applied to Public Cemeteries. 



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or carried up to the surface and connected by a lintel, which may be the 

 visible base of the head-stone. Where a pedestal ornament of any kind not 

 more than 18 in. on the side was to be put up, one pillar 18 in. square 

 might suffice ; or, when there was no danger of the ground being moved, 

 even a 9-inch pier, as in^g. 32., would keep the pedestal from sinking. Where 

 two graves were built end to end or side by side, three pillars would serve 

 for both graves : and where four graves were to be made side by side 

 and end to end, three pillars would suffice ; or, in effect, two pillars, as 

 shown mjig. 33., the two half-pillars at a and b not occupied being charged 

 by the builder to the ceme- 

 tery, which would have a right 3A^|y M^^\\^y^x^^^^^■^T^^^^^^^^^ 

 to sell them to those who ,^«|§|:»>JW$^v>>>» .^^^^^ 

 made adjoining interments. 

 These pillars may be built in >>^ 



a few hours, by havmg before- p.jg 33 ^^j^j;^ Foundations for Head-stones to be placed 



hand portions of them pre- back to back. 



pared w^th brick and cement 



in the manner familiar to every builder; or, in stone or slate countries, under- 

 ground props of these materials might be formed; nor do we see any objec- 

 tion to cast-iron underground props. Where permanent endurance was the 

 main object, we would not use cast-iron monuments ; as it is next to impossible 

 to prevent the rust from appearing through 

 the paint, and scaling off so as to destroy, 

 first the inscription, and next the body of 

 the monument. In some of the London 

 cemeteries temporary labels of wood, hav- 

 ing on them the number of the grave or of 

 the interment, and sometimes the name of 

 the party interred, are used ; and where 

 economy is an object, and durability to the 

 extent of a generation considered sufficient, 

 we do not see any objection to the use of 

 cast-iron tallies, such asj^zg. 34. ; their lower 

 extremities being so fixed to a piece of wood 

 as to prevent them from being pulled out, 

 while a circular disk, resting on two plain 

 tiles or bricks, will prevent them from 

 sinking. The cost of these monumental 

 tablets at the foundery will be under Is. 

 each ; and the painting, and lettering, and 

 fixing could scarcely, in any case, exceed 

 55. each. 



It is in order to supply room for head monuments that we have reserved a 

 space of 2 ft. in width between each doul)le row of graves, as shown in the 

 ground plan Jig. 35. In this figure a h \s the space between the two lines 

 of graves, commencing and ending with a number-stone ; c c are common 

 graves with coffins, with piers for head-stones at d d, and spaces for foot- 

 stones a foot in width at c e; yis a brick grave with two coffins inserted, the 

 head-stone to be placed between g g and d ; h h are spaces left for common 

 graves, brick graves, or, by occupying four divisions, for vaults ; i, a vault for 

 two coffins in width, occupying four divisions ; Ic, a vault for one coffin in width, 

 occupying one division ; / /, the green alleys between the double rows of 

 grave beds or panels. 



When it is in contemplation to have a double line of brick graves, or to fill 

 up a cemetery regularly, without allowing a choice to the purchasers, as in 

 the cemeteries of the Jews, then a foundation wall 2 ft. in width might be 

 regularly carried up along the middle space, between the lines of graves, from 

 one end of the line to the other. 



3d Ser.~1843. IV. m 



Fig. 34. Monumental Tally of 

 Cast Iron. 



