The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-28
poric order. which measures ninety feet

Doric order which measures ninety feet
on ali sides
The entrance on the southern side. -
enclosed by q portico made up OF row
OF recessed columns Above ard behind
the portico rises an almost blank wall,
which will one day be relieved by the
four equestrian statutes shown usually
in plans Of the monument, and finishes
In a parapet which shows upon its face
the scuirtGred figures OF Peace and War.
Above the parzpet there starts abruptly
cupola. seventy feet In diameter. sur
rounded. q relief with Ionic columns
Around the crown OF the eupola a line OF
faces surmounted with eagles. connects
the coiurnned drum with the pyr.Amidical
top.
The nawIess granite. OF which the tomb
consists. Is of dotted whitish gray taken
from quarry Of uniform grain. and Is
40 light in tone that in the strong sunlight
II is hardly distinguishahie from marble
Passing up the great steps. which ex-
tend three-quarters Of the way across the
front OF the structure. one comes arst
TO the doors OF the tomb. fiiling a space
sixteen feet four and oae-half inches in
height and nine feet in width. OF hone
dried ash, covered thiekly with a compo-
sstion 81 copper and tin, these doors
weigh three and one-half tons. In each
door are three panels ornsmented With
lss bronze roSettes, the twenty-four on the
larger central panel being each twice the
size OF a mans fist and all riveted to
the doors with heavy bolts
Beyond the doors. after a clear space
OF rhirty-eight feet is a twenty-fve-foot
opening. directly over the crypt beneath.
The interior OF the monument is cross
shaped. and the four corner arches are
ffty feet above the tio0r. On these arches
rests an open gallery with an inner d.
aTneter OF forty feet. which Is approached
by two circular corner stairways, each
with sixty-nine steps Above the gallery
extends the panel~d dome afteen feet
above the floor. and below. through the
opening. can BE seen the lower floor, ard
still lower the crypt with the sarcophagus.
The rendentives formed between the
circular dome and the arches are decor
afed IL hish relief sculpture. e1nbiemauc
OF the military and clvil life o: Gen.
Grant
The windows are twelve in number.
three In each side Of the cross-shaped in
terror.
The crypt is reached by side stairways
which lead directly into the passage en-
circling the space In which rests the sar-
cophsgus. This passage is shut In by
square columns which support the pam
neled marble ceiling.
The sarcophsgus rests IN the center Of
the crypt, lso feet below the dome. OF
all the perplexing questions which arose
IN connection with the new tomb the
greatest was that 81 obtaining suitable
material for the sarcophagus The proper
quality was found. after long search in
the cuarries OF MonteNo Wis. a pcrphyry
OF fine texture. brilliantly reddish IN color.
Cut from the solid rock. IL IL highly poll
fsh>d. rejecting TIRE nearby surfaces as IL
rests in the crypt. The great block r. ten
feet four inches long, i've feet six inches
wide and four feet eight inches high and
weighs Eve tons In this immense block
q space was followed out into which the
coflned remains Of Gen. Grant were low
cred Then the capstous was set. and the
sarcophagus again became as a solid
block. II is plain. save for the simple
engraved inscription al the head OF the
canstone. Ulysses :. Grant"
The pedestal on which the ssrcooharzls
rests Is square CT ten fee, ten inches
The lower course OF one foot eight inches
Is made in sections. above which iS a Ave-
inch fnGenteG course. Stiu above this are
two heavy blocks OF marble on which the
sarcophagus directly sets TIE total
height 81 all IS seven and ons-half feet
Some day the body OF MIS- Grant will
repose beside that Of her husband in a
duplicate q the sarcophsgus nov In the
cFypt % the tomb.