Show ire 4 lincoln I 1 dincol n s tomb to barem be remodeled av state of illinois to spend on project at asli springfield lr tr springfield ill III grandeur and de corum will hlll be brought to i the tomb of abraham lincoln whose chos e body bade ties lies i sea ledIn in a huge boulder burled ten ren wf fc feet underground beneath a tall tallmon mon tr aument atop a hill bill in beautiful oak L ridge cemetery here according to plans plains which call for expenditure of r in remodeling the 04 tomb both exterior and Inter interior for are to be thoroughly remodeled and incon vent ens encis which have annoyed and drawn criticisms from hundreds of thousands w of visitors to the monument sincie since its ai dedication of lincoln ri relics ziles Is to be eliminated the remodeling will be completed in november r y the present rotunda where hervert herbert fart i pay fay custodian has a collection of f i lincoln relles relics Is to be made into a j reception room and avor built so V that the visitors tors may view the lincoln sarcophagus from the inside without the necessity of leaving the ithe hulid ing and walking around to td the small ta P door s on anthe the north side aide wall to be moved south wall of the room bearing the coffin will ile be moved back ten feet and to la this inner new hall ball will be the crypts for the lincoln fill faro in lly the vor corridor will run past the crypt wall a and nd marking the sarcophagus cop hagus room from the hall will wll he rt ft plush cord natural light will flow T into the room through n grilled aln dow at the north tills this window winder to tn be installed where the present door wily way Is i the Th tower etower of the monument will be closed so that seepage ofrain ahr through ough any 0 the ports will be eliminated curio seekers in tile past have often 4 taken glass from the lie peer holes so an i t that the interior has often been wa terson ter snaked ked the new reception room will be bacon con trusted truc ted of marble panels set bet between lyeen ta fluted plIn pilasters pi lasters of marble above pach each or of which will be a abronze bronce wreath in direct light ing will be supplied from froin coves of the decorated cor cornice ulce gold leaf will decorate the belling and bronze tablets inscribed with quotations from speeches of lincoln will be placed in the lin panela nels TI T fie IP floor will be beet in octar annl shaped pieces of roman travertine marble the small connecting squares being of reel ar halaas fossil the border will tie be in i a convent conventional lonnI croll design executed execute d a in red and pink kasota stone atone anteroom to be built the corridor to tile lie sarcophagus room will be seven and n halt half feet in height helg ht and the walls cell ilig and floor bloor will carry out the decorative idea of the reception room i at each of the four corners of the S monument the halls ali w be ent enlarged arged into a anterooms ante rooms at the outside of 1111 be a re recess ess 11 in which will 1 standa a marble urn and alij on either cither iside illde of 0 ohp wall gil framing the urn will be bb insets with gold golo plated stars the burns will rest on a murble marble base on which mourners ersk professions processions process ions will be carved the avill all be made of 01 red arkansas fossil and bear the la in abraha Ab rabaa asoo 1805 the block supporting the sar cop coplin lingus gug will be carved in a design showing gracefully draped festoons fes hanging above a floral decoration flag stands will be placed around the sarcophagus A stalk of corn will be the inspiration f for th the grillwork design t tile the monument t wn was s dedicated in 1874 it until that tha th state took over its care up to that time public subscription and contri buttons by legislatures of other states had paid for and maintained the mon in july 1801 the association in pharie of the monument encountered difficulties and the state took it ovet avei and appropriated to reb rebuild lid it when the rebuilding wascom i ed Lincol ns body was taken from a temporary receiving vault and restored I 1 to the tomb the alie present i plans to remodel the tomb has served to recall incidents concerning Lincol ns enak casket et which have gripped the interest of the country at various times one af of these concerned an attempt in 1870 by ghouls to steal Lincol ns body the attempt was unsuccessful it was followed by nine union soldiers forming what was known as a lincoln guard of hobor honor and one night at mid night the auard secretly removed the boro the sarcophagus pad into it in awu part of tee e monument if it remained there for t hiyi n sears years when it was taken from tile the ce cellar lar and placed in the catacomb where a stronger tomb hall had been prepared in ll 11 robert lincoln son of the martyred marty red president financed another rebuilding of the monument and this time it was was arranged to make it im possible bleto to move Lincol ns body again the casket was placed in a steel cage walled in with cement and buried ten en feet underground beneath the monument |