Palisadian., 1922-01-21
Mausoleum Appeals
To All Classes
For Bergen-Hudson Citizens

The mauSOleum corporation was
formed to erect mausoleum for the
exclusive benefit of citizens of Hudson
and Bergen counties. Naturally, the
offices Of the company, was first ap
prised Of the modern method of car
in a magnificent, element-proof build
ing, to endure to the end of time. So
son county that within short period
of time nearly 500 of the most promi
nent families Of Hudson county had
decided to have reserved crypts or
private memorial tombs for the final
resting place of their dead.
Such families as those of the late
Thomas Henry, well known building
materials dealer Of Union Hill; Will
liam Necker, the largest undertaken of
his time; Rev. August f. Bender, pas
tor of the First Reformed Church,
Jersey City, N. j., and Henry Byrne,
former Jersey City commissioner
and wealthy realty dealer, are among
the nearly 500 families that have
chosen mausoleum entombment.
Strength of Gibraltar
The edifice will have the strength Of
Gibraltar. Famous building engineers
and architects approved the materials
chosen for the structure as being the
most time-resisting that could be OBJ
tanned. The building which is esti
mated to cost one million dollars will
be of granite, marble and bronze, and
will have the life of the ancient pyra
mids.
The architecture will be a replica
of the classic Grecian style, and the
symmetry of its lines will be beautiful
in their simplicity of design.
The tiers of crypts will be laid out
along corridors of great depth lined
with marble walls. Each crypt will
be encased in snow-white marble-lined
compartments. Each memorial tomb
will have a private chapel to which
only the family owning same will be
admitted. These private memorial
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crypts each, enough for the bodies of
the whole family.
Magnificent Chapel
Then there will be a magnificent
general chapel where services will be
held before entombment of the bodies.
This chapel will be of such grandeur
that will entail an expense of thou
sands of dollars. 1t will be in the
center of the building, heated in Win
ter and cool in summer, where serV-
ices may be held just prior to entomb-
ment without fear of rain or snow
marring the last rites and leaving sad
memories of the final disposition of
the body.
Mausoleum entombment eliminates
the horrors of ground burial and,
crypt may be obtained for the amount
which ground burial would cost. How
horrible are the recollections of those
last rites said at a new made grave,
half buried by snow or half-filled by
rain
Mayor Wissel Reserves Space
A prominent Bergen county official
who has reserved private memorial
tomb in the Fairview MausOleum for
his family is Mayor Henry Wissel of
Edgewater, who is serving his fifth
term as mayor of that municipality.
Mayor Wissell was so much impressed
with the magniticence of the ediflce
which will form the home of so many
of Hudson's and Bergens dead that he
was one of the first prominent men to
purchase private memorial tomb OF
five cryptS.
A beautiful book with handsome
drawings describing the masoleum in
many details has been prepared by the
Board of Directors for those who are
interested in mausoleum entombment,
and will be sent free of charge on
writing to the main office of the COM
pany at 140-142 Bergenline avenue,
Union Hill, n. J.