The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-28

tUnib. but It was not until september. 1890.
mat tho plans OF j. III. Duncan OF New
| YORK were accepted by tho association, ana
on the anniversary OF General GrantH
birthday In 1891 ground was broken, with
| appropriate ceremonies. for tho conBtruc-
ton OF a tomb 10 coat between 100000 and
100000
by January 1889. with the work OF con-
struc'iOn under way. the fund had Ian
Rulahod, A growing sentiment That the
romans should have been deposited in tho
National cemetery reeulted finally In the
introduction OF bill In congress- by which
thu removal was TO have been made from
New York to Washington.
In 1892 prominent citizens became alive
10 tho situation and mn organized move
ment resulted IN tho election OF General
Horace Porter. who had been Grants chief
OF stan. ms rrcBidcnt OF tho Grant Monu-
| mcnt association
Before that year was out si0i 900 had
been subscribed. which. added to the earlier
subscriptions OF $4,000, made a.totai Of
| Sahp 600. Tho balances left In the trust
companies have brought the fund UP to
SbOo. 000.
Sixteen days after the death the body Of
t"norhl Grant Was laid. on August \. 1880,
In the temporary vaul, In Riverside Park.
From all points people flockcd into the
city tN tens of thousands AZ least half
million spcctntorn gathered In the StrectN
10 watch the long procession rscortng the
never seen 40 great u funeral cortegc IA
That Which assembled TO do honor to he
romans OF tbs dead commander and proHi-
dent.
From peaceful Mount McGrogor the
| body had been tnkcn to Albany where II
had lain tn state AT the capitol for day.
ana was then brought to New York city,
| whcrc multitudcs looked upon the body ~
! tn" departed hero On tho day OF the
funeral march representatives of the clergy
| on All denominations wore prrAcnt when
| IN" rall bearers emerged from the city
hall aud tho easIct was placed In the fun
cral car magnificent ratafaiquc, drawn
| by twenty four black horaeH. with black
tfarphgs and each led by colorcd
groom. II WAS the prandcat memorial pa
Rrhnt tn" world had seen since that of
30. when the Duke of Wellington was
| buried.
To IN" low strains Of music ths cnskct
waD bornr into the tomb and placed III the
steel casing rho door OF tho vault WAS
locked and the Key handed To General
| liancocI. who passed II to Mayor Grace
In turn the mayor gave the key 10 prcsi-
drut 'rinmiua of the park commlHsion
The Seventh regiment fired three vol
legs and lhon three VollryB more boichod |
iiom the guuH OF the Twenty second rcgi
, m"nt The mounting Of tho guard fol- |
lowed, The Sentrirs were placed and they |
hrEnn the vigii which has not aimee ceased. |
The old tomb of General Grant. Il squut |
MAJ" brick buill nfnir. which was tn
tended Hs temporary rcating place for |
tho body ana hcli IT for almost twelve |
years. stands = II wooiul contrast to the
new tomb In which the remains arc to |
reHt Tor all time
The TWO the ord tomb md the new
stand close together almost side by side. |
Tho one impretacR even the most careless |
observer with the idea OF temporal power. i
wealth and grandeur. the other, the old |
tomb In tn simplicity. is an emblem Of |
sorrow. which seemed to confer the mai
ural sadnoss tina, hoyorr about the memory |
Of II hero, and to concentrate thcsc memo.
rios to one little poetic epot.
Tho old tomb has granite base with |
walls three feet thick OF black and rcd |
brick rising above II. until they finish IN
a. ton of blue stone. Then granite key
Atono and a barrel roof--very simple yet
snhHantinl. as hon been shown In the pass
INK years
During the eleven years and eight
months that the body al General Grnni Has
IN the temporary tomb. II WAS enclosed IN
three collins There was on" OF copper aud |
cedar one of polished cedar and one OF |
atrel Tho two hrsi are now sealed in the
sarcophnrus which M IN the crypt Of the
now tomb the steel cnHl,ct having been rc,
moved. It's place has been talIon by five
tons of solid granite
THE NEW TOMB,
one hundred feet above mean high water
of the Hudson river the Grant monument,
ntanda. solid pio OF white granite $50
feet IN height The first seventy two feet
of ths height IL cube VI the Grccian
Dorlc order which mcnburea ninety feet
on nll sides
The entrance. on the southern side. ~
cnclohch by purtico made up Of u row
Of rcccaHed columns Abovo aud behind
the oortieo rises an almost blank wtil.
which VIII one dny be relieved by the four
equestrian Hlatutor shown uDuBually ~
plane for The monument and hnishch IN a
nhihhrt. which shows upon In face the
eculptnrcd nguros of Pence and war
Above III" pltHpot there starts abruptly
cupola seventy feet IN diameter. sur.
rounded. M relief. with Ionic columns.
Around the crown Of tho cupon line
of fhHccS, suriuouniod with eagles, con
ncetn the columncd drum with the pyra
midicul ton
The fawlcea granite Of which the tomb
connpta is OF dotted wbitsh gray. taken
from quarry of uniform grain, aud rs Bu
ilsht IN tone that In the strong sunlight
1t ~ hardly diStinRuisbablc from marble
Passing up the great nirpp which extend
three quarters OF The way across the front I
of the structure one tonnes frht To th'
doors OF the tomb. fllling u space sixteen
feet four and half iuchru In height and
nine fr1t IN width of bone dried ash,
covered thicltly with composition of cop !
a half tons, Ia onch door arc three phnolH 4
with liS bronze rohoti"a the q
twenty -four ON lho larger toniial panel De, y
Ing each twice The AiH" OF man a mt. aud ]
all riycfcd 20 the doors with hrnFy bolts,
ncyond tho doort after CLEAR space of
dirty eight feet, iB n twenty nNo foot open
Ing directly over the crypt bonenth Th1 \
interior of the monument ~ ctohs 1hhpri
and Tho four corner arches are my feet
above the floor. ON ihrho arches rests an
.sa.II .af
forty feet which la approached by two cir
aunr corner ntarwnyH. each with sixty
iilno ntcpa. Above tho gallery extends the
cancelled dome. one. urn OF iopi Sfs'Fe tho y
floor, aud below through tho npnhihH cni
bo seen the lower floor. aud ttll' lower thu
crypt win the Harcophaguh
rho pcudcutNeH formed between IN" our
cninr demo aud the a.ohoa arc decorated ~
high relief sculpture. cmbluInhtlc of the
military aud civic ne Of donvfal aiant' N
Tho wiuduwh are twelve IN hhnh"f' tnreo
In each Of the crosH shaped Interior
iihe prypt Ia reached hy ei1r hlhlfMhyh, II