PARK AND CEMETERY 
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ABOLISHING SUNDAY FUNERALS, 
Recent action toward discouraging Sunday funerals is re- 
ported as follows : At Louisville, Ky., the Catholic priests 
have announced that they will officiate at no more funerals 
on Sunday. The lot owners of Prospect Hill cemetery, 
Omaha, Neb., at their recent annual meeting voted to prohibit 
Sunday burials. The Pastor’s Association at Jackson, Mich., 
has passed the following resolution : “Except under peculiar 
and unavoidable circumstances we must not be expected to 
attend funerals on Sunday.” 
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FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS, 
At the recent annua! meeting of the lot owners of Oakdale 
Cemetery, Wilmington, N. C., reports of officers showing 
a healthy condition of the cemetery; affairs were received. 
The report of Superintendent Timothy Donlan embodies 
many suggestions for improvements. Mr. Donlan was unani- 
mously re-elected superintendent, a position he has held 
continuously since 1862. 
The annual report of the trustees of the Oakland Cemetery 
Association, St. Paul, Minn., shows receipts for the year 
amounting to $30,226.72, and expenditures of $28,457.01. Some 
of the chief items in the year’s receipts were as follows : 
Sale of lots, $10,632; interment fees, $1,939; greenhouse sales, 
$5,649.45 ; perpetual care working fund, interest, $4,749.57. 
The report of Superintendent John M. Boxell shows that 230 
trees, shrubs, and evergreens were planted, and 30,310 square 
feet of ground graded and seeded. There were 333 inter- 
ments during the year, bringing the total up to 14,510. 
The 55th annual report of the Board of Directors of Swan 
Point Cemetery, Providence, R. I., for the calendar year 
1902, shows many interesting features. An improvement in 
transportation for which the proprietors have hoped many 
years is to be realized by Memorial Day in the extension of 
the trolley line to the cemetery. The report tells of substan- 
tial improvements made and makes recommendations for oth- 
ers. The treasurer’s report shows cash receipts for the year 
ending Dec. 31, 1902, of $111,317.71, and cash payments of 
$110,119.46. This represents an excess of receipts over pay- 
ments of $1,198.25. Added to the balance on hand at the 
end of 1901, it shows a cash balance of $4,375.47 on hand at 
the close of the year 1902. There were 301 interments during 
last year, including 39 to the receiving tomb. The total num- 
ber of interments to Jan. 1, 1903, was 15,545. 
Reports of officers presented at the recent annual meeting 
of the Evergreen Cemetery Association, New Haven, Conn., 
show the following statistics and information: Interments 
for the year, 361 ; total interments, 17,561. The invested fund 
now amounts to $26,814.41, and the perpetual care fund to 
$6,525.94. The latter fund was increased during the year by 
deposits of $648.61 and interest of $303.75. The receipts for 
the year from sale of lots, and single graves and other sources 
were $15,011.45. The report of Treasurer James D. Dewell 
showed receipts of $57,005.06. Of this $18,532.98 was paid 
out for chapel, $12,500 for outstanding bonds and $14,360.08 
for sundry expenses. This leaves a balance of $11,612. 
The 526 annual report of the trustees to the shareholders 
of Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Que., showed the re- 
ceipts for the year to have been $45,337.68. The disburse- 
ments have been $38,405.37. These include $27,714.32 for 
ordinary running expenses, $3,362.70 for a new conservatory, 
$1,418.43 for office and vaults, $5,530.42 for superintendent’s 
new house, and $335.50 for crematorium expenses. There 
was a decrease in revenue of $5,635.03 during the year owing 
to the smaller number of lots sold. There was also a de- 
crease in expenses of $9,278.20, and the building of the super- 
intendent’s house, conservatory and vaults, added $10,311.55 
to the permanent property. There have been four more in- 
cinerations since the first on April 18, 1902. 
The annual report of the Harmony Grove Cemetery Corpo- 
ration, Salem, Mass., indicates that the cemetery has been 
kept at the usual high standard. A hedge of hardy flowering, 
shrubs about one-third of a mile long has been planted 
along the Harmony Grove road. The total number of hardy 
shrubs set out is 6,502, in addition to 17,106 tender plants. A 
new greenhouse has been built, and the plant is now in excel- 
lent condition. The trustees call attention to the fact that 
the greenhouse is run upon the co-operative plan, all lot 
owners being proprietors, and that it is for their interest to 
patronize it. Twenty-five lots were endowed, and the amount 
received for endowments was the largest in the history of 
the corporation. The work of excavation for the Blake Me- 
morial chapel has been done, and the other work will begin 
soon. The report of the treasurer shows that the trust fund 
now amounts to $113,004.09, all invested in first class se- 
curities. There were 131 interments during the year. 
The 49th annual report of the commissioners of Pine Grove 
Cemetery, Lynn, Mass., notes that 85 per cent, of all the 
cemeteries in the country are private corporations and 15 
per cent, are owned and controlled by the cities, as is Pine 
Grove. The consequent low price of lots and the high cost 
of grading, will necessitate larger appropriations from the 
city or an increase in the price of lots. The receipts for the 
year amounted to $34,507.52 and the expenditures to $34.- 
195 .77. There are 163 acres in the cemetery grounds, 97 of 
which have been graded, and 6 miles of avenues and 5 miles 
of paths already laid out. Since the establishment of the 
cemetery there have been sold 3,047 lots, 2,302 of which are 
under perpetual care and 1,025 under annual care, there being 
420 for the care of which no provision has been made. The 
fund reserved for perpetual care is $131,960, of which $1,586 
was added during the present year. During 1902 there were 
589 interments, bringing the total up to 19,245. 
The forty-fifth annual report of the trustees of Woodlands 
Cemetery Association, Cambridge, N. Y., shows a prosperous 
condition of affairs. The total assets of the cemetery amount 
to $9,363.38, and the perpetual care fund to $7,097.25. Lots 
embracing 3,508 square feet of territory were sold during 
the year, and 71 interments made. The total number of 
interments is 3,339. The general condition of the grounds 
was reported as excellent. 
The commissioners of Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Mass., 
in their annual report recommended an appropriation of 
$6,000 for the present year’s work. Seven acres were added 
to the cemetery during the year at the cost of $1,500, and are 
to be graded and improved. The report of Superintendent 
F. A. Barnes shows that there were 51 1 interments during the 
year, 133 foundations made, 660 yards of gutter paved and 
220 feet of pipe laid. Receipts, money on deposit and cash 
on hand amount to $40,612.68 and a balance of $146.28 was 
left at the end of the year. The city treasurer has deposits 
in charge of the commission amounting to $17,923. Special 
deposits, proceeds from the sale of lots, and interest amount 
to $21,675.26, a total of $99,598.26. 
The report of the trustees of cemeteries of Malden, Mass., 
shows that there were 319 interments at Forestdale Cemetery 
in 1902, or 70 more than in 1901. The total number of inter- 
ments in that cemetery is 3,989. Nearly 500 shrubs, trees 
and vines were set out last year. The trustees recommend 
for the ensuing year the appropriation of $5,000 and receipts, 
and also $500 for Bell Rock and Salem street cemeteries. 
