PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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WATERSIDE VIEW IN MT. GLENWOOD CEMETERY 
CHICAGO. 
MtGLENWOOD 
A cemetery laid out on mod- 
ern lines, catering especially to 
colored people, is so novel as to 
be worthy of notice. Mt. Glen- 
wood, near Chicago, is a new 
tract for the colored people 
whose great number in that city 
would seem to furnish a need 
for such a tract, as other ceme- 
teries (generally discriminate 
against colored people by extra 
charges, sometimes as much as 
double that of white patrons. 
The plan for Mt. Glenwood, 
prepared by Nelson Brothers, 
the Chicago landscape archi- 
tects, provides for an adequate 
landscape lay out, with curving 
drives and parked sections in line with 
the best cemetery practice. 
The cemetery is located about twen- 
ty miles from La Salle Street station 
on the line of the C. & E. I. R. R., 
and was dedicated September 6th, 
1908, and is the first cemetery for the 
use of the colored race in this com- 
munity. The property includes 148 
acres of naturally beautiful and pic- 
turesque high rolling ground with 
natural forest oaks and natural drain- 
age. The contour of the ground is 
such that practically no artificial im- 
provements will be needed. 
The dedication exercises were par- 
ticipated in by something more than 
two thousand people consisting of 
Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of 
Pythias and other lodges and the dif- 
ferent church denominations, lawyers, 
doctors and others. 
Since the dedication about 80 inter- 
ments have been made. The different 
lodges and the colored people gener- 
ally are taking much interest in this 
cemetery. The improvements, such 
as drives, walks, chapel, vaults and 
other improvements, the larger part of 
which are yet to be made, but which 
will be completed in the early sum- 
mer season, will make this a most at- 
tractive and modern cemetery. 
CEMETERY 
The train leaving LaSalle 
Street Station stops directly in 
the cemetery and funeral parties 
are landed very close to the 
grave. After the burial services 
the funeral party is conveyed to 
. the line of the Chicago & South- 
ern Traction interurban line sta- 
tion for the return to the city. 
This takes about two and one- 
half hours to make the round 
trip. 
The Cemetery Association is 
contemplating the building of a 
spur from the street car line into 
the grounds, and making such 
arrangements as are necessary 
to conduct its funerals largely by 
street car. The officers . and directors 
of the Association are well known busi- 
ness men, the President being Geo. M. 
Williams, Vice-President of the Citi- 
zens’ State Bank of Watseka, 111 .; Sec- 
retary, Chas. O. Patton, of Chicago ; 
Treasurer, Josiah G. Williams, Presi- 
dent of the Citizen’s State Bank of 
Watseka, 111 ., and J. S. Williams, . of 
Onarga, III,, is Vice-President. 
J. L. Parks and Dr. E. S. Miller, 
of Chicago, represent the people of 
the colored race on the Board of Di- 
rectors of the Association. 
The city offices of the Association 
are at 185 Dearborn St. 
BROOK AND TREES, MT. GLENWOOD CEMETERY. 
WOODLAND, MT. GLENWOOD CEMETERY. 
