THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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MORTUARY CHAPEL AND CONSERVATORY, MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY, TORONTO, ONT. 
riortuary Chapel and Conservatory at Mt. Pleasant 
Cemetery, Toronto, Ont. 
The accompanying illustration of the new chapel 
and conservatory at Mt. Pleasant cemetery is from 
the North Toronto Recorder. The new building is 
constructed immediately over the old receiving vault 
or mortuary, the iron and terra cotta ceiling of the 
latter acting as the floor of the superstructure shown 
in our illustration. The mortuary is built into a 
side hill, entrance is had to it through a handsome 
gothic archway, but as is the case with too many 
side hill vaults the ventilation was bad and the in- 
terior damp and forbidding. The happy thought 
of placing the conservatory and chapel above the 
mortuary has changed this, for with high ceilings and 
ample ventilation the air is now kept perfectly pure. 
The upper portion of the building contains a con- 
servatory 50 ft. square, surrounding on three sides a 
mortuary chapel, from which it is separated by 
swing doors and large plate glass windows giving a 
full view of the flowers, plants, and palms. The 
bier, situate near the centre of the chapel, is made 
to descend through a brass-railed richly curtained 
opening into the chamber beneath, which is hidden 
from view by upholstered doors that fold over the 
opening immediately after the descent of the casket. 
Three large propagating houses occupy the remain- 
der of the space over the Mortuary, while a com- 
modious potting house forms an extension north- 
wards. The conservatory, chapel and forcing 
houses are heated by hot water obtained from two 
large boilers situate beneath. Water is pumped 
froiti a well in the lower story to a tank in the pot- 
ting house by means of a force pump driven by an 
electric motor, which also operates a ventilating fan 
to be used as occasion may require, the floors are 
of terra cotta and cement on iron girders, while 
the floors of the conservatory and chapel are finished 
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with handsome tiling. The work has been executed 
from the designs of Mr. Edmund Burke, architect. 
Dr. John W. Shaefifer, convicted of grave robbing 
at Des Moines, has been sentenced to six months in 
the penitentiary and his two assistants fined $200. 
A motion for appeal was denied. 
