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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
CEHETERY NOTES 
Chairman George M. Painter of Phila- 
delphia, vice-president; W. H. Atkinson of 
Trenton, and Secretary Jones of Pittsburgh, 
of the Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents, were in Barre, Vt., the lat- 
ter part of June conferring with the Barre 
board of trade and Alexander Hanton, su- 
perintendent of the Barre City Cemeteries, 
on the August convention. Definite arrange- 
ments were made for the meetings, and 
the program was determined. Messers. 
Painter, Jones and Atkinson are loud in 
their praises of Barre and her hospitality, 
and predict that the Thirty-first Annual 
Convention of the Association of Ameri- 
can Cemetery Superintendents to be held 
in Barre, August 28, 2h, 30 and 31 will be 
one of the most successful in the history 
of the association. 
Following is a letter Oak Grove Ceme- 
tery Association of La Crosse, Wis., re- 
cently sent to lot holders to interest those 
not under perpetual care to provide such 
care for their lots. ‘‘We wish to call your 
attention to the perpetual care of lots, or 
exemption from dues for all time for care 
of lots in Oak Grove cemetery. Attention 
to the last resting place of man is an ob- 
ligation placed upon the living hy ancient 
custom, and by all the feelings of common 
humanity. As the years go hy families scat- 
ter, those closest in relationship pass away, 
other interests engage tlie younger genera- 
tions until finally no one remains who will 
expend the necessary sum yearly to keep 
the family lot from falling into a neglected 
and unkempt condition. In order that lot 
owners and their descendants may have 
assurance that their lots will always be 
cared for they should set aside a fund for 
this purpose. This fund is placed in the 
hands of a trustee appointed liy the court, 
and the income from this fund is used for 
care of lots for all time.” 
The trustees of Green-Wood Cemetery, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., have presented their an- 
nual report of the management and con- 
dition of the cemetery for the year Ihlf). 
The receipts for the sale of lots were 
$153,116.25. One hundred and eighty-five 
deposits of trust funds, amounting to $123,- 
431.82, were made by lot owners for the 
perpetual care of their lots. This was the 
largest sum ever received for the purpose 
in any year and the total fund now amounts 
to $1,871,763.45. The general fund for the 
improvement and permanent care of the 
cemetery now amounts to $4,421,114.37, 
having received an addition during the 
year of $166,688.12. The number of burials 
during the year was 4,121, making a total 
of 376,476. During the year 26,208 super- 
ficial feet of new asphalt tile paths were 
laid and other improvement work was done 
amounting to $7,431.52. 
The Forest Lawn Cemetery Association, 
Omaha, Neb., has set aside a large section 
of ground occupying a commanding and 
elevated position at the right of the 
main road into the cemetery, and a 
comparatively short distance from the 
cemetery gate, to be known as the 
‘‘Elk's Rest.” In the center is a circle 
thirty feet in diameter containing about 
seven hundred square feet which will ulti- 
mately be the location for a bronze elk 
of life size standing on a high granite ped- 
estal. The ground thus set apart is valued 
at over $500, a gift to the Elks from the 
cemetery association. Family lots are laid 
out about this circle upon which individual 
monuments may be erected by members of 
the order who desire lots in this part of 
the cemetery. 
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, 
Okla., are building some new roadways this 
spring and write the following : ‘‘Bids 
were just received by the directors for 
paving about 2,600 feet of driveway with 
Portland cement concrete. There will be 
4,000 square yards of the paving. The bids 
on concrete, including grading, were $1.64, 
$1.70 and $1.88. The mix is 1-2-3. Bids on 
other types of paving received were, sheet 
asphalt per square yard $1.80, asphalt con- 
crete per square yard $1.72. The Connel- 
ly Construction Co. was the successful bid- 
der and the work is to be completed within 
days. So far as known, this is the first 
cemetery to adopt this type of permanent 
construction, and it was adopted as the 
most feasible paving in keeping down main- 
tenance. The secretary, Mr. Will H. Clark, 
2700 North Shartel avenue, will mail copies 
of plans and specifications to any associa- 
tion interested, on application.” 
Following are some interesting statistical 
statements taken from the interment record 
of the annual report of Cave Hill Ceme- 
tery, Louisville, Ky., for the year ending 
May 31, 1017 : Interments in private lots 
during year, 710; interments in single 
graves during year, 293 ; total interments, 
50,764; removals from cemetery during 
year, 7 ; new ground graded and seeded for 
lots, during year, 121,900 sq. ft. ; new 
ground graded and seeded for reserves, 
during year 7,800 sq. ft. Parts of the stone 
coping and steel fence along Transit ave- 
nue were repaired and reset. A plot of 
4.21 acres of land has been added to the 
cemetery, increasing the actual area to 283 
acres. This addition will provide space for 
about one thousand (1.000) single graves. 
During the year the addition to the main 
gate waiting room was finished; the Trans- 
it avenue gate lodge just about finished; a 
brick gardner’s locker and toilet room near 
section 8 was built and 1,488.7 square feet 
of concrete walk laid to the Transit Ave- 
nue entrance, and 135 square feet at the 
Broadway waiting room. One hundred 
(100) cubic yards of rock have been quar- 
ried from section 28 — 728.57 cubic yards of 
crushed rock was used in foundations, and 
about 330 cubic yards of crushed rock are 
now on hand. Twenty eight thousand five 
hundred and twenty-one square yards (28,- 
521) of roadways have been oiled, and 3,- 
389 square yards re-oiled. 
Oakland Cemetery Association of Shel- 
don, la., recently received from the estate 
of Orson Bugbee the bequest of $500 left 
by Mr. Bugbee to be used at the discretion 
of the board in improving the cemetery. 
The name of the Seven Mile Creek Cem- 
etery at Lamartine, Wis., was changed re- 
cently to the Lamartine Cemetery. 
All of the surplus land in the new ad- 
dition to Riverside cemetery, Oshkosh, 
Wis., which the city offered to donate to 
the use of the people for garden purposes 
has been taken and alloted to the sev- 
eral applicants. There are thirty-five plots 
of various sizes now being placed under 
cultivation. 
New Cemeteries and Improve- 
ments 
Pencader Cemetery Association, to care 
for the Pencader Presbyterian Church 
Cemetery, at Glasgow, Del., was incorpor- 
ated recently with no capital stock by 
Charles B. Evans, Francis A. Cooch and 
John P. Cann of Newark, Del. 
The Haworth Cemetery Association, 
just south of Plymouth, Kans., in Pike 
township, was incorporated recently. Fol- 
lowing are the directors of the association : 
Bert Johnson, W. H. Jacobs, William 
Short, Charles Mayes and John Piper. 
A new cemetery is being projected in 
Tampa, Fla., by Daniel S. Wells, of that 
city, who has associated with him Messrs. 
Wilson and Benson, of Miami, and a cor- 
poration has been formed with a paid-up 
capital stock of $120,000, under the name 
of the Myrtle Hill Cemetery Company. 
Daniel S. Wells is president; T. O. Wilson, 
vice-president, and Clifton D. Benson, sec- 
retary and treasurer. A site consisting of 
180 acres has been procured and work has 
already begun on the improvement. One 
hundred and three acres are now fenced, 
a large tract plowed, and it is expected 
that within a short time more than 1,000 
trees will be set. Work is also under way 
on the entrance gates and every part of the 
general plan is being pushed as rapidly as 
possible. The plans also include the erect- 
ing of a chapel, receiving vaults and a 
crematory. 
A mausoleum, administration building, 
tool house, a fence and many other fea- 
tures are the improvements to be made at 
St. Joseph cemetery, Evansville, Ind., this 
year. The administration building will be 
located on the main drive about 300 feet 
from the entrance. It will be constructed 
of brick and stone and will be roofed with 
green glazed tile. The building will have 
a ground area of 42 by 53 feet and will be 
one story and basement. The mausoleum 
will be located west of this building. 
