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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Wakelee bill would have cut off this ap- 
peal of the Catholic Diocese noted above 
* * * 
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, near Colma, Cal., 
a suburb of San Francisco,' is sending 
out some good advertising matter in the 
form of little cards for enclosing in 
envelopes. On one side is a view in 
the cemetery and on the other something 
like this : 
“Mt. Olivet, San Francisco's Memorial 
Park (non-sectarian). The largest of 
all San Francisco cemeteries ; forever 
dedicated to the interment of the dead, 
without religious or fraternal restric- 
tions. On the park plan. Every plot 
fronting on a pathway. No walking 
over the graves of others. The Superin- 
tendent or Assistant always in attend- 
ance at the Cemetery, and every cour- 
tesy will be shown visitors. By appoint- 
Tnent a representative will call at the of- 
fice or residence of any so desiring. 
Mt. Olivet can be reached by Cemetery 
Electric Cars via Mission Street ; San 
Mateo Electric Cars from 5th and Mar- 
ket Streets: Southern Pacific Trains 
from 3rd and Townsend Streets; South- 
ern Pacific Trains from 25th and 'Valen- 
cia Streets, or by automobile direct, via 
New Boulevard. City office, Grant 
Bldg., iVlarket and 7th Streets. Phone 
Market 5446." 
* * * 
The Travis-De Groot bill permitting a 
public roadway to go through 2,000 feet 
of one corner of Cypress Hills Ceme- 
tery, Brooklyn, N. Y., to connect High- 
land Park and Forest Hill Park has 
been passed by the New York Legisla- 
ture. Commenting on this measure, the 
New York Tribune says: “It may have 
been a mistake to group so many large 
cemeteries in a part of Brooklyn, but 
now that they are there it would be an 
ungrateful thing to disturb them for 
the sake of real estate schemes or to 
provide speedways for automobiles. 
There does not really seem to be any 
legitimate need for such a road as that 
contemplated in a pending bill, from 
Highland avenue to the other side of 
Forest Park. There are already two 
such roads, and the desecration of two 
long-established cemeteries merely for 
the sake of a third and slightly shorter 
road would seem to be poor policy. Let 
the dead rest in peace while the auto- 
mobiles go by on the other side." 
^ 
A landslide recently carried an acre 
or more of the bank of the Genesee 
river at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, 
Rochester, N. Y., into the gorge of the 
Genesee, the earth above the rocky 
sides of the gorge being torn away to 
within a few feet of the nearest graves. 
Superintendent John B. Meisch has 
made arrangements for the building of 
a retaining wall, should the bank 
crumble as far back as the driveway. 
It is estimated that the wall would cost 
about $10,000. At present there seems 
to be no imminent danger that the 
graves will be disturbed, but should any 
signs of danger appear, work would 
immediately be started on the wall. 
^ ^ 
In an action of ejectment brought by 
the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Association, 
Newark, N. J., against the Erie Rail- 
road Company, decision was recently 
rendered in favor of the railroad. The 
suit centered about the title to a strip 
of land 21 feet broad, running ajong 
the edge of the cemetery, which has 
been a question of legal dispute since 
1881. The railroad company assumed 
possession of the strip on the ground that 
they had a state grant for it. This was 
made the basis of the defense. In direct- 
ing the verdict the court stated that the 
State grant to the land must be con- 
sidered as superior to the rights of the 
cemetery. 
* * 
Petitions signed by property owners 
living west of the city limits of Kansas 
City, Kan., have been presented to the 
city council asking that body to take 
steps to restrain the Greenwood Ceme- 
tery Association from opening a ceme- 
tery on a tract of land a half mile west 
of the city limits on Minnesota ave- 
nue. The cemetery association has pur- 
chased twenty acres there which it pur- 
poses to convert into a cemetery. The 
petitions were referred to the legal de- 
partment. 
* * * 
The Minnesota State Board of Health 
is notifying many cemeteries of the 
state who have not been keeping rec- 
ord books, that such books must now 
be kept in compliance with a recent 
state law. Dr. H. M. Bracken, St. 
Paul, is Secretary and Executive Officer. 
* * * 
The General Assembly of Connecti- 
cut passed an act amending the charter 
of Hartford to delegate to some depart- 
ment of the city the control of all city 
cemeteries. In pursuance of that act 
an ordinance was introduced in the 
council providing that the park commis- 
sion have the care of cemeteries. 
* * * 
Vandals recently did $1,500 damage to 
monuments in Forest Home and the 
Catholic cemeteries at Greenville, Mich., 
and the superintendent is making an 
effort to discover the identity of the 
culprits. Machine oil, acid or some oth- 
er liquid which has a damaging effect, 
was poured over the monuments. 
* * » 
Opposition to ' the removal of the 
cemetery at Coralville, la., resulted in 
an outburst of vandalism, when just 
after the dedication of the new ceme- 
tery unknown parties cut down all the 
evergreens in the enclosure and cut the 
fence to pieces. About fifty trees were 
cut down. 
* * * 
Hidden in a scooped-out hole under 
a tombstone in Riverside cemetery, 
Cleveland, O., a patrolman found a bas- 
ket of silverware. The police believe 
it was stolen. 
SUNDAY FUNERALS 
The movement against the Sunday fu- 
neral seems to be growing apace in the 
smaller towns. A petition from the un- 
dertakers, clergymen and liverymen has 
been presented to the Virginia Cemetery 
Association, Virginia, Minn., not to per- 
mit any burials on the Sabbath except in 
the case of contagious diseases. 
At a meeting of the Funeral Direct- 
ors at Oakland, Cal., the association 
voted to do all in its power to stop 
Sunday funerals in the city. The di- 
rectors of the various cemeteries and 
crematories in Oakland have been con- 
ferred with in this matter and it is ex- 
pected that these organizations will 
close their gates on Sunday, except in 
case of contagious diseases. 
Other places that have taken similar 
action are reported as follows in the 
Embalmers’ Monthly : 
At a session of the Interdenomina- 
tional Ministers’ meeting of the District 
of Columbia, the members of the asso- 
ciation pledged themselves not to at- 
tend funerals on Sunday, unless justified 
by some unusual circumstances. 
At Antigo, Wis., the pastors, livery- 
men and funeral directors and sextons 
have signed an agreement that after 
March 1st, they will “discontinue to 
conduct or assist to conduct funerals 
on Sunday in or around the city of An- 
tigo, the only exception being in the case 
of contagious disease which will be 
treated according to the state laws.” 
This step is taken following the ex- 
ample set by Milwaukee, Appleton and 
other cities in 'Wisconsin. 
The Protestant ministers of Rush- 
ville, Ind., have adopted resolutions de- 
claring that they will not conduct fu- 
nerals on Sunday hereafter. 
The Ministerial Association of Brown 
County, Wis., at a meeting held in 
