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CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS 
There is a movement in Fresno, Calif., 
looking to an arrangement by which the 
•city shall take charge of the cemetery. 
The main plea was that the city having 
better facilities for supplying and dis- 
tributing water, could administer such a 
matter together with the care and im- 
provement of the grounds to better ad- 
vantage. 
The accompanying illustration shows 
the lar’out of the new portion of Moun- 
tain View Cemetery, Longmont, Colo. 
The association is a private corporation, 
established in 1876 and is governed by a 
board of trustees. The total interments' 
amount to 1.587. All lots are sold under 
perpetual care, and the fund is now 
$2,100. There are some 1,200 trees 
on the ground, and the topography 
of the plot is a gradual slope from 
center in all directions. Sunday fu- 
nerals are permitted and there are 
no restrictions as to monuments. The 
water supply is city water, with irri- 
gation water from a ditch. There is 
a stand-pipe and tile is laid through- 
out the cemetery. In the near future 
it is expected that a chapel will be 
built, together with two shelter 
houses and an entrance gate, and the 
whole area is to be enclosed by an 
iron fence. 
Followu'ng the refusal of the city 
to lend aid to the Flollywood Ceme- 
tery Memorial Association, Jackson, 
Tenn., in its efforts to beautify that 
cemetery, the association has de- 
•decided to try to do the work unaided. 
The cemetery which is the only one in 
the city where the general public may 
secure lots, is owned by a private 
corporation, and the company will not 
aid the association in its efforts to 
improve the appearance of tlie place. 
.All leg'al title to Lone Fir Ceme- 
tery. Portland, Ore., is now vested 
in the Lone Fir Lot Owners’ Asso- 
ciation, the Lone Fir Cemetery Com- 
pany having turned over all the stock 
to the lot owners. The Lot Owners' 
Association adopted a constitution 
and elected Dr. S. E. Joseplii presi- 
•dent; J. A. Strowbridge, secretary 
and treasurer, and M. V. Harrison, 
the third director. It has made an 
assessment of $50 a lot of 10x20 feet 
and $10 for single graves in the cem- 
etery to raise money to defray the 
cost of improvements. The beautifying 
of the cemetery has begun under the di- 
rection of Howard Evarts Weed, land- 
scape architect. 
At the annual meeting of the 
Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vt., 
satisfactory progress was reported. 
The new chapel and office, for which 
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subscriptions amounting to some $2,- 
000 were collected, are i)ractically 
completed. Considerable improve- 
men was made during the year. 
A. W. Priest, the paper manufac- 
turer, who recently gave a $6,000 
soldiers’ monument to the G. A. K. 
of Appleton, Wis., has presented the 
Riverside Cemetery Association with 
an order for a $:!.()00 concrete bridge 
across the ravine in the cemetery. 
The office building and superin- 
tendent's residence, which have been 
recently completed at Wyuka cemetery, 
Lincoln, Neb., at a cost of nearly $21,000, 
were opened for public inspection last 
month. A great many improvements 
have been made in this cemetery during 
the past few years. It is estimated that 
the total value of the buildings in the 
cemetery amounts to $67,000. 
The Swedish cemetery association. 
Rockford, 111., has decided to plat a 
five-acre addition to the cemetery. 
The cemetery commissioners of 
Wakefield, Mass., have asked for an 
appropriation of .“feoo for the erection 
of a waiting room, ladies lavatory, 
and other improvements. 
St. Francis's cemetery, Naupatuck, 
Conn., which has fallen into a dilapi- 
dated condition of late years, is to 
be improved and put into good con- 
dition at once so the Rev. Thomas 
Cooney, the pastor of the church has 
determined. 
The cemeterj' trustees of Locust 
Hill cemetery. Evansville, Ind., have 
been planning for extensive improve- 
ments including the installment of a 
sunken garden. As now planned, the 
garden will be between eight and 
twelve feet below the surface of the 
ground. The bottom of the garden 
will be retiched by a series of terraces 
decorated with planting. 
The Independence, Mo., city cem- 
etery, Inirying in which liegan more 
than eighty years ago, is being im- 
proved. Nearly two hundred grave- 
stones that had fallen down or were 
leaning badly have been reset. 
Finding that an improved cemeter\- 
is a good advertisement, the I’aradise 
Cemetery Association. Paradise, P>uttc 
Co., Calif., has been busy in that kind 
of work lately. A competent gar- 
dener has also been engaged. Many 
non-residents have secured lots by 
reason of the attractive grounds. 
FROM ANNUAL REPORTS 
The annual report of the cemetery 
of Mount Auliurn, Boston, Mass., be- 
ing that for its 71)th year, records 
that the proceeds from the sale of 
lots for the year added to the Per- 
petual Care Fund brings the amount 
up to $1, 688,365. ?.7. The 
Permanent Fund is $559,- 
715.81, having gained $14,- 
125.48 during the year. The 
General Fund is now $238,- 
033.80. The cemetery is 
still fighting the ravages of 
the browm-tail moth and 
similar pests and has kept 
them under control. The 
total receipts for the year : 
From sales of lots, $10,- 
906.60; labor and materials 
on lots, $73,076.78, and other 
sundries amounted to $86,- 
240.63, the receipts from all 
sources being $178,914.11. 
Among the expenditures 
were $70,268.39 for pay roll, 
repairs, material and sun- 
dries ; and for salaries, 
taxes and general expenses, 
$20,842.42. The report is il- 
lustrated with half-tones 
and it contains also forms of deeds, 
reputations, etc. 
The annual report of Woodlawn 
Cemetery, Everett, Mass., shows re- 
ceipts from sales of lots, $25,824.35, 
and from interments, foundations and 
care of lots, $25,1 17.89. Among the 
expenditures were: Salaries, labor, 
supplies, rents, etc., $35,057.96; care 
of lots $10,506.65. The Repair Fund 
now amounts to $273,560.50. The new 
chapel, of which a half-tone cut is 
given, is completed and will be dedi- 
cated this spring. 
The annual report of the Pittsfield. 
Mass., Cemetery, shows total receipts 
of $12,579.65 and expenditures, $12,- 
377.17 and, although the year was an 
expensive one for maintenance, there 
PLAN FOR LONGMONT, COLO.. CEMETERY. 
White part in center and blank at left are 
private property. 
