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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS 
The new receiving vault and chapel 
recently erected in Riverside Ceme- 
tery, Fargo, N. D., illustrated on this 
those planted are making rapid 
growth. The elms are given excel- 
lent care and in time are expected to 
PLANTING IN PARK VIEW CEMETERY, HASTINGS, NEB. 
page, is of pressed brick with cut- 
stone trimmings, and cost $5,200. The 
chapel is 34 by 20 feet and the re- 
ceiving vault 25 by 23 feet with a 
vestibule 12 by 8 feet. The arched 
ceilings are 16 feet high, and the in- 
terior finish is all in polished oak. 
The floors in the chapel and vesti- 
bule are of terazzo and the roof is 
green tile. There is a pressed brick 
mantel and moulded stone mantel 
shelf in the interior. The receiving 
vault is finished in concrete, and is 
well ventilated and fireproof. River- 
side cemetery was incorporated in 
1903 and contains about 50 acres on 
the banks of the Red river. A sub- 
stantial fence and entrance gate have 
been built, and a water system in- 
stalled. Perpetual care has made 
good progress. The grounds were 
laid out and developed by William 
Dennison, the present superintendent. 
Park View Cemetery, Hastings, 
Neb., has recently discharged its last 
obligation and being free from debt 
is planning some extensive better- 
ments for the near future. One of 
our illustrations shows some of the 
foliage and flower beds in this ceme- 
tery, which make an unusually good 
showing. The grounds were opened 
about twenty years ago and contain 
eighty acres. The photograph gives 
some little idea of the arrangement 
of the planting. While there were 
few natural trees on the grounds 
do much for the beautifying of the 
grounds. A new entrance of 
Bedford stone, with wrought iron en- 
trance gates, is now being erected at 
a cost of $1,500. W. F. Buchanan is 
secretary and treasurer of the associa- 
tion. 
A new cemetery of 86 acres is be- 
ing laid out along the Foothill boule- 
vard, Oakland, Calif., which is expect- 
ed to cost $500,000. It will contain 
two artificial lakes, a large reservoir, 
fountains, etc., and will be developed 
along modern lines. 
The Dilley Cemetery Association, of 
Dilley, Texas, has been chartered. No 
capital. 
Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Ga., is 
to have a new boundary fence, to in- 
clude a handsome gate at the main 
entrance and a smaller one at the 
northwest corner. 
The Evergreen Cemetery Associa- 
tion, of Detroit, Mich., by a recent 
purchase, now owns some 200 acres 
of land surrounding Palmer Park, and 
the addition completes a stretch of 
nearly three-quarters of a mile on the 
Seven Mile road. 
The regents of Fairview Cemetery, 
New Albany, Ind., are purchasing 
property to enlarge their cemetery. 
The Mount Scott Park Cemetery 
corporation, Portland, Ore., has pur- 
chased 335 acres of land on the north 
and west slopes of Mount Scott. The 
summit of the mountain wdll be main- 
tained as a natural park and the re- 
maining 300 acres used for cemetery 
purposes. A high-class modern ceme- 
tery is to be established. 
The contract has been let for a 
chapel in Linw'ood Cemetery, Gales- 
burg, 111., to cost $1,625. 
A new service building and three 
greenhouses, occupying a total space 
of 9S by 175 feet, are to be erected in 
Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn. 
The service building will be tw^o 
stories high, after the Colonial style, 
and will be a finely finished structure. 
In the front part will b.e located the 
office of the association and wash- 
rooms for public convenience. In the 
center of the building the workroom 
will be arranged, with its potting 
benches and other facilities, and, ex- 
tending beyond this building the three 
greenhouses will be built in the best 
modern construction of the Lord & 
Burnham Co. 
Development work on the 265-acre 
tract of the Elmdale Cemetery, Des 
Moines, la., has been started. 
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga., is 
to have cement walks in the near fu- 
ture. 
NEW RECEIVING VAULT, RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, FARGO, N. D. 
