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MAINTENANCE of MAUSOLEUMS 
The necessity of insuring good con- 
struction and permanency in ceme- 
tery structures such as mausoleums, 
etc., is receiving practical attention 
in some cemeteries. For instance, 
the Woodland Cemetery Association 
of Dayton, O., has a rule requiring 
that the lot holders should first de- 
posit with the trustees a sum equal 
to ten per cent of the contract price 
for the perpetual care of the mauso- 
leum proposed to be erected. This is 
a step in the right direction, and 
might be extended to all monumental 
works of importance. 
The following communications 
from other cemetery officials tell 
of similar provisions: 
S. P. Marsh, Pine Crest, Mobile, 
Ala. : “In the charter of the Pine 
Crest Corporation there is a provision 
for deposit of endowment to be ad- 
ministered in connection with the 
perpetual care fund.” 
A. W. Blain, Elmwood, Detroit; 
“We do not allow the erection of any 
more mausoleums in Elmwood. For 
several that have previously been 
erected provisions have been made 
by a $500 deposit.” 
Richard Lewes, Utica, N. Y. : “Lot 
■owners must leave a fund sufficient 
in our judgment to amply care for 
the structure they wish to erect.” 
H. W. Ross, Newton Cemetery, 
Newton, Mass.: “All lots are sold 
with perpetual care of $1,000 worth 
of monumental work for each 300 
square feet. If monumental work ex- 
ceeds this, a deposit of $150 for each 
■$1,000 in excess of amount covered is 
required.” 
J. C. Scorgie, Mt. Auburn, Cam- 
bridge, Mass.: “Contracts are made 
for the perpetual repair of such struc- 
tures based on the average annual 
expense capitalized at 3 per cent.” 
J. W. Keller, Mt. Hope, Rochester, 
N. Y. : “A payment of not less than 
$1,000 into the perpetual contract 
fund is required before work is com- 
menced, and as much more as deemed 
necessary by the superintendent after 
plans and specifications have been 
submitted. In no case will we allow 
the erection of a mausoleum until 
these conditions have been complied 
with.” 
Frederick Green, Lake View, Cleve- 
land, O. ; “We sell no land except 
with an endowment of 50 cents per 
square foot, and in case of a mauso- 
leum we establish a repair fund, 
usually to the amount of one tenth 
• of the cost of the building, and we 
do it in the following manner; ‘The 
trustees of Lake View Cemetery As- 
sociation, in behalf of said association 
have received the sum of thirty-three 
hundred and sixty-two dollars from 
Mr. Blank, proprietor of lot No. 145 
in section 10 in said cemetery as a 
perpetual trust fund, the yearly in- 
terest of which is to be expended 
under the direction of the trustees in 
such care and ornamentation of said 
lot as the interest on said sum will 
allow, provided, however. First out 
of the income derived from the fund 
hereby established there shall be set 
aside each year the sum of fifty dol- 
lars until such annual payments to- 
gether with the annual income de- 
rived from the aggregate of the same 
shall have produced the total sum of 
five thousand dollars. 
“ ‘Thereafter said annual payments 
The accompanying illustration 
shows the simple and inexpensive ce- 
ment headstones made by Frederick 
Kerschner, superintendent of the 
Shenango Valley Cemetery, Green- 
ville. Pa. They are made of sand, 
gravel and Portland cement, 4 to 1 
for the body of the work. The old 
marble slabs on the lot of Air. J. Q. 
ATcPherrin had become somewhat 
broken and dilapidated and at the 
suggestion of Mr. McPherrin, the 
work was taken up by Air. Kerschner, 
with the results as shown in the pic- 
ture. The actual cost of this work, 
including foundation, setting of the 
marble in the concrete, and cleaning 
it was about 30c per cu. ft. 
The family monument in the fore- 
ground is of Barre granite. 
The Shenango Valley Cemetery is 
one of the most progressive and best 
kept of the smaller cemeteries in 
western Pennsylvania. The cemetery 
of fifty dollars shall cease, and said sum 
of five thousand dollars together with 
the annual income therefrom shall be 
invested and reinvested for the pur- 
pose of creating a fund to forever 
keep in repair the mausoleum to be 
erected upon the premises hereinbe- 
fore described. The authorities of 
said cemetery association shall from 
time to time use any portion or all 
of said fund to so keep in repair 
said mausoleum. After said five 
thousand dollars shall have been so 
established then the total annual in- 
come derived from said original sum 
of thirty-three hundred and sixty- 
two dollars shall be used for the care 
of said section aforesaid, but should 
said five thousand dollar repair fund 
at any time be wholly expended then 
said annual fifty dollar payments 
shall again become operative until 
said five thousand dollar fund shall 
be re-established.’ ” 
was opened in 1865, and under Mr. 
Kerschner many valuable improve- 
ments have been recently introduced. 
Some of the lot holders were possibly 
a little slow in recognizing the neces- 
sity and importance of some of the 
apparent innovations, but time and 
e.xperience have vindicated the wis- 
dom of their adoption and enforce- 
ment, and the affairs of the cemetery 
are now carefully managed. 
DANDELIONS AGAIN 
L. C., Iowa, asks: “Is the commer- 
cial value of dandelion roots enough 
to pay the expense of digging and 
preparing them for the market? Or 
would like to know some other good 
•cheap plan of exterminating them.” 
Ans. ; This subject was pretty 
thoroughly discussed in Park and 
Cemetery last February and two 
methods from reliable sources given. 
CEMENT MARKERS, CHENANGO VALLEY CEMETERY, GREENVILLE, PA. 
MAKING CEMENT HEADSTONES 
