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and finished, the largest lots contain 24,014 and 
the smallest 120 square feet respectively. 
There are ten single grave sections ranging from 
one half to six acres in extent. No planting or 
monuments are permitted on single graves, and the 
sodded mounds must not be over 4 inches high. 
Headstones must not exceed one foot in height, 
and iron number plates at foot are set even with the 
sod. 
As previously intimated the lawn plan is strictly 
enforced, no paths between the lots being discerni- 
ble, and on each section more or less space is re- 
served for ornamental planting. No planting is al- 
lowed on lots by lot-owners, the graves are 
mounded 4 inches high, with rounded sides and 
ends, which are sodded and kept in good order by 
the cemetery. One monument is permitted on each 
lot, — headstones must not exceed i foot 
high; all foundations are put in by the F ' 
cemetery. The superintendent is em- 
powered to reject any designs consider- 
ed unsightly or detrimental, and, more- 
over, all monuments must be of good 
qualityof stone, marble or granite. 
The cemetery has its own water sys- 
tem. The water is pumped from wells 
into elevated tanks by steam, power, 
and the roads are liberally sprinkled. 
Up to the present no greenhouse 
has been considered necessary. Close 
to the entrance is the combined receiv- 
ing tomb and chapel, constructed of In- 
diana stone in gothic style, the chapel 
is in the centre of the building, and has 
Crown Hill has a number of 
fine monuments marking the last 
resting place of some of Indiana’s 
foremost citizrns. Ex- Vice Presi- 
dent Thomas A. Hendricks’ grave 
is marked by a gray granite shaft 
twenty feet high. Not far from 
the Hendricks’ shaft is the family 
monument of Oliver P Morton, 
the war govenor. It consists of an 
ornate marble pedestal, surmount- 
ed by a life-size bust of that well 
remembered statesman. The Har- 
rison monument, illustrated here- 
with, is erected by the ex-Presi- 
dent to his deceased wife. In the January, 1896, issue of 
this journal an illustrated description of a columbarium, in 
this cemetery, was given. 
As before said, however, the policy of the management 
of Crown Hill has been to limit the tendency to individual 
tiled floor and walls, groined ceiling of carved stone, 
and is lighted through stained glass windows. The 
vaults with a capacity of 96 bodies, are on the sides 
of the chapel connected therewith by heavy sliding 
doors. The crypts are of heavy stone, designed each 
to contain one casket, and the ventilation and drain- 
age has been carefully considered. The chapel has a 
seating capacity of 200 and the whole structure 
cost $38,922. 
The total number of interments to a recent date 
was 23,315, the yearly average now being 1,300. 
The number of men employed during the sum- 
mer season is 50 
which is reduced 
to from I 5 to 20 
in the winter 
months. 
