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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
CEMETERY NOTES. 
The I'l'ankliii, Mass., Cemetery Association did consider- 
able improvement on their grounds the past fall. Included in 
the work was the raising of the grade on a section of about 
100,000 scpaare feet which was used for interments 100 years 
ago. About 800 feet of Milford granite wall, 3 feet high, was 
also erected on the cemetery boundary. 
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It is encouraging in regard to cemetery improvement to 
note the following in the mayor’s inaugural address to the city 
fathers of Nashua, N. H. He said: “We have only to visit 
the cemeteries of the city to see how great an improvement 
has been made since they were placed in the hands of a board 
of trustees, thus showing the good results which may be ob- 
tained when improvements are continued along the same lines 
3'ear by year in charge of competent men with less expense 
and better results.’’ 
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The board of managers of Oak Ridge cemetery, Spring- 
Held, 111., in which the hincoln monument and tomb are lo 
cated, have issued an appeal to lot-owners and others inter- 
ested, for donations to augment the perpetual care and im- 
provement fund. The cemetery has recently been the recip- 
ient of bequests of $2,000 and $2co for this purjiose. The 
present progress in permanent improvement is of such a char- 
acter that it is to the interest of all interested to contribute to 
this fund. 
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At the annual meeting of the .Vspen Grove cemetery, Bur- 
lington, lows held January 2, important business was trans- 
acted. A resolution was discussed on an amendment to the bj - 
laws to provide a permanent fund for the maintenance of the 
cemetery and an improvement committee was appointed to 
have general supervision and control of all improvinunts in 
the cemetery. A large amount of improvement work has been 
carried out during the past year. The office of sexton was 
abolished and the holder of the office for years past, Mr. Fred 
Leicht, was appointed superintendent. 
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Oakridge cemetery, Marshall, Mich., is a rapidly improv- 
ing cemetery, being remodeled as far as possible on the lawn 
plan. It now covers 55 acres including a recent purchase of 
17 acres, which has been imj roved and laid out for purchase, 
and a part of which is under perpetual care. Connection has 
been made with the city water supply. About 100 lots in the 
cemetery are under perpetual care'and efforts are constantly 
made to increase the list. At a recent meeting of the board of 
control a fine lot was donated to the soldiers for a burial place 
and upon which a monument is to be erected. The financial 
condition is excellent, a good working balance being on hand. 
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The Princeton, Ind., Podge No. 64 of Oddfellows have 
opened a new public cemeterjq which is owned and controlled 
by the lodge and which will be conducted on the lawn plan. 
The ground is admirably adapted for cemetery purposes and is 
high and rolling. It has been laid out by Miles S. Sanders, 
C. E., and great care has been taken in all the preliminary 
work and drainage has bei n provided for. The ])lanting will 
be established as rapidly as possible and it is intended to use as 
much native material as is adapted to the work, and southern 
Indiana is very rich in trees and shrubs. F'or the present the 
board of trustees will supervise the work, employing a sexton 
on the grounds. 
Mr. \Vm. Stone, sipierinteudent of Pine Grove cemetery, 
Lynn, Mass., and whose efforts to create enthusiasm among 
his townspeople in landscape effects and plant life are well 
known is working on another attraction for Pine Grove. 
“Rocky Pond Hole,” known to citizens of 40 years ago, and 
not far from the famous “Horse I'asture Spring,” is to be 
transformed into a pond of beauty. It is 250 feet long by J2o 
feet wide, and in the middle a small island is to be formed, 
which will be connected with the mainland by a rustic bridge. 
Mr. Stone’s ambition is to create a sentiment favorable lo jiro- 
viding an endowment for a public garden in Lynn, and he 
should be successful. 
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The annual meeting of the Riverside Cemetery Association, 
Cleveland, O., was held Dec. 10. The financial statement for 
the year ending Nov. 30, showed receipts of 522,490.28. The 
year began with 119,460.88 and the treasurer received during 
the year, 522,470.88, and interest on deposits, I700.77. The 
balance in the treasury November 30, 1900, was 533,833.77. 
Personal accounts outstanding amount to $12,710.88, making 
the total of the assets $46,544.63. Land sales for the year 
amounftd to $15,94850. The association has no liabiliiies. 
All addition of land was made to the cemetery and improved 
and this has largely added to the attractiveness of the grounds. 
The event of last year was the visit of the Asssociation of 
American Cemetery Supr rintc ndenfs, during their convention 
held in Cleveland, and their entertainment by Secretary J. C. 
Dix and his associates. 
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A dread of premature liurial has so haunted the mind of 
Mr. John Pursel of Williamsport, Pa., that he has had con- 
structed in Grand \’iew cemetery a vault from his own designs 
calculated to prevent such a catastrophe. It is a side hill 
vault, having a stone face wall in which are five entrances, side 
by side, to as many .separate crypts or recesses, intended for 
the five members of the family. These crypts are of cast iron 
large enough to easily receive a large coffin and run back nine 
feet into the hill. From the back of each is a pipe which 
leads into a main pipe, which finally protiudes like a chimney, 
through the top. It is arranged to keep each crypt well ven- 
tilated yet free from dirt. A sewer pipe is also provided fe r 
drainage. The heads or entrances from the outside are so 
constructed that by the turning of a combination knob on the 
inside, exit from the tomb in case of premature burial would be 
a simple act. 
The annual report of the Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, 
Minn , was held Nov. 26th last. The net receipts for the year, 
including the income of the perpetual care funds, were 
$25,189.29, an increase over the previous 3'ear of $4,384.25. 
Among the receipts were sales of lots, $9,165; single grave.®, 
$1,489; interment fees, $2,037.00; greenhouse sales, $5,222.80. 
The net expenditures were $21,067 22, an increase over the pre- 
ceding year of $1,253.70. Among the expenditures were: 
Pay rolls, $13,605.25; greenhouse seed, stock, etc,, $481.38; 
fuel, $953-74; materials for foundations, etc , $130.65. The 
permanent care fund amounted to $92,493 58, and the w’orking 
fund to $11,226.89. By a transfer of these funds deemed ad- 
visable the permanent care fund is now $100, coo. A very sub- 
stantial increase was shown in the greenhouse receipts. Owing 
to the unusual rainfall in the fall contemplated iniprovements 
were unavoidably postponed. There were 148 foundations 
built for monuments and markers, and 27 monuments and 120 
markers erected, respectively. The total number of interments 
ill the cemetery up to Oct. 31, 1900, were 13,846, includiiig 336 
during the year closed. 
