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An addition is to be built to the 
receiving vault of the city cemetery 
at Ishpeming, Mich. 
In response to an increasing demand 
for cremation Forest Lawn Cemetery, 
Omaha, Neb., will next spring erect an 
elaborate and modern crematory to be 
the finest west of the Mississippi river. 
The oil method of incineration will be 
used and the structure will cost $35,000. 
The nearest crematories to Omaha at 
present are at Chicago, Des Moines and 
Denver. This cemetery expended $30,- 
000 in improvements last year and ex- 
pects to. expend the same amount the 
coming season exclusive of the crema- 
tory. The work this year included the 
laying of 22,000 yards of macadam, the 
installation of a complete sewer system 
and the treatment of the main avenues 
with Tarvia. 
A California cemetery official writes 
as follows and we refer the matter fo 
our readers for discussion : “I would 
like to know what you or your sub- 
scribers think as regards cemetery as- 
sociations owning and controlling monu- 
ment shops and tnanufacturing plants, 
and whether in a country where there 
is much labor strife and trouble it would 
be advisable to open shops within the 
cemetery gates, and to run under the 
cemetery name where many men are 
employed as lot carers and diggers who 
are not union men, or whether it would 
be more advisable to open the shops in 
town, one mile away and under anoth- 
er name, since most monument workers 
are union men.” 
In past years this cemetery operated a 
monument plant to accommodate lot 
owners, and as there were no monument 
dealers in the town, they went often to 
the Catholic cemetery to erect monu- 
ments or build foundations. There is 
no monument plant within 17 miles, so 
•the superintendent, an expert stone cut- 
ter and polisher, is constantly called up- 
on to aid other rural cemeteries, or their 
own lot owners, in the selection or erec- 
tion of monuments or vaults. Under 
these circumstances they consider it 
justifiable to engage in the sale of monu- 
ments, and this would aid in a great 
measure in varying the forms of memo- 
rials, and carrying out such restrictions 
as are ordinarily regarded as desirable 
with regard to the dimensions and de- 
signs of monuments, markers, etc. 
The Dublin Cemeteries Committee 
having taken in some 50 acres of land 
opposite the entrance to Glasnevin Cem- 
etery, have — at a cost of about £2,000 — 
contracted for the erection of new en- 
trance gates, gate piers and boundary 
railings, according to plans and specifica- 
tions prepared by Mr. George P. Sheri- 
dan, architect. 
The Cairo Cemetery Association, 
Cairo, 111., is soon to open the Villa 
Ridge Cemeter}'. Andrew Lohr is 
president of the association and IM. 
C. Metzger secretary. 
The Coldbrook Cemetery Associa- 
tion has been organized at Coldbrook 
Springs, Mass., to operate a cemetery. 
H. B. Parker of Coldbrook Springs 
is president and Monroe C. Needham 
superintendent. 
{Continued on pa^e VIII) 
On the follov.'ing query also, we 
should like to have the opinion of 
our readers ; “I believe every state 
exempts cemeteries from general taxa- 
tion. Can you refer me to any state 
or states that exempts cemeteries from 
special taxes, such as improvements of 
streets, sidewalks, sewers, etc., or from 
special ta.xes for water, sewers, etc., or 
any court decisions touching upon taxa- 
tion of cemeteries.” E. S. Hyde, 
Supt. Greenwood Cem., Dubuque, la. 
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The Woodlawn Mausoleum Associa- 
tion of Columbus, O., which is to erect 
a public mausoleum for permanent inter- 
ment to be known as the Fern Cliff 
Mausoleum, owns eleven acres of land 
on Greenlawn avenue, and is planning to 
erect another mausoleum on this tract 
for a similar purpose. The structure 
will be of re-enforced concrete and will 
contain 2,000 catacoinlis. It will be pro- 
vided with an adequate endowment 
fund, and immediately surrounding the 
building there will be an elaborate for- 
mal garden. The .plan provides for a 
large chapel. Mills and Pruitt .are the 
architects for the new building. 
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The annual report of the cemetery 
commissioners of Cambridge, Mass., 
shows total expenditures of $18,847. The 
wall along Coolidge avenue has been re- 
built and $2,504 added to the perpetual 
care fund which now amounts to $73,- 
549. There were 589 interments during 
the year, making a total of 27,589. 
George D. Ford is superintendent, John 
H. McCarthy, foreman, and John J. Mc- 
Kenzie, clerk. 
The new' recei^-ing vault for Green- 
wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y., said 
to be the largest in the world, as noted 
in our last issue, is progressing rapidly 
under the direction of Superintendent 
William C. Grassau. No expense has 
been spared to make this new receiving 
'.ault everything which could be desired. 
Its cost will approximate $60,000. It 
will be 140 feet long by 64 feet deep. 
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The two views in Aspen Grove Cem- 
etery, Ware, Mass., serve to show the 
great natural beauty of the grounds, 
the picturesque scenery and the w'ealth 
of trees which make this cemetery one 
VIRWS IN ASPEN GROVE CEMETERY 
WARE, MASS. 
of the natural l)eauty spots of that vi- 
cinity. W. A. Conkey, superintendent, is 
given credit with able assistance to na- 
ture in beautifying the grounds. The 
members of the board are: C. C. Hitch- 
cock, J. H. G. Gilljert, and Jos. E. Tuck- 
er. 
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The Cemetery Board, of Hamilton, 
Out., has adopted the plan of awardin.g 
]u-izc.s to its section men in the city 
cemetert’ for I lie best ke|it sections and 
lias found it to engender a friendly riv- 
alry that is resulting in imiiroved condi 
ticii of tlic grounds. The prizes amount- 
ed to $150. E. C. Fearma.n is chairman 
of the cemetery connnittec. 
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