653 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
MISSOURI CEMETERY MEN MEET 
T Donlan, Wilmington. N. C. ; T. L. H. 
Wiltbergei', Washington, D. C. ; Fred R. Die- 
ring and wife, W'oodlawn, New York City; 
Geo. Gossard, Washington C. H., O. ; E'. C. 
Smith, Manchester, N. H. ; James Warren, 
Jr., Providence, R. I.; J. S. Medary, La 
Crosse, Wis. ; Walter H. Wheeler and wife, 
Indianapolis, Ind. ; Chas. Fltzgeorge and 
wife, Trenton, N. J. : .1. E. Carpenter, J. L. 
Halstad, Nyack, N. Y. ; Benj. Kuykendall, 
Totvanda, Pa. ; M. H. Winters, wife and 
daughter, Detroit, Mich.; John W. Keller, 
Rochester, N. Y. ; Wm. Lord and wife, Law- 
rence, Mass.; W'm. H. Atkinson, Trenton, 
N. J. ; D. E. Bushnell, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; 
T. H. Little, Chicago. III.; W. H. Drucke- 
miller, W. Edwin Druckemiller, Stinbury, 
Pa. ; R. E. Leavitt and wife, Melrose, Mass. ; 
B. Sydney Youden, Wm. B. Jones, Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. ; J. H. Erskine, Manchester, N. 
H. ; W. A. Kiefer, wife and daughter, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. ; Geo. Lane, Lynn, Mass. ; Thos. 
Wallis and daughter, Chicago, 111.; Jas. 
Currie, Milwaukee, Wis.; Chas. T. G. Fla- 
herty and wife, Albany, N. Y". ; John Reid, 
Harry P. Reid, Detroit. Mich, ; Wm. Allen, 
Pittsburgh. Pa. ; J. p. Harrington, Provi- 
aence, R. I. ; Dwight B. Show, New Haven, 
Conn. ; J. J. Cunningham, Long Island City, 
N. Y. : J. S. Templeton, Chicago, 111,; James 
J. Scott, Towanda, Pa.; C. G. Simon, Miss 
Kathryn Moody, J. M. Stratton, Miss Lu- 
ella Stratton, Philadelphia, Pa.; Forrest 
McCoy and wife, Cleveland, O. ; Chas. M, 
Chamberlain, Maspeth, L. I., N, Y. ; Geo. 
VC. Voorhees. Norwalk, Conn.; E. King and 
wife, Springfield, Mass.; W. C. Grassau and 
wife, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; F. D. Clark, Toronto, 
Ont. ; F. H. Rutherford, Hamilton, Ont. ; 
Geo. M. Painter and wife, J. O. S’tuek, Wm. 
H. Huley and v.dfe, Philadelphia; John G. 
Kline and wife Fernwood, Pa.; Chas. B. 
Jefferson and wife, Mrs. L. M. Phile, Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; Wm. J, Proud, Miss Bertha 
Linn, Laurel Hill, Philadelphia; John J. 
Stephens and wife, Columbus, O. ; Geo. W. 
Creesy and wife, Salem, Mass.; F. Sheard, 
Rochester, N. Y. ; Miss Nellie Kiefer, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. ; W. A. Addicott, Sharon, Pa. ; 
H. M. Turner, St. Paul, Minn.; A. R. Gross 
and wife, Mt, Greenwood, Chicago; G. 
Scherzinger, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Mr. Bellett 
Lawson and wife, E. A. Lawson and wife 
and son, Harrisburg, Pa. ; Miss E. V. Sim- 
mons, Philadelphia, Pa.; C. W. Dwyer, Du- 
buque, la.; Bellett Lawson, Jr,, and wife, 
Chicago, 111.; Frank Primrose. Baltimore, 
Md.; S. E. Plarburger and wife, Atchison, 
Kan.; A. Reinhardt and wife. Orange, N. J. ; 
Daisy M. Blain, Mrs. A. W. Blain, Detroit’, 
Mich.; Jno. A. Hepler and wife, Reading. 
Pa.; Davis Casselburgi Philadelphia, Pa.; 
Harry Tieman, New Oxford, Pa.;’ Wm’. 
Boone and wife, Syracuse, N. Y". ; R. J. 
Haight and wife, Chicago, 111, 
CEMETERY SUES CITY 
The Cave Hill Cemetery Company 
of Louisville, Ky., has filed suit 
against the city and the Commission- 
ers of Sewerage of Louisville for 
$.5,6.50 damages. The plaintiff al- 
leges that in the construction of a 
sewer with connections at Willow 
and Transit avenues the defendants 
failed to provide drainage sufficient 
to carry off the water from heavy 
rainfalls. It is alleged that on July 4, 
1910, a heavy rain fell and a pond of 
water accumulated which caused the 
retaining wall around the cemetery to 
break with the result that much mud, 
sand and gravel were deposited on 
the premises of the plaintiff and 
much dama.ge thereby resulted. 
The case has not yet been heard in 
Court. 
The annual convention of the Mis- 
souri Park and Cemetery Improve- 
ment Association was held at the 
Maryland Hotel, St. Louis, August 22. 
President Wm. Mittelbach, of Boon- 
ville, Mo., called the meeting to 
order, and Mr. A. E. Todt, of St. 
Louis, delivered the address of wel- 
come, to which Mr. R. Kell, of 
Sedalia, Mo., responded. Mr. J. A. 
Schmiemeier, of St. Louis, Mo., was 
chosen secretary pro tern on account 
of Secretary Burch, of Jefferson City, 
having been called away to Denver 
on the eve of the convention. 
The president delivered his annual 
address in which he spoke of the suc- 
cess in the past and the good pros- 
pects for the future of the association. 
Though still small in number all 
signs indicated that Missouri would 
soon have as strong an organization 
as many other states. 
M. P. Brazill, of Calvary, St. Louis, 
read a paper on the “Education of 
Lot Owners,” which was well re- 
ceived and very instructive. Copies 
of the paper were distributed. 
J. A. Schmiemeier, of St. Matthews, 
St. Louis, read a paper on “Perpetual 
Care.” It was his opinion, and also that 
of those present, that one dollar per 
square foot would be ample to care 
for a lot. This amount could be pro- 
portionately reduced for extra large 
lots according to the size of the lot. 
Cemeteries under the Lacoon plan 
could, he thought, get along with less. 
Wm. Mittelbach read a paper on 
“Underground Vaults,” and illustrated 
it by drawings. 
The afternoon was devoted to vis- 
iting the cemeteries in the southern 
part of the city. An evening session 
was held at St. Matthews Cemetery, 
in the spacious new office and waiting 
room. Supper was served under big 
tents on the lawn. 
R. M. Reker, book and record keep- 
er of SS. Peter and Paul, read a 
paper on records that was highly 
complimented. 
A resolution was passed designed 
to influence cemetery boards to for- 
bid Sunday burials. 
The following officers were elected; 
A. E. Todt, St. Louis, Mo., president; 
David Koeller, St. Louis, Mo., vice- 
president; Mrs. Bess R. Parker, 
Carthage, Mo., secretary-treasurer. 
The next convention will be held 
at Columbia, Mo. 
A vote of thanks was extended to 
all who had contributed to the suc- 
cess and entertainment of the con- 
vention. 
The second day was spent visiting 
the North St. Louis cemeteries and 
the Missouri Botanical Garden. 
NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY 
ASSOCIATION 
The next meeting of the N. E. C. 
A. will be held Sept. 22, 1911, at For- 
est Hills and Mt. Hope Cemeteries, 
Boston, Mass., at 1 p. m. 
The meeting was called by invita- 
tion from Superintendents Adams, of 
Forest Hills, and Ross, of Mt. Hope. 
Messrs. Adams and Ross are look- 
ing for a large attendance. 
At this meeting will be presented 
the reports from the members that 
went to the National Convention. 
The party will meet at Forest Hills 
Cemetery Office, at 1 o’clock, Friday, 
September 22. 
THE COVER ILLUSTRATION 
The illustration of the entrance to 
beautiful Spring Grove Cemetery in 
Cincinnati, on the front cover, is 
characteristic of what can be accom- 
plished in beautifying the entrance of 
any cemetery or park. Its design is 
one of those carefully thought out 
with the idea of creating harmony 
between the gate lodge, granite piers 
and general surroundings. 
The main drive gate is 14 feet be- 
tween piers, and 9 feet high at center. 
The walk gates are 5 feet wide be- 
tween piers. The workmanship is of 
the highest class, all intersections 
halved and drawfiled. The ornate re- 
lief is all hand forged by the best 
skilled smiths and assembled by 
“Stewart made” mechanics. 
The gates shown have been in place 
for fourteen years and hang per- 
fectly. They were designed by 
Samuel Hannaford & Sons, architects 
of Cincinnati, and made and erected 
by the Stewart Iron Works Co., of 
Cincinnati. 
The importance of an appropriate 
entrance and fence cannot be over- 
estimated. They enhance the value 
of the grounds, and offer that sense 
of security, which invites the public 
confidence, and from a business stand- 
point is well worth the considera- 
tion of any cemetery board. 
We expect to show in future issues 
other examples of cemetery entrances 
that have been carefully planned and 
executed. 
