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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
where the monuments are especially restricted, a 
drawing and photograph of the model will be given 
to the purchaser when the lot is sold. 
Yours very truly, 
LAKE VIEW CEMETERY ASS’N.” 
This choice section of Lake View is located 
midway between the Euclid avenue entrance 
to the grounds and the tomb of President 
Garfield, and is the result of all that money 
and the thought of men who have spent 
years in study of the subject can do to 
beautify it. 
A complete system of drains insures 
against the possibility of wet graves, while 
an ample endowment fund provides for the 
care of the grass, shrubs and trees, and the 
cleaning of the headstones and monuments. 
Ownership of a lot constitutes member- 
ship in the Lake View Cemetery Associa- 
tion, which is an organization like a church 
or a club, and, as it is not in any sense a 
corporation organized to make money and 
pay dividends, the rules are made solely for 
the protection and benefit of the lot owners. 
Granite or marble stones bearing the lot 
number mark the corners of each lot, thus 
enabling the lot owner to at any time read- 
ily ascertain the exact boundaries of his lot. 
Receptacles for holding cut flowers will 
be furnished by the association without 
charge, and water hydrants will be found 
located on the section at close intervals. 
The regulations in the booklet describing 
Section 23 that pertain to monuments and 
headstones are as follows: 
It is thought that headstones do not add to the 
general beauty of the landscape, but on the con- 
trary rather mar it. It is said that as their only 
object is to mark the location of the grave upon 
the lot, they should not rise above the surface 
of the lawn, and in some cemeteries such is the 
imperative rule. 
On this section the height is limited to four inches 
and the design must be approved by the executive 
committee of the association before the stone is 
ordered. Headstones are fixed in place by the asso- 
ciation. 
The location of a monument has so much to do 
with its looks as well as with the general appear- 
ance of its surroundings that on some of the lots 
in this section the trustees have limited the monu- 
ment that may be erected, to certain designs which 
have been* passed upon by them as fitting the loca- 
tion and the planting. 
As the most desirable residence districts of the 
city are to be found where the building restrictions 
are most intense, so too, it is thought that this 
limitation written in the deeds: 
“It is expressly agreed and understood that no 
monument shall- be erected on this lot unless it be 
made in accordance with the design hereto at- 
tached, marked ‘Exhibit A’ and made a part here- 
of, or be a monument of like dimensions, designed 
or recommended by the Cleveland School of Art, and 
approved by the Executive Committee.” 
will insure the purchaser that the general appear- 
ance of the section will remain intact, and will 
eliminate at once many of the continually recur- 
ring questions that confront the trustees as to 
duplication of design, size, etc. 
The lots to which the limitation applies are Nos. 
1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, IS, 19, 20, 55, 56, 57, 58, 
63, 74, 91 and 92. 
The foundations for all structures are built ex- 
clusively by the association, and the association re- 
serves the right to have monuments fixed in place 
by its employees should it hereafter be deemed 
advisable to do so. 
REMODELING A NEGLECTED CEMETERY 
The Union Cemetery in Watertown, Ont., 
covers about three acres of land and was in 
a very neglected condition. The fences sur- 
rounding it had fallen over in many parts — 
some were entirely gone — weeds and unkept 
shrubs had taken possession of the ground. 
Many headstones had fallen over and were 
broken, while many others, being loose on 
their bases, were leaning, while only here 
and there a well cared for plot was to be 
The plan adopted by this committee was 
to meet the Cemetery Board and obtain its 
consent, which was readily granted. A cir- 
cular letter was drafted and 500 copies were 
printed. In the meantime each member of 
the committee was securing addresses of 
those having friends lying in the cemetery 
and which were found to reach from Kings- 
ton to Vancouver and from the southern 
states to Edmonton. Upon the arrival of 
our circular letters from the printer they 
were mailed at once, while in our village 
and adjoining country a personal canvass 
was made until the sum of $540 was raised. 
The committee interviewed F. H. Ruth- 
erford, superintendent of the Hamilton 
Cemetery, regarding methods of work, and 
his knowledge of the work and willingness 
to advise was a great help, and the interest 
he manifested in our work by allowing our 
committee to have his assistant foreman for 
two days to work with and instruct our 
seen. 
