PARK AND CEMETERY, 
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CEMETERY NOTES. 
The report of the 47th annual meeting of Evergreen ceme- 
tery, Elizabeth, N. J., showed total receipts amounting to $26,- 
i6[. 39, and expenditures of 120,527.21. The deeds fora new 
lawn .section, recently improved, contains a clause providing for 
perpetual care. Of the old lots over one hundred are now 
under that system. 
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At the annual meeting of the Eernhill Cemeterj- Co., St. 
John, N. B., the death of the late president, Mr. J. R. Ruel, was 
appropriately alluded to. The total receipts were #6,195.74 and 
expenditures #5,632.49, with a bonded indebtedness of #8,200. 
There are now 171 lots under perpetual care and the fund 
amounts to #16,539.79. New iron entrance gates have been 
erected. 
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At the annual meeting of the Ferncliff Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Springfield, O., reports showed very satisfactory condi- 
tions. The total receipts were: #15,065.04; which included .sales 
of lots #[0,027; graves, #3,426.50: foundations, #481.04. The ex- 
penditures were #10,177.70; which included pay rolls #4,954.13: 
salaries, #2,430; e.xpenses, 1,433.84. There were 405 interments. 
There is a permanent fund of #13,300, and as a commencement 
for a perpetual care fund there is placed in trust #3 500. 
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At the Annual Meeting of Harmony Cirove cemetery, 
Salem, Mass., held in February, it was reported that 2,940 
square feet of lots were sold, all under perpetual care, and that 
30 old lots were also endowed. In the way of memorials, 93 
headstones were set and ir monuments erected. Thirteen iron 
fences and one curbing were removed. The greenhouses fur- 
nished 35,6 Si plants for the cemeter}-. All lots are now .sold 
under perpetual care. The number of interments last year 
were 163, making a total in the cemetery to Jan. 1, [900, 10,098. 
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Fountain Park cemetery, Winchester, Ind., is another ex- 
ample of a cemetery in a small town which is a credit to the 
place through the personal interest of members of the com- 
munity. Winchester is a town of 3,500. The cemetery grounds 
of 40 acres, were donated by Gen. A. Stone, 20 years ago, and 
the}' are maintained in fine condition. There are 4 miles of 
graveled roads, two lakes, seven fountains, residence, office and 
barn, and #3,000 cash in hand, with no outstanding debts of anv 
kind. 
Mount Greenwood cemetery, Chicago, has issued a circular 
of suggestions to undertakers in regard to carriage funerals, in 
which clear directions are given to govern the movement of the 
hearse and carriages, to facilitate movement and prevent 
confusion. The hearse stops 50 feet from the lot, the carriages 
pass the hearse, unload at the lot and drive around section to 
rear of hearse. The casket is next unloaded when the cortege 
is in line just as it entered the cemetery ready to take the 
mourners again to leave the cemetery. 
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The recent acquisition of a large additional area by St. 
Agnes Cemetery, Albany, N. Y., has attracted much attention 
from the local press. The Ar^us of Albany has recently re- 
printed a paper previously given in P.A.RK .a.nd Ckmetery 
written by Mr. B. D. Judson, the superintendent, on “Thoughts 
on Cemeteries,” which offers many valuable suggestions. The 
pre.sident of the Tinies-Union of .Albany, Mr. John H. P'arrell 
is a trustee and treasurer of St. Agnes, and recognizes the value 
of press influence in the cause of the cemetery, and such exam- 
ples should be followed everywhere. 
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The report of the Marion Cemetery Association, Marion, O., 
shows a very satisfactory condition of cemetery affairs in so 
small a city. The total receipts for the year were #i 1,464.82, 
and expenditures #9,226, leaving a balance of #2,238.82. The ex- 
penditures included the purcha.se of an additional 7J4 acres of 
land. The endowment fund is now #17,455.56, and the total 
available as.sets, .April 9, 1900 amounts to #34,004.99. During 
the year #1,350 was expended in grading and improviiig. These 
facts should encourage the smaller cemetery associations to en- 
deavor to do likewise. 
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.At the annual meeting of Mt. Pleasant cemetery Newark, 
N. J., reports showed receipts amounting to #36,299.68, which 
included lots sold #7,250, labor #2,729.54 and interments #1,354. - 
50. Plxpenditures were #37,391.37. The general manager in 
his report said: “To modernize an old cemetery is a most diffi- 
cult task, yet in this Mt. Pleasant is well advanced with everv 
prospect of early and final success. Three years ago the re- 
moval of all hedges was sought and so gratifying was our suc- 
cess in obtaining consents that all were taken out within one 
year.” 
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Some important improvements have been begun in Mount 
Royal cemetery, Montreal, Canada. The inadequate vault ac- 
commodation is to be replaced by a commodious chapel-con- 
servatory combined with vaults. .A stone porch gives acce.ss to 
a large con.serv'atory chapel 80 feet by 40 feet and 39 feet high, 
making it the largest building of its kind in Canada. Cost 
#11,000. By the will of the late J. H. K. Molson, #10,000 was 
bequeathed to the cemetery in trust for the erection of a crema- 
tion plant, but the officials have decided that their charter does 
not permit its erection in the grounds. It is expected however 
that the matter can be arranged. 
The annual report of the Prospect Cemetery .Association, 
Vergennes, Vt., a town of less than 2,000 inhabitants shows 
very satisfactory conditions. The perpetual care fund for 
which in 1898 #100 was received, was increased by #700 in 1899, 
showing greater interest by lot owners. .A memorial gateway 
was donated and erected last year, the gift of Miss Eliza S. 
Stevens in memory of her parents, and great improvements in 
the grounds have been effected. Altogether the association has 
received #i,ioo for perpetual care, and a sum of #2,000 as a gift 
to establish an endowment fund for the care of the cemetery. 
Prospect cemetery presents an excellent example of a small 
cemetery made attractive and creditable to the community bv 
the con,sistent and devoted attention of its trustees. 
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The 32nd annual report of Forest Hills cemetery, Boston, 
Mass., gives details of the affairs of the cemetery to February 
1, 1900. The area is now 242 acres having been recently in- 
creased by about 30 acres. The Perpetual Care Fund was in- 
creased during the year by #35.319-46, making a total of #737,- 
839.73. The fund for the permanent care of the cemetery was 
increased by #6,551.68 and is now #53,005.86. Taken altogether 
the year had been a prosperous one. The total receipts were 
#89,480.46, which included: Lot sales, # 33 . 348 ; graves #3,773, 
Receiving tomb, #2,409; interments #6,836; foundations, #4,533.- 
75; annual care of lots, #11,123. the expenditures the labor 
account called for #41,836.86; material, #7,690.47; repairs and 
improvements, #3,043.90. The total number of interments for 
the year were 798 making the total number in the cemeterv, 
32, 134. Monuments erected, 84; headstones, tablets and markers 
erected, 336; curbings removed, 3; number of lots sold, 88- 
graves sold, 2 [3; average number of men emploj'ed 76. 
