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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
thick and not more than four inches high. 
But one stone or marker shall be placed at 
any grave. Granite is recommended as the 
best and most durable material for grave- 
markers and monuments erected in the cem- 
etery. 
The directors shall have the right to 
cause the removal of trees or shrubs that 
shall, by their roots, branches, or otherwise, 
become dangerous, detrimental, or incon- 
venient to the adjacent lots or avenues. 
Maplewood Cemetery Association, 
Rockland, Mass., has added three 
acres to its area on the south. An 
avenue is to surround this tract. 
The officers of the Winnebago, 111., 
Cemetery Association are figuring on 
the erection of a receiving vault. 
At the annual meeting of Oakwood 
Cemetery Association, Bucyrus, O., it 
was decided to construct a permanent 
improved roadway through the center 
of the grounds and for the early fu- 
ture an. appropriate entrance to cost 
not less than $2,000. 
The Holton Cemetery Association, 
Holton, Kas., is improving a four-acre 
addition on the lawn plan. A business- 
like appeal is being made to the lot hold- 
ers through a circular letter that should 
arouse interest. The Board of Trus- 
tees has assessed each lot holder $1.50 
per year to carry out the projected im- 
provements. If assessments are paid 
in advance for three or more years, $1 
per year is charged. 
John T. McGiveran, in a bill filed the 
latter part of March, in the Circuit 
Court, Chicago, asks that the Inter- 
national Mausoleum Company be com- 
pelled to pay him $42,913.62 for services 
under contract with the company, which 
he claims has been violated. On Oct. 
15, 1910, McGiveran entered into a con- 
tract with the company for the exclu- 
sive right to build mausoleums in cer- 
tain counties in Wisconsin. False rep- 
resentations were made to him by offi- 
cers of the company, McGiveran de- 
clares. 
Suit has been entered in the Supe- 
rior Court, Boston, Mass., by Bernard 
Hyneman, one of three brothers in- 
volved in a controversy over a ceme- 
tery lot in Wakefield, against Congre- 
gation Adath Israel and Asher Hyne- 
man. The suit is to compel the sur- 
render of the deed to the lot in ques- 
tion by Asher Hyneman, and the other 
defendant to issue a new deed in the 
names of the three brothers. Acting 
as agent for the three, Asher Hyneman 
They may also cause to be removed any 
monumental structures or effigy, or any in- 
scription judged by them to be offensive or 
improper. 
No director or other officer of the cor- 
poration nor any salaried employe thereof 
shall have any pecuniary interest whatever 
in. any work or material furnished for the 
cemetery, or be engaged in buying or selling- 
lots in the cemetery, except for the cor- 
poration. 
bought the lot in 1889 in his own name 
only and it has remained so ever since. 
The lot was purchased for the inter- 
ment of the members of the family. 
The Commercial Club of Gilbert, 
Minn., has been looking round for avail- 
able sites for a new cemetery. It is 
proposed to consult with the town of 
Eveleth with a view, if possible, of se- 
curing a cemetery which would serve 
both places. 
It looks as though the long period 
of discord between dissatisfied lot 
holders and the owners of Greenlawn 
Cemetery, Newport News, Va., will, 
soon be terminated. At a -meeting of the 
Special Cemetery Committee of the 
City Council, held March 22, a resolu- 
tion was unanimously adopted, recom- 
mending to the Council that the offer 
of. the Newport News Cemetery Com- 
pany to sell Greenlawn Cemetery to the 
city for $40,000 be accepted. 
On March 14, in the Circuit Court 
of. Towson, Md., Judge Frank I. Dun- 
can, rendered a decision declaring the 
Druid Ridge Cemetery Company to be 
insolvent and directing the sale of the 
property at Pikesville, the resting place 
of many prominent Baltimoreans and 
well known county residents. In hand- 
ing down his decision today Judge 
Duncan ordered that the 188 acres 
of land that comprises the land owned 
by the corporation should be sold as 
and for a cemetery upon such terms 
as the receivers will deem most advan- 
tageous. From the proceeds it 'was or- 
dered that the liabilities and expenses 
of the receivership and court proceed- 
ings should be paid and also the Black 
mortgage. After the sum of $40,000 is 
set aside for maintenance, the balance 
of the purchase money shall be divided 
into two portions; one-half to be paid 
to holders of land shares, according 
to their respective holdings, with ac- 
crued dividend ; the balance to be used 
for the payment of open accounts and 
comptroller’s notes to the holders of 
certificates of indebtedness. More re- 
cently and in accordance with the de- 
cree the receivers advertised the sale 
of the cemetery to take place on May 
15. Druid Ridge Cemetery, compris- 
ing 188 acres of land, well known for 
its beautiful location and condition, is 
very desirably located, easy of access 
and enjoys the patronage of the best 
in Baltimore. The average income 
from the sale of lots and other 
sources for the past five years has 
been between $28,000 and $30,000, and 
the cost of operating about $15,000 
per annum. The land share plan un- 
der which the cemetery was organ- 
ized has not been feasible for Balti- 
more, and greatly hampered the prog- 
ress of the property. Under new con- 
ditions and management it will prob- 
ably become a good investment, and 
-worth consideration. 
The management of Elmwood Ceme- 
tery, Fruita, Colo., has succeeded in 
inducing the city council to extend the 
city water mains into the grounds. It 
is expected that finally the city may un- 
dertake the care and control of the 
cemetery. 
Green River, Utah, a town of only 
500 inhabitants has already realized its 
mistake in locating the cemetery too 
close to the community. A committee 
has been appointed to purchase a new 
site, when the bodies, now interred in 
the City Cemetery will he removed. 
The establishment of a municipal 
cemetery for Boston, .Mass., has been 
discussed with Chairman Charles E. 
Phipps, of the Cemetery trustees, by 
Councilor Hale. Mr. Phipps alluded to 
the old burial grounds, such as Copp’s 
Hill, the Granary and King’s Chapel as 
a disgrace to the city. 
It is said that as a result of 
the determined stand taken by 
the lot holders of Mt. Peace 
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., the 
board of trustees have found it 
expedient to rescind for the present 
year the order, which was recently 
posted on all the gates of the burying 
ground, giving notice to all lot-holders 
that no person would be permitted to 
enter for the purpose of cutting grass, 
planting flowers, etc., at the instance of 
any lot owner, and that any such per- 
son so offending would be treated as 
a trespasser. 
The borough of Groton, Mass., has 
appealed to the court to condemn Smith 
Lake Cemetery because it abuts on 
Smith lake, from which the borough 
secures its water. The claim is that 
such a condition is unhealthy and unsat- 
isfactory. A new location is being con- 
sidered and there is no opposition to the 
petition. 
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