PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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CmETERY NOTES 
New Cemeteries 
A Catholic cemetery with 250 lots has 
been contracted for in Carthage, Mo., 
and within a short time the work of 
preparing it will begin. It will be lo- 
cated in the northwest corner of the 
present Park cemetery, and will be 
known as St. John’s cemetery, in the 
memory of the venerable Bishop John 
Hogan, retired. 
After a lapse of more than a quarter 
of a century, Grover, Colo., one of the 
oldest towns in Weld county, has a 
cemetery. S. Cunningham, of the Rock 
Ridge district, has donated two acres 
of his ranch for that purpose. For 
years, Grover was a cattle station, and 
in the early days there were many 
shooting affrays in that section. It was 
the rule to bury victims of hair trig- 
gers or careless poker games where 
they fell. 
The Oak Hill Cemetery Association, 
St. Louis county, filed articles of incor- 
poration in St. Louis, Dec. 14. The ceme- 
tery is on the Big Bend road, near 
Denny road, in St. Louis county, and in 
the vicinity of Kirkwood and Webster 
Groves. The purpose of the association, 
the articles say, is to maintain a ceme- 
tery near those places. It is incorporated 
for $50,000, fully paid. 
Extensive tracts of land are being 
transferred in Springfield township, 
Delaware county. Pa., for the purpose 
of developing a large cemetery. The 
land lies between Springfield road and 
State road, overlooking Durby Creek. 
Residents of the vicinity are exercised 
over the probable effect the cemetery 
will have on their property values. 
The Congregation B. B. Jacob, Sa- 
vannah, Ga., has recently taken steps 
toward the purchase of a part of Bona- 
venture Cemetery of that city to be ‘set 
aside as a burying ground for the mem- 
bers of the congregation. commit- 
tee with power to close the negotiations 
was appointed. 
The City Fathers of Antigo, Wis., 
have set aside 20 acres of city property, 
just southeast of the city limits, for 
cemetery purposes, and have appropriat- 
ed $500 to begin improvement. 
The Catholic Society of Torrington, 
Conn., through the new pastor of St. 
Francis Parish, Rev. Arthur O’Keefe, 
has purchased the Michael Beecher 
place, at the south end of the borough, 
for cemetery purposes. Cost, $4,000, 
which covers 30 acres of land, with 
house and barn. 
Additions and Improvements 
Graceland Park Cemetery Association, 
Sioux City, la., has closed the purchase 
of 82 acres of land, adjoining the cem- 
etery, for $26,500. Graceland cemetery 
has now a total of 130 acres. The new- 
ly acquired property of the association 
will be improved in due time. The 
foundation for the $30,000 marble chap- 
el has been completed at the cemetery, 
and the material for the superstructure 
is due for delivery. 
The trustees of LTnion cemetery, Co- 
lumbus, O., have just purchased 2.67 
acres of land adjoining the cemetery 
grounds on the north, paying for it the 
sum of $6,875. The entire area of the 
old tract had been sold and the man- 
agement was compelled to purchase 
more ground. 
A number of minor improvements are 
planned for this year for Mt. Hope 
Cemetery, Champaign, 111. 
An addition of 40 acres of ground is 
under negotiation for Pleasant View 
cemetery, Kewanee, 111. The price is 
$ 12 , 000 . 
The erection of a mortuary chapel for 
Bennington Park Lawn cemetery, Ben- 
nington, Vt., is under consideration. 
An important improvement now un- 
der way in the Chalmette National Cem- 
etery, New Orleans, is a practically cir- 
cular road for a turning point for auto- 
mobiles. 
From Cemetery Reports 
At the annual meeting of the Lake 
View Cemetery Association, Kendall- 
ville, Ind., the reports of the secretar\- 
and superintendent were received and 
placed on file. Total receipts for the 
year ending January 1, 1912, including 
balance from last, were $8,496.79, which 
covered sales of lots $816.15; interment 
fees, $253 : foundations, $201.56. Dis- 
bursements amounted to $7,140.47, which 
included labor, $1,742.54 ; new water sys- 
tem $2,177. The latter consisted of a 65 
ft. steel tower, supporting a 10,000 gal- 
lon steel tank, the water being lifted 
by a power pump and gasoline engine. 
The water is distributed over the ceme- 
tery through about 5,000 feet of pipe, 
and there are 31 hydrants. Total in- 
terments to date 2,500. In the year 
1906 an endowment fund was started 
with good results up to the present. 
H. A. Hanes, superintendent. 
The Annual Meeting of Oakland 
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn., was held 
November 3-7th last. During the year 
the Rest House, near the Cortland 
Street entrance was coni()leted and 
opened for use, and the new green 
house justified its erection by the re- 
sults of its first season’s business. Both 
of these structures have been illustrated 
in these columns. The total receipts 
for the year were $50,634.95, which in- 
cluded sales of lots, $13,532; single 
.graves, $2,338 ; labor and foundations, 
$3,550.95, and greenhouse sales $7,775.85. 
The expenditures were $50,427.51, of 
which the pay rolls consumed $25,600.35. 
The assets of the association are now 
valued at $317,978.51, of which the Per- 
petual Care funds invested amount to 
$143,500. During the year 48 monu- 
ments were erected, and the average 
number of employes per month was 39. 
There were 467 interments made during 
the year making a total in the ceme- 
tery of $18,718. The total value of 
plants grown and used from the green- 
house was $8,898.25. 
The report of superintendent F. H. 
Rutherford to the Board of Managers 
of Hamilton Cemetery, ^Hamilton, On- 
tario, is an interesting document. The 
year 1911 proved a most successful one 
financially and otherwise, and present 
conditions suggest the appropriateness 
of securing the enactment by the Ontario 
legislature of a Public Cemetery Act 
whereby some uniform laws may be en- 
forced. During the year the acquisition 
of some 95 acres more land was secured. 
For years past the month of April has 
been devoted to the improving of a 
portion of the older cemetery, removing 
fences and bringing about a more modern 
appearance, and there yet remains some 
five or six more years of work to com- 
plete the transformation. Some general 
planting of trees and shrubs was car- 
ried out on both the old and newer por- 
tions of the cemetery last year, and it 
is suggested that such a scheme of plant- 
*ing be carried out yearly. Last summer 
a small section of roadway was treated 
with a solution of" calcium chloride, 
which not only hardened the surface but 
also kept the roadway damp and pre- 
vented dust. Specially constructed map 
boxes were placed on certain sections 
which, with the telephone connections, 
have proved great labor saving devices. 
A comprehensive set of rules governing 
memorial services and military funerals 
are in course of establishment, and are 
already giving satisfaction to all con- 
cerned. The total available receipts in 
1911 were $17,148.51, which included 
$4,164 for burials and removals, care of 
lots including income fund. Perpetual 
care fund, $6,756.96; sale of lots, $3,094.- 
40 : single graves, $323. The expendi- 
tures were $17,121.10. The total amount 
of the perpetual care fund is $79,763.89. 
