THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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RECEIVING VAULT, RIVERSIDE CEMETERY. 
acter, so that a drive through Riverside, winding in 
and out among its gently sloping mounds, will be 
one continual round of pleasant surprises. 
The perfection of the park system is the high 
aim of the Riverside directors. Instead of thousands 
of grotesque or inartistic marble or stone mark- 
ers, designed to suit the taste of as many indi- 
viduals whose knowledge of art is nil, there will be 
countless varieties of plant, flower, and tree, all cul- 
tivated with the highest skill of the landscape 
artist, and each contributing to the general effect of 
beauty and harmony. In conformity with this plan 
the bridge leading across a small 
stream to the river bank is of the 
rustic pattern. The view from the 
high shores of the Genessee is of 
indescribable beauty and it is most 
fortunate that this rare natural scene 
is not to be marred by the too 
frequent disregard for sysem, har- 
mony or beauty. 
To this end the most stringent 
regulations have been adopted. No 
copings or fences of any kind will be 
allowed. But one monument or 
other ornamental device can be 
placed upon each lot. All markers 
must be placed level with the sur- 
face of the ground. No device for 
separating the lots will be visible to 
the eye, the design being to present 
to the view a cemetery which shall 
have all the beauties of a park, 
which shall be as little as possible 
suggestive of the gloom of death 
and as much as possible suggestive 
of the hope that lies beyond the 
grave. 
The perpetual care of every 
grave is an essential feature of the 
lawn system in its perfection, and 
this feature has been embodied by 
the Riverside authorities in their 
deeds. They covenant with every 
purchaser of a lot that the ceme- 
tery shall be perpetually cared for, 
and to insure this a sum is set apart 
from the purchase price of every lot 
to form a maintenance fund for the 
perpetual care of the cemetery. 
There can be no “ neglected ” 
graves. Every foot of the entire 
domain will be carefully preserved. 
There will be no discrimination 
shown — the poor man’s lot being 
cared for as thoroughly as that of 
the wealthy. Some method of designating the un- 
marked graves will be adopted, so that there will be 
no unknown residents of this city of the dead. 
The illustrations presented with this article give 
a good idea of the improvements that have been 
made at Riverside during the short time since actual 
work began. The Riverside Cemetery Association 
is composed of some of the most substantial busi- 
ness men of Rochester. They have already expend- 
ed some $200,000 in the development of the ceme- 
tery and have interested many prominent citizens in 
the purchase of lots. It is only a question of a com- 
A VIEW IN RIVERSIDE CEMETERY. 
