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as well as important new features included 
in the construction program for the years 
1915 and 1916 were entirely abandoned. 
Every effort in the meantime has been di- 
rected to the upkeep of the buildings and 
grounds in order that no unnecessary de- 
terioration should take place. The mili- 
tary authorities required the use of an ex- 
tensive area in the park proper for camp 
grounds and the closing of the zone of the 
park containing the plants of the power 
companies lightened the usual maintenance 
work. The force of workmen available 
was greatly reduced owing to the demand 
for men both in the district and with one 
of the power companies in Queen Victoria 
Park where extension operations were be- 
ing undertaken. To meet the rising scale 
of the cost of living and the upward tend- 
ency of wage rates, increases were made to 
park workmen, and difficult as the situation 
was, the appearance of the park was kept 
up to a high standard of maintenance. The 
southerly end of the boulevard along the 
Niagara River from Queen Victoria Park 
to Fort Erie was completed in the fall of 
1915, and the new concrete roadway accom- 
modated all of the traffic during 191(). 
Some work was done on additional grad- 
ing and drainage along the boulevard, and 
a large numlrer of trees were set out both 
in the area already planted and in some 
portions not yet undertaken. The financial 
statement shows in detail the receipts and 
expenditures for the year. The rentals 
from the three power companies, the Can- 
adian Niagara Power Company, the On- 
tario Power Company r.nd the Electrical 
Development Company, totaled $'208,740.45, 
while in 1915 the amount received from 
these sources of revenue was $177,618.20. 
Upon capital account the sum of $30,- 
The trustees of Mt. Aulnirn Cemetery, 
Boston, have issued their eighty-sixth an- 
nual report, which also includes reports of 
the treasurer and superintendent. During 
the past year the business of the corpo- 
ration has proceeded very much as for- 
merly. Constructive work, authorized during 
the past two years, has been completed, 
notably the deferrization plant and the re- 
inforced concrete wall. The filling of For- 
est Pond has been completed, and now of- 
fers many very desirable lots, as also may 
be had other similar lots near Halcyon 
Lake which resulted through carrying out 
of plans made early in the history of the 
corporation. Owing to the advancing cost 
of materials the cemetery has to postpone 
further construction work of all descrip- 
tions until a more normal range of prices 
prevails. The following are some statistics 
from the treasurer’s report : Receipts of 
466.36 was expended, the two main items 
consisting of the military barricade in 
Queen Victoria Park, and the balance ow- 
ing upon section No. 5 of boulevard road- 
way construction. These two items 
amounted' to $21,351.85. The maintenance 
expenditure comprised the usual items, in- 
cluding interest on debentures and a large 
payment upon sinking fund. The balance 
in the bank at the end of the year was 
$65,463.59, and there were balances in cur- 
rent accounts of $2,615.33. 
A Lincoln homestead park surrounding 
the Lincoln home and a boulevard from 
the home to the state capitol probably will 
be one of Springfield’s contributions to the 
state centennial celebration. The city park 
board, the Sangamon County board of su- 
pervisors and the Springfield commercial 
associations are considering the plan. The 
Lincoln homestead park proposition was 
indorsed by a resolution adopted at a joint 
meeting of the board of art advisers and 
the board of parks and buildings advisers 
held in Chicago on December 6. The plan 
suggested to the Springfield park board in 
a letter written by Hugh S. Magill, di- 
rector of the centennial celebration and 
secretary of the board of art advisers, is 
that the ground surrounding the home be 
purchased and the buildings removed. It 
is also proposed that Capitol avenue from 
Eighth street, where the home is located, 
to the state capitol shall be made into a 
boulevard, lighted with ornamental park 
lights and otherwise improved. The O’Con- 
nor statue of Abraham Lincoln will be 
erected on the east side of the state house, 
looking down Capitol avenue, so the visitor 
in going from the home to the capitol 
would see the statue as he approached the 
state building. 
the general fund : Cash balance from pre- 
ceding year, $54,918.17 ; for redemption of 
bonds, $19,975.00; sale of lots, $16 908.10; 
labor and materials, $85,870.45. Total, $206,- 
878.45. Expenditures of the general fund ; 
For labor (pay roll), $()5,062.80 ; materials, 
$28,796.14 ; repairs, buildings and fences, 
$2,928.37 ; for expenses — for salaries, $17,- 
766.65; office expenses, $5,358.57; balance in 
hands of treasurer. $39,135.74. Total, $206,- 
878.45. Additions to the fund for the per- 
petual care of lots amounted to $53,285.87, 
and the fund now totals $2,109,991.64. The 
total number of interments for the year 
ending Dec. 31, 1917, including original in- 
terments and removals from other ceme- 
teries was 479, making a total in the ceme- 
tery of 41,365. 
At the annual meeting of the trustees of 
the Riverside Cemetery Association, Three 
Rivers, Mich., Robert M. Hall was elected 
president and W. E. Barnard, clerk, and 
W. H. Sloan, superintendent. The report 
of Clerk Barnard showed that the receipts 
during the year 1917 were $4,002.41 and the 
disbursements $3,925.18, leaving a balance 
on hand of $77.23. The sinking fund on 
January 1, 1917, was $14,449.56 and with 
25 percent from the sale of lots made a 
total of $14,938.56. The memorial fund 
January 1, 1917, was $14,421.00 and the 
amount received from the perpetual care 
of lots during the year was $2,122.00, mak- 
ing a grand total in the reserve fund of 
$31,481.56. 
At the ninth annual meeting of the trus- 
tees of the Riverview Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Streator, 111., E. H. Bailey was elected 
president and George Goulding, secretary. 
The secretary’s report showed an increase 
in the perpetual care fund during the year 
of $950, the fund now standing at $3,990. 
The receipts for annual care were also the 
largest to date. A comfort station was 
added to the tool house during the year 
at a cost of over $550. A new single grave 
section lying in the northeast portion of 
the grounds was laid out and platted ready 
for use. The number of interments dur- 
ing the year was 144. 
At the annual meeting of the Aspen 
Grove Cemetery Association, Burlington, 
la., the following officers were elected; 
President, J. C. Power ; vice president, 
John Blaul ; secretary, J. G. Waldschmidt. 
Twenty-five acres have been added to the 
cemetery, which will soon be platted. The 
treasurer’s report shows a cash balance in 
the general fund to be $2,478.96 in bank 
deposit, and $(i,120 in a certificate of de- 
posit, and the total of the permanent fund 
to be $70,444.21. 
Mountain View Cemetery Association of 
San Bernardino, Cab, has purchased the 
stock of the corporation owning the City 
cemetery. The property was formerly 
owned by the Valley Land and Water Com- 
pany. 
A petition to abandon Layman cemetery, 
Minneapolis, Minn., has been raised by 
many residents in the locality of the ceme- 
tery. It alleges the cemetery is a menace 
to health, and a public nuisance, and asks 
for exhuming of bodies and use of the lots 
for business sites. No definite action has 
been taken. 
The Barnes City Cemetery Association 
of Barnes City, la., has elected C. H. Core, 
president, and Mrs. Ollie Wilson, secre- 
tary. 
The Lakeview Cemetery Association of 
Kendallville, Ind., recently elected Archie 
Campbell president, and J. C. Hersh secre- 
tary. 
C. B. Hege was recently elected presi- 
dent, and John A. Diehl, secretary of the 
Maple Wood Cemetery Association, Cham- 
bersburg. Pa. 
At the annual meeting of the Green 
Lawn Cemetery Association, Altoona, Pa., 
James W. Gromiller was elected president, 
and John N. Drass, secretary. 
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