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PARK AND CEA\ETERY. 
The Kantz Vault, Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans. 
The illustration of the Capt. Joseph Kantz vault 
below, gives a good general idea of the style of 
such tombs in New Orleans, where the prevailing 
conditions of low ground have led to the adoption 
the mound is three feet, and in this mound a vault 
is built of brick and cement to contain the bodies. 
The material used for the principal construction of 
this tomb is Georgia marble and the figure is of 
Italian marble. It was designed and built by A 
of certain methods of construction to meet the cir- 
cumstances. The base of this tomb is eight feet 
eight inches by twelve feet in area. The height 
from the base to the roof is eight feet ten inches, 
and height of statue is five feet six inches, giving a 
total 'of seventeen feet four inches. The height of 
^Veiblen, New Orleans, and is a type of many. 
This short description in connection with the cut 
will explain why in the Metairie Cemetery, New 
Orleans, the tombs are raised so far above the 
general level of the land, and that a flight of steps 
leads to their entrances. 
