The Washington herald., 1913-07-06
Prof. Albrecht Haupt Would
Erect Gigantic Pyramid,
Where the Dead's Ashes
Would Be Retained No
Cemeteries Would Remain.

To raise at Hanover a vast. sky-scfap'
ing cemetery and multiple temple tina
will take the ashes Of million dead
the srandiose project of Prof. Albrech'
Haupt
Prof. Haupt is chief Of the Hanover
Hirh School, a famous architect. and thu
best living authority on classic ane
Oriental building. At the cost Of slcoo''
900. Prof. Haupt will solve the trouble
some burial problem. and solve It In
way which will keep good land from De
ing wasted, respect the feelings OF sur
vtvors- and restore to burial something
Of the sentiment and majestic solemni's
which 1t had in the classic past
Room for the Dead.
Prof Haupt has been led to his solution
BY the urgency of the question. Where
will there be room for the dead OF ur'
banixed Europe Of the near futureF In
-. .,,v Of a million Inhabitants, . million
Al. every generation. and 1t takes I'VE
square kilometers to bury them on the
nresent system. In the future, million
cities will be the rule. and as the cines
increase, the land at present hi-spareo
for cemeteries will be needed TOT nouses
or for producing the increased food sup
nIv THE dissertation of fresh graves and
N. turning out Of tenants Of graves to
wake room for others will be the only
.olution unless the problem Is radically
taken in hand. The proper solution Is
!, at every town shall have million
cemetery which will occupy only Inn
,t.d snace. and which at the same time
viIl provide for keeping undesecrated the
remains of the dead for long ages.
the Hanover plan assumes that crema-
tion will soon be universal and. probably,
compulsory. Prof. Haupts design Ii to
raise a vast pyramidal building more
than two hundred yards square at the
he A. and rising in ten majestic stories to
nyramid win be an imposing Pantheon or
= heieht of $50 feet On the top Of the
Hail Of Fame This temple viii take the
ashes of a million persons. which IL as
many as the town Of Hanover produces
In four generations.
The stories will be broken up into
majestic halls and corridors. and will be
urhted artifciaIly through shafts. And
hsr. the million dead viii rest At the
four corners Of the pyramid Will rise
four treat crematoria in which furnaces
viu burn eternally. Each crematorium
viu be connected with two chapels, and
crematorta and chapels together will
rise to . height equal to two stories Of
the pyramid In the middle Of the entry
side win rise the main cemetery church
This will be used only for religious serv-
ices on q vast scale. and for important
funerals Eighteen churches and chapels
WIN be provided in other parts Of the
pyramid for ordinary funerals.
Great Pyra~ia Proposed.
The great ground floor and cellars un-
der the pyramid are to be built in the
shape of vaulted. gloomy halls. and here.
after generations have passed. and the
dead have been forgotten. the older urns
from the upper stories will be placed.
In front Of the pyramid win be . park
with an ARTIFICIAL lake dotted with
cypre ss-clad islets and approached by
Giant rows Of steps. And around all will
stretch the dark pine forest The pyra-
mid will make q picture Of overpower-
ing, towering majesty. and will harmon
iss impressively with the sacred asso-
ciatious~ of death and rebirth.
Prof. Haupt proposes to build his
pyramid Of steel and concrete. The
frame win cost $i.50o,ooo; the crematoria.
~, 900; the great. church. Sl5o.0oo. and
the Hall Of Fame perched on the sum-
NIT. 33oo,eoo The. pyramid viii supply
the cheapest Of al ways Of dispensing of
b only = At this rate $4,000 urns win
e.