PARK AND CEMETERY. 
whether road surfaces treated with 
Calcium would adhere to shoes or 
pick up under wheel traffic. We saw 
no such tendency except to a slight 
degree for perhaps an hour or two 
immediately following the application 
of the Calcium. This we did not find 
objectionable; even where a little of 
it was tracked into our office on to 
hardwood floors and carpets it did no 
harm but quickly disappeared. 
While we were advised to use the 
Calcium more liberally to the extent 
of a pound and a half at each appli- 
cation, we found the results obtained 
from the one pound to a square yard 
so satisfactory that we will continue 
its use at that rate this season. If 
it is true, and our experience with 
the small trial in 1910 appears to 
warrant the statement that the Cal- 
cium does not entirely disappear in 
one season and is therefore cumula- 
tive if annual applications are made, 
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then I incline to the opinion that one 
pound to a square yard under condi- 
tions similar to ours is sufficient. 
Reviewing our experience with Cal- 
cium Chloride we believe as a dust 
preventive on gravel roads and to 
some extent a surface binder it mer- 
its commendation. It is very effective, 
easy of application, measurably per- 
manent, comparatively inexpensive, 
and free from any objectionable fea- 
tures of a disagreeable nature. 
CEMETERY BUILDS its OWN COMMUNITY MAUSOLEUM 
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, whose beau- 
tiful grounds are at Oak Park avenue 
and 41st street, south of Berwyn sta- 
tion, Chicago, is the first of the Chi- 
cago cemeteries to have a community 
mausoleum erected for them. The 
idea of crypt burial has not generally 
found favor among cemeteries, but 
the managers of Mt. Auburn, by tak- 
ing the construction and maintenance 
of the building entirely into their 
own hands, and combining it with the 
regular receiving" vault, expect to 
avoid the objections that have been 
commonly urged against this type of 
burial. 
The Mt. Auburn cemetery officials 
have selected a beautiful spot for this 
building, whose facade is shown in the 
illustration. 
The exterior will be of granite blocks, 
in Greek style of architecture, and the 
inside walls of the mausoleum in 
Mt. Auburn cemetery are to be fin- 
ished in white marble, an individual 
The chapel is located at the main 
entrance and has an altar, place for 
the casket, pews, and is heated so as 
to be a comfortable warm place to 
hold services. 
A private entrance and private room 
is provided for the mourning party. 
Another entrance is for those who 
may wish to visit the mausoleum while 
some funeral service is going on. Both 
of these private rooms have a toilet 
equipment. When a funeral takes 
place the carriages go to the main en- 
trance, the casket is carried into the 
building, is placed before the chapel 
altar, and the funeral services are 
listened to by friends and relatives 
comfortably. 
The work on the construction will 
be begun as soon as the frost is out 
of the ground and by summer the 
mausoleum is expected to be in read- 
iness for interments. 
A model of this mausoleum is on 
view at Room 1704 Heyworth build- 
either side of the chapel will have 
1,500 crypts, located in five tiers on 
either side of a hallway in five tiers. 
The interior will be finished in Italian 
marble and mosaic floors. The build- 
ing will probably cost in excess of 
$75,000. It is the intention to set 
aside about $20 a crypt for perpetual 
care of the building. The building is 
being put up by the Chicago Park 
Cemetery Co., who own Mt. Auburn 
cemetery, and was designed by Sidney 
Love, architect, of Chicago. 
New Office Building at Mt. Auburn. 
Mt. Auburn Cemetery has also late- 
ly completed the new administration 
building illustrated here that was de- 
scribed in these pages in December, 
1911. The building is of attractive 
and substantial architecture, and has 
been given an attractive setting on the 
grounds, as may be seen in our pic- 
ture. It was designed by A. J. Buer- 
DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY MAUSOLEUM FOR MT. AUBURN CEMETERY, BERWYN. CHICAGO. 
marble slab covering the opening of 
each compartment. 
The partitions separating the com- 
partments or crypts are of concrete 
construction, with a patented device 
which it is claimed will automatically 
draw off the gases and purify them, 
as well as draining the crypt into 
quick lime receptacles. 
ing, and diagrams of crypt elevations 
and ground plan of the building can 
be seen there, or at the offices of the 
Mt. Auburn cemetery. 
The building is to be of concrete 
with granite facing. The chapel will 
seat about one hundred people and 
the temporary vault in the rear will 
hold about 100 bodies. The wings on 
ger, Jr., architect, and is 30 by 40 
feet; over the verandas it is 50 by 40 
feet. It is built of dark brown rough 
faced pressed brick, with Bedford 
stone trimmings; the roof is of green 
glazed tile, with copper gutters and 
down spouts, and there is a dormer 
window on front and rear, having cop- 
per trimmings. The waiting room is 
