PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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The program as it stands at present is 
as follows : 
Tuesday, October 6. 
10 a. m. — Address of welcome by the 
Mayor of St. Louis. Response by James 
Currie. President's address by Matthew P. 
Brazil! Appointment of committee. Sec- 
retary-treasurer’s report. Half hour with 
secretary. 
Afternoon — Papers, discussions, ques- 
I tion box. 
Evening — Viewing the Veiled Prophets 
! procession or attending the grand ball if 
| tickets are obtainable. 
Wednesday, October 7. 
Forenoon — Visiting the principal parks 
1 and cemeteries and other points of interest. 
Evening — Papers, discussions, question 
j box, nomination of officers. 
Thursday, October 8. 
Forenoon — Take trolley cars for the 
; Missouri Botanical Gardens, where officers 
PLANTERS’ HOTEL ST. LOUIS. 
and guides will show members around and 
explain the various plants, etc. 
Noon — Lunch at the Gardens. 
Afternoon — After lunch a session will be 
held for the election of officers and to at- 
tend to any unfinished business. Adjourn- 
ment. Back to the hotel by street car. 
ELLIOTT GROVE CEMETERY, BRUNSWICK, MO. 
The accompanying photographs illus- 
| trate views of Elliot Grove Cemetery at 
, Brunswick, Mo., of which Louis Benecke 
is president. The cemetery is located a 
i half mile north of the city limits of Bruns- 
i wick in Chariton county, Mo. It was or- 
j ganized and incorporated in March, 1881, 
i by fifteen citizens of Brunswick for the 
. purpose of providing a suitable permanent 
■ burying ground that would reflect credit 
\ upon the community. 
The association purchased 24 acres of 
ground, laying it out in six divisions, each 
containing 36 blocks, and each block four 
lots. A block is 40x40 feet, the lot 20x20 
feet and the sub-lots 10x5 feet. 
Of the original fifteen charter members 
or incorporators there are now only six 
still living. Mr. Benecke was secretary 
from the date of organization and has 
been president since 1910. He says : 
“We have never declared any dividend, 
and it is our intention not to declare a 
dividend, as we did not enter into this for 
the purpose of making money. Hence all 
proceeds are either used for beautifying 
the grounds or invested at interest so as to 
establish a permanent fund for the main- 
tenance of the place after all lots are sold 
and revenue from the sale of lots has 
ceased. The photographs sent indicate 
that the ground is slightly sloping and 
with all native timber eradicated and ever- 
green trees planted in this place, we have 
a most beautiful and solemn forest invit- 
ing rest from the turmoil or strife of life 
as it is. 
FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION. 
The illustration of iron fence and gates 
shown on front cover is a design made by 
The Stewart Iron Works Co., Cincinnati, 
Ohio. It is a style they have installed at 
many leading parks throughout the country 
and is especially desirable in that it com- 
bines the greatest strength and durability 
with neatness and symmetry of design. 
This fence can, of course, be made in dif- 
ferent heights and of lighter or heavier 
material, as the case requires, but photo- 
graph from which illustration on front 
cover is taken carries the following speci- 
fications : 
Height when set, 5 feet, constructed of 
^4-inch square pickets set diagonally, 
spaced 5 inches on centers, with milled 
points. Rails are 2x54 inches, Stewart’s 
patent 3-rib steel channel, which is claimed 
by them to be the best fence rail on the 
market, having extra metal added where 
pickets are caulked into the rail, thus pro- 
ducing a greater strength and solidity be- 
tween picket and rail. Line posts are 1 
inch square, with wrought malleable spear 
tops, heavy plate on bottom and set 2 feet 
6 inches in ground. Braces are 54 inch 
square, with heavy bases and set same dis- 
tance in ground as line posts. Has heavy 
adjustable center support 54 inch round 
and 2 feet long, with heavy bottom plates 
supporting each panel of fence in center, 
thereby preventing possibility of panels 
sagging at any time during life of fence. 
All foundation bases are adjustable as well 
as the line posts and center supports. Ad- 
justable connecting caps are provided at 
end of each panel to allow for contraction 
and expansion of panels due to hot and 
cold weather conditions. Double drive 
gates are a beautiful design with orna- 
mental scroll work and three rails with sub- 
stantial bracing, and of proper height to 
conform with height of fence. 
As a suitable enclosure and gateway en- 
trance for park, playground or cemetery 
this style of fence would be hard to beat 
and is a design that will appeal ta the most 
exacting and discriminating. 
The board of trustees of Oakwood Ceme- 
tery at Alton, 111., have let the contract for 
the construction of a concrete driveway 
in the cemetery 1,100 feet long and 12 
feet wide. 
