New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27

business in 1Sl2 at Woodlawn. which then aad few
The coUntry's great fortunes mad Just begun to
make their appearance in 1872 and only then might
mands of art With so many wars on its hands;
with such vast work TO accomplish in the way on
little means TO accomplish it, it had had on the
TO the arts. In those days iheadstones'' mainly
were placed over the resting places OF the dead
that bourne from whence me fSTayeiler rsturDsth"
Mr.. Caterson, whose thirty-fve years may be taken
as record OF the progress of this country in this
line OF architecture, was quick 10 see the first
signs of the awakening ans immediately devoted
hnseh to study Of the means TO aid the inn
pher Never, came to him twenty-five wears ago
and must have greatly astonlshed that gentle
man when the daring young stonecutter suggested,
TO cost $4,000 but he proved amenable to advice
, ~ LoI most no Ioso"ed il ~ NJ NJ
Caterson's courage. well for his growth in
ar ideas and business acumen. that he should so
early in his career make such bold venture, for
he has since said that when he first started ne had
thought he would have been quite compensated BY
being his own master. even if he only had succeeded
that the time Of his apprenticeship The French
lady monument in Greenwood Cemetery VAS
estate OF the owner It would now be thought a
New ui'ii' "eii'9' siien' from any point o.
At FIRST Ny. Caterson used Only his own de-
pei services OF an eminent architect. Mr.. F. c.
don dePaTtmei his work eTentdally caused
Tered that he should give physical form 10
ing, that the architects who first devoted them
serves 10 this particular line Of work
VINO mad been architects builders and
whose duties had required of them the supervision
ana designing of all work. including Tnortuary tab
tets monuments, etc Mr.. CstersOn's first great
Work the Leland Stanford nausoleum, erected in
100, and costing in the neighborhood of $3.50 Go.
ea4ly marked epoch I'm the line of architecture.
LOT from that period dates the highly
penslve work which has since been done all
the country. by Mr.. Caterson and by others emf
1eht III the profession. The growth OF this art in
dustry since that time is shown BY the fact that
tnefe is in NoOdlawn alone, Mr.. CatersOn
presses II, "a regular village of mausoleums'
-AHuslon has been made to the strong feature of
Mr Catersons work. his superior construction.
10 leave few joints possible for is through
these that time and the elements make the great
est inroadS. For instance, in the OF the
great Huntington mauSOleum. the expensive
Mr.. CatersOn has thus far built. there are only
three divisions each having its section of platform
pieces weighs seventy tons With only three Joints
In this long approach to the tomb proper it will he
seen there is not likely to be the opportunity
for frost and dampness-fruitfuI ruin and
decay-tO effect a Judgment that there would il
there seams between each Of the steps and
stone OF the Hobart monument there are Ave in
AID weighed forty-nine tons when cut, and il took
week to transport il from the depot in Paterson
to the cemetery, the great weight causing truck
wheels to cat entirely through the paving of the
streets
The Vermont and Massachusetts GRANTEES have
always been considered the best for monumental
purposes having the finest and frmest grain and
the most satisfactory color but Mr.. CaterSon actu-
eted by that same spirit Of enterprise which caused