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CEMETERY NOTES 
The Randolph Monument Association is 
being formed, which all of the descend- 
ants of William Randolph, the emigrant, 
are invited to join. The object of the or- 
ganization is to undertake to restore to 
good order the old Randolph graveyard 
at Turke}' Island, Henrico County, Va. 
A number of the memorials are in good 
condition, but many of the gravestones 
have been broken down or carried away. It 
is the intention of restoring the monu- 
ments and grounds in the neighborhood as- 
sociated with the name of Randolph. 
Following the cutting up into building 
lots of St. John’s Cemetery on Delaware 
avenue, Albany, N. Y., it is rumored that 
plans are being considered for the aban- 
donment of St. Mary’s Cemetery. This 
burial ground is located on Washington 
avenue, between Main avenue and Par- 
tridge street. 
A decision has been handed down by 
Justice Arthur S. Tompkins', of the Su- 
preme Court, New York, in which he con- 
firms the report of commissioners award- 
ing damages to the Kensico Cemetery As- 
sociation because the Catskill aqueduct is 
constructed through the property. The 
cemetery association and lot owners 
claimed damages of nearly $1,000,000 
against the city of New York, and the 
condemnation commissioners awarded $56,- 
650. The first award was only $37,847, 
which was set aside as inadequate. 
The St. John’s Catholic Cemetery As- 
sociation of Clinton, Mass., has petitioned 
the Superior Court for dissolution. The 
corporation has been in existence since June 
24, 1898, when it was organized for the 
purpose of establishing and maintaining a 
burial ground in Clinton and Lancaster. It 
was chartered with a capital stock of 
$1,000, divided into forty shares of $25 
each. 
Mr. G. S. Hudson, superintendent of 
Ellisburgh Cemetery, Ellisburgh, N. Y., 
sends us the cut, shown herewith, of a 
small receiving vault, built three years 
ago, which has proved quite satisfactory. 
Its dimensions are 20 feet by 16 feet and 
10 feet high. It is constructed of con- 
crete blocks, with concrete floor, slate roof, 
one window at the rear, and with steel 
doors in front. It was built by the asso- 
ciation at a cost of $550. A local con- 
tractor made the blocks, laid the walls, 
put in the concrete floor and plastered the 
inside, for $100, the association supplying 
the materials, and he made a “living” job 
at that. 
Another of the series of advertising 
postal cards issued by the Linwood Cem- 
etery, Dubuque, la., gives a portrait of the 
late Senator William Boyd Allison, and a 
view of the Allison memorial sarcophagus 
in the cemetery. 
Elmwood Cemetery of Chicago is going 
to build a community mausoleum to con- 
tain not less than 2,000 catacombs, a num- 
ber of wdiich will be in private rooms. In 
plan it will be a main central building 
with dome, from which a two-story wing 
will extend on each side. The space un- 
der the dome will be used as a chapel. A 
basement will contain the heating plants 
and a receiving tomb for fifty bodies. The 
exterior will be constructed of granite, and 
the building will be lighted with electricity 
when occasion requires. It will have an 
ample perpetual care fund. 
Active work is being done by the direct- 
ors of the several San Francisco cemeteries 
to prepare for their removal from the city 
in accordance with the court decisions ; 
but it has been found that some sort of 
legislation will be necessary before the or- 
der of removal can be complied with. An 
act is being prepared for presentation to 
the coming legislature. The value of the 
property covered by these cemeteries will 
be nearly $20,000,000. The Woodlawn 
Cemetery Association has let a $150,000 
contract for a marble community mauso- 
leum. The cemeteries of San Mateo are 
nine miles from the San Francisco ferry 
and about two miles outside the city 
limits. 
A contract has recently been let for the 
construction of the entrance to the new 
Woodland Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. It 
is situated in East Washington street, 
seven and one-half miles from the monu- 
ment. A tract of one hundred acres has 
been bought by the company. The en- 
trance, to cost $8,000, will consist of Barre 
granite pillars, sixteen feet high, with 
heavy wrought iron gates twelve feet high. 
Paul Heinze has been engaged to lay out 
the cemetery. There will be an artificial 
lake, spanned by a memorial bridge. The 
land acquired for the cemetery is rolling, 
has excellent drainage, and is well adapted 
for cemetery purposes. 
The Repose Mausoleum Co., which has 
been striving to establish a cemetery at 
Herrick, near Mineola, Long Island, N. Y., 
has again been incorporated to overcome 
the objections of its previous incorpora- 
tion, upon which Justice Putnam granted 
an injunction restraining it in its cemetery 
proposition. It is understood that the 
company will again apply to the Board of 
Supervisors of Nassau County for a fran- 
chise to open the proposed cemetery. There 
will be a hearing on the question on Feb- 
ruary 12, and in the meantime the ob- 
jectors' will not remain idle in their de- 
termination to prevent the establishment 
of a cemetery in their midst. 
The Woodlawn (Shawano City) Ceme- 
tery Association of Shawano, Wis., is an 
organization of 100 members, all women, 
and which incorporated two years. Busi- 
ness is conducted by a board of trustees, 
but monthly meetings are held for all mem- 
bers, and the average attendance is fifty. 
Good progress has been made in improving 
the grounds since the ladies took control, 
and the improvements are carried out on 
modern lines. Two members attended the 
last convention of the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents at Mil- 
waukee, and took a deep interest in the 
proceedings. The association deserves 
every encouragement. 
The Massachusetts Supreme Court de- 
cision that personal property owned by 
private cemetery corporations is not in- 
cluded in the general tax-exemption act 
