bv patriotism and profit and wordy war result.
ed one OF them a shoemaker. He proposes
signs advertising his safes. In this manner the
doors we're TO be borne up broadway All THESE
offers refused.
While the doors were being placed on the Truck
a truck belonging 10 the firm was seized ny a
street-cleaning inspector. The horses attached 10
When Colonel Waring heard of the seizure OF the
wagon he ordered that il be returned at once II
Is against a city ordinance for a wagon 70 etano
in the street unless a horse is attached 10 H.