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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
respect to quantity and price: From 
single graves in public to extensive 
plats in the choicest location, the 
wants of all classes of purchasers may 
be met. All lots are sold with per- 
petual care, with a minimum charge of 
$100 for a lot of 2.56 feet. 
The Corning lot, shown in one of 
the pictures is a choice site, made ad- 
ditionally beautiful by some fine trees, 
Reading from, left to right in the pic- 
ture, the large trees are: Picea ori- 
entalis, Picea alba. Magnolia acumi- 
nata, and Norway maple. 
There is a fine showing of native 
trees throughout the grounds, with 
the oak, pine, and hemlock in greater 
variety than others. Four small lakes, 
the largest of which, Lake Bethesda, 
covers four acres, give character and 
variety to the landscape. An ample 
supply of running water is supple- 
mented by a reservoir having capac- 
ity of 500,000 gallons, from which the 
water is pumped by electricity to all 
parts of the grounds. 
Modern rules for improvements are 
in force: All foundations are built 
and all markers set by the cemetery; 
markers must he in one piece and set 
on a stone foundation at least three 
feet in the ground. Walls and fences 
are not allowed as lot enclosures, and 
close hedges have also been discon- 
tinued. 
There have been 60,000 interments 
with a yearly average of 1,000. Dud- 
ley Olcott is president of the associa- 
tion and James Burns superintendent. 
OFFICE AND MAIN ENTRANCE, ALBANY RURAL CEME I’ERY. 
THE CHAPEL, ALBANY RURAL CEMETERY. 
NEW CHAPEL FOR KENSICO CEMETERY, NEW YORK 
For some 3 'ears the management of 
Kensico Cemetery, New York City, 
DESIGN FOR NEW CHAPEL. 
Kensico Cemetery, New York. 
has realized the need of a commodi- 
ous and properly arranged public 
building • where funeral services may 
be held quietly and appropriately, and 
also for general religious services. 
Lot owners visit the cemetery in great 
numbers on Sunday, and scores of 
them would gadly avail themselves of 
the opportunity of attending religious 
service. 
The corner stone was laid with ap- 
propriate ceremonies on Memorial 
Day and some of the most prominent 
clergymen of the metropolis partici- 
pated in the exercises. The Rev. Dr. 
David James Burrell, pastor of the 
Marble Collegiate Church presided. 
The chapel was designed by James 
Bright, 111 Fifth Ave., New York, 
and is English Gothic in style. The 
building is a regular octagon in plan 
42 V 2 feet inside diameter in clear and 
36^2 from floor to spring of roof and 
50 feet to apex of roof. The main 
entrance for pedestrians is through a 
porch. At either side of this entrance 
is a chapel, octagonal in plan, i;J feet 
in diameter in the clear and 11 feet 
in height. At each side of these chap- 
els are two Porte Cocheres which give 
access to the chapel for persons arriv- 
ing by . conveyance. Opposite the 
main entrance is the chapel and on 
each side and accessible by small pas- 
sages are the robing rooms of same 
size and shape as the chapels. The 
main room will seat 150 comfortably 
and leave ample aisles. Heating 
plants are in basement and reached 
by stair cases opening out of main 
entrance as well as from the outside. 
Indiana limestone is to be used for 
the trimmings and cut stone work in- 
side and outside of the building, and 
local stone for the body of the struc- 
ture. ,The roof is to be of copper. 
The building generally is to be fire- 
proof and will cost $75,000. 
