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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
CmETEET n0TE5. 
The annual report of the Bohemian-Polish St. Adelhert’s 
cemetery at Norwood Park, Chicago, shows total receipts for the 
year 1899, 122, 92:. 38; the expenditures amounted to 119,034.24. 
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At the annual meeting of the Homewood cemetery, Pitts- 
burgh, Pa., the following figures were given: Total cash re- 
ceipts were 167,322.27 of which $54,528.34 were from .sales of 
lots. In the expenditures a sum of $36,352.26 is charged to im- 
])rovenients and to total improvements $3 14,024.50. Permanent 
fund amounts to over $73,000. 
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The Ladies’ Village Improvement Society of Columbia fi'aHs, 
Me., undertook the work of putting in order the town cemeter- 
ies in which it expended some $700. It is also pushing its en- 
ergies in other directions. An improvement association in every 
small town can exercise the strongest influence in creating a 
sentiment favorable to such work. 
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The 46th annual report of Pine Grove cemetery, Lynn, 
Mass., was submitted to the city authorities in January. The 
total receipts were $25,628.18 and expenditures $25,378.18. 
Among the receipts were: Appropriated by city council $9,000; 
sale of lots, $5,338.37; interments, $2,631 ; foundations, $745; care 
of lots, $6,242.12; .sale of plants, $997.24. The perpetual care 
fund now amounts to $110,176.34 
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Mr. Amos Whiteley in transmitting a $1,000 gold bond in 
trust to the Fern Cliff cemetery, Springfield, ()., made this pro- 
vision: “The interest to be applied annually, first to paying the 
expenses of caring for the Whiteley lots in .said cemetery ; the 
balance to the expenses of caring for other lots and grounds not 
otherwi.se provided for." This is a .suggestion which abounds in 
])rom:ses of usefulne.ss in cemetery care. 
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Babylon, N. Y., Rural Cemetery Association has recently 
adopted resolutions tending to bring the grounds and manage- 
ment a little more in harmony with the lawn plan: “That here- 
after no gravel or .soil paths be made between lots; that said paths 
be kept in sod and the grass cut by the association. That here- 
after no stone ( other than monuments placed near or in centre 
of lot) .shall be more than three feet nine inches Irigh, and only 
one stone shall be placed to a mound.” 
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The annual report of the cemetery commissioners of Cam- 
bridge, Mass., gives the total expenditures at $19,910.23. The 
amount appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year was 
$21,500. There was a large increase in the requests for perpet- 
ual care, .some 26 lot holders having deposited $3,329.20 to this 
end. The fund now amounts to $46,512.98, representing 341 
lots. The number of interments for the year were 644, making 
a total of 22,840. 
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The annual meeting of the Little Lake Cemetery Company, 
Petersborough, Out., w'as held last month wdth very satisfactory 
reports, the receipts exceeding expenditures and leaving a good 
working balance on hand. It is gratifying to record the con- 
tinued effort to improve the cemetery on modern lines. P'oot 
stones, lot markers and grave mounds are feeing lowered to al- 
low of lawn mower work, and a number of fences and railings 
have been removed from lots leaving only seven such objection- 
able features in the cemetery. Notice of motion was given to in- 
crease the price for perpetual care from $100 to $200, a move in 
the right direction. Considerable planting and road work was 
done (luring the year. The sales of lots and graves amounted 
to $t,69i and the total receipts by the .superintendent were 
$, 5 .i 74 - 9 ”- 
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The 63rd annual report of the trustees of the Rural ceme- 
tery, Worcester, Mass., for the year ending Dec. 3r, 1899, shows 
a perpetual care fund of $81,069.15, an increase for the year of 
$2,979.91. The general fund amounts to $84,769.76. Lot sales 
reached $7,832.70. There w'e7-e 24 foundatioi7s for I 77077 un 7 e 77 ts 
a 77 d 27 f( 7 r headsto 77 es p’.it in, a 77 d 1 7 curbs and 4 iro 7 i fe 77 ces re- 
777oved. Nu777ber of burials 80. Duri77g the .seaso7i the work of 
cari 77 g for lots was greatly increased by the alar 777 i 7 ig prese 7 ice 
of the n7uckworn7. They work 7 i 70 sl voraciously on 7iew and 
well kept lawns, avoiding the ra 77 k weeds and grasses of the 
7ieglected lots. No less tha77 700 private lots were stripped of 
turf, the soil treated with salt and fertilizers a77d then re-seeded. 
Sin7ilar work was done on large areas of the ground re.served for 
gra.ss, shrubs and trees. Bu.shels of 77iuckwor777s were gathered 
a7id destroved. It is thoi7ght that the u77usual co7iditio!7s of 
cli 777 ate in the .spring caused the disastrous visitatioi 7 . 
* * * 
Morningside ce777eter_v, Brattleboro, Vt., is bei7ig tleveloped 
to beco777e one of the 77iost attractive burial lots in New Et7gla77d. 
It is located on a phiteau overlooking the Co7i7iectici7t Valley to 
the north and south a 7 id coi 77 pletely set i 7 i a framework of trees 
and shri7bbery. It compri.ses 100 acres of grounds adi77irably 
adapted for cemetery purposes. The roadways have, .so far as 
it is po.ssible until spri7ig, bee77 co777 pleted. The receiving vault 
24 feet bj- 37 feet will be constructed of Du777777erstoi7, Vt., gra77- 
ite with slate roof, with interior li 7 ied with white glazed brick, 
floor of n7arble tiles and ceili7ig of steel. It will contain 42 cata- 
combs and a convei7ient chapel forfu7ieral services. On the ex- 
terior is a roon 7 y ] 7 orch supported by four granite coh 7 i 7 i 77 .s, and 
the windows are of cathedral glass. l 77 iproven 7 ents will coi 7 tinue 
whe77 spring opens. The officers a77d stockholders compri.se 
n7a7iy of the wealthv and i77fluential citize7is of Brattleboro who 
are deeply intere.sted and ai 77 bitious to provide their town with 
a cei 7 ietery unrivaled in the state. 
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Fairn 70 unt a77d Riverside cer77eteries, De77ver, Colo., have 
bee 77 consolidated, a 7 id both are i 70 w under one manageme 77 t, 
the for777er havi77g bought Riverside outright, assuming obliga- 
tio 7 is and liabilities in regard to endowi 7 ie 7 itfu 77 d which a 7770 U 77 t-i 
to over $60,000. Riverside has about 160 acres not occupied, 
with fine buildings and ii77prove777ents. It was orga77ized 20 
years ago on the pla 7 i of a 77 nual asse.ss 777 ents on lot ow 77 ers, and 
those wishing to receive endowments on their lots, which as the 
ce 7 nete 7 -y grew older required constant attentio 7 i to 777 aintai 77 
.satisfactorily. Fairn7ou77t was orga7iized 8 years ago strictlv 077 
the “endowme77t’' pla7i. This endown7ent fund, now ai7iou77ts 
to over $ 700 , 000 . It has so7i7e 8,000 i7iterme7its, and is kept i7p 
on advancetl lines of moder7i ce77ietery practice. While both 
ce 77 ieteries were organized for profits to stockholders, u]) to date 
770 divide 77 ds have bee 77 declared, the .stockholders of both cen 7 - 
eteries beii 7 g wealthy r 77 en, the profits accrui 77 g have bee 77 77 sed 
i77 beautifying and i777provi77g the grounds. The expe77ses are 
large owing to the arid clii 77 7 te, every drop of water for irriga- 
tioi7 and other purposes havi77g to be purcha.sed. Each cei77e- 
terv has its own water rights. A cren7atory is to be b77ilt to cost 
$10,000 p.atterned after the experience of the leaditrg cemeteries 
operating them. 
