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PARK AND ce:me:te.ry, 
steep grades and putting in catch basins and drains connect- 
ing with the town sewers. The beginning of intelligent plant- 
ing of shrubs in the cemetery has stimulated considerable 
taste in the town, and has borne fruit both in private and 
public gardens, the most noticeable of which are the high 
school grounds and the grounds about another public school. 
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The Loudon Park Cemetery Company, of Baltimore, has 
begun the construction of a private electric railway in the 
cemetery, and it is expected that the line will be in opera- 
tion by October i. The line is being constructed to afford 
accommodation to the visitors to the cemetery and to obviate 
the necessity of walking any considerable distance. The 
company operates five wagonettes, but the electric line, it is 
thought, will give better service. It will also be used by the 
funeral car of the United Railways through the cemetery. 
At present the funeral car can only go to the entrance. , The 
line will start at the main entrance, on Frederick road, near 
the conservatory, and will lead to the receiving vault. The 
tracks wdll be so located that none of the beautiful drives 
will be in any way injured, the plan being to follow a new 
burying ground to a modern cemetery. He has introduced 
perpetual care and there are now three hundred and ten 
lots under that care, and over $27,000 in the fund. 
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The accompanying view in Woodland Cemetery, Ironton, 
Ohio, will give some idea of the general character of the 
tract. The site embraces about fifty-nine acres, which was 
purchased in 1871 at a cost of $10,000. Only si.xteen acres 
are now in use, in which there are four thousand inter- 
ments. The cemetery is well kept and managed on modern 
principles by Superintendent E. A. Sloan, whose father and 
grandfather were superintendents of the same cemetery. 3'he 
cemetery builds all foundations for monuments and has for- 
bidden the use of curbing around graves and footstones. 
One of tbe attractive features of the cemetery is the en- 
trance which is approached by a well shaded drive a quarter 
of a mile long. The trees include many native varieties in 
addition to the following: Norway Maple, Scarlet Soft Ma- 
ple, White Birch, Weeping Willow, Catalpa, Cedar, Sugar 
Maple, Gum, Pine, Spruce, Arbor Vitae, Irish Juniper, and 
Colorado Blue Spruce. 
VIEW IN WOODLAND CEMETERY, IRONTON, O. 
course, which will go along the bank of the stream, which is 
one of the natural beauties of the cemetery. An added at- 
tractiveness will be given the low ground in the center of 
the park by building a dam across the stream, and, as there 
are a series of wooded hills there, these will become islands, 
and the rustic effect of the trees and ferns will be carried out 
in the bridges of twisted woodwork which will connect the 
islands. Past this lake of isles the car line will follow a 
course that takes in all the parts of the cemetery and will 
end at the new entrance which is being cut through to Wil- 
kens avenue, where, also, a funeral car can enter and pro- 
ceed to the .mausoleum. There will be two private cars in 
the cemetery, and several artistic stations on the route, built 
of rustic woodwork and roofed with tiles. Other extensive 
improvements are also being made by the company. The 
original tract included about 135 acres, and developments 
have started on the adjoining tract of more than 200 acres. 
The developing of the new tract is being done by Thomas 
Meehan & Sons, Dreshertown, Pa., and until the land is 
needed as a part of the cemetery it will be a park." 
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J. A. Clayton, superintendent of Fernhill Cemetery, St. 
John, N. B., recently invited the Maritime Funeral Directors’ 
Association to visit that cemetery during their convention 
in St. John. Superintendent Clayton has been in charge of 
Fernhill since 1894, and has transformed it from an ancient 
IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS. 
St. Gabriel’s Cemetery, Hazelton, Penn., has added a new 
section which is to be laid out in lots at once. 
Salem Cemetery Association, controlling Grand View Ceme- 
tery, between Youngstown and Salem, Ohio, is arranging to 
have a station of the Youngstown and Southern Interurban 
Electric Line at the cemetery entrance. 
Fair View Cemetery, Bergen, N. J., is to purchase about five 
acres of additional territory. 
Woodlawn Cemetery Association, Great Bend, N. Y., has 
received a bequest of $1000 from Henry P. Flynn, of Car- 
thage, N. Y., to be used in improving. 
Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, Mass., has received a fund 
of $5000, the income from which is to be used in improving 
the cemetery. 
The Belmont Avenue Cemetery Association, at Youngstown, 
Ohio, has completed a new residence for the superintendent 
and let the contract for the erection of a new entrance gate. 
It will also make improvements in the waterworks system. 
Plans have been prepared for a number of substantial im- 
provements in the Hale Street Cemetery, Beverly, Mass. An 
artificial lake 350 by 75 feet will be constructed and a new 
shelter house and rustic bridge built. 
Fairview Cemetery Association, Kutztown, Pa., has pur- 
chased ten acres of additional territory at $100 per acre. 
