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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
lie Cemetery. Rev. Father Torphy is 
in charge of the work. 
The Cemetery Board of Marquette, 
Mich., has bought a forty acre addi- 
tion and expects to improve it and 
sell lots this season. 
The Iowa Legislature passed a bill 
allowing cities to levy a one mill tax 
for the Care of cemeteries, and Coun- 
cilman Wesley Ash of Des Moines is 
making preparations to improve 
Woodland Cemetery under this law, 
which will mean a revenue of about 
$18,000. 
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Bellefon- 
taine, O., has awarded the contract 
for new entrance gates to cost $1,450. 
The gates will embody Bedford stone 
posts fifteen feet high, and were de- 
signed by Architect W. H. Tremain, 
of Columbus, O. 
Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, 
Mich., will build an elaborate parked 
entrance and a chapel and receiving 
vault to cost $10,000. The work will 
be under the direction of Sexton 
Bailey. 
The Cemetery Association of Silver 
Creek, N. Y., near Buffalo, will build 
a trolley station of cement blocks. 
Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, O., is 
to build a drive exclusively for auto- 
mobiles. 
The Sons of Temperance, Medway, 
Mass., have turned over to Oakland 
Cemetery a fund of $1,100 for general 
improvement purposes. 
Grand View Cemetery Association, 
Whitesboro, N. Y., is raising funds 
for the erection of a chapel and re- 
ceiving vault. George H. Haynes is 
superintendent. 
The Town Line Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Cameron Mills, N. Y., is raising 
funds for a new fence to cost about 
$600. 
Superintendent William Kuhnle, of 
Riverside Cemetery, Menominee, 
Mich., is preparing new plats and 
maps of the grounds. 
Frank M. Blaisdell, authorized to 
report to the city council of Fort 
Smith, Ark., on the improvement of 
the city cemetery, has recommended 
the construction of a new entrance 
and the purchase of 80 acres for a 
new cemetery. The Board of Public 
Affairs was instructed to advertise for 
bids for this work and for grading, 
planting, and laying water pipes in the 
city cemetery. 
The Vicksburg Cemetery Associa- 
tion has placed Capt. William Price 
in charge of the grounds, and is plan- 
ning extensive improvements. 
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