improvements in the cemetery along 
Belmont avenue extension. The com- 
pletion of the work will include the 
construction of many hundreds of yards 
of improved roadways, two concrete 
bridges and a series of new overflows 
to connect the small lakes through the 
middle part of the cemetery just to the 
rear of the portion now plotted into 
burial lots. There is also included the 
cleaning of the lakes from vegetable 
growth and making their banks present- 
able. 
The trustees of Evergreen Cemetery 
Morristown, N. J., have given a con- 
tract to the Davis Granite Company for 
the construction of a new receiving 
vault, with ornamental granite front. 
The new vault will be located near the 
present one, which has been in use since 
the cemetery was opened. The new 
structure will be 18 by 20 feet in size, 
interior dimensions, with wide doors 
and so arranged that it can be used for 
small funerals. The vault will be of 
concrete with hollow tiles plastered 
with white cement. 
A cobble stone Receiving Vault is be- 
ing constructed in the Lower Cemetery, 
Canaan, Mass. It will cost $1,700. 
The Protestant, Catholic and Jewish 
cemeteries of Brookhaven, Miss., are 
now being maintained in better condi- 
tion than ever before, which speaks well 
for a town of its size. 
Mt. Olivet Cemetery Association, Du- 
buque, la., has recently erected a gran- 
ite Entrance to the Cemetery. The 
piers are of dark Barre granite 11 ft. 
high by 3 ft., 6 in. square, and the gates 
are of heavy wrought iron of pleas- 
ing design. A building is also being 
put up, 20 ft. by 30 ft. with a base- 
ment for storage purposes, designed as a 
shelter, and a tool house for the use of 
the workmen. In construction concrete 
is used to the level of the ground and 
the superstructure is laid up in rock 
faced brick with rain-drop stone trim- 
mings, to match the new Chapel re- 
cently completed. Mr. C. W. Dwyer, 
member A. A. C. S., is the superinten- 
dent. 
The Dale Cemetery Association, Os- 
sining, N. Y., is adding three new sec- 
tions of about 300 lots, adjoining the 
old cemetery grounds. For this and 
other improvements about $5,000 will be 
expended. 
A Receiving Vault is to be built in 
Elmwood Cemetery, Freeport, 111. 
Trunck, Hiveley & Co., of Freeport 
have been awarded the contract. 
The German Catholic Cemetery so- 
ciety has added to its possessions twen- 
ty acres of land on West Eighth aven- 
ue, Price Hill, Cincinnati, O. The prop- 
erty has been acquired from Edward 
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M. Pattison, the consideration being 
$34,000. 
The Woman’s Civic League of Nor- 
walk, Conn., is seeking contributions 
from all citizens to provide a fund to 
renovate the Mill Hill graveyard. It is 
proposed to convert the grounds into a 
dignified and park-like place, with due 
reverence to the dead there resting. 
Mrs. N. B. Gould, Cambridge, 111., 
has donated a gateway and new fence 
to Rose Dale cemetery. The gate posts 
will be of Mt. Airy, N. C., granite, 
9 ft. high by 2 ft. square, surmounted 
by a polished ball. 
Plans are under consideration for the 
improvement by the city of the First 
Ward and Rose Hill cemeteries Syra- 
cuse, N. Y., and for the maintenance of 
the grounds as parks. Both cemeteries 
have been closed by ordinances adopted 
by the Common Council forbidding the 
further issue of burial permits. 
The contract for the new office build- 
ing for Union Cemetery, Lincoln, 111., 
has been let to John Morrison, on his 
bid of $4,625.00. It is expected that 
the building will be completed in late 
fall. It will be built of Bedford stone 
furnished by the Gayle Monument Co. 
The building will contain the offices of 
the association, chapel, rest rooms and 
several vaults and will be equipped with 
the latest improvements. 
The women of the Twentieth Cen- 
tury Club of Jonesboro, Ark., have 
raised $1,000 to be used in building a 
concrete walk and stone curb around 
the city cemetery. 
Instead of the erection of an orna- 
mental gateway to the Mission ceme- 
tery, San Antonio, Texas, the construc- 
tion of a main entrance at the cemetery 
in the shape of a mission-style build- 
ing is proposed. This structure will not 
only provide for an entrance, but will 
include an office for the superintendent, 
a public receiving vault and other con- 
veniences. A design has been submit- 
ted by E. Habecker, whose plan for 
beautifying the grounds was accepted 
by the council last year. The building, 
if accepted, will probably be con- 
structed of blue limestone and will 
be approximately 120 feet in width and 
have a depth of 30 feet. The new city 
burial grounds have practically been 
completed and will soon be thrown open 
to the public. 
Plans for the plotting of the new Rice 
cemetery tract, Elkhart, Ind., have re- 
cently been submitted to the city by 
Mr. E. Hill Turnock, architect. The 
forty-acre tract which is located west 
of James street, between Superior 
street and the Lake Shore railroad, will 
provide burial ground for at least 38,000 
graves. The board plans to connect the 
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cemetery and the new Rice park tract 
of fifty-five acres which borders on the 
southeast bank of the Elkhart river with 
an extensive driveway as provided by 
the plans. 
NEW CEMETERIES 
The newly laid out cemetery of the 
German Lutheran Church at Westfield, 
Mass., was formally dedicated on July 
28 . 
The Vigal Cemetery association was 
incorporated on July 30 at Springfield, 
111 ., by C. E. Vigal, Charles L. Jones 
and William H. Vigal. The cemetery 
is located in Cotton Hill township. 
The public has been invited to in- 
spect the Wild Rose Cemetery, Webb 
City, Mo. This new cemetery adjoins 
the Webb City cemetery on the north, 
and it has been in process of improve- 
ment for some time. 
A portion of the old Ziele ranch near 
Hayward, Calif., consisting of 130 acres, 
will be laid out as a Roman Catholic 
cemetery. Archbishop Riordan recently 
closed the deal giving the Roman Cath- 
olic church title to the property. The 
cemetery will be known as St. Mary’s. 
The new Hungarian-Catholic ceme- 
tery of the Sacred Heart, recently pur- 
chased by the congregation of the same 
name, at South Bend, Ind., was dedicat- 
ed on July 21. The property, compris- 
ing 20 acres, is located west of the city 
on the Division street road, near St. 
Joseph’s Polish cemetery. 
The necessary task of moving the 
Prattville, Calif., graveyard above the 
water line of the great artificial lake 
which will be formed by the Nevis 
dam, is being undertaken by the Great 
Western Power company. Every pos- 
sible care is being taken in deference to 
the lot owners and relatives of the de- 
parted. 
PERSONAL 
Hare & Hare, of Kansas City, Mo., 
have recently platted into lots, about 
20 acres of undivided blocks in Elm- 
wood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala., and 
have planned for a conservatory and 
greenhouse in connection with the fu- 
ture entrance. They have also platted 
15 acres additional to Mount Muncie 
Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kans. Plans 
are under way for the surroundings of 
a new hotel and eating house for the 
Rock Island Railway at McFarland, 
Kans. About 20 acres will be included 
and boating, fishing, swimming, tennis 
and other amusements will be provided. 
The firm is very busy. 
Mr. F. M. Button, of Chicago, repre- 
senting the firm of O. C. Simonds & 
Co., landscape gardeners, was in Coun- 
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