Evening journal., 1915-11-06
NAUSOLEUM FOR
.R|VERVIEW Cemetery
Building Will Be Large
Enough for Entombment
of 200 Bodies
ENDOWMENT FUND
FOR THE UPKEEP

A mausoleum is to be constructed in
Riverview Cemetery. designed for the
reception of 800 bodies for entomb-
ment. The building will be erected
on a well-selected site and will be 100
feet long and forty-five feet wide,
costing about 100000 and to be con-
structed of solid granite. Work will
be begun on the mausoleum IN the
spring. the sale of space to be opened
in a few days and all the space will be
subscribed for before the erection OF
the building is started.
Hundreds Of buildings OF similar
character have been erected all over
the country and recently buildings
have been built at York Lancaster.
Norristown, Akron, Youngstown, Chi
cago. Los Angeles and forty other
cities other buildings have been
built to hold as many as 1900 bodies,
space being sold TO the most intelli-
gent persons OF these cities. mas
much as the cost Of this form oil en-
tombment is approximately the same
as the ordinary grave burial il is be-
lieved that the. subscriptions Tor the
allotted crypts will be quickly OBJ
tanned
The prices for the crypts vary as to
Location and payments will be made
from time 10 time. according to the
prospectus. The Delaware Trust Com
pany and National Bank OF Delaware
will be repositories for such pay
ments An endowment fund will be
created for the building ample TO
maintain the upkeep forever.
mort of the managers Of Rverview
Cemetery. but only after they had IN
snected other buildings built on the
same plan The plans and specinca-
tions have been approved by the GEM
etew managers and the building VIII
be built by The Wilmington Mauso-
leum Company.
c. S. Carpenter. vice-president and
manager Of The Wilmington Mauso-
lleum Company. has opened Offices at
No. GOA Equitable Trust Building, and
is making arrangements Tor the sale
OF crypts and private compartments
in the building.
The highest types Of civilization
Throughout all ages have entombed
their dead above ground, proof OF
which can be sighted in the great pvra-
mids OF Egypt, the countless tombs
Of the Caliphs. OF the Nile valley. the
catacombs of Rome and hundreds OF
mausoleums along the Apian way, and
today these resting places Of the dead
Of far past ages stand In a iirst-class
state OF preservation. symbolic OF the
intelligence OF the people, protestinf
against the horrors OF the grave, and
furnishing a sanitary and humane
method OF burial. whereby the bod
might at least retain its human form
Throughout the ages to come.
J In this country this feeling is char
} acterized by magnificent mausoleum
p which have been built to receive tn
+ remains Of Lincoln. Garfield. Gran
and Mckinley and by the thousand
of private mausoleums constructed
and in process OF construction in Gem
) eteries by those citizens whose mean:
= will permit.
Until recently only the well-to=dC
could enjoy the sentimental but prac-
tical privilege Of giving their loved
ones an everlasting abode above the
ground. but with the advent of the
community crypt mausoleum, whereby
a large number of bodies can be
properly cared for in one building
yet insurlng absolute eXclusiyeness Ia
each. this opportunity is brought
within the reach Of the people
Each entombment above ground is
made possible now for everybody I'M
der the patents OF The American Maui
soleum Company, and surrounded by
all that is enduring, beautiful and
sanitary, crypts can now be sold "a
individuals at prices comparing IA
Yorably with the cost of unfriendly
graves.
While Wilmington is far from tho
, FIRST city to note the sentiment of the
times in this regard, il is stated that
the mausoleum contemplated by the
managers of Riverview Cemetery will
easily equal in magnifcence. beaut,
and sanitary features any similar
building in the United States. II no
in the whole world.
. The Wilmington Mausoleum will b,
b erected in the new part of. the GENE
terry on the first drive running parable
with Market street.
J The building has been designed b,
one of the greatest mortuary archi.
tects in the world and will be OF sol.
. emn and stately beauty In the center
OF the building is designed a large ant
beautiful chapel with walls and pillar.
of polished marble. Within this mar
e BILE palace crypt owners may hold
! their services, protected from the
gaze of the curious and from weather
y inclemencies. and amid surrounding.
b which will do much to lessen the pair
a and grief OF those whose sad duty il
is to lay their beloved ones away FOL
= the long eternal sleep.
{. The entire exterior OF the buildin,
= will be OF granite. selected both fol
its durability and its beauty. The in