The evening times., 1900-09-07
HUNTINGToN,s FEAR OF DEATH.
Its Mention in His Presence Always
Ahhorrcnt,
lFlom La CI.cago TrLbune.

hts Mention in His Presence Away y
Abborrcnt.
tFICm The CIscdeo Tribune)
The mortal remains of the late Coils P.
Huntington were buried the other day in
the quartz million dollar mausoleum in
N00dlawn Cemetery, New York, which he
built in the early '80s for the reception OF
his first wife's body. The massive tomb is
~ feet long. IS feet wide, and q feet Ugh.
The massive gates are of bronze. cUriozuIy
wrought in artistic designs; the interior s
finished in Italian marble. The tomb con-
lalns sixteen catacombs. Not blO-k of
granite in the main structure weighs le 5
tIan eighteen tens
Bat for all this mGgnifceHcs and outlay
this attempt at security from the rayzges
of nature alchemist after death, it was
not home that Mr. Huntington could
contemplate with serenity OF mind Il is
said that he wds haunted by a sUpersti-
t:ous fear that the luxurious surroundings
OF lis Fifth Avenue palace would cUt slCrt
his life. The sudden death CT vi liam H
Vanderbilt in December, 1885, il the lat
teT's paIatial 81 500 Geo house IL Fifth
Avenue. al Fiftyfirz Street. just sx
blocks distant from the corner where the
Darlington mansion stands, produced a
:1@9ek on the Southern Pacific maenate's
I-'nd from which le perhaps never resov-
cred
TIE mention of death in his presence
thereafter gave him fit of the horrors
He liked 10 get away from his town Iuxu-
ries, and, amid the sylvan beauties Of Pine
Knot Camp in the Adirondacks. think of
health and long life. Huntington says
Vice President Stubbs, of the Southern Pa
ciffc never allowed the idea Of death to
come near him, and peTsistentlr refused to
believe that ne was growing old At a
New York dinner last spring Levi P. Nor
ton. in complimentary words called him
the most wonderful old man OF all who
were present Huntington, not hearing
clearly, asked: Did he say old man?" Be
ing answered with yes. he added with in
digna;ioG, Why didn't you kick him?'
In Woodland Cemetery, New York, not
far from the Huntington tomb. is the mag
nificent mausoleum containing the bodies
OF TWO nlulti-millionaiTe brotheTs-Robert
Goelet and Ogden Goelet-who were placed
there side by side few years ago This
is called one Of the most artistic mausole-
ums in the country. II cost $l00 600, and
was designed by Stanford White 1t is sit
uated in one of the finest plots in the GEM
etery. on a hill facing Central Avenue. not
far from the main gateway. The architec-
ture is classic II styIe with an almost
square exterior of grey granite four Ionic
pillars supporting a pendiment weighing
twenty-five tons taken from one block of
stone. over the entrance.
The interior is finished in the finest Ten
nessee marble highly polished On The
main floor there are vaults for thirty bod
les, and room for thirty more in the cellar
vaults beneath it There are three rich
stained glass windows, guarded by heavy
copper bars. The massive doors are also
of copper.
John D. Rockefeller has erected in his
burial lot in Lake View Cemetery. Cleve-
lane. monolith quarried near Barrie. Vt
VI l. al
Cleopatra needle. The shaft is iifty-two
feet high and seven feet square at the
base. 1t rests on base composed of three
huge blocks taken from the same quarry.
The base stone is II feet square and 3 feet
thick the next block is feet inches
squares and feet 10 inches thick. While
the die is feet inches square and feet
thick. This gives the monument 4 total
height OF 65 feet 10 inches, making it one
of the taIIest monuments ever erected to
mark the resting place of a private indi-
vidual anywhere IN this country. The only
inscription on il Is the name "Rockefel-
ler" in large raised letters. The cost of
the monolith and base stones at the quar-
ries was about $50,CG0; the additional ex-
pense involved made the total cost prob
ably s60,000
a similar monolith was erected in Rose
hill Cemetery, Chicago, by the late Long
John" Wentworth 10 mark his last resting
place. The Wentworth monument, how
ever, is not SO great in its proportions
a memorial chapel and mausoleum de1i-
Gated to the memory of the late Horatio
n May was recently erected IN Rosehill
Cemetery Chicago. at a cost of $50 O00 II
is built Of light-colored granite, and in
general dimensions is 3x10 feet. There fs
a carriage porch extending the full width
of the front sc that entrance and exit may
be had in stormy weather without discom-
fort Immediately inaide the entrance are
Tobing rooms, with stafrToouls on either
side. The nave contains all the seats ex-
cept those formed by the gallery At the
rear is the opening liz the receiving vault
The roof is of oak with hammer beam
trusses and curved brackets The floor is
of mosaic and the walls are of fine terra
Gotta material
In the Polish Roman Catholic Cemetery
at Norwood Park 4 massive tomb or mau-
soleum has been erected as a tribute to the
memory of Father Vincent Barzynski. late
priest OF ST. Stanisiaus Kostka's Polish
Roman Catholic Church Of this city, This
structure is of the Grecian type and is
built of the finest granite. A marble cata-
fdIQue in the centre Of the tomb supports
vault of granite which contains the re-
mains OF Father Barzynshi. in the walls
of the tomb are vaults for the remains of
other priests. The whole structure is thir-
ty feet long and forty feet wide The
cost was about S15. coo.