THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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Pine Grove Cemetery, Whitinsville, Mass. 
The accompanying illustrations speak louder 
than words in describing Pine Grove Cemetery, 
Whitinsville, Mass. 
However, there are conditions and features in 
connection with its existence and maintenance, that 
offer such excellent lessons for other localities and 
cemetery organizations, that some facts in addition 
to its pictorial representation will be of value. 
Pine Grove Cemetery Association was formed 
about twelve years ago, and it evidently comprised 
advanced men, of broad intelligence and views, for 
it is the only cemetery in Worcester county. Mass., 
laid out under modern ideas. The wisdom of its 
projectors has been justified by the fact that num- 
bers of the lot owners come from the towns and vil- 
lages along the Blackstone valley and surrounding 
country. 
The cemetery contains thirty-five acres, all of 
which has not yet been improved; but the rule is to 
prepare a section every fall. At present about one- 
third of the area is laid out in improved lawns. 
No wall, fence, coping, hedge or any boundary 
whatever is allowed about the lots, but the limits 
are marked at the corners by granite posts, sunk in 
the ground so that the tops do not appear above the 
surface, and the trustees reserve to themselves the 
right to remove any monument, structure or inscrip- 
tion that may be determined by a majority of the 
board to be offensive or improper; and no tomb can 
be constructed or allowed within the cemetery, un- 
less by special permission of the trustees, and only 
in such places and manner as they may decree. 
The sections are laid out in lawns averaging fifty- 
five feet, and the lots are not separated by paths of 
any kind. In the single grave section no monu- 
ments are allowed except headstones, not exceed- 
ing four feet high by sixteen inches wide. 
The cemetery charges throughout are reasona- 
ble, practically a nominal charge is exacted for the 
use of the receiving vault. 
The cemetery has the usual and 
necessary buildings, all carried out 
in harmony. There is a main green 
house, eighty-five by twenty feet, 
with two smaller attachments; and 
near by a pretty cottage for the sup- 
erintendent, Mr. John Gunn. There 
is also a substantial and well finish- 
ed barn on the grounds. 
The by-laws, rules and regula- 
tions of this cemetery are so ordain- 
ed that the trustees have the decid- 
ing voice in its control and manage- 
ment. The officers of the corpora- 
tion are: President, Secretary, Trea- 
surer and a Board of nine Trustees, 
and one Auditor, all of whom, ex- 
cept the president, are chosen by 
ballot at the annual meeting of the 
association. 
The proceeds of all lots and burial places are 
applied to the necessary expenses and indebtedness 
of the association, and as much of the remainder as 
may be deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees 
is used for laying out, fixing and ornamenting the 
cemetery. 
The association comprises the original members 
and all lot-owners owning lots of not less than one 
hundred and fifty square feet of land in the grounds. 
The perpetual care of lots has not been over- 
looked in this beautiful cemetery and the trustees 
have continued to impress upon lot-owners the im- 
VIEW IN MAIN PART OF CEMETERY. 
ENTRANCE TO PINE GROVE CEMETERY, WHITINSVILLE, MASS. 
