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such changes have marked the progress of improve- 
ments; new roads have been completed, better 
grades secured and sharp corners reduced, all with 
a view of developing the property on the most 
advanced principles. 
The rules of the company prohibit lot-owners 
trom planting trees and shrubs, so that the land- 
scape plans may not be deranged. Headmarkers are 
restricted to sixteen inches in height, which the su- 
perintendent remarks is far too high, and greatly 
mars the appearance of the grounds. The lots are 
all sold under a perpetual care clause. 
Under the present superintendent great im- 
provements have alsobeen effected in themonumental 
work, both in material and design; granite being 
almost entirely used, for marble has proved itself 
unreliable in the climate of the locality. The close 
of 1897 showed 1,600 burials since the cemetery 
was opened. 
Forest Hill Cemetery is the only cemetery in 
Kansas City now outside the city limits, and should 
have a successful future. No efforts are spared in 
the way of procuring and caring for material for 
landscape development and improvement. Every- 
thing new and tried in shrubbery and trees is added 
to the nursery yearly, and watched and cared for 
until ready for use. Another useful and interesting 
feature is to be added — all trees and shrubs will be 
labeled. The association employs a competent 
florist, and a conservatory is now in course of erec- 
tion. 
There are three private mausoleums and one 
public receiving vault on the grounds. The maus- 
oleum of Mr. L. P. Brown is, in design, of purely 
Grecian order, and is constructed of Bedford, Ind., 
stone. It contains nine catacombs. 
Dr. Joseph Feld’s vault is constructed of War 
rensburg, Mo., sandstone It has no catacombs, 
the bodies being placed in pits below the floor line. 
The Mortimer Dearing mausoleum, just com- 
pleted and shown on opposite page, is said to be the 
most substantial structure of the kind built in the 
west. It is built of Barre granite, with marble in- 
terior and bronze trimmings, and cost $7,000. The 
sides are planed and rubbed, giving it a very white 
appearance. Its construction comprises in all only 
twenty-three stones in the inclosure proper, all of 
very large dimensions. The foundation is 12 feet 
6 inches by 17 feet, and it is 11 feet in height to 
the cornice. The roof is of one stone. 
The interior finish is Italian marble, with pink 
Tennessee marble covers to catacombs and a base 
course of black serpentine marble. In the rear 
granite wall a window opening is cut, in which is 
set a colored glass window, protected from the out- 
side by a heavy bronze grill. The inner doors are 
granite slabs, three inches thick, with heavy bronze 
handles on outside and a mortised lock of brass. 
The outer gates are of bronze. The floor is of deco- 
rated white vitrified tile, and the ceiling is one slab 
of Italian marble. The whole of the interior is 
very highly polished. 
It will be observed by the illustration that the 
sides of this mausoleum are composed of three stones 
only; the base is three feet high, the wall stone six 
feet and the cornice one foot six inches. The cor- 
ner projects about one foot, and on this the roof 
stone, twelve feet six inches by fifteen feet, rests. 
This mausoleum was designed by Mr. James, 
architect, for Mr. M. H. Rice, contractor, Kansas 
City, Mo. It is neat and unpretentious, yet withal 
a most substantial and well-finished structure. 
THE L. P. BROWN MAUSOLEUM. 
THE DR. JOSEPH JELD MAUSOLEUM. 
