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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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IMPROVEMENTS in OAKWOOD CEMETERY, SHARON, PA. 
Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon, Pa., is 
one of the smaller cemeteries that are 
well-kept and under progressive man- 
agement. It is a heavily wooded roll- 
ing tract, as may be seen from the two 
characteristic views shown here and 
embraces 48 acres, 18 of which were 
added at 4 cost of $10,000 in 1907. The 
new tract is to be laid out on modern 
lines by a competent landscape engi- 
neer, and the directors are planning 
other improvements of importance for 
this season. They have recently passed 
a rule forbidding Sunday funerals and 
issued their first book of rules. The 
rules are very few and brief, but show 
a progressive tendency and will doubt- 
less be amplified as occasion requires. 
The handsome chapel and receiving 
vault shown in one of our pictures is 
a gift of Mr. Frank Buhl, one of the 
former trustees, and was erected at a 
cost of $50,000. The .interior is elab- 
orately finished with Italian marble 
decorations, and a mosaic design by 
Tiffany. The chapel seats 300. The re- 
THE MAIN DRIVE, OAKWOOD CEMETERY, SHARON. 
THE CHAPEL, OAKWOOD CEMETERY. 
ceiving vault has 12 catacombs, and 
extension of two more in the rear for 
Mr. and Mrs. Buhl. The exterior is of 
granite with a tile roof. 
The wooded character of the grounds 
is well seen in Jhe other illustration, 
which shows some of the fine trees and 
natural attractions of the grounds. 
The Hydrangea in the foreground is 
one of two unusually fine plants in the 
cemetery. It is 18 years old. stands ii 
feet high, and bears flowers in some 
cases 14 inches long and over two 
inches in diameter. A great deal of 
the shrubbery dies from the effects of 
the smoke and gas of the neighboring 
steel works, but the Hydrangeas are 
not affected. 
W. A. Addicott, the superintendent, 
is a young and energetic member of 
the Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents, and is in his fourth 
year of service at Sharon. Since he 
has beeh there, the cemetery has been 
tile drained, the roads macadamized 
with mill slag and ashes and other sub- 
stantial betterments made. 
