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^15 PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Improvements in tHe North Burial ^Ground, Providence, R. I. 
A most interesting public ceremony was the dedica- 
tion of the “Elks’ Rest,” a plat set aside for members 
of this order in the North Burial Ground, Providence, 
R. 1 . The impressive exercises were held September 
24 in the presence 
of a large crowd. 
The chief feature 
of the occasion was 
the unveiling of 
the beautiful Elks’ 
Memorial shown in 
the illustration. 
It is of bronze 
and was modeled 
by Eli Harvey, the 
well known animal 
sculptor of New 
York. The grace- 
ful animal is well 
posed and superbly 
modeled, and seems 
almost alive in the 
alert characteristic 
attitude. The statue 
stands on a pedes- 
tal of Westerly 
granite and was 
modeled from a 
live male elk now 
in Central Park, 
the gift of the lat-; 
William C. Whit- 
ney to the city of 
New York, and 
considered to be the 
best specimen ir. 
c a p t i V i t V. The „ 
* ' THE ELKS’ MEMORIAL. PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
statue is life size eh Harvey, Sc. 
and stands 17 feet in height from the hoofs to the tip of 
the antlers. The antlers have a spread of about three 
feet. From muzzle to tail the statue is something over, 
seven feet in length. Mr. Harvey made a long study 
of the elk in Central Park and has produced a re- 
markably fine specimen of animal sculpture. The Gor- 
ham Company, of New York, cast the bronze. 
The other illustration shows the exterior of the new 
receiving vault in the North Burial Ground, a fine mod- 
ern structure which was illustrated from the plan in 
these pages a number of years ago. The receiving 
room at the front is about 40 feet by 20 feet, entered 
through a wide doorway and lighted by a dome light 
in the ceiling. This room is to be used for chapel pur- 
poses temporarily and until a separate chapel is con- 
structed. The receiving room is almost en- 
tirely above ground, while the catacombs 
adjoining and opening from the receiving 
room through wide doorways will run back 
into the side hill, entirely underground. The 
catacombs are arranged with two separate 
corridors, ten feet wide, each lighted by two 
dome lights, and each section containing 96 
receptacles, 192 in all. | 
These receptacles are constructed of brick j 
and slate, each entirely separate from any j 
ether, of varying widths and 8-0 long and ; 
closed at the en(< 
with marble slabs 
with proper Han- 
dles, fastenings and 
numbers. Each re- 
ceptacle can be j 
sealed tight if de- 
sired. The recepta- ! 
cles are well drain- t, 
ed and ventilated | 
and are all ar- I 
