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the amount paid to the cemetery, includ- 
ing the cost of the ground. 
As in life, so in death ; the character 
or quality of our abode must be in keep- 
ing with the quantity of this world’s 
goods which has fallen to our share. 
The rich will owm an ample plot which 
is approached by broad and well-kept 
avenues and crowned by an expensive 
monument, while the poor will be laid 
away in a crowded neighborhood, and 
his resting place will be known to the 
officials and remembered by a few 
friends. 
The value of services must be meas- 
ured by the same standard as the value 
of lots. It is quite likely that a con- 
tractor would be able to open and refill 
a grave at a less figure than that charged 
by the cemetery. An irresponsible 
gardener would grade your lot for ten 
to twenty per cent less. Most of us 
have had some experience with founda- 
WELL- KEPT 
The Canandaigua Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Canandaigua, N. Y., has recently is- 
sued a quarter century illustrated report, 
tions built by the monument dealers. 
The results of this kind of figuring 
are to be seen in nearly all cemeteries 
not established upon modern lines. In 
addition to the actual first cost there 
are the expenses of perpetual adminis- 
tration which, like Banquo’s ghost, “Will 
not down.” A general and uniform ar- 
rangement of graves and grading must 
be maintained and a record of all burials 
and many other classes of work kept. 
The Superintendent is often called upon 
to give account of work done by him- 
self or by his predecessor a score or 
two years previously. So that if graves 
Avere opened and all other work per- 
formed at contractor’s prices, a substan- 
tial fee must be charged or a tax im- 
posed upon all work in the cemetery. 
In comparing work done in the ceme- 
tery we must bear in mind that a great 
part of the work is done under condi- 
tions not found outside ; for building 
port of which we show two here, this 
is one of the best kept and most modern 
of the small city cemeteries. 
foundations and burial vaults and .for 
all work connected with burials we can- 
not arrange a date. A sufficient num- 
ber of men must be kept on hand to 
execute any order promptly and for 
whom it is sometimes impossible to find 
profitable employment. 
I find that the charge for opening a 
grave in a large cemetery is from five 
to seven dollars. In the smaller ceme- 
teries it is nearer three dollars. In the 
larger cemeteries more money is de- 
manded for a single grave than we get 
for a family lot. Our forms of burial 
are simple; we dispense with uniformed 
attendants, shelter tents, rubber mats and 
lowering devices. It is needless to say, 
of course, that our margin is corre- 
spondingly small. We have a less im- 
posing administrative staff, and if we 
have not a simpler way of keeping rec- 
ords we have a cheaper place in which 
to keep them. 
shaw, the landscape gardener of Cincin- 
nati, employed to lay out the grounds 
which have been developed on modern 
SMALL CITY CEMETERY 
VIEW IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY, CANANDAIGUA, N. Y., SHOWING BURIAL PLACE OF GOVERNOR MYRON H. 
CLARK. 
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giving a history and many interesting 
facts about Woodlawn Cemetery. If we 
are to judge by the pictures in this re- 
The association was organized in 
1884, with the purchase of 28 acres of 
land at $200 an acre, and J. T. Earn- 
lines from the beginning. Additional 
purchases have brought the total area up 
to 65 acres. Each individual lot was 
