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pervision of the cemetery, which he agreed 
to do. He immediately requested Mr. H. 
C. Oldson, the secretary of the company, 
who had intended leaving March 1 for Bal- 
timore, to reconsider and remain with the 
company, which he also will do. 
Improvements and Additions. 
The improvement scheme of the new 
cemetery, Graceland, at Racine, Wis., is 
maturing. A proposition is on foot where- 
by by the exchange of strips of land an 
attractive parked boulevard may be con- 
structed. Messrs. Hare and Hare, land- 
scape architects, of Kansas City, Mo., have 
submitted plans and specifications for the 
improvement of the tract. 
A movement has been started to clear 
up and greatly improve the appearance of 
the Old Baptist Cemetery at Freehold, N. J. 
Mr. Robert Brautigam, of Brooklyn, N. 
Y., will build a mausoleum on his plot in 
Grove Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Conn. It 
will be 13 feet by 16 feet and 14 feet in 
height, and will be constructed of Barre 
granite, with slate crypts faced with Italian 
marble. Six bodies will be provided for. 
The cost will be in the neighborhood of 
$8,000 and it will be the first mausoleum 
erected in the cemetery. 
A water system has been installed in Mt. 
Hope Cemetery, Urbana, 111. 
After ten years’ effort, Greenwood 
(Brooklyn) Cemetery officials have suc- 
ceeded in acquiring a strip of property at 
Ninth avenue and Twentieth street, where 
a fine new entrance is to be constructed. 
This property formed a sort of cul-de-sac 
in the cemetery and some florists’ build- 
ings., etc., are standing upon it which will 
have to be removed. There may be more 
delays to the building project owing to un- 
expired leases. The erection of a new en- 
trance will provide a fitting approach to 
one of the most beautiful parts of the cem- 
etery and to the Mackay mausoleum, one 
of the most imposing and most costly 
structures of its kind in America. 
Plans for the improvement of the new 
cemetery, just outside of St. Louis, Mo., 
have been agreed upon. Two miles of 
macadamized roadway will be made in the 
park and the cemetery proper, and con- 
siderable garden work, with lakes and 
flowers, will be provided. 
Improvements are planned for the Home 
of Peace Cemetery, Portersville, Cal., with 
a view to making it an attractive spot. 
The last dollar of debt has been cleared 
off the new part of Walnut Hill Cemetery, 
Belleville, 111. It comprised twenty-two 
acres, and the tract has been laid out and 
platted. This annex to the old cemetery is 
separated from the main burial grounds by 
a small tract of eight acres, and the city 
is being urged to purchase it. Considerable 
improvement work is proposed to be done 
this season. 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
New Cemeteries. 
There has been considerable trouble of 
late in Vancouver, Wash., over the matter 
of more cemetery land, and it has resulted 
in some appeals to the courts. The City 
Council, in order to the better inform it- 
self on the question, recently attended an 
illustrated lecture given in Vancouver by 
Howard Evarts Weed, landscape ar- 
chitect of Portland, Ore., and author of 
“Modern Park Cemeteries.” In the mean- 
time there is said to be not a lot for sale 
in the city cemeteries. 
A cemetery containing about twelve acres 
is being laid out at Brunswick, Md. It is 
located in the northeast part of town and 
is very hilly in character. The old burial 
ground of the town is practically filled up 
and a new cemetery is a necessity. 
The St. Joseph’s Cemetery Association 
of Utica, N. Y., has added twelve acres of 
land to its holdings for cemetery purposes. 
If two ordinances are favorably acted 
upon, a new cemetery within the city limits 
of Spokane, Wash., and adjoining Greens- 
wood, will be another addition to the Spo- 
kane chain parks scheme. 
An organization has been effected for 
the purpose of beautifying and keeping up 
the Horner and Mt. Tabor Cemetery in 
Quemahoning Township, Pa. 
Iowa City, la., is to have a new tract of 
land for cemetery purposes, embracing 48 
acres, at a cost of $12,000. It lies just 
east of the present east line of Oakland 
Cemetery. 
Manchester, N. H., is to have an addi- 
tion to Pine Grove Cemetery. An adjoin- 
ing tract is to be purchased at a cost of 
$8,000. A large amount of improvement 
work has been accomplished in Pine Grove 
Cemetery during the past year. 
The Anaconda Hill Cemetery Association 
has been organized at Anaconda, Mont. 
An opportunity to purchase Wild Rose 
Cemetery, a ten-acre tract recently laid out 
and graded, south of Webb City, Mo., has 
been given the city by a corporation which 
has been using the tract for a cemetery for 
some time. The price as named in the 
proposition is $17,500. Additional need of 
cemetery facilities is beginning to be felt 
by the city. 
Cemetery Reports. 
The annual report of Mr. J. C. Cline, 
superintendent of Woodland Cemetery, 
Dayton, O., states that the severe weather 
of last winter killed lots of myrtle and it 
was necessary to replant over 2,300 graves. 
During the year 659 grave markers were 
set and concrete foundations made for 
them, 21 foundations were built for monu- 
ments, requiring 4,596 cubic feet of concrete 
in their construction. Owing to the rapid 
growth of the grass, due to cool weather 
and frequent rains, resort had at times to be 
made to scythe mowing, which is almost a 
lost art in the country. During one of the 
heavy downpours, in which 2 inches of 
rain fell, the receiving vault floor was 
flooded to a depth of 16 inches. Since 
then the curbing has been raised around 
the areaway six inches, which will prevent 
a recurrence. The use of calcium chloride 
on the roads kept them in fine condition, 
notwithstanding the heavy dashing rains. 
They were not damaged much, except 
those having cobble stone gutters. The 
binding qualities of calcium choride pre- 
vented the water from raveling and cutting 
ruts in the roads. About 2(4 acres of good 
lots have been prepared for the market 
which required about 12,000 cubic yards of 
earth for grading and filling. 
PERSONAL. 
Mr. George Burnap, Official Landscape 
Architect, of Washington, D. C., delivered 
a lecture in the course of Landscape De- 
sign, at the University of Illinois, in Janu- 
ary, and Prof. J. S. Pray, of the Harvard 
School of Landscape Architecture, in Feb- 
ruary. The students in advanced design 
have been studying cemetery design under 
the direction of Mr. W. N. Rudd, presi- 
dent of Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, 
and member of the Agricultural Advisory 
Board of the University of Illinois. The 
course is a very thorough one and calcu- 
lated to impart a broad fund of informa- 
tion on the general subject. 
OBITUARY. 
Theo. F. Mansfield, formerly of Mount 
Feake Cemetery, Waltham, Mass., passed 
away on February 10. 1913. Funeral serv- 
ices were held in Newton Cemetery on 
February 12. 
Stewart D. Downs, 80 years old, superin- 
tendent of Mount Olivet Cemetery, Balti- 
more, Md., for forty-eight years, died of 
pneumonia in his home at the cemetery on 
January 25. Until two days before his 
death he was a familiar figure on the Fred- 
eric road. Despite his advanced age, he 
went about his work daily, and his work 
was his pleasure. Mr. Downs was born 
in Baltimore. He is survived by his 
widow, one son. one daughter and six 
grandchildren. 
The funeral of Robert J. Gilmore, assist- 
ant superintendent of public cemeteries, 
Lowell, Mass., was held on January 26 in 
the chapel of Edson Cemetery. The Ma- 
sonic service was conducted and burial was 
in the family lot in Edson Cemetery. Mrs. 
Gilmore, who was prostrated with her hus- 
band by pneumonia, was unable to be 
present. 
We regret to record the death of Mr. 
Charles F„ Walbridge, the senior member 
of Walbridge & Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., 
manufacturers iron garden furniture etc., 
On account of a long illness Mr. Wal- 
loridge had not taken any active part in 
the business for the past three years. The 
business will continue otherwise unchanged. 
