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any way conveyed, after interments have 
been made in it, out of the family of the 
original proprietor, except as provided for 
by Section 5 of amendments to the charter, 
approved March 19, 1866, which allows a 
sale of a lot two years after the dead have 
been removed. 
Calvary. 
Calvary Cemetery, the leading Catholic 
burial ground of St. Louis, was opened in 
April, 1854. It contains 475 acres, of 
$7.50 for eight-foot graves. The annual in- 
terments number over 3,000. Total inter- 
ments to date are 110,000. The total num- 
ber of lots sold to date is 16,500. 
There are eight private telephone sta- 
tions on the grounds communicating with 
the office. The business of the grounds is 
greatly facilitated by these phones and 
also by bell signals from a tower, 60 feet 
high, operated by an electric bell ringer. 
This tower is shown in one of our illus- 
lectivel.v, and it is expected that they will be duly 
appreciated and complied with. People ought not 
insist on bringing their national customs and preju- 
dices into our modern cemeteries. We meet here 
on common grounds, and expect all to conform to 
established customs in cemetery matters. 
Cemeteries are conducted on one general plan, 
dictated by experience and educated taste. Indi- 
vidual rights must be subordinate to this plan, if we 
are to have harmony and taste prevail in the cerae 
tery. If the cemetery officers were consulted, the 
lot owner might learn what was the prevailing cus- 
tom in the best class of cemeteries, and thus avoid 
great mistakes in the management of his lot. 
Introducing tin boxes, shells and other unsightly 
which 300 are improved. The surface is 
beautiful rolling hill and valley land with 
good, rich soil. 
The cemetery is managed by a board of 
thirteen trustees, of which the Archbishop 
of St. Louis is chairman. It is organized 
under the laws of the state of Missouri 
and is exempt from general taxes, but 
must pay all special taxes for street im- 
provements, sewers, etc., within prescribed 
districts. The cemetery has eleven miles 
of roadway, office buildings and gate lodge 
on Florissant and Calvary avenues, and a 
gate on Broadway. 
About 200 lots are under perpetual care, 
paid for from interest on endowment fund 
subscribed for by lot owners. The price 
of ground ranges from 50 cents to $2 per 
foot; single graves from $6 to $10; $5 is 
the charge for digging six-foot graves, 
trations. The greater part of the work on 
the grounds is directed by these phones 
and bell signals. The principal roads are 
oiled to keep down the dust, to kill weeds 
and keep intact the surfacing of the roads 
from the action of water during rains. 
This plan has been found very effective. 
Calvary issues a very handsome illus- 
trated book that contains some interesting 
suggestions to lot owners, from which we 
quote as follows : 
Lot owners should secure ample ground for their 
families when they first purchase a lot. Even 
amongst the poorest, this can be done if extrava- 
gance in funerals and useless stonework is avoided. 
Burying one’s family or friends in single graves or 
small lots is a mistake, as it is almost invariably 
followed by removals to new lots, which is incurring 
unnecessary expense, besides the very disagreeable- 
task of removals. 
Cemetery rules have been formulated, after due con- 
sideration and long experience, for the benefit and 
guidance of lot owners, both individualy and col- 
objects into lots is an indication of ignorance or 
bad taste, and ought not to occur where people 
have any pretensions to culture. 
All lots should be placed in charge of the Ceme- 
tery Association, in perpetual care, if the family 
can at all afford it, so that when the members of 
the family pass away, the lot may be cared for, 
as the Cemetery Association will prove the most, 
interested of caretakers for the sake of the general 
good appearance of the cemetery. This is made a 
rule in nearly all of our modern cemeteries. 
DONT’S TO LOT OWNERS. 
Don’t buy lot in partnership, as it too frequently 
leads to unseemly misunderstandings. 
Don’t bury your family in single grave lots; use- 
economy in your funeral expenses and you can buy 
a lot. 
Don’t buy lots from parties outside the Cemetery 
Association, for you are very apt to have an invalid 
title. 
Don’t think that rules were made only for the 
poor; they are equally applicable to the rich. 
Don’t think that you can introduce j’our old- 
fashioned customs and prejudices into the modern 
cemetery. Leave those at home. 
Don’t think that it is a good thing to break rules 
and avoid conforming to them. It is much more 
graceful, and shows better breeding, to observe them. 
