Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-27
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THE NEW TOMB


THE NEW TOMB
One hurdfp feet above mean high
water Of the Hudson river, the Grant
mo, uInent siauue, = solij pile OF white
rsnite $50 feet In height. Toe first ~
eet Of TINS height Is cube OF the
titeciau Doric order which measures
9J Get on all sIdes.
The entrance, on the southern side,
/, enclose by = portico made up OF q
row OF recessed columns. Above aud
ben nd the pOrlioD tises an almost
black wall, which will one Gay be re.
nevtd by the four equestrian statues
shown usually 10 plsi1s OF the monu-
ment, anu finishes in n arspet which
SHOWS upon Its face the sculptured
figures Of peace and war.
Above the psfapet there starts
nblupIly cupOla, seventy feet ID
diameter, suItounged, as q relief, with
I0uie columns.
Around the crown of the cupole,
line OF issoes, surmounted with eagles,
connects the columned rum with the
pyramidicsi top,
The fawle.s granite OF which the
tomb cousists,is OF dotted whitlsh gray,
taken from quarry Of uniform gram,
anu IL 30 lgnt In lone that In the
strong sunlight IL Is hardly distin-
guishAble from marble.
Passing up tue giest steps which tx.
TO I'd three a uaftefs OF the way acrUs
the front Vi the structure, Que comes
fret 10 the uoors OF tbs tomb, filing n
pace 10 eet anu ~ inches In height
anu 8 feet in width. on bOne.dried ash,
covered thickIy with composition OF
copper and tin, these dOofs weigh three
and one.bali tone. Iu each door are
three lannels, oruauented with las
br0Dze rOsettes. the "a on the larger
central PANEL being each twice III,
slzs OF a maD's fist, and all rivlted to
,ne uoJrs with heavy bolts.
Beyond the doors,a ter clear space
OF tbirty.eight leet, IL u twenty-five.
ioUt opening directly over tue crypt
beneath. The interior OF the mouu
meat lie cross shat ped and the four cor.
ner arches are f1ity feet above the
Il jOr. On these arches rests an open
,aIlefy with an ibDer diameter OF forty
iert, which is 81 prOacheI by tw.
circular corner eta'rwaye, each with
sixty-niue steps. Above the gallery
extends the panolied dome, one. nth
DOT above the fioJT,and below through
the opening can be seen the lower
Il UT,and still lower the crypt with the
safc phagus.
rhe psnLentives forming the circular
dome anu the arches are decorated IN
high relief sculpture. emblematic OF
he military and civic life oil Genera
Grant.
The windows are twelve In number,
ghfee in each eide OF the ctuss.shaped
interior.
Tas crypt is reached by side stair
Ways which lead uirtcuy into ;he
Gssago encircliDg the space in W h ich
rests the satcophsgus. fno passage IL
smut In by square columns which
support the peneIled marble ceiling.
lue sarc0phagus tests In the centre Vi
the crypt, l4J feet bslow the dJms.
Inc pedestal on winch tue care Jpha.
gus rests Is tquaro OF ten feet ten
hchre. The lower course OF one loot
eignt inches is made In secsions,abovs
winch 10 five.iIoh INDEBTED cIutse.
sun aU0vo this are two heavy block,
Of marble on which the sarcOphagus
iirecIiy rests. Tne total height OF all lie
seven anu one hall feet.
Some day the body OF Mrs. Grant
will repose beside that OF her husband
in duplicate Of the ssrcophagus now
in the crypt OF the tomb.
WHERE THE TOMB sTANDI.
| Rivefsiue Park is, indeed, a fitting
| place or tue tomb OF hero. Nestlru
ON the bauks Of the HUI ison 1t seem
t. Int itself up from the nuke anu
crime OF the scenes below 10 purer
atmosphere. Massive walls OF gray
granite that from the river look lik 4
rows OF parspets guard the park on the
water front. The sleep ,nSliue Is
tnickly wooded and only here anu
there can the grey rugged sides OF the
hill be seen from the rivet.
The striking features with which
kind nature has endowed the Park
have been added to by the mechanical
| genius oil msp, for almost within q
mile OF the great tomb colossal struo-
lures have been erected ami today this
part OF the city 10 practically the
scholastic center OF the metropolis, al.
! though some Of these buildings are mol
| yet entirely comp eied.
The area OF the park Ia about 1T
acres and Its exact location 10 on the
bsuk OF the North river ifom I'm b,
/ street to where lO4 h street wou d cut
| through.
Its average breadth ia 500 feel
but the "Jrive," as the park Ia more
familiarity known, is much bro !
where the curves on the cosst or IN.
land siJes contribute to Its are !.
| RunniDg north IT presents q series o.