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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
ESTABLISHED 1890 
Devoted to the Improvement of Parks, 
Cemeteries, Public and Private Grounds 
Published on the 15th of the Month by 
R. J. HAIGHT 
324 Dearborn St., Chicago 
EDITORS 
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W. B. Hatch, formerly assistant super- 
intendent of parks at Hartford, Conn., 
has been appointed superintendent of 
construction for Hillside Cemetery, Tor- 
rington, Conn. The tract is a 65 acre 
hillside in the rough and the period of 
construction is estimated at from three 
to five years. Olmsted Bros, have gen- 
eral charge of the work. 
The Business Men’s Association of 
South Bend, Ind., is planning to beautify 
that city. John G. Barker, superintend- 
ent of Riverview Cemetery, is tlie asso- 
ciation’s adviser on horticultural mat- 
ters, and recently gave a stereopticon 
lecture to show the effect of judicious 
planting of trees and shrubs. 
James Wilson, formerly superintend- 
ent of Queen Victoria Niagara Falls 
Park, at Niagara Falls, Ont., has been 
elected park commissioner of Toronto, 
Ont., to succeed John Chambers, re- 
signed. The office also includes the su- 
perintendency and carries with it a sal- 
ary of $3,500. 
A. Chandler Manning announces the 
opening of an office for the practice of 
landscape architecture at Reading, 
Mass. 
M. H. West, assistant superintendent 
of Lincoln Park, Chicago, recently made 
a western trip in company with H. S. 
Richards, assistant superintendent of 
Washington Park and Linn White, engi- 
neer of the South Park System. While 
in Kansas City they were the guests of 
Franklin Hudson, president of the Park 
Board of that city, and inspected the 
city’s fine park system. 
Charles E. Greening, Monroe, Mich., 
has prepared plans for improving the 
grounds of The Clinton Hotel and Sani- 
tarium Co., Mt. Clemens, Mich. The 
company was recently incorporated and 
proposes to establish an American Karls- 
bad on the banks of the Clinton river 
near the popular Michigan resort. Mr. 
Greening visited many of the famous 
resorts in Germany last year and will 
incorporate as many of the desirable 
features he observed as possible in this 
new project. 
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These make appropriate decoration for parks, cem- 
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