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The Glendale Cemetery Co. has 
been organized and 200 acres of land 
purchased, to establish a new ceme- 
tery at Glendale, O., with offices at 
Hamilton, O. Surveys and plans are 
in progress. 
The city council of Racine, Wis., 
has purchased a tract of 80 acres for 
future cemetery purposes. The land 
will be leased for farming operations 
until required for burials. This is a 
very wise proceeding. 
A new cemetery is to be laid out in 
Austin, Texas, by a corporation in 
<'onjunction with the city along rath- 
er unique lines of agreement. One- 
third of the purchase price of all lots 
is to be turned over to the city for 
a perpetual care fund and this re- 
leases the cemetery company from 
the care of the cemetery after the 
first five years. The company will 
improve the grounds, lay off the lots, 
drives, plant the trees and shrubs, 
and in all respects manage the ceme- 
tery except as to the eventual per- 
petual care. The site adjoins the city 
■on beautiful rolling ground and con- 
tains 80 acres. The plans are being 
made by Howard Evarts Weed of 
Chicago, and A. J. Seiders of Austin 
will have immediate charge of the 
construction work. 
A new cemetery is being laid out 
at Fort Smith, Ark., by C. W. 
Hughes, A. M. Jackson and others 
■of Sioux City, Iowa, in co-operation 
with Col. C. R. Breckinredge and 
•others of Fort Smith. The cemetery 
will be modern in every respect. 
The Inglewood Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Los Angeles, Cal., is using oil 
to prevent dust on its grounds. The 
association expended some $15,000 in 
improvements last year, which includ- 
ed water plant, parking, railroad sta- 
tion and roads. The water works is 
run by a 75 h. p. and 25 h. p. gasoline 
•engines. It is proposed to extend the 
roads by three miles. 
Sacramento, Cal., is to have a hand- 
some crematory in East Lawn Ceme- 
tery, to cost in the neighborhood of 
$.'!5,000. It will be Gothic in style, 
having on one side a fine conserva- 
tory leading directly to the chapel. 
It is proposed to make this structure 
very attractive. 
Calvary Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, is 
to be enclosed rvith an iron fence, 
supported by concrete posts. An at- 
tractive gateway is also to be erected. 
Charles X. Lowrie, landscape archi- 
tect, of New York, has been engaged 
by the trustees of the Connecticut 
Agricultural College to assist in lay- 
ing out the grounds and locating the 
new cottages to be erected. He will 
also advise the Willimantic Cemetery 
committee on the laj'out of the new 
cemetery grounds. 
A bill has been introduced into the 
New York legislature providing that 
"Cemetery commissioners may make 
annual assessments upon lots in the 
cemeteries for maintaining the same, 
and if such assessments are not paid 
for a period of ten years, the unoccu- 
pied portion of such lots may be sold 
by the commissioners. 
Residents of the hill section of Los 
Angeles, Cal., extending west from 
Elysian park, are in arms against the 
action of Forest Lawn Cemetery in 
defacing one of the hills at the en- 
trance of the Verdugo Canyon. On 
the face of the hillside the words For- 
est Larvn Cemetery have been cut and 
filled in with white. The letters of 
mammoth proportions can be seen for 
miles round, most effectually injuring 
the beautiful scenerjv 
Imbued with a laudable public spirit 
the Metairie Cemetery Association 
has decided to improve and open the 
portion of its property being north 
of the present cemetery, which will 
not be needed for burial purposes for 
many years. This part will be cleared 
and improved with attractive plant- 
ings and good roads and will be 
opened to the public as a quiet spot 
for a drive or stroll. 
Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, 
IMich., is one of the later cemeteries 
to consider public mausoleum propo- 
sitions, and a $50,000 structure is con- 
templated. The construction of a 
much needed chapel may be under- 
taken later. 
In addition to the Sutliffe bequest, 
a gift of $500 has been made to the 
fund of Oak Hill Cemetery, Stoning- 
ton. Conn., for the care of lots. 
The Branford Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Branford, Conn., has voted the 
following resolution on perpetual 
care: Lots not exceeding one rod 
square, $100 per lot; per half lots, $60. 
If a lot is purchased with provision 
for perpetual care, the above amounts 
must be added to their price. The 
price for the use of the lowering de- 
vice is $3, and for trimming graves, 
$3.50. A lowering device is to be 
purchased. 
The proposed Catskill aqueduct to 
convey water from Ashokan reservoir 
through Westchester county on its 
way to Manhattan, N. Y., will pass di- 
rectly through Kensico Cemetery. 
The cemetery association has, in con- 
sequence, filed a claim against the 
city of New York for $2,500,000. The 
city has also condemned eight acres 
for right of way. Experts for both 
sides have been testifying on the ques- 
tion of damages. 
The cemetery employees of Boston 
are asking for all the concessions that 
the workmen in other departments of 
the city enjoy, including Saturday 
afternoons and all legal holidays; the 
latter has been granted. 
The residents of the North Side, 
Atlanta, Ga., are up in arms against 
a proposed cemetery to be located in 
the northeast corner of the junction 
made by Peachtree creek and Peach- 
tree road. They are .determined to 
kill such a proposition if there is any 
law to help them. 
The heavy snows of winter and 
recent rains in some localities are 
causing trouble to superintendents in 
the way of disturbing poor founda- 
tions, and washing land in the heavier 
grades. 
The citizens of Queens Borough, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., are vigorously op- 
posing additions to the cemetery prop- 
erties in their district. There appears 
to be ample reason for their contrac- 
tion, and the reputation of the pro- 
moters in city affairs should neutralize 
their efforts. 
The Council Committee on Ceme- 
teries of Richmond, Va., has denied 
permission to Mayor C. Grey Bos- 
sieux to bury a favorite dog in the 
family plot in old Shockoe Ceme- 
tery. 
A few miles below Hickman, Ky., 
the Mississippi river is threatening 
the entire destruction of two old 
graveyards on its banks. In these 
many members of prominent families 
have been buried and a hasty removal 
of remains is under ryay. 
The board of park and cemetery 
commissioners of Saginaw, IMich., has 
ordered that all bodies in lots not 
paid for will be removed to single 
graves in sections provided for the 
purpose. And, also, that no head- 
stones, monuments or markers will 
be permitted in the future upon any 
lot until full payment has been made 
and the deed passed. 
