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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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CEHETERY NOTES 
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A movement is on foot to establish a 
new city cemetery for Chattanooga, 
Tenn. The site as advocated by the 
men who are behind the movement is 
the land lying just east of Missionary 
Ridge. There is at this point a large 
area that is well adapted to such use. 
The court has been petitioned for a 
•charter for Edgehill Cemetery, of Ply- 
mouth, Pa. The directors are William 
Templeton, James Templeton and L. 
Ployd Hess. 
A tract of land on Adams and Green 
Bay road, about a mile north of the 
Milwaukee, Wis., city limits and just 
south of the new Evergreen park, has 
been purchased by a corporation for 
cemetery purposes. It will be improved 
on modern lines and is called Ever- 
green Cemetery. 
According to Superintendent Hobert, 
of Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, 
the ground selected by the Great Falls, 
Mont., Cemetery Association for its 
cemetery, when viewed as to drainage, 
nearness to city and its possibilities for 
development into an attractive burying 
ground, “appeal to me as being one of 
the most desirable sites it has ever been 
my privilege to inspect. In fact, it may 
be called an ideal location and when it 
has been developed and beautified, your 
people will then agree, I am sure, that 
this statement is not exaggerated.” 
The old cemetery at Dresser Hill, 
Charlton, Mass., has been cleaned up 
and monuments and slabs reset where 
necessary. At the last annual meeting 
the town made an appropriation for 
this work, and the old burial ground 
looks well after the overhauling. 
The tax assessment case by the 
town of Milford, Mass., against the 
proprietors of Pine Grove Cemetery, 
has been referred to the full bench 
of the Supreme Court of the State by 
Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg. The 
matter was brought before him in a 
petition for certiorari of the Inhabi- 
tants of the Town of Milford against 
the County Commissioners of Wor- 
cester County. The Justice held, 
among other things, that the matter 
was without the jurisdiction of the 
County Commissioners. This case 
has attracted much attention, it hav- 
ing been brought about by a tax as- 
sessment levied by the assessors of 
Milford on the personal property of 
the Pine Grove Cemetery proprietors. 
strong protest has been present- 
ed against the extension of the Bridge 
street cemetery, Northampton, Mass., 
by the land purchased about a year 
ago at the corner of North and Or- 
chard streets. People living in the 
vicinity of the plot declare it will 
greatly injure their property values. 
Mr. Bert Carpenter, of Iron Moun- 
tain, Mich., an expert in dirt road 
making, highly recommends the split- 
log drag, or devices constructed on 
similar principles, as the best repair- 
ing device in use at present. 
All the bodies buried in Greenlawn 
Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind., which 
has been in use over 50 years, have 
been removed to Crown Hill Ceme- 
tery in that city. This was the result 
of a Superior Court order on the 
court’s quieting a title to the prop- 
erty asked by the heirs of Edwin J. 
Peck, who at one time was president 
of the Vandalia R. R. Co. The tract 
which became a cemetery in 1852, was 
purchased by Peck in 1850. He divid- 
ed the land into 280 burial lots, half 
of which were sold. The contracts 
signed by the persons buying the lots 
provided that in case the ground . 
should cease to be used as a cemetery 
the property should revert to the 
Peck heirs. Recently the city took 
the site over as a part of the park 
system and the suit by the heirs fol- 
lowed. 
At a recent regular meeting of the 
Portage township board, at Hough- 
ton, Mich., Martin M. Foley was ap- 
pointed sexton of the Forest Hill cem- 
etery, to succeed the late C. Baudin. 
It was decided to proceed at once with 
the laying out of the new tract of 
twenty-three acres recently added to 
the cemetery, so as to get in shape for 
selling lots in the new portion this 
winter. 
CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS 
A permanent masonry dock is to 
be constructed on Otsego Lake, Coop- 
erstown, N. Y., at the Lakewood 
Cemetery landing, funds for which 
have been collected. The dock will 
be substantial enough to withstand 
the ice of winter and will be large 
enough for use of the public steamers. 
Work is progressing on the new 
mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery, 
Evansville, Ind. The foundations are 
of concrete and the walls will be 
built of dark brown brick laid in 
brown mortar. The /trimmings and 
columns will be of cream colored 
glazed terra cotta, and the roof of 
green glazed Spanish tile. The doors 
are of bronze. The floor is of encaus- 
tic tile with marble wainscoting. In 
the rear provision is made for the re- 
ception of nine caskets. The total 
cost will be about $3,000. 
Mr. Don A. Sanford, of Washing- 
ton, D. C., who owns a farm in Staf- 
ford, Va., has presented to New 
Hope church a cemetery which will 
adjoin the church. The trustees are 
Messrs. Wm. Deacon, Price Edwards 
and W. C. Peyton. 
The Memorial Gates erected by 
Hannah Jameson Chapter, D. A. R., 
at Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, Kas., 
were unveiled and presented to the 
city on November 19, with interesting 
and appropriate ceremonies. 
The board of trustees of the Farm- 
ers’ Cemetery, Shobonier, 111., has de- 
cided to add another acre to its area. 
The managers of the West Pittston, 
Pa., Cemetery Association have re- 
cently completed a deal for the pur- 
chase, from the Lehigh Valley Coal 
Co., of a plot of ground, of nearly 
two acres, to be added to the ceme- 
tery. It lies along the river bank, 
between the West Pittston cemetery 
and the Jewish cemetery, and is of 
the same width as the old cemetery, 
with similar soil. 
Directors of the Swedish cemetery 
corporation, Worcester, Mass., have 
decided to expend $2,050 for improve- 
ments about the cemetery grounds. 
The reports made by the directors 
were encouraging, and showed that 
the corporation is experiencing a 
progressive and prosperous period. 
The tomb has been increased in ca- 
pacity from 50 to 100 bodies, and 
many improvements have been made. 
An addition to Holy Sepulchre 
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa., was conse- 
crated last month. 
Greenville Cemetery, Rochdale, 
Mass., which is to receive attention 
in the way of improvement, is prac- 
tically in three parts, two of which 
are fully occupied. It is the second 
oldest cemetery in the town of Leices- 
ter. The newer portion will be kept 
up from funds deposited for the pur- 
pose. 
The campaign of the South Joplin, 
Mo., Booster Club to beautify Fair- 
view Cemetery is about to bear fruit. 
The city council recently instructed 
the cemetery committee to investigate 
the advisability of cleaning the stand- 
ing grass and weeds, and thus re- 
move a danger of spreading fire. 
The contract for a new entrance 
and fence for the City Cemetery, 
Centralia, III., was recently let by the 
