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PARK AND CEMETER Y. 
cemetery tract and is located south 
of the railroad and west of the Ne- 
guntatogue road. The price paid was 
$174,294. There are many Long Is- 
land and Brooklyn people holding 
stock in the Pinelawn Cemetery As- 
sociation. The association owns 
about twenty-three hundred acres at 
Pinelawn and the sale is only for a 
part of their holdings. 
The National Securities Company 
closed negotiations last month by 
which it acquired a large tract in South 
St. Louis, Mo., for cemetery purposes. 
The new cemetery, to be known as 
Mount Hope, is located at the exten- 
sion of Grand avenue on the Lemay 
Ferry road and on the new car line 
extending from Broadway. Mount 
Hope adjoins Mount Olive. The Na- 
tional Securities Company, of which 
Charles B. Sims is president, promot- 
ed Valhalla, located on the St. Charles 
Rock road, and it is understood, is also 
negotiating for a tract for a North 
Side cemetery. 
The city Council of Coburg, Ore., is 
considering the purchase of three acres 
of land for cemetery purposes. The 
proposed ground is within sidewalk 
and city water distance and is very 
conveniently located for the city. 
A new cemetery for Biltmore, N. 
C., has been laid out by Mr. J. M. 
Campbell. It is situated about half 
a mile from Biltmore, between the 
Hendersonville and Shiloh roads, and 
it will be known as the Biltmore 
cemetery. Citizens of Biltmore have 
been endeavoring for some time to 
get some one interested in locating 
a cemetery near Biltmore. The new 
cemetery covers about three acres 
of ground. 
The third annual report of the cem- 
etery board of Shelbyville, 111., was sub- 
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