THE MAKING of a MODERN LAWN CEMETERY 
Mount Hope, the new cemetery be- 
tween Joplin and Webb City, Mo., 
has had the advantage of starting 
with a thorough-going lawn plan, with 
every lot under perpetual care, and 
after only three years of development 
has a perpetual care fund of $10,000, 
and lot sales of $48,000. The lawn 
view illustrated, showing some of the 
monuments, demonstrates the care 
exercised in their construction. They 
are all of granite, as only this mate- 
rial and standard bronze are allowed, 
and the designs must be approved by 
the superintendent. 
A new water system was completed 
this spring at a cost of $5,200, as it 
was considered too expensive to get 
the city water from Joplin. A well 
was accordingly sunk in the highest 
point in the grounds, to a depth of 
1,010 feet, to reach absolutely pure, 
soft water. The hole was opened ten 
inches at the top and six inches at 
the bottom. The bore first found 70 
feet of yellow clay, and black shale, 
and then limestone soil to a depth of 
980 feet, when they struck stone. 
After going into that 30 feet, the pure 
soft water was found. It rises to 
within 150 feet of the surface, and 
the working level of the pump goes 
down to 245 feet so that it is about 
100 feet in the water. The well starts 
at the top with 8l4-inch pipe and 
goes down 428 feet, finishing with 
4%-inch pipe at the bottom. The 
power is furnished by a ten horse- 
power gas and gasoline engine and a 
deep well pump brings the water to 
the 400-barrel tank in the water 
tower shown in one of our pictures. 
This building is of Spanish Mission 
style, as are the other service build- 
ings which have been illustrated in 
these pages, is 31 feet high, and 20 
feet in diameter at the base. The 
brick walls are of hollow construc- 
tion, and the exterior is finished in 
stucco. The roof is of tile and the 
gutters of copper. The building was 
erected by H. F. Stange, of Joplin, 
and cost $2,000. The plant has a ca- 
pacity of 1,800 gallons an hour, and 
there is sufficient elevation to give 
good pressure anywhere on the 
grounds. All the improvements are 
paid for and the association has no 
debts. There have been 200 inter- 
ments. 
Two mausoleums have been erect- 
ed, the one illustrated being on the 
family lot of Charles Schifferdecker 
of Joplin, the vice-president of the 
association. It was designed by Gar- 
stang & Rea of Joplin, and is a com- 
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WIDE TIRE DUMP CART USED 
AT MOUNT HOPE. 
mendable effort at originality in this 
difficult field of architecture. 
There is so little of originality in 
the prevailing design and structure 
of mausoleums, that it is refreshing 
occasionally to see one of these struc- 
tures that seeks either to break 
away from the poorly rendered imi- 
tations of the classic, or to keep 
closer to the proportions and details 
of the classic temples from which 
comes all of our mausoleum design 
and a good part of our architecture. 
In the Schifferdecker unusually 
massive effects were sought by the 
Egyptian character of the construc- 
tion and decoration, and all the de- 
SCHIFFBRDECKER MAUSOLEUM, MOUNT HOPE -CEMETERY, 
WEBB CITY, MO. 
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