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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
A year and a half ago it was de- 
cided to have all work done paid for 
in advance, and, while this idea met 
with considerable criticism at first, 
after a short trial its benefits were 
clearly apparent and those who ob- 
jected to this course, are firm in 
commendation of it. It has worked 
to the advantage of the cemetery, as 
there are no losses from unpaid bills. 
SIMPLE FORM OF DRINKING 
FOUNTAIN IN PINE GROVE 
CEMETERY, LYNN, MASS. 
Mad'S from Concrete by the Cemetery 
Employees. 
It was found necessary to increase 
the price charged for the perpetual 
care of lots from 33 1-3 cents a 
scjyiare foot to 50 cents. No lots are 
sold now without perpetual care. 
The price of new lots will also be 
increased slightly. The reason for 
the advance in price is owing to the 
conditions in the financial world, the 
increased cost of labor and the short- 
er working day. When the old price 
list was instituted, men were paid 
from $1.50 to $1.75 a day of 10 hours, 
while at the present time the wages 
paid are $2.35 a day for eight hours 
a day, and the men work but five and 
one-half days in the week, having the 
Saturday afternoon half holiday. 
This item alone has made consid- 
erable difference in the cost of main- 
taining the cemetery, and when it is 
realized that a few years ago the 
money received for perpetual care of 
lots could be safely invested at a 6 
per cent rate of interest and at the 
present time but three and one-half 
to four per cent can be procured, the 
request for an increase appears to be 
a reasonable one. 
Owing to the rocky nature of the 
land in the new parts under process 
of development, more money had to 
be expended before the ground is in 
suitable condition. So many large 
ledges are discovered in preparing 
the new land that the workmen face 
a serious problem in many instances, 
the solution of which requires the 
expenditure of much time and labor. 
In keeping with the policy of the 
Pine Grove cemetery commission of 
making the grounds equal to the best 
in the state in point of beauty and 
convenience, an entirely new water 
system was installed last year. All 
of the old style iron drinking foun- 
tains have been replaced with new 
and up-to-date sanitary fountains 
constructed of cement, which are 
placed at convenient intervals, about 
the cemetery. These new drinking 
fountains were manufactured at the 
cemetery during the winter by the 
employees of the commission. They 
are neat and trim in design, and a 
great improvement over the old iron 
affairs, which have done service for 
so many years. There are 35 of the 
single fountains and one double one, 
which is located near the storehouse 
and has a trough attached for horses. 
SIMPLE FORM OF DRINKING 
FOUNTAIN WITH TROUGH FOR 
HORSES. 
Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass. 
Both styles are shown in our illustra- 
tions. 
The new water system is a splen- 
did improvement, larger pipes having 
been laid, and now there is a high 
pressure service direct from the 
standpipe to the cemetery. 
BATTLEFIELD MONUMENTS AT GETTYSBURG 
In looking over the battlefield of 
Gettysburg one cannot help wonder- 
ing if the great number and diversity 
of markers and memorials convey to 
the present generation of Americans, 
to say nothing of foreigners, any com- 
prehensive idea of the heroism and 
sacrifices of the battle. There are on 
the field over 600 monuments, cost- 
ing from $1,000 to $150,000 each; 1,000 
markers, 300 cannon and five observa- 
tion towers. The total cost is over 
$7,000,000, or more than all the me- 
morials on all the other battle fields 
of the world combined. Captain 
Long in his lectures on the battle 
quotes the remark of the Duke of 
Wellington when he revisited the 
field of Waterloo, and saw the monu- 
ments there, when he said: “My 
God, you have ruined my Battlefield !” 
It is a temptation when you see many 
of the hideous memorials and so- 
called markers, to say the same of 
the battlefield of Gettysburg. It is 
a notable fact that the place of the 
most interesting events of the battle 
were marked very shortly after the 
battle with plain stone markers which 
in most cases still remain while the 
place of minor events are marked 
with elaborate and costly memorials. 
Are not the earlier markers in many 
cases typical of the real soldier and 
the others of the politician? 
Among the memorials are many 
beautiful and most artistic specimens 
of monumental architecture and man- 
ufacture, but, alas! there are many 
others which while they would be all 
right in an old fashioned graveyard 
are wholly inappropriate on a battle- 
field and are a disgrace to American 
monumental art. There are many 
examples of artistic design spoiled 
in the manufacture and many gro- 
tesque “tombstones” well made. 
Taken as a whole, the condition of 
the battlefield, of which the federal 
government owns 4,000 acres, is high- 
ly creditable and should be visited by 
every American and by all foreign 
tourists who desire to see the most 
picturesque battleground in all the 
world, and the scene of one of the 
greatest battles in all history. 
J. H. Griffith. 
