THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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The contract for the new receiving 
tomb for the Island Cemetery, Newport, 
R. 1 ., has been awarded to Mr. William 
Gosling, and it will add both to the con- 
veniences and the attractiveness of the 
cemetery. It is designed by Mr. Edwin 
Wilbur, and will be built of granite, .with 
Indiana limestone trimmings, and in the 
Grecian-Tuscan order of architecture, 
with a portico and handsome stone pil" 
lars. There will be little ornamentation. 
The granite will be ciuarry- faced, and 
the trimmings, which include the steps, 
tablets and columns, of Indiana limestone, 
will be fine- cut. The structure will be 
31.8 by 42.10 feet in size, exclusive of the 
portico, and will be lined with white en- 
ameled brick. The catacombs, sixty-four 
in number, will be arranged in tiers on 
either side and at the end opposite the 
door Each catacomb will be provided 
with a separate system of drainage and 
have a door of white marble. The build- 
ing will be set on plateaus of steps, running 
on all sides. The tomb will be placed on 
the site of the Gilliat tomb, near the Perry 
•monument, and the contract calls for its 
completion by December i. 
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