PARK AND CEMETERY 
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CmETERY NOTES 
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The most valuable land in the world 
used for cemetery purposes is unques- 
tionably the church yard of Trinity 
church, near Wall street, Broadway, 
New York. The oldest stone in this 
A'enerable burial ground is dated 1681, 
and it is curious and interesting to re- 
flect, now that it is hemmed in on three 
sides by great towering, sky-scraping 
office buildings, upon the great historic 
happenings that ha\-e come and gone 
since many of its stones were erected. 
We are indebted to the courtesy of 
Howard Evarts Weed for the photos 
from which the accompanying illustra- 
tions have been reproduced. 
At Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincin- 
nati, the Women’s Relief Corps of the 
G. A. R., has inaugurated a pretty 
-custom for Decoration Day. This is 
to have the actual sprinkling of the 
graves of the old soldiers with the 
flowers done by little girls — dressed 
in white who are themselves the 
grandchildren of the old fighters. The 
■girls carry American flags at this cere- 
mony, and complete the program by 
singing patriotic airs, while the surviv- 
ors of the Grand Army of the Republic 
■stand by and listen. 
As a result of talks on civic beauty 
.and sanitary requirements by Mrs. 
Caroline Bartlett Crane in Hagers- 
town, Md., the residents of Mount 
Lena, Washington Co., joined in an 
■effort to clear up and improve the 
United Brethren Cemetery at that 
place. Quite a large force of men 
.and women turned out and made a 
splendid start, arranging to devote 
another day to the work shortly. 
The new office building erected near 
the southern entrance of the High- 
lands Cemetery, Woodbury Falls, N. 
Y., for the use of the superintendent, 
is nearly completed. 
The Daughters of the Confederacy 
are erecting a stone gate at the en- 
trance of the Confederate Cemetery 
CHILDREN PLACING FLOWERS ON 
SOLDIERS’ GRAVES, SPRING GROVE 
CEMETERY, CINCINNATI. 
at Alton, 111., to cost ,$1,000. This 
will be a great improvement. 
b'orest Hill Cemetery Association, 
Shelbyville, Ind., is arranging to carry 
out extensive improvements this year, 
involving an outlay of probably $15,000. 
.■\. modern office building, chapel and 
residence is contemplated. 
Some new men have come into con- 
trol in the Jacksonville, Fla., ceme- 
tery association, and it is expected 
that extensive changes and improve- 
ments will be made in Evergreen 
Cemetery. The Association has been 
in continuous existence for more than 
30 years. 
A contract has been let by the Park 
and Cemetery Commissioners of Sagi- 
naw, Mich., for the improvement of the 
Washington avenue entrance to Forest 
Lawn Cemetery, at a cost of $1,340. 
Under the new New Jersey law re- 
lating to old cemeteries, Paterson is re- 
ceiving deeds to the Sandy Hill ceme- 
teries, which it is proposed finally to 
transform into a public playground. The 
city -engages to remove and reinter the 
bodies and provide perpetual care for 
their graves in other cemeteries. Con- 
demnation proceedings will be resorted 
to in the cases of lots, etc., which can- 
not be secured otherwise. 
According to a report, filed June 11, 
by the Commissioners of Appraisal the 
Kensico Cemetery Corporation, New 
York City, will get $37,840 for their 
claim for land needed for the new Cats- 
kill Aqueduct. The newspapers ■ placed 
their claim at $3,000,000. The aqueduct 
will run through a section of the ceme- 
tery not used. 
Taxes cannot be collected in Alabama 
on property used as a cemetery, even 
though it be operated as a private enter- 
prise for profit, according to a decision 
recently given by the State Supreme 
Court. 
At a recent meeting of Highway Com- 
missioners, Joliet, 111., a resolution was 
passed calling upon the officials of the 
cit}' and county to take action against 
venders, peddlers and hawkers, who as- 
seml)le at the entrances of cemeteries 
on Memorial Day and disturb the par- 
ticipants in the exercises. 
In the Criminal Court, Louisville, Ky., 
the driver of a vehicle was fined $10 
{Conthined on p, VIII) 
'VIEWS IN THE ANCIENT TRINITY CHURCHYARD. NEW YORK CITY. 
