PARK AND CEME-TERT 
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By unanimous vote the trustees of Lakewood, Hillside, 
Crystal Lake and Layman’s cemeteries. Minneapolis, Minn., 
decided to discontinue Sunday funerals after January i, 1906, 
except where it conflicts with the rules of the Department of 
Health. Similar action is being discussed in many parts of 
the country. 
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Strong efTorts are being made to save the old Marble Ceme- 
tery, in Second street, between First and Second avenues, 
New York city, in which so many well known great New 
Yorkers were buried. The sole survivor of the original 
trustees some time ago relinquished the care of the cemetery 
on account of old age, and it was then proposed to remove 
the bodies and sell the property for building purposes. Pro- 
tests from the descendants checked this project, and a meet- 
ing was called which was largely attended. It was proposed 
to raise $12, coo to pay current obligations and to perpetu-'.te 
the care of the cemetery, and a committee of three was ap- 
pointed to solicit funds. Two thousand five hundred dollars 
was secured at the meeting. The cemetery occupies about half 
an acre of ground, which is of considerable value, but the 
idea of disturbing a cemetery which contains the dust of so 
many men of national reputation was repugnant to the major- 
ity of the descendants of the dead. 
NEW CEMETERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS. 
The Alsace Cemetery Co. has been chartered at Reading, 
Pa., and has purchased a tract of ten acres, adjoining the 
present Alsace Cemetery. Howard E. Ahrens, G. N. Huyett, 
and M. R. Sailer are some of the incorporators. 
A company has been formed to establish new cemeteries 
in Auburn and Lewiston, Maine. Sixty-five acres have been 
purchased in Auburn and will be improved at an expense of 
about $40,000. D. S. Williams and Geo. W. Lane, Jr., of 
Lewiston, and New York and Boston men are interested in 
the company. 
Green Park Cemetery Association, Portland, Ind., have 
under construction a cement block receiving vault to cost 
$850. It will have stone trimmings, a slate roof, and will 
be lined with glazed brick, the catacombs to be lined with 
two-inch Georgia marble. 
Catholic congregations of Racine, Wis., have purchased ii 
acres of land, which will be laid out as a cemetery. 
The Cemetery Committee of New Britain, Conn., is con- 
sidering the erection of a new receiving vault in Fairview 
Cemetery, to cost between $7,000 and $8,000. 
Evergreen Cemetery is a new tract which will be improved 
on the Lawn Plan at Detroit; the cemetery is a tract of 
considerable natural beauty lying between Palmer Park and 
Woodlawn Cemetery. The company is capitalized at $300,- 
000 and under the laws of the state two-thirds of the receipts 
of the sale of lots after the payment of current expenses are 
to be set aside for a permanent fund. A stone memorial 
chapel and receiving tomb with sixty catacombs is now under 
construction. M. D. Davis is secretar}' and Warren K. 
Nihle superintendent. 
Dr. Jane Blanchard, of Pittsburg, Pa., proposes to devote 
one acre of a plat of land just outside the city limits of Alle- 
gheny. which she purchased a few years ago, to a cemetery 
for pet animals. In connection with this she will establish 
a hospital for pets under an experienced man. 
A cemetery of some 300 acres is proposed for Los Angeles, 
Cal., to be located two miles southwest of the limits, by the 
Inglewood Cemetery Association. Work is to be commenced 
at once, and an elaborate park within the gates will be an 
introductory feature to the cemetery proper. 
A large cemetery project has been under consideration for 
some time, located just outside the southern city limits of 
Passaic, N. J. It consists of two contiguous plots of 125 acres 
each, and are named respectively East and West Ridgelawn 
Cemetery. Ordinances have been passed for both sections. 
The object of dividing the tract into two cemeteries is said to 
be to evade a law which limits the area of cemeteries to 150 
acres. There appears tO be some opposition to the project 
and legal proceedings may result. 
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Grand View is the name of the new cemetery in process of 
development at Batavia, N. Y. It will comprise forty-five acres 
and is beautifully situated on the eastern side of the town, 
and affords fine views of the surrounding country. About fif- 
teen acres will be improved to begin with under the super- 
vision of the superintendent, from plans and designs by Bellett 
Lawson, Jr. A receiving tomb, office and waiting room will 
be among the early work. The soil is a gravelly loam, high 
and well drained. The officers of the association are : Presi- 
dent, John W. Pratt; vice-president, George J. Austin; secre- 
tary, W. G. Pollard ; treasurer. G. D. Williamson ; superin- 
tendent, George H. Phelps. 
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Mount Hope cemetery, Joplin, Mo., the site for which was 
selected last June, comprises a total of eight,v acres, twenty-five 
of which are under improvement after plans by Mr. Sid J. 
Hare. It has been the intention to improve it on up-to-date 
lines; the roadways are eighteen feet wide and are substan- 
tially constructed, and every lot is adjacent to a road or path. 
Four lakes are provided for in the plans and about one-third 
of the area is devoted to decorative planting and landscape 
effects. It is located on high land and commands extensive 
views. It is proposed to construct an office, lodge and chapel 
which will cost some $60,000, and the Spanish style of archi- 
tecture is to be adopted, while there will be two entrances. 
Modern cemetery rules will prevail in all respects, and per- 
petual care will he provided for. The Southwest Missouri 
Electric Railway will put in a spur to the cemetery. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Chicago, Jan. 6, 1906. 
To the Editor Park and Cemetery, Chicago. 
The most effective field of action to secure for the several 
state and local societies of cemetery officials and their relation 
to the national body is a subject of much importance to our 
members. To those who will shortly be making preparations 
for the local meetings this year I wish on behalf of the 
A. A. C. S. to call attention to the statement of Brother 
Creesy at the Washington convention (report, page 19), not 
with the purpose of dictating a policy for them to pursue, but 
with a view of securing a harmony of relationship and a dis- 
tinction of purpose between the older and newer bodies. 
To be perfectly candid, our own Illinois Association needs 
as much light as any on the best method to pursue to attain 
the true ends of a state societjq which I understand to be the 
getting together of its members in closer relationship without 
infringing upon the main objects of the .A.. .A. C. S. by too 
closely following the programs of the latter 
To compass this end, the writer will feel under obligations 
for suggestions on the proper conduct of a local society and 
will view with satisfaction any success our sister associations 
may have in similar accomplishments during the present year. 
(Signed) Edward G. Carter, 
President A. A. C. S. 
