PARK AND CEMETERY. 
RAILWAY GARDENERS TO MEET 
The American Railway Gardening 
Association will hold its sixth annual 
convention in Roanoke, Va., August 
13-16, 1913. This is an association for 
the purpose of the betterment of 
railway gardening, and all railway 
employes are eligible to membership. 
The by-laws also provide for asso- 
ciate membership which is open to 
the trade — Nurserymen, Seedsmen, 
Gardening Implement Dealers and 
Publishers — whereby they are per- 
mitted to attend or be represented 
at the convention in a business way, 
which provides for a fee of $10.00 per 
annum for such membership. 
At a meeting of the executive com- 
mittee held in Chicago, June 18, 1912, 
the secretary was authorized to issue 
associate membership cards at $5.00 
until the next meeting, thereby en- 
titling the holders of such cards to 
be represented at the convention in 
Roanoke, Va. 
An interesting program of practical 
addresses has been prepared and a 
good attendance is expected at the 
Roanoke meeting. Headquarters will 
be at the Hotel Roanoke. Reserva- 
tions or other information may be 
obtained from President Patrick Foy, 
61 Gilmer avenue N. E., Roanoke 
City, Va. J. S. Butterfield, Missouri 
Pacific-Iron Mountain, Lee's Summit, 
Mo., is secretary. Following is the 
program: 
Tuesday, August 13. 
10:00 a. m. Meet at Knights of Colum- 
bus Hall, corner Jefferson street and Nor- 
folk avenue. 
Address of Welcome. Mr. F. H. LaBaume, 
A. & I. A., N. & W. Ry. Co. 
Reading minutes of preceding meeting; 
report of officers. 
Paper — “Good Fellowship and How Best 
Width of Park Roadways 
“In my work as chairman of the 
Park Board, the width of roadways in 
residence streets is a matter of deep 
interest. The most of our residence 
streets are 80 feet in width, none are 
narrowed. At present the roadways 
in the 80-foot streets are 56 feet wide. 
Now the question before the Park 
Board is: How wide should the road- 
ways be after they are narrowed? I 
may say that this is a town of about 
3,000 people with ordinary conditions 
relative to the use of roadways. Y r ou 
are, of course, very familiar with 
what is considered best at this time 
it Can be Maintained,” by Geo. B. Moulder, 
Illinoi ; Central R. R. 
Paper — “Insect Pests on Trees and Shrubs 
and Remedy for Same,” by E. F. A. Rein- 
ich, Santa Fe R. R. 
Paper — -“Are Live Snow Brakes More Eco- 
nomical than Lumber and What Should 
They be Composed of?” by J. E. Smith, 
Pennsylvania R. R. 
2:30 p. m. Paper — "Which Give the Best 
Results: the Theoretical or Practical Rail- 
way Gardener?” by J. E. Byrne, Baltimore 
& Ohio R. R. 
Paper — “Should Railways Establish a 
Landscape Department?” by N. S. Dunlop, 
Canadian Pacific R. R. 
Paper — "The Propagation by Seed and 
Cuttings of Nursery Stock,” by John Gip- 
ner, Michigan Central R. R. 
Paper — "How Do Railway Gardeners Com- 
pare Mentally, Physically and Morally with 
Men of Other Professions?” by Mr. E. A. 
Richardson, Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 
Paper — "What Relationship Should Exist 
Between the Agricultural and Industrial De- 
partment of Railways and the Railroad 
Landscape Gardner?” by Dr. E. A. Schu- 
bert, Norfolk & Western Ry. 
Paper — "Duties of a Railway Gardner,” 
by C. H. Tritschler, N. C. & St. Louis R. R. 
Paper — "To What Extent Can Aquatic or 
Water Gardening be Carried On by the 
Railway Gardner?” by V. Wickles, Illinois 
Central R. R. 
7:30 p. m. Paper — "The Construction and 
Maintenance of Driveways Approaching 
Railway Stations,” by C. J. Andrews, Penn- 
sylvania R. R. 
Paper — “The Best Trees for Railway 
Parks,” by J. K. Wingert, Cumberland Val- 
ley R. R. 
Open discussion on all subjects; selec- 
tion of next meeting place and date: elec- 
ation of officers; miscellaneous; adjourn- 
ment. 
Wednesday, Ang. 14. 
9:00 a. m. Auto trip over principal streets 
of Roanoke. Reception by Mr. and Mrs. 
Churchill. 
12:00 m. Trip to Mill Mountain over In- 
cline R. R. ; lunch at Rockledge Inn. 
7:30 p. m. Trip to Mountain Park amuse- 
ments. 
Thursday, Aug. 15. 
12:10 p. m. Sight-seeing trip over Shen- 
andoah Valley division, Norfolk & Western 
Railway, stopping over at Natural Bridge 
and the Caverns of Luray. 
triday , Aug. 16. 
Free for all to do as they please. 
in such matters. Any suggestions you 
may make will be gratefully re- 
ceived.” 
W. E. P„ Neb. 
On ordinary residence streets where 
there is not much through traffic, 24 
feet is wide enough for the roadway. 
The street that I live on in Chicago 
which has a great deal of travel of 
all kinds, is 30 feet, and is ample for 
all purposes. Sheridan Road, upon 
which thousands of automobiles pass 
daily, is 40 feet in width and it has 
proved entirely adequate for the 
travel it has to take care of. Fifth 
avenue, in New York, north of 48th 
lid 
street, is 40 feet in width. It is a 
mistake to make roadways too wide 
as it increases unnecessarily the first 
cost and also the cost of maintenance. 
Grass, trees and bushes look better 
than pavement. With a street 80 feet 
in width, the parkways on each side 
might be at least 18 feet in width. 
This would be wide enough to give 
quite a parklike effect with trees ar- 
ranged in groups and some effects 
of shrubbery. 
Chicago. O. C. Simonds. 
Concrete Work in the Cemetery 
I saw in Park and Cemetery some 
time ago an inquiry in regard to con- 
crete work in the cemetery. I would 
like to answer that in the black, sticky 
soil of central Illinois we had to have 
some kind of a walk and we began 
to experiment with concrete. 
We were so well pleased that we 
kept at it and now, although we only 
have a small cemetery, 40 acres, we 
have over two miles of concrete 
walks. 
And we have now let the contract 
for 5,000 square yards of concrete 
pavement to be 16 feet wide with 
concrete curb, and to be 6 inches 
solid. Work to begin June 1 and to 
be completed by August 1. 
John E. Miller, 
Supt., Dodge Grove Cemetery. 
Mattoon, 111. 
Water System for Cemetery 
In a dry country like Pueblo, Colo., 
it is necessary, in order to maintain 
the cemetery in proper condition, to 
provide a water system if it is not 
convenient or economical to attach 
to the city service. To provide such 
a system the cemetery authorities of 
this place have installed two 20 H. P. 
pump units run by a 40 H. P. elec- 
trical motor taking current from the 
local Traction and Lifting Co. The 
cemetery pumps are set in a con- 
crete underground vault, from which 
radiate the pipe lines to sprinkler and 
hose outlets in all parts of the 
grounds. The motors are controlled 
entirely from the superintendent’s 
office, says “The Electric World,” the 
touch of a button being all that is re- 
quired to water a given section of 
the lawns. These new motor-driven 
pumps are, of course, perfectly silent 
in operation. The motor units are 
placed out of sight underground and 
their operation would not disturb 
funeral ceremonies held within a few 
feet of the concrete pump vault. In- 
cidentally, by pumping its own water 
supply the cemetery management is 
netting a substantial saving over the 
cost of buying water from the city. 
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