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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
The Rhodes Alemorial Chapel, Pine Grove Cemetery, 
Lynn, Mass. 
'I'his chapel, recently erected in Pine Grove ceme- 
tery, was bequeathed by will by Mrs. Lydia Newhall 
Rhodes as a memorial to her husband, the late Amos 
Rhodes. It will be known as the Rhodes memorial 
chapel. The building is of granite with free stone 
trimming and tile roof. Its dimensions are 60x30 feet 
and it has a seating cajiacity of 125. Lach end is or- 
namented with a large rose window. The various col- 
ored glass heightened by the sun’s rays, presents a most 
beautiful sight. The interior is finished in hard pine 
and is carpeted and upholstered in a most thorough 
manner. Plvery detail has received the best attention. 
Work was commenced in the spring of 1891 and com- 
pleted the past summer. The cost was about $25,000. 
Shipley, Rutan & Cooledge, of Poston, were the archi- 
tects, and Norcross Bros., of Boston, were the contrac- 
tors and builders. It was consecrated Jan. loth of the 
present year, that day being the anniversary of the 
birth of the donor. No fee will be charged for its use. 
As one enters the cemetery gate a fine view of the 
chapel is obtained, it being situated on rising ground at 
the head of Main avenue a short distance from the 
entrance. It is not only an ornament to the grounds, 
but fills a long felt want. The donor sleeps on the hill- 
side but a few feet distant, and to stand by her grave a 
fine view can be had of her generous gift. Could she 
but hear the words spoken in her praise that have met 
the ears of the writer, she would indeed feel that her 
generosity was more than appreciated. There stands 
the building nestling among those noble pines that have 
braved the storms of years, reaching out their protect- 
ing arms, and' there it will stand after they have suc- 
cumbed to the hand of time. As generation after gen- 
eration reads the tablets on either side of the vestibule 
they will learn to honor the name of Lydia Newhall 
Rhodes. S. 
-:^10em0t0ry t^0poft5.!^ 
The annual report of the Greenwood Cemetery, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., presents some interesting figures. 
The receipts from the sale of lots amounted to $175,- 
552; for use of receiving tomb, $12,763; for opening 
graves and vaults, $31,897. The labor account includ- 
ing cost of opening graves and care of same was $116,- 
587. Improvements, maintenance and contingent ex- 
penses exclusive of labor on trust lots increased the sum 
to $167,542. The fund for the improvement and per- 
manent care of the cemetery amounts to $1,501,969, 
and the fund for the special and permanent care of lots 
to $356,593. The latter fund was increased during the 
year $34,315. This deposit exceeds that of any pre- 
vious year and evidences the appreciation of lot owners 
of the utility of such a fund. The largest individual 
deposit made during the year was $2,000. An average 
of 214 men were employed in various capacities; the 
lowest number being 116 in January, and the highest 
302 in lune. Thirteen hundred hedges were removed 
from around lots. It cost $21,259 to mow and remove 
the grass. The cemetery owns twenty horses and dur- 
ing the summer months hire half as many more. 
From the twenty-fifth annual report of the Forest 
Hills cemetery, Boston, we make the following extracts: 
Receifits from the sale of lots and graves $60,802, the 
Perjjetual Care Fund was increased $26,682 and the 
Permanent Fund $5,019. The former fund now amounts 
to $324,330. 905 interments were made during the 
year, making the total number to January 31st, 26,193. 
There were fifty-three iron fences, two hedges and three 
curbings removed. 316 markers and 42 monuments 
were erected; 34 lots that had been originally sold with- 
out perpetual care were placed under such care. The 
lots now under care number 2,577 and 558 are under 
annual care. 12 lots were deeded to the cemetery in 
trust. 
The annual report of Fairmount cemetery, Newark, 
N. J., shows the expenditure of about $18,000 for per- 
manent improvements during the past year. The re^ 
ceipts from the sale of 125 lots and 671 single graves, 
$30,178; expenditures for salaries and labor, $19,349. 
4,095 lots have been sold, of this number 1,735 un- 
der perpetual care. In addition to this 610 lots and 
graves received special care. 46 monuments and 99 
markers were erected. Interments for the year, 1,381, 
making a total of 26,643 to Jan. i, ’93. 23 men are 
employed in summer, 12 in winter. 
The annual report of Pine Grove cemetery, Lynn, 
Mass., says: On all new lots sold a portion of the pur- 
chase money is deposited, the interest of which is for 
the perpetual care of the lots. This amount deposited 
largely reduces the income from the sale of lots, but is 
a benefit to the community and the commissioners be- 
lieve that it is the best plan that could be adopted. Any 
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