THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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for their roads is raised in their own grounds, and they 
have a mechanism, of the superintendent’s invention, 
for breaking the stone to a suitable size for road-mak- 
ing, so arranged that the stone unloads and deposits it- 
self, after leaving the crusher, by gravity. There is also 
a special police corps authorized to watch the stone- 
masons and to inspect their work in laying foundations, 
etc., who are responsible both to the superintendent of 
the cemetery and to the city police commissioner for 
their duties and character. 
Within the cemetery, there is a building capable of 
containing a crematory when it is considered the de- 
mand will justify it. There are also sheltered pagodas 
in various suitable parts of the cemetery, to which are 
attached toilet rooms for men and women; and there 
are the same conveniences to be found at the chief en- 
trances. 
The busy season is the summer; during the hot 
weather children die off very rapidly from many dis- 
eases. The interments in the summer sometimes num- 
ber eighty a day. There are no common interments in 
Greenwood Cemetery, on the contrary, some of the 
grave spots are of ample dimensions, and the cost of 
many of them Avould be alarming to an English under- 
taker’s customer. A Mr. Thomas Berry has just pur- 
chased one lot for 113,750.00. I saw the Niblo family 
mausoleum that stands on a plot for which they paid 
^100,000.00, and spend I500.00 a year in keeping it up. 
The Steinway mausoleum contains 128 catacomb com- 
partments and cost ^100,000.00. There are many such 
mausoleums adorning the prominent parts of the ceme- 
tery, and often a number of them together. 
A carriage drive in the cemetery for the sake of 
viewing it was a new experience; it is a fact that wagon- 
ettes (called in America “carry-alls”) ply at the en- 
trance of the cemetery and earn a living by driving 
parties about in the cemetery at one dollar an hour; the 
drivers of these wagonettes are showmen, and point out 
to one the different points of interest. 
One of the earliest immigrant families was the Whit- 
neys. Their chapel tomb is large enough for a service, 
and a service is actually held within it annually on the 
28th day of May. 
The tombs are of a different order to what we are 
accustomed to here, particularly having no crosses — a 
cross is quite a rarity. It is difficult to believe that 
you are in the cemetery of a Christian people when 
every memorial of any pretension is an illustration of 
classic heathen art. These are peculiarities about some 
of them; in one case five marble posts stand like guard- 
ians in front of the tomb, on each post a lamp was kept 
burning from the time of the decease of the first to that 
of the last member of the family. Horace Greely’s 
tomb is made of type metal, and bronzed. John 
Matthews’ sculptured sarcophagus bears a full length 
recumbent statue of him; on each corner of the four 
pillars there are correct portrait statues of different 
members of the family in marble; above this a canopy 
of richly carved stone rises to height of 36 feet, and 
upon it a representation of Mr. Matthews leaving Eng- 
land for America at the age of 21 years, so poor that 
when he landed in New York he shouldered his own 
box from the quay to the city. 
Beautiful tombs raised by public subscription cover 
all the unknown dead, such as the 105 who were un- 
recognized victims of the Brooklyn theatre fire. 
The “receiving vault” is peculiar; a sort of cata- 
comb with arched passages, the arches enclosed in solid 
iron doors; each arch providing for twenty-four bod.es. 
This “receiving vault” is for temporary interment, and 
contains at the present time about 1,500 bodies, placed 
there whilst a permanent provision is made for their 
interment in other parts of the cemetery. The rent 
upon each is $ 6.00 per quarter. There is no stipula- 
tion as to what coffiins are to be used, but contagious 
cases are not admitted. Access to the higher shelves 
in the vault is obtained by a very ingenious trolly which 
works along the corridors and has an adjustable plat- 
form. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS" 
Every cemetery should be governed by certain rules and 
regulations, which should be printed in pamphlet form for distri- 
bution among lot owners. While this has been done in most of 
the large cemeteries, where the rules are very much alike, we 
will, for the benefit of the smaller cemeteries, publish in this de- 
partment such rules as commend themselves for general adoption. 
Contributions are solicited. 
Extracts From the Rules Regarding Stone Work 
at Spring Grove, Cincinnati. 
Double head or foot-stones embracing two or more 
graves are prohibited. 
But one mark will be allowed at any grave. 
No gravestone or mark can be set in a socket or 
with a dowell. Grranite is recommended for monuments 
or markers. Limestone, sandstone and soapstone for 
monumental purposes is not permitted. 
On lots where graves are arranged with a view of 
placing a family monument, all gravemarks must be 
placed at the end of grave farthest from the monument. 
Such marks must be not less than six inches thick and 
four inches high with the inscriptions cut on top. 
At single graves in sections set apart for children 
and in fractions of lots, gravestones shall not exceed 
four inches in height. No stone will be permitted at 
any single grave over two feet in height. 
Where fences or other structures on any lot have 
by reason of neglect become objectionable in the judg- 
ment of the Board of Directors, they are authorized to 
have same removed, in which case the outline of the lot 
shall be preserved by corner stones or proper land marks 
having the owner’s initials, number of section and lot 
cut thereon, at the expense of the cemetery. 
