PARK AND CEMETERY. 
327 
BED OF DUSTY MILLER, WITH SPRINKLING FOUNTAIN BUILT INTO IT. 
smaller posts at the side passages are 2 
feet in diameter. The main drive is 20 feet 
wide and the walks 4 feet wide. The large 
posts are 8 feet 6 inches high and the small 
ones 6 feet. 
Immediately to the right of the entrance 
is the office and rest room, a very service- 
able little building of stucco, erected at a 
cost of $2,500. This building is 25x30 feet 
in ground dimensions and includes a rest 
room 16x21 feet, private offices, work- 
shop and toilet. A bed of cannas is plant- 
ed in front of the door and English ivy is 
growing on the walls. The rest of the 
planting about the building and in the rear 
include spiraea, tartarian honeysuckle, hy- 
drangea, tamarix, syringa, lilacs, pea trees 
and flowering currants. Our plan shows 
the arrangement of the building and its 
approaches. 
One of the interesting features of the 
grounds is the method of watering the 
flower beds by means of sprinkling foun- 
tains of concrete, built inside of the flower 
bed, and when the flowers are in bloom, 
entirely invisible. There are twenty-five of 
these, placed at different locations through- 
out the grounds, in connection with the reg- 
ular water system. One of our pictures 
shows a well planted bed of dusty miller 
with this fountain inside of it, and an- 
other picture shows the fountain construc- 
tion without the planting. The cement curb 
that borders the fountain is 5 inches thick 
and the rings of the fountain are, respec- 
tively, 7 feet 6 inches, 14 feet and 19 feet 
in diameter. The cost of one of these 
fountains, finished complete, was about $100. 
Graceland Cemetery was planned and 
laid out by S. W. Rubee, superintendent of 
Riverside Cemetery, Marshalltown, la., and 
has been developed and managed by the 
PLAN OF SPRINKLING FOUNTAIN 
FOR FLOWER BED. 
present managing trustee, A. M. Jackson. 
The other officers of the company are : Pres- 
ident, E. C. Peters ; vice-president, A. T. 
Bennett ; secretary-treasurer, C. Shumaker. 
The chapel was designed and executed in 
Colorado-Yule marble by the Colorado- Yule 
Marble Co., of Marble, Colo. The iron 
fence and entrance gate, including one mile 
of fence 70 inches high, were furnished by 
the Van Dorn Iron Works Co., of Cleve- 
land, O., and the sprinkling fountains were 
furnished by Orcutt Bros., of Sioux City. 
The posts at the entrance gate were erected 
by D. W. Rapalee, of Sioux City. 
HINTS ON BUILDING FOUNDATIONS 
Address before Canadian Cemetery Association, by G. J. 
Emery, Supt., Fairview Cemetery Niagara Falls, Ont. 
When going through a cemetery, what is 
more unsightly than to see monuments 
leaning at all angles from the perpendicu- 
lar. The only sure way to overcome this 
is to build the foundations deep and sub- 
stantial. In my judgment the proper depth 
is six feet. Some will say this is not nec- 
essary in the erection of a small monu- 
ment, which may be true, providing you 
were sure the ground in close proximity 
was not to be disturbed, but in every cem- 
etery, particularly in the older ones, graves 
are placed as close as possible and often- 
times it is necessary to open a grave im- 
mediately adjoining the monument, which 
proves the desirability of a six-foot foun- 
dation and the saving of time and labor. 
The material used in the construction of 
foundations will vary somewhat, according 
to the particular locality. Where gravel 
can be secured, it is much preferable to 
sand and stone. The proportions are six 
of good, clean gravel and one of Portland 
cement, or five of stone, three of sand and 
one of cement. In large foundations build- 
ing stone can be imbedded in the concrete, 
but great care must be taken to see that 
each stone is well covered, especially on 
the outsides of the foundation. 
Do not allow monument men to level 
their monuments with slate, spawls or sim- 
ilar material. Insist upon the bases being 
laid in a solid bed of concrete, so that all 
parts of the base will come in contact with 
the foundation. 
Last year the City Council passed a by- 
law providing that foundations shall in all 
cases be put in and corner posts placed by 
the caretaker of the cemetery, and the fol- 
lowing charges payable to the city clerk for 
the general use of the city, at or before 
such foundations or corner stones are put 
in, namely : 
For concrete foundations, 20 cents per 
cubic foot. 
For placing each corner post on lot, \2 l /> 
cents. 
This arrangement has worked out very 
satisfactorily to both the monument men 
and myself. By following these few sim- 
ple suggestions, I am of the opinion that 
the difficulty with foundation work will be 
reduced to a minimum and the beauty of 
cemeteries greatly enhanced. 
