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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
ment. Twenty acres were laid out for use 
at first, and the cemetery has met with the 
best favor and patronage of its community 
from the start. Up to the present time 
about $201,000 worth of lots have been 
sold and a perpetual care fund of $53,000 
accumulated. There are now twelve hun- 
dred interments in the grounds and much 
creditable construction work has been done. 
To make the cemetery easily accessible the 
company built at its own expense three- 
quarters of a mile of paving to connect 
the grounds with city streets. A six-inch 
water main has been laid from the city 
and convenient access is had to the water 
supply from every division of the ground. 
All the roads are oiled and liberal expendi- 
ture has been made for planting through- 
out the grounds. A handsome monumental 
entrance and gateway has been erected and 
an office and rest room of pleasing design 
has been built at small cost. The handsome 
marble chapel that occupies an imposing lo- 
cation in the center of the grounds, illus- 
trated here, is an unusually handsome 
THE MARBLE PULPIT AND ENTRANCE 
TO RECEIVING VAULT. 
piece of gothic architecture and is one of 
the handsomest buildings for its purpose 
in a cemetery of its size in the country. 
The exterior is of Colorado- Yule marble 
in carborundum hone finish and makes a 
very striking feature of the landscape from 
its site on a hill which gives a view of the 
country for eight miles around. The build- 
ing is 23x21 feet in ground plan, with the 
receiving vault in the rear 20 feet 11 inches 
by 10 feet, and a porte cochre at the en- 
trance 10 feet square. It has a green Span- 
ish tile roof, and the interior is finished in 
plaster and heavy beam work. The en- 
trance to the receiving vault is closed by 
Tiffany bronze doors and the interior of 
the vault, which has a capacity of twenty- 
four bodies, is of marble and furnished 
with bronze brackets to hold the casket, in- 
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PLAN OF 
GRACELAND 
CHAPEL. 
stead of the usual crypt boxes. The pews 
are of oak and a handsome pulpit of Colo- 
rado- Yule marble has been placed in the 
chapel as a memorial to the parents of the 
superintendent, A. M. Jackson. This is a 
gift of Mr. Jackson. The total cost of the 
building was about $24,000. 
The main entrance is a very simple but 
massive design executed in stone posts and 
iron gate. The posts are of Bedford stone 
and are 2 feet 6 inches at the base and the 
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