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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
C. O. Stensrud, Superior, Wis., has 
been awarded the contract to remove 
some 9,000 bodies, monuments, etc., from 
the two cemeteries in the Copper coun- 
try, Marquette, Mich., to the new ceme- 
tery recently improved by the Cleveland- 
Cliffs Iron Co., between Marquette and 
Negaunee. The old cemeteries occupy 
very rich ore land. At the sale of lots 
in the new cemetery, which occurred on 
October 26, over 2,000 people attended 
in spite of inclement weather. 
The contract for the new gateway to 
the City Cemetery, to be erected by the 
South Nashville Woman’s Federation, 
was awarded to the Foster-Herbert Cut 
Stone Co. 
Plans have been posted in the office 
of John N. Gill & Co., Philadelphia, 
Pa., for a one-story office building to be 
erected for the Laurel Hill Cemetery 
Co. at Hunting Park and Ridge ave- 
nues, from plans by Richard C. Loos, 
architect. 
From Annual Reports 
At the annual meeting of the lothold- 
ers of Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincin 
nati, O., the reports of the secretary 
and superintendent were received and 
filed. The total receipts for the year, 
including balance, were $156,109, which 
included : Sale of lots, $39,628.20 ; in- 
terments and foundations, $30,877.01 ; 
special care, etc., $25,037.70. The dis- 
bursements amounted to $150,819.84, 
the principal items in which were : In- 
terments and foundations, $11,333.21 ; 
operation and maintenance, $35,819.17 ; 
Water Plant addition, $12,282.48 ; Gray 
Road Gate and Shelter House, $6,540.24; 
new' grounds, $7,670.41 ; salaries, $17,- 
941.66. The immediate resources of the 
corporation now- amount to $644,389.16, 
and trust fund investments to $169,000. 
Lots and fractions, 87 and 53, respec- 
tively, W'ere sold, of an area of 45,676 
square feet ; and 1,366 burial permits 
w'cre issued. The number of interments 
to date is 79,774, and there are 11,702 
lotholders. 
Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, 
Mo., of which Mr. Win. Mittelbach is 
superintendent, and in wdiich consider- 
able effort is being made to conduct it 
on modern lines, contains about 12 
acres and has average interments of 
4 per month. Its water supply is 
derived from the city’s mains, and 
three fountains are so located as to 
furnish a good supply. The walks are 
alternate grass and cement, the latter 
being 4 feet wide. No restrictions have 
as yet been placed on monuments, grave 
mounds, etc., and the lots average 16 
feet by 16 feet, and are sold at a price 
ranging between 30 and 40 cents per 
square foot. Perpetual care has been 
inaugurated and many of the lot own- 
ers are taking advantage of it. A mod- 
ern entrance gate is under construction, 
atid granitoid w'alks have recently been 
laid from the city to the cemetery, and 
the roadway has been similarly im- 
proved. The association has recently 
issued its first pamphlet, giving a his- 
torical sketch of the cemetery, which 
was established in 1852, together with a 
Mr. James B. Gray, of Dayton, O., a 
trained landscape architect, whose ex- 
perience should make him a worthy 
successor of Mr. Glazier. 
John Chislett, superintendent of 
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, 
Ind., since his father’s death in 1899, 
has resigned and will enter other fields 
of activity. His former assistant, W. 
H. Wheeler, has been appointed super- 
ITALIAN CYPRESS IN RIVERVIEW CEMETERY, PORTLAND, ORE. 
financial statement from January 1, 
1902, to April 1, 1910. The total amount 
of cash in the treasury on April 1, 
1910, was $7,234.42, which included a 
perpetual care fund of $5,412.31. The 
cemetery board has evidently come into 
touch with the progressive spirit of 
modern cemetery practice. 
Italian Cypress in a Cemetery 
Some beautiful landscape effects may 
be had in cemeteries b}'’ the use of ever- 
greens, especially where the climatic 
conditions allow their use in extended 
\'ariety. The accompanying illustration 
of the fine specimens of Italian cypress 
is from a photograph furnished by How- 
ard Evarts Weed, showing a view in 
Riverview Cemetery, of Portland, Ore. 
This is one of the oldest and best ceme- 
teries on the Pacific Coast. Supt. H. 
L. Bring is now opening an addition 
which will be conducted strictly on 
modern lines. 
PERSONAL 
Mr. L. C. Glazier, who has served 
as superintendent of Roselawn Ceme- 
tery, Pueblo, Colo., for fourteen years, 
has been compelled to resign on .ac- 
count of ill health, much to the regret 
of the board of directors of the ceme- 
tery association. He is succeeded by 
intendent. W. F. Landes is secretary. 
George M. Painter 11. has the record 
of being the youngest cemetery super- 
intendent-elect. Born late in the past 
summer, he received his credentials di- 
rect from the officials of the West- 
minster Cemetery Co., Philadelphia, a 
few days after his arrival in the Painter 
domicile, with checks in substantial 
amounts to assist in preparing him to 
step into his daddy's shoes. 
John Reusing, superintendent of Wal- 
nut Grove Cemetery, Belleville, 111., 
when in Chicago last month said the 
improvements made in that cemetery 
under the new city administration are 
gradually overcoming old notions re- 
garding cemetery management. The 
height of grave mounds is gradually 
being reduced and objectionable inclo- 
sures removed. A new addition of 
twenty-two acres will be conducted on 
more conservative lines. 
The Board of Directors of the Whole- 
sale Seedsmen’s League at their meet- 
ing of October 13 presented to Fred- 
erick W. Bruggerhof, on the occasion 
of his eightieth birthday, a testimonial 
in the form of an exquisitely designed 
loving cup. Mr. Bruggerhof became a 
member of the firm of J. M. Thorburn 
& Co. in 1855, and its president in 1894. 
