PARK AND CEMETERY. 
268 
The Court of Errors and Appeals, 
of New Jersey, in the case of the 
Old Burying Ground, Xewark, X. J., 
has decided that contrary to the 
Chancery Court, the dead in a ceme- 
ter}' do not hold title in perpetuity 
and that bodies can be removed there- 
from and buried elsewhere if the wel- 
fare of the living requires such a step. 
A bill has been introduced with the 
Xevv Jersey Assemblj- authorizing 
cities to acquire old, uncared-for and 
neglected buying grounds or ceme- 
teries and convert them into public 
parks. Several X'ew Jersey cities 
may take advantage of the bill when 
it becomes law. 
The trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathe- 
dral, X"ew York City, have been au- 
thorized to place a mortgage on the 
old cathedral cemetery for $150,000. 
The old cemetery is bounded by 11th 
street, 12 street. 1st avenue and Ave- 
nue H, and when it was converted 
into a commercial property the bodies 
were transferred to Calvary Ceme- 
tery, Long Island. The money is to 
be used to purchase additions to 
Calvary. 
A suit for a [jermanent injunction 
to prevent the Fair Haven Union 
Cemetery, X’ew Haven, Conn., from 
using some land acquired adjacent to 
the cemetery and near the home of 
the plaintiff was denied in the Su- 
perior Court. The neighboring resi- 
dents did not wish the cemetery to 
grow any larger, a great many citi- 
zens in the district being opposed to 
its extension, consequently there is 
considerable feeling in the locality. 
Millburn, 111., the birthplace of 
James Henry (Silent) Smith, has not 
been forgotten entirely in the dispo- 
sition of his wealth. A donation of 
$2,000 has been made to the ceme- 
tery, the interest of which is to be 
devoted to the cave of the Mason lot, 
any balance left to be devoted to the 
improvement of the cemetery. The 
iMillburn Cemetery now has a fund of 
$4,000 from donations for maintenance 
purposes. 
The validity of the ordinance of the 
San F'rancisco supervisors prohibiting 
burial of the dead within its limits, 
except that part under jurisdiction of 
the United States, has been upheld 
by the Supreme Court, at Washing- 
ton. 
Considerable feeling has been 
aroused over the proposal of the Ma- 
sons of Richmond, Va., to erect a tem- 
ple in the old Masonic Cemetery. 
Many honored names adorn the sa- 
cred ground, and traditions hover 
about it of national interest. It is 
difficult to conceive how the iMasons, 
wealthy as they are, should wish to 
outrage public sentiment by such a 
proposition. 
All the mausoleums erected by the 
West Laurel Hill Cemetery Co., Phil- 
adelphia, for rent are occupied and 
inquiries are on file which the com- 
pany cannot accommodate. 
The Cemetery Caretaking Associa- 
tion has been incorporated in St. 
Joseph, iMo., with capital of $10,000, 
for the purpose of acquiring and plot- 
ting cemetery lands, issuing bonds 
and contracting for the perpetual care 
of cemeteries, and maintaining and 
investing funds for that purpose. 
The report of the Board of Trus- 
tees of the Greenwood Cemetery, 
Brooklyn, X’ew York, for the year 
1909, is an interesting exhibit of the 
financial transactions of a large ceme- 
tery. The receipts from the sale of 
lots were: $1.32,270.43; from single 
graves, etc-, $16,760.00; interest, $232,- 
6.)6.03; opening graves and vaults, 
$29,692.00; labor, $18,228.73. Among 
the disbursements are: Labor, $102,- 
254.53; opening graves and care of 
same, $30,101.82; labor on trust lots, 
$25,408.70; maintenance and contin- 
gent account, $82,443.04. The trust 
fund for special and perpetual care of 
lots now amounts to $1,179,780-56, an 
increase of $73,116.11 for the year. 
The general fund for the improve- 
ment and permanent care of the ceme- 
tery now amounts to $3,704,850.34. 
There was expended during the year 
for the columbarium and rebuilding 
the receiving tomb, $38,426.80. There 
were 382 dead trees removed and 1,126 
trees and shrubs planted. The maxi- 
mum number of men employed oc- 
curred in May, with 342, and horses 
in September, to the number of 51. 
The annual report of the trustees 
of the Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, 
Mass., for 1909 shows total receipts 
of $71,454-97 and expenditures of $58,- 
433.11. The sales of lots realized $16,- 
944.23, and single graves $5,390.50. 
The disbursements included: For 
labor, supplies, gypsy moth destruc- 
tion, etc-, $23,464.37; and for care of 
lots, $10,184.53. The time expended 
on exterminating and spraying canker 
w'orms, gypsy moths and elm beetles 
was 325 days. The repair fund now 
amounts to $265,000. An appeal to 
the lot owners to subscribe to a fund 
for the erection of a chapel for the 
cemetery resulted in the heirs of the 
late Elisha Converse offering to sub- 
scribe $15,000 if the remaining lot 
owners would provide $10,000. The 
zeal inspired by the liberality of the 
Converse heirs led to the completion 
of the fund. 
A. A.C. S. CONVENTION DATES 
The committee in charge of the next 
annual convention of the Association 
of American Cemeterj- Superinten- 
dents at Chattanooga, Tenn., an- 
nounces that the date of the meeting 
has been changed from October 12, 
as announced in our last issue, to 
September 28. 
OBITUARY 
The members of the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents 
and many other friends of Mr. Robert 
D. Boice, superintendent of Oakwood 
Cemetery, Geneseo, 111., will be 
grieved to learn of the death of his 
granddaughter, Aliss Lillian M. Rich- 
ardson, who, in the prime of her young 
womanhood, 23 years of age, cheer- 
fully surrendered to the Great Reaper 
on Iilarch 1 last. She had been in 
feeble health for some time and was 
well aware that her. time was short, 
but her beautiful disposition, which 
members at the annual conventions 
will remember, kept her buoyant and 
active in soitrit. We are sure that 
Mr. Boice will have the sympathy of 
a host of his fellow workers. She 
was interred in Oakwood Cemetery. 
It is with regret that we have to 
record the death of Mr. Lockwood, 
the sectretary and superintendent of 
the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Asso- 
ciation, Tarrytown, X’. Y. He was 
elected to the above offices in 1887, 
but became a trustee in 1879. He has 
been in failing health for two years 
past and in the last year did very little 
in the work of the office, although he 
retained his interest in the cemetery 
to the ver 3 - last. As an associate 
says: “Xo man ever devoted him- 
self more thoroughly and exclusively 
to his work than did Mr. Lockwood. 
He became a member of the Associa- 
tion of American Cemetery Superintend- 
ents in 1888. 
PERSONAL 
Martin Packard has been re-elected 
superintendent of Melrose Cemeterj', 
Brockton, Mass. 
Theodore F. Mansfield has been re- 
elected superintendent of cemeteries 
at Waltham, Mass- 
Mr. George H. Cressy was elected 
chairman of the cemetery commis- 
sion, Beverly, Mass., and George A. 
Appleton was re-elected superintend- 
ent of cemeteries. 
Charles K. Weller was again elected 
superintendent of Oakwood Ceme- 
tery, Bucyrus, O. 
