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PARK AND CEMETERY 
In reviewing the work accomplished in 
connection with Hamilton Cemetery, Ham- 
ilton, Ont., Can., during the year 1917 
aside from the routine work, probably the 
most important features were the satis- 
factory completion by the Board of Con- 
trol of the negotiations with the McKit- 
trick Co., as a result of which the board 
secured 70 acres of available land, the bal- 
ance in cash of the $25,000.00 due, and most 
important of all, the possibility for the 
commencement of the development of this 
cemetery during the coming season, as the 
present cemetery is being fast sold out. 
During the year a considerable amount of 
macadam roadway was constructed so that 
a highway has been made from end to end 
of the cemetery besides several other 
branch roads. A roadway was constructed 
to the ravine at the rear of the cemetery 
and the whole ground has been cleared of 
underbrush, cultivated and drained. In this 
work a large quantity of stone and gravel, 
useful for foundation, has been obtained, 
sufficient to provide for a considerable 
portion of the cost of the work. This 
ravine which up to the present was waste 
land presents particularly fine possibilities 
for development. Some items of interest 
taken from the financial statement follow : 
Receipts: Burials and removals, $6,502.75; 
care of lots including $7,099.05 interest on 
perpetual care fund, $12,640.60 ; foundations 
and markers, $1,761.41; sale of lots after 
deducting $10,046.70 for perpetual care 
funds, $4,248.20; sale of single graves after 
deducting $1,218.00 for perpetual care funds, 
$370.00; total available receipts for 1917, 
$27,387.61 ; balance from previous year, 
$4,232.12; grand total, $31,619.74. Expendi- 
tures : Burials and removals, $7,646.93 ; care 
of lots, $7,143.29; foundations and markers, 
$1,504.16; building and care of roads, $4,- 
662.17; improvements, $1,141.00; care of 
trees, shrubs and flowering plants, $1,247.93; 
total, $27,782.27. Perpetual care funds re- 
ceived during 1917 were $13,230.07, and 
repayment funds, $1,876.00. There is at 
present a total of $147,350.93 in the per- 
petual care funds. 
Many' important improvements were 
made at the city cemetery of Salt Lake 
City, Utah, during the year under the di- 
rection of City Commissioner Herman H. 
Green, head of the department of parks 
and public property, and C. L. Evans, city 
sexton. Alany fences, edgings and copings 
around lots were torn down. Harmon- 
izing with the new entrance gateway, a 
low fence of simple design, hung between 
massive concrete posts, was built on N 
street. This fence runs from the main 
entrance a block to the north and a block 
to the east, along the south and the west 
boundaries of the cemetery. At a cost of 
$1,000 a new public comfort station was 
built also a garage and improvernents 
to the agreenhouse to enlarge its capacity, 
costing $500. Another notable improve- 
ment was the construction of 1,100 feet of 
curbing and guttering. A continuation of 
this work is planned for this year, and 
also it is hoped to pave the main driveway. 
Practically the only expense of the curb 
and gutter was the cost of cement. Gravel 
and sand were obtained from outlying parts 
of the cemetery and most of the work was 
done by regular cemetery employes. An 
additional 1,000 feet of cement sidewalk 
was constructed, forming an extension of 
the walk alongside the main driveway. This 
walk is five feet wide and was laid at a 
cost of from 35 to 40 cents per lineal foot. 
Strips of concrete pavement were laid on 
Center street between Ninth and Tenth 
avenues forming a firm base for automo- 
bile traffic, which was formerly made diffi- 
cult by reason of the heavy' grade. There 
were 35 cement flumes constructed during 
the year, replacing the old wooden flume. 
What was formerly known as “Potters’ 
Field” was planted with grass, forming a 
happy contrast to the hitherto barren ap- 
pearance. An textension of the Park plat 
was made, providing 140 additional burial 
lots, which are selling at $300 each with 
perpetual care. An extension to plat “R” 
provided 224 additional burial lots, which 
are sold at $50 a lot. 
Workmen's Circle Cemetery Association 
of Norfolk, Va., has been incorporated 
with no capital stock by William Rosen, 
president, and Charles H. Schreer, secre- 
tary, both of Norfolk, Va. 
The new St. Joseph’s Lithuanian Ro- 
man Catholic parish cemetery of Mahanoy, 
Pa., recently purchased in the vicinity of 
High Point by the congregation, was dedi- 
cated recently by the pastor. Father Fran- 
cis W. Augustaitis, Ph. D. 
Officers elected at the annual meeting 
of Minneapolis City Lodge No. 63, O. B. A. 
Cemetery Association, are ; N. Lowenthal, 
chairman, and Jacob Gould, secretary. 
Reports showed the cemetery association 
in excellent financial condition, with three 
acres of additional land purchased adjoin- 
ing the tract in Richfield Township en- 
tirely paid for. 
The Cover Illustration 
The illustration on the cover of this 
issue shows a very ornamental pattern of 
wrought iron entrance gate. The scroll 
work and ornaments have been very elabo- 
rately carried out in a most effective design 
that has much to commend it for beauty, 
massive dignity and substantial construc- 
tion. It will be noted that the intricate 
pattern of the iron work is consistently 
and harmoniously carried out, not only in 
both the drive and walk gates, but in the 
post-lanterns. The lanterns are an inter- 
esting feature of this design that not only 
serve their utilitarian purpose at night, 
but add an element of ornament to the 
posts by day. The Stewart Iron Works 
Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, will gladly 
furnish catalogue and blueprints of en- 
trance gates in both ornamental and plain 
designs and special catalogue of post lan- 
terns and lamp standards. 
f Build a 
Water-Garden 
in the Park 
orCemetery 
T£ there is a pool, or a stream 
running- throug-h the park or 
cemetery you have an admirable 
site for a water garden. Tf you 
have no such natural place, a 
pool is easily built. 
In my aquatic gardens at Ar- 
lington you will find many of 
the newest and rarest water 
plants in existence, besides all 
the older sorts. I devote more 
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My booklet on Water and 
Water Plants will be sent free 
on request. 
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Box D Arlington, N. J. 
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