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sprinkling, of course resulted. In perform- 
ing this work, much preliminary prepara- 
tion was necessary, in shaping the crowns 
of the drives and in filling the low and 
worn places. The mixed gravel and detri- 
tus scraped from the surfaces was sifted 
and the finer part was used for top-dress- 
ing, with attendant economy. The cost of 
this work, which may well be regarded as 
applying in part to next year’s mainte- 
nance, was $1,301.96 for the 40,000 square 
yards of surface treated, or 3Rj cents a 
square yard. C. E. Hutchins is secretary 
of the board. 
The annual report of the Park Commis- 
sion of Atlanta, Ga., notes that the total 
value of park property for the year ending 
December 31, 1913, was $2,062,643.55. The 
value of park property for the year end- 
ing December 31, 1912, was $1,402,967.14, 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
an increase of $659,676.41. The Park De- 
partment now consists of thirty-two parks 
with a total acreage of 839,835. This land 
was acquired by the city at a cost of $186,- 
674.74. Its present value is $1,844,625. The 
park manager calls the Board’s atten- 
tion to the fact that the Park Depart- 
ment since 1909 has increased from eleven 
to thirty-two parks and from 343 to 840 
acres. The Department of Parks has be- 
gun the permanent paving, guttering and 
draining of roads. In Grant Park and in 
Piedmont Park during 1913 was con- 
structed about one mile of macadam roads, 
flanked on each side with concrete gut- 
ters two feet in width, with catch basins 
every two hundred or two hundred and 
fifty feet. W. P. Anderson is president of 
the Commission and Dan Carey secretary 
and general manager. 
jjtlPfp 
CEflETERY NOTES 
A. A. C. S. PROCEEDINGS. 
To the members of the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents : The 
proceedings of the 1913 convention have 
been delayed owing to the fact that up to 
the present time I have been unable to get 
the stenographer to furnish the transcript 
of the proceedings. I hope to have these, 
however, in the near future and will rush 
the proceedings just as fast as possible. 
Yours very truly, 
Bellett Lawson, Jr., 
Secretary-T reasurer. 
“Beautiful Thornrose” is the title of a 
handsome illustrated book just issued by 
Thornrose Cemetery, Stanton, Va., that 
shows many beautiful views and gives his- 
toric facts and addresses and descriptive 
information about the cemetery. 
The Riverside Cemetery Association, Al- 
bany, Ore., has recently started a movement 
to overhaul the old City Cemetery and give 
it a modern, park-like appearance. Super- 
intendent B. Bartscher would like very 
much to secure post-card views of some 
of the modern cemeteries throughout the 
country, and if readers of Park and Cem- 
etery will favor Mr. Bartscher with sou- 
venir cards or other views of their grounds 
he will appreciate it very much. 
The Mount Hope Cemetery Association, 
Florence, S. C., inform us that they have 
made a selection of a caretaker. The cre- 
dentials sent to A. A. Cohen by applicants 
will be returned. 
Superintendent Alex Hanton of the Cem- 
etery Department of Barre, Vt., has made 
extensive plans to entertain the New Eng- 
land Cemetery Association, if this organiza- 
tion accepts his invitation to come to Barre. 
The Barre Quarry Owners’ Association, 
the Granite Manufacturers’ Association and 
the Board of Trade are uniting in the in- 
vitation. The superintendents are asked to 
hold a two days’ session — one dav for the 
granite quarries, the scenery and a ban- 
quet at night : the second for the cemeteries 
and granite sheds. The visitors will be the 
guests of the Barre people during their 
stay and will be under no expense. 
New Cemeteries and Improvements. 
Judge D. W. Henry, of Jasonville, 111., 
has purchased eight acres for an addition 
to the. old Union Cemetery. This land is 
being improved for burial purposes. For- 
mer County Surveyor George R. Grimes 
is in charge of the work. Mr. Grimes is 
also superintending an addition of six acres 
to the old Newhinney Cemetery. 
Valdosta Cemetery, Valdosta, Ga., has 
been greatly improved recently. More than 
300 new lots have been added, from land 
bought from the city recently; two new 
entrances have been erected, and the work 
of parking will be continued. It is pro- 
posed to pave the main avenue through the 
cemetery and to put a good roadway of 
gravel and oil on some of the other drives. 
The work has been done almost entirely by 
Dr. Smith, head of the Cemetery Commit- 
tee of the City Council. 
Contract was made recently by R. R. 
Hoch, of Philadelphia, and the Rev. Messrs. 
E. J. Fisher and H. J. Callis by which 
$30,000 was paid for Mount Forest Cem- 
etery, near Thornton, 111., for colored resi- 
dents of Chicago. 
An option has been taken on fifty-four 
acres of property east of Mishawaka, Ind., 
as a cemetery site. 
4 he work of beautifying Oakland Cem- 
etery, Little Rock, Ark., is progressing 
rapidly under the direction of W. W. Cum- 
mings, landscape gardener. The Board of 
Commissioners is spending a large amount 
of money on the streets and trees and in 
the general work of beautifying the cem- 
etery. Edward Reichardt is sexton. 
The Cemetery Committee of Joplin, Mo., 
has been authorized to purchase two acres 
as an addition to Fairview Cemetery. 
Battle Creek, Mich., is to have a new 
cemetery within a year. Sixty acres have 
just been purchased and the work of im- 
provement will begin early in spring. A 
power house will be erected, with the river 
as water supply. Emil Wicks is secretary. 
Work on the new cemetery at South 
Bend, Ind., to be known as the Highland 
Cemetery, organized with $100,000 capital, 
has begun. The cemetery is to occupy 114 
acres and plans have been made by O. C. 
Simonds, of Chicago. Homer Miller, Fred 
Woodward, V. . C. Hastings and C. Sedg- 
wick are interested. 
It is proposed to add thirteen acres to 
Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Kan. The 
City Council adopted resolution offered by 
Street Commissioner Johnson. 
Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville, 111., 
presents a greatly improved appearance. 
The Cemetery Committee, composed of Al- 
derman Atchison and Dr. E. L. H. Barry, 
have had the gravestones straightened, the 
trees trimmed and the fence repaired. 
The City Commissioners of Huntington, 
W. Va., have decided to purchase the three- 
acre addition to Spring Hill Cemetery. 
Milton Cemetery, East Alton, 111., has 
been cleaned and improved under the su- 
pervision of B. F. Sikes, president of the 
Milton Cemetery Lot Owners’ Association. 
The Kewanee Cemetery Board, Kewanee, 
111., has established a perpetual care sys- 
tem. A. W. Everett, H. T. Lay and Theo. 
Cronau are the present members of the 
board. 
The W. R. C. of Centralia, III, are en- 
deavoring to raise money for the erection 
of a chapel in the City Cemetery. 
From Annual Reports. 
The annual report of Hamilton Cemetery, 
Hamilton, Ont., shows some substantial im- 
provements accomplished the past season. 
The fact that $25,000 was expended as 
against $18,000 in 1912 is some indication 
of the extent of this work. 
Commencing in February, cinders were 
hauled for the surfacing of the circle road 
in the north end of the cemetery, this road 
being completely covered before the spring 
opened, at a cost of about $400. During 
the summer $100 was exoended on calcium 
chloride, which was applied to all the prin- 
cipal roads, preventing dust and hardening 
the surface, and the results obtained from 
this treatment are spoken of very highly. 
An addition to the office, 18 feet by 22 feet, 
was built and fully equipped at a cost of 
$3,500. Following the custom established 
several years ago, the sections in front of 
the tool houses, comprising about 2 l / 2 acres, 
were entirely regraded, the fences being 
removed and corner posts substituted, head- 
stones and monuments straightened, shrub- 
bery planted and the whole ground re- 
