The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-09
TNCASING GRANTS BODY.
,yr o r OF REMOVING THE cor
FIN TO BEGIN TO-DAY.

-... FARO 20 ne iced In unrivettnH the
r.,.. n. tho conn Must Not ne Heated or
,.,,ea - A Threo-Dny Task new Jersey
,,n send Her Rntire National Guard.
III. work OF opening tho steel case in which
A.coan containing Gen. Grants body has boon
,.c,osed for twelve years will begin to-day. A
IS,oen.foot fence was built around the tempo
,.rv tomb back OF the monument yesterday and
,ho nrm OF George Fox's Sons, boiler makers, 511
West Thirty fourth street, was notified to COM
u.nee work this merning.
The opening OF tho case will involve many diff
sculties. When built the case was intended to
i.st for ali time. and 1t was riveted together
,,ronvly and carefully. Now 1t must be opened
ritbout heating or Earring the comm. No fire
uay be used, nor may any heavy ohiscling or
hammering be done. Tho top must be drilled
and sawed, and the rivets removed one at n timo,
mill the whole top can be lifted of and the
4 cofnn taken out. 1t will be q three-day task for
half n dozen skilled workmen. Every precau-
Non must be- taken that no tool slips, no drill
bores too far.
TIL, progress Of the work In and around the
| ,omb leaves nothing to DO desired; tho con-
tractors will complete their tasks before the OK
piration Of their time limit, and all win be fin
ished by the middle Of next week. The work Of
/ the Park Department on the drives and walks
near by, though not 80 near completion, Is being
4 pushed rapidly. Attention has been directed TO
the lack Of railing between the outer edge OF tho
eastern part OF the walk around Claremont and
the declivity leading to tho railroad tracks and
the river. and steps have been taken to remedy
Chief Of Police Conlin is reported to have criti-
cised the route. OF the parade, because 1t lies
along Fifty-ninth street. between Madison ave-
nue. and the Boulevard instead Of some wider
street, such as Fifty.seventh, on which there
are no car tracks. About the same delay in
traffic would be caused by crossing Fifty-ninth
street as by travelling along i, however.
for the entire New Jersey National Guard to
turn out for the, dedication parade. Such q
i%S brisaass viii vi 'P Be io srDeas Of 7 the en Farss R eRG
ment OF Newark. the Second Of Paterson. the
Fourth OF Jersey City, the Essex Troop Of
Orange, and the Third Regiment Of Elizabeth.
the Sixth OF Trenton, the Seventh Of Camden.
a dtESP Company On iye The Erie re railroad has oofiersd
free transportation as far as Jersey City to the
STATE troops, and win provide fsrryboats to
Gov. Bushnell Of. Ohio will be escorted in the
parade by the Toledo Cadets; Gen. W. p. Orr.
Burke, acting Quartermaster-General are at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. where they, probably will
secure quarters for the Ohio delegation. A
t lsas party pa Sn'e"MsH a; Sss'f senis@ NJ eoh 4. Brown gS1s' a md
nscticut are at the Hotel Manhattan. Connect
cuts representation viii include the First
and Second companies Of Foot Guards
Of Hartford and New Haven and the New
Haven Grays. Adjt. Gen. Thomas j. Stewart.
Col, Thomas Potter, Jr.. and Lieut.. Col. ". F:
Richardson of Pennsylvania are in the city. and
have reported that the State will send 5000
troops. Col. Willard Howard of the Fourth
Maryland Regiment and a number Of line ON
GERS have chartered q special car for their jour
pey to New York. The Veteran Corps Of the
Fifth Regiment will be the escort Of Gov.
Iowndes. Commander Isaac E. Emerson of the
Maryland Naval Battalion, to whom Com
mander }. ". Miller has offered the use of the
Government steamship New Hampshire. prom.
ises that organization viii give a good account
Of itself in the parade.
Col. Fred Grant reported yesterday that he
had heard from his mother that Jesse Grant and
his family probably would come on from Cali
fornia for the
Admiral Montt. ex-President Of Chilli. and his
Adjutant. Capt Gomez, have been invited to at
tend the dedication as guests Of the city: They
will accompany the CHILEAN Minister. The en-.
graved cards OF invitation are almost finished,
and will be issued soon.
ALBANY, April S.-Gov. Black to-day signed
the bill appropriating S25. 900 for mobil1zing the
National Guard in New York city on Grant Day.