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Automobile trip through parts of the park 
systems of Manhattan, the Bronx and 
Brooklyn, in cars kindly furnished by the 
City of New York and the Fifth Avenue 
Stage Company. Central Park, Riverside 
Drive, Van Cortlandt Park, New York Bo- 
tanical Garden and the New York Zoolog- 
ical Park will be visited. At the last named 
Royalties from a mine north of Fairview 
cemetery, Joplin, Mo., on land owned by 
the city, will be used hereafter in im- 
proving Fairview cemetery instead of be- 
ing placed in the general revenue fund. An 
ordinance which was passed by the city 
commission provides that all revenue de- 
rived from the cemetery land will be 
placed in the cemetery fund. In the last 
eight or ten years royalties received by the 
city totaled about $40,000, which has been 
used to promote the general welfare of 
Joplin. The ordinance was introduced by 
Commissioner Charles A. Patterson, who 
now is directing improvements at the ceme- 
tery. 
Later the company filed a motion to va- 
cate the receivership, claiming that the ap- 
pointment of receiver was irregular and 
without notice to counsel for the com- 
pany. 
The Woodlawn Cemetery Association, of 
Winona, Minn., reports the gift of leg- 
acies from the estates of Mr. and Mrs. 
John F. Martin and Colonel and Mrs. A. 
K. P. Crockett, increasing the endowment 
fund by $11,400. This brings the endow- 
ment fund up to a total of $71,000. 
Judge Foell has refused to appoint a 
receiver for the “Perpetual Care Fund’’ 
of the Rosehill Cemetery Company, Chi- 
cago, as that can be done “only upon the 
apprehension of future injuries and that 
apprehension is not present as the Chicago 
Title and Trust Company has absolute con- 
trol of the management of the perpetual 
care fund, and there can be no possible 
element of danger.” 
New Cemeteries and Improvements. 
The trustees of Oakland Cemetery, -Pe- 
tersburg, 111., have purchased four acres 
of ground adjoining the cemetery on the 
south, so that they can have an entrance 
on the level. The new entrances and drive- 
ways, which are already being graded, will 
enhance the general appearance of this al- 
ready beautiful cemetery. 
The Cemetery Improvement Company has 
been incorporated at Hot Springs, Ark., 
with a capital of $3,000. W. E. Jones is 
president : J. B. Cravens, vice-president and 
treasurer, and F. L. Stratton, secretary. 
The Cemetery Association of Henry, 111., 
is surveying and mapping the ten acres 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
place luncheon will be served to the con- 
vention as guests of the New York Zoolog- 
ical Society, and the park and its collec- 
tions will be briefly inspected. Then trip 
through eastern Manhattan to Prospect 
Park, Brooklyn, various small parks and 
Ocean Parkway, terminating at Coney 
Island. 
west of the cemetery grounds. The cem- 
etery has the reputation of being one of the 
best kept and managed in that part of the 
country. 
At a recent meeting of the Woman’s 
Club at Marion, 111., the chief subject of 
discussion was the needs of the city ceme- 
teries. The club will urge the city to ap- 
point a salaried sexton to put and keep 
the cemeteries in proper condition. 
The Ebenezer Cemetery Association was 
chartered in Union Township, Miami 
County, Ind., without capital. The direct- 
ors are Samuel F. Robbins, Elmer Fites, 
Arthur J. Ward. 
A contract has been let to P. H. Tiernan 
for improving the driveways in Oakwood 
Cemetery, Macomb, 111. Cement gutters 
will replace the brick ones and the drive- 
way will be excavated and filled with 
crushed stone. 
The women of the Rogers, Tex., Ceme- 
tery Association have inaugurated a cam- 
paign for the purpose of raising funds and 
arousing interest to clean up the cemetery. 
The Hill Crest Cemetery Association has 
been incorporated at Carterville, 111., with 
a capital of $2,500, by W. H. Riggin, G. 
W. Bevard and Leon Bevard. 
At Oskaloosa, la., the Rose Hill Ceme- 
tery Association was recently incorporated 
for fifty years, to “establish and maintain 
a cemetery.” It has no capital stock. Di- 
rectors are: Fannie McKenna, president; 
Mayme Slocum, secretary; W. S. Currier, 
I. B. Musgrove and Aimer James. 
It is expected that the contract for the 
new mortuary chapel in Oakwood Ceme- 
tery, Austin, Tex., will be let by July 1. 
The design is an artistic one with castel- 
lated tower and walls of undressed rock 
laid in broken ashler fashion. The plans 
provide for a chapel, receiving vault, sex- 
ton’s room and other essentials of a mod- 
ern cemetery building. It will cost $5,000. 
The Oakridee Cemetery Association, of 
Danville, Ilk, is preparing to improve that 
cemetery by building a fence the entire 
width of the cemetery. Willia'm Tones, 
the president of the association, will ad- 
vertise for bids. 
The Cemetery Association and the women 
interested in the improvement of the Alton, 
111., city cemetery are planning to raise 
money by subscriptions from lot owners for 
making permanent improvements. It is 
said that several thousands of dollars will 
be needed at the outset, after which a 
smaller sum will suffice to maintain the an- 
nual expenses for upkeep of improvements. 
Fences and roads are to be fixed and the 
grounds generally beautified. 
From the Cemetery Reports. 
The sixtieth annual report of the com- 
missioners of Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, 
Mass., has just been received. Of the to- 
tal receipts of $37,971.48 it will be noted 
that $10,3'67.73 comes from the sale of lots, 
$3,519.00 from interments, and $9,493.21 
from interest on the perpetual care fund. 
The perpetual care fund amounted to 
$240,364.78 at the beginning of the year and 
$248,018.43 at the end of the year. During 
the year there have been laid 2,507 feet of 
drain pipe, in connection with which three 
large and eight small catch basins have 
been built. In addition to this, 4,866 linear 
feet of concrete gutter have been laid. 
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL. 
The following officers have recently 
been elected by cemetery organizations : 
Palmyra Cemetery Association, Dixon, 
111.: E. IT. Rickard, president; Charles 
Lawton, secretary and treasurer; L. W. 
Mitchell, member of board for the next 
five years. 
Rosehill Cemetery Association, Chicago: 
A. R. Marriott, vice-president of the Chi- 
cago Title & Trust Co., and Justin M. Dali, 
secretary of the same company, were 
chosen to fill two vacant places on the 
Board of Managers of the cemetery, while 
F. G. Gardner, trust officer of the title and 
trust company, was chosen secretary and 
treasurer of the cemetery association, to 
fill the vacancy left by the resignation of 
C. B. Munday, the Lorimer bank financier. 
Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville, Ilk: 
Alderman Atchison, chairman; Dr. E.. L. 
IT. Barry, secretary; Edward Nelson, treas- 
urer ; Strother Kennedy, sexton. 
Seward Lutheran Cemetery Association, 
Joliet, Ilk : Mrs. Andrew Olson, presi- 
dent ; Mrs. Ella Knudson, vice-president; 
Mrs. Bert Erickson, secretary ; Mrs. Carrie 
Knudson, treasurer. 
Manchester, la. : Seth Brown, Sr., presi- 
dent ; Dr. J. W. Scott, vice-president; D. F. 
Young, secretary and treasurer; H. F. Ar- 
nold and F. E. Dutton, to fill two va- 
cancies on the board. 
FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION. 
The front cover illustration of this issue 
of Park and Cemetery shows the style of 
iron fence erected at Albany Rural Ceme- 
tery, Albany, N. Y. This is a striking ex- 
ample of the substantial and attractive 
work turned out in the immense factories 
of The Stewart Iron Works Company, Cin- 
cinnati, O., who designed and built the 
fence in 1902. 
The contract consisted of some 3,000 
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