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annual report of the trustees called 
attention to the very satisfactory 
condition of the cemetery and to its 
reputation in the community and else- 
where. Among the officers re-elected 
were: Treasurer and superintendent, 
H. Wilson Ross, and assistant super- 
intendent, Nils H. Mattson. 
The treasurer’s report to Dec. 31, 
1911, for Swan Point Cemetery, Provi- 
dence, R. I., shows the Permanent 
Fund to have increased $8,761.93 dur- 
ing the year and to now amount to 
$138,436.48. The Perpetual Care Fund 
is now $463,952.82, an increase dur- 
ing the year of $19,464. The total 
receipts for the year were $190,053.65, 
which covered, sales of lots, $28,288, 
and labor and material, $18,423.69. 
The disbursements were $182,392.88, 
which included: Labor in the ceme- 
tery, $27,639.84; in the greenhouse, 
$1,445.06; teamsters, etc., $4,591.39; 
building materials, $2,008.51; salaries, 
$7,511.25. 
Cemetery Improvements. 
Request for an appropriation of $45,- 
000 was filed with the city auditor by 
the cemetery board of New Bedford, 
Mass., last month. Of this $20,000 is a 
special appropriation required for the 
development of the new addition to 
Pine Grove cemetery. It is planned to 
carry on the preparation of the newly 
purchased land at this cemetery on a 
much larger scale than was possible 
last year on account of the small 
amount of money that was on hand, 
and the board believes that at least 
$20,000 will be required for this work 
alone. 
The board of cemetery trustees of 
Dowagiac, Mich., whose cemetery has 
a wealth of flowering dogwoods, are 
planting the driveway approaching the 
cemetery with maples. 
The Curtiss memorial cemetery en- 
trance at Hinsdale, Mass., was com- 
pleted some little time since, and the 
inscription on the bronze tablet at the 
left of the main archway gives its his- 
tory: “Erected by bequest of Clinton 
Wells Curtiss, as the gift of Sarah 
Wells Curtiss, Arthur Frederick Cur- 
tiss and Clinton Wells Curtiss. A. D. 
1911.” The bequest was for $5,000 and 
represents the cost of the gate. The 
givers were sisters and brothers and 
were natives of Hinsdale, though they 
had not lived there all their lives. The 
gate is built of Stony Creek (Conn.) 
granite and is fine in its architecture 
and workmanship. Norcross Bros., of 
Worcester, were the builders. The land, 
too, for the new entrance and addition 
to the cemetery, was a gift and cost 
$1,500, but the name of the giver has 
been withheld. 
A petition has been filed with the 
city clerk of Holyoke, Mass., from Rt. 
Rev. Thomas D. Beaven, bishop of 
Springfield, asking for permission to 
extend St. Jerome cemetery by the ad- 
dition of 12 acres. The board of health 
approves the location of the land in- 
tended for burial on condition that 
there be no interments in the land 
within fifty feet of the easterly side of 
Northampton street or within 50 feet 
of any dwelling house now erected ad- 
jacent to said land. 
The government is about to im- 
prove the graves of more than 1,600 
Confederate soldiers in Greenlawn 
cemetery, Washington, D. C. Bids 
for the improvements were recently 
advertised and markers are to be 
provided. The specifications provide 
for a grading of the soil and sowing 
of grass seed. The plans to improve 
the graves of the soldiers in Green- 
lawn is in accordance with the action 
of congress in appropriating money 
for the work throughout the country. 
The acceptance of a gift of land 
for the enlargement of the cemetery, 
and also for the driveway has been 
under discussion by the North 
Marion, Mass., Cemetery Association. 
Improvements are progressing rap- 
idly at Valhalla, the new cemetery 
on the St. Charles rock road, St. 
Louis, Mo. It is announced that the 
coming spring will see the partial 
execution of the landscape plans 
which, when completed, are expected 
to make this cemetery a beautiful 
burial place. 
The bad condition of the old 
road to the cemeteries, west of the 
city of St. Cloud, Minn., necessi- 
tated the putting into service of a 
new road. The snowdrifts rendered 
the former practically impassable. 
Wichita Falls, Tex., has been resort- 
ing to the use of explosives for im- 
provement purposes and hundreds of 
sticks of dynamite have been used 
in the digging of holes at Riverside 
cemetery for the planting of about 
150 trees. Where rock was encount- 
ered in digging the holes a number 
of sticks of dynamite were used in 
each hole and the rock was blasted 
out to a considerable depth and the 
holes filled with rich earth. Hack- 
berry and elms are the trees now be- 
ing set out. Quite a transformation 
has been made in the grounds the last 
few months, under the presidency of 
Mrs. A. H. Carrigan. 
Contracts have been left for a en- 
trance to Riverside Cemetery, Nor- 
folk, Va., and a house of appropriate 
design in Lee Place, which is in the 
center of the cemetery. These will 
be constructed on approved lines and 
will add greatly to the appearance of 
the property. Other imrovements to 
roads and paths are under way, and 
the planting of shrubbery is to be 
carried out this spring. The idea is 
to improve the grounds on modern 
lines. 
The improvement of the cemeteries 
of the south is rapidly extending. The 
cemetery committee of the city coun- 
cil of Tampa, Fla., recently purchased 
a tract of five acres adjoining Wood- 
lawn cemetery, which is being im- 
proved. When the purchase of the 
addition was made there was abso- 
lutely no new territory in the ceme- 
tery, as about eighteen of the forty 
acres in the reserve was useless on 
account of the water being so close 
to the surface. In many places water 
was found at a depth of eighteen 
inches below the sod. The property 
directly in the rear of the Spanish 
cemetery is used for the colored race, 
while west of the Jewish cemetery is 
used for grave spaces. A shaded 
pavilion, or rest house, is to be erect- 
ed in the middle of the cemetery. 
East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, 
Texas, is to have a new boundary 
fence. The city council has let the 
contract. 
The German Catholic congrega- 
tions, owners of Mt. Calvary ceme- 
tery, Dubuque, la., have purchased 
the Hoerner property, near the pres- 
ent entrance to the cemetery, which 
has been under contemplation for a 
long time. It is planned to provide 
a home for the sexton in the newly 
acquired property and to greatly im- 
prove the grounds in that immediate 
neighborhood. 
New Cemeteries. 
A number of business men of Flint, 
Mich., have purchased a tract of 
land of about 150 acres on Saginaw 
street, just outside the city limits, 
to found a cemetery on the park and 
lawn plan and to perfect an organiz- 
ation to give it perpetual care. The 
work of grading, road building and 
all necessary construction will begin 
early in the spring, from plans now 
being prepared. 
The purchase of land near Wood- 
lawn, Pittsburgh, Pa., for use as a 
cemetery, is rumored. The purchase 
price of this property is said to be 
$40,000, and the location is on a hill 
above Woodlawn. 
New Cemetery ground, of ten 
acres in area, has been purchased at 
Blain, Pa., at a cost of $140 per acre 
by an association organized for the 
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