VIII 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
OBITUARY 
Hiram Downing, Chicopee, Mass., for 
many years superintendent of Fairview 
and Maple cemeteries in that city, died 
October 26, aged 89 years. 
CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS 
{Continued from i>age 4^4) 
The Oak Hill Cemetery Associa- 
tion has been incorporated at Gary, 
Ind., by I. C. Lund, Oliver Holmes 
and others. 
An artificial lake 400 x 200 feet is 
being constructed in St. Lawrence’s 
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. 
Bishop Charles H. Colton of the 
Roman Catholic diocese of Buffalo, 
has bought the Kenmore Palace Park 
of 27 acres and will turn it into a 
cemetery. 
The Ladies’ Cemetery Association 
of Newton Falls, O., is soon to begin 
the construction of a receiving vault 
in the village cemetery. 
Alenasha, Wis., has appropriated 
$1,500 to purchase an addition to Oak 
Hill Cemetery. 
T. W. Smith, chairman of the Cem- 
etery Commission of Amherst, Mass., 
is in charge of the work of improv- 
ing North Amherst Cemetery. 
Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, 
Conn., is building a new entrance. 
The Soldiers’ Home Cemetery has 
been enlarged by the addition of a 
new section and the contract for 
grading and improving it has been 
let to J. 1. Geiger for $4,835. 
The Mt. Eden Cemetery Company 
of Shepherdsville, Ky., has been in- 
corporated by R. C. Hardesty, W. 
F. Joyce and others. 
The Georgia Legislature has ap- 
propriated $10,000 for the improve- 
ment of the Confederate Cemetery at 
Marietta, Ga. 
Forest Home Cemetery, Milwau- 
kee, will build a new administration 
building to cost $20,000. 
The City Council Committee on 
Cemeteries of Richmond, Va,, is soon 
to let contracts for new entrance 
gates to Riverview and Mt. Calvary 
Cemeteries. 
The Valley Grove Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Milton, Ind., will spend $600 in im- 
provements. 
The Concord Cemetery Association, 
Stockwell, Ind., has been formed to pre- 
serve the cemetery there. Arthur D. 
Cunnigham, of Lafayette, is secretary- 
treasurer. 
The Eulalia Cemetery Company, of 
Coudersport, Pa., is making extensive 
improvements. Their grounds are be- 
ing regraded on the lawn plan and new 
roads and walks are being made. The 
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