PARK AND 
The board of trustees of Prospect Hill cemetery, Paw Paw, 
Mich., have adopted resolutions looking to the establishment of 
perpetual care as a feature of the management. 
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A fine Receiving Vault to cost a large sum is now in course 
■of construction in Oakwood cemetery, Sharon, Pa., the gift of 
Mr. F. H. Buhl, president of the Sharon Steel Co. 
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The legality of the ordinance forbidding funerals from going 
through Pittsburgh’s parks is likely to be tested in a suit for $io,- 
ooo brought by a driver for an undertaking firm against Schen- 
ley park police, by whom he was arrested while driving through 
the park on his return from a funeral. 
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One of the large schemes awaiting consummation is to es- 
tablish a cemetery at Grapeville, Pa., 27 miles from Pittsburgh, 
■from which a funeral car is to run by rail. Some 4C0 acres are 
under option, and it is the intention of the New York syndicate 
figuring in the deal to immediately improve the property on ad- 
"vanced ideas. 
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Interest in the cemetery is becoming more pronounced as 
■public sentiment is being educated to a proper sense of duty in 
this direciion. !t has betn divulged that the improvements un- 
derway at Cedar Grove cemetery. New London, Conn. , are be- 
ing carried out through a gift of $10,000 made to the cemetery 
for that purpose by Hon. A. C. Williams. Such gifts are better 
than memorials in stone or metal. 
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A bill has been prepared tor introduction to the next session 
of congress, providing for an appropriation of #3 850 for the im- 
provementof the government burying lot in Oakwoods cemetery, 
Chicago, known as the “Confederate Mound,” and a further ap- 
propriation of $250 annually for the protection and maintenance 
•of the lot. It is upon this lot that the confederate monument 
was erected a few years ago. 
The cemetery commissioners of Grand Rapids, Mich., are 
working on a plan that will call for an entire re-organization of 
grave marking in all city burying grounds. It is proposed to 
have all graves designated by flat markers instead of by uneven 
slabs and stones of all sizes and shapes. A study of the old 
grounds is being made to determine upon a plan of offsetting 
the unsightly appearance of the older burial sections by an ar- 
rangement of shrubbery and other planting material. 
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The Hollywood Cemetery Company, Richmond, Va., has 
just erected a small marker of Virginia granite at the grave of 
President John Tyler, as well as one of the same material to 
Frederick William Emrich, whose body was the first one in- 
terred in the cemetery. The “Winnie Davis” monument was 
unveiled in that cemetery with imposing ceremonies on Nov. 
’9th and at the same time a portrait statue memorial of Jeffer- 
son Davis, president of the Confederate States. 
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The Morningside Cemetery Association has been organ- 
ized at Brattleboro, Vt., and the Royal Wood farm, the deeds 
for which have been in the possession of the Wood family for 
CEMETERY. 
over 100 years, has been transferred to the associaticn. It con- 
tains too acres and adjoins Prospect Hill cemetery on the north. 
The work of improvement will be undertaken without delay and 
it is proposed to combine nature and art in making one of the 
most attractive cemetery plots in Vermont.' 
A movement is on foot tor the enlargement of the National 
cemetery, which adjoins Loudon Park cemetery, Baltimore, 
Md. The matter has been brought to the attention of the Sec- 
retary of War by the Grand Army of the Republic, and an ap- 
propriation of $16,000 has been requested, with which an en- 
largement and improvement may be made. The number of 
burials is increasing, and now averages fifty five a year. Last 
year ten soldiers of the Spanish-American war were interred 
there. 
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Springfield, 111 ., has often been criticized on ihe condition of 
the road leading to Oak Ridge cemetery wherein is located the 
Lincoln monument. Through the efforts of a committee, of 
which Dr. H. Wohlgemuth, president of Oak Ridge, is a 
member, a large sum of money was raised by private subscription, 
and a boulevard driveway, laid in brick, has been completed. 
This improvement has been a most needed one, and while re- 
flecting credit on the promoters, shows what can be done by 
concerted and liberal effort. 
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What any organized body can do to improve our smaller 
cemeteries is well exemplified in the case of the cemetery at 
Charlevoix, Mich., which contains the remains of a number of 
soldiers. The Woman’s Relief Corps of that place some time 
since resolved to mark the soldiers graves, and this was followed 
by the work of general improvement. The latest achievement 
is the erection of a steel windmill for water facilities, and the 
women having enlisted the practical sympathies of the summer 
visitors and residents, may ba relied on to complete the good 
work. 
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A decided advance has been made in Oakland cemetery, 
Atlanta, Ga. , by the erection of what is called a house of public 
comfort. It is located near the centre of the grounds, and is 
constructed in the Romanesque style, of granite and marble. It 
has two stories and there are six rooms with toilets, each finished 
in good style and with tiled mantles. One of the rooms has 
been set aside as a ladies’ parlor and is well furnished. There 
is also an apartment for gentlemen, with everything well ar- 
ranged. The sexton has an office in the building. The vault 
contains eight catacombs and sixteen racks. It is substantially 
constructed on modern lines and the whole structure is a worthy 
addition to the cemetery. 
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The trustees of the Green river cemetery, Greenfield, Mass., 
have been making a strong effort this fall, to interest people to 
take better care of their lots, and for the general improvement of 
the grounds and radical measures are in progress. The trustees 
have decided to fill in the paths to create level lawns and to reno- 
vate the same, and a number of the lot owners have agreed to do 
this. The trustees are considering plans for the erection of a lodge 
and greenhouses so as to have a stock of plants and flowers on 
hand for sale. The following is a schedule of prices for care of the 
lots. Cleaning up in spring and mowing three times for lots 14 by 
20, $1, the same mowed seven times, $2; annual care including 
everything, $3; reseeding and fertilizing in spring, $i; regrading 
and reseeding, $6. The schedule of prices for lots of the larger 
sizes is about one-third higher on each item. A scheme is also 
under consideration looking to perpetual care. We may expect 
to see a revival of cemetery interest follow the recent convention 
of superintendents at New Haven, Conn. 
