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veyor Ilg is engaged in making the plans. Each of the three 
circles is divided from the other by a gravel walk. In the 
center it is the intention to erect a chapel or a large monu- 
ment. The inner circle, which is fifty feet in diameter, will 
be the burial place for bishops and archbishops. The second 
circle will be the resting place of priests and the outer one 
will be reserved for sisters of the various religious orders. 
The walks dividing the burial places will be six feet wide. 
Trees and shrubbery will be planted at suitable intervals. 
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NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
Oak Hill Cemetery, San Jose, Cal., has recently passed the 
following rule which is reported to have met with the dis- 
approval of the undertakers and cabmen: “On and after Janu- 
ary i, 1903, no graves will be filled in the presence of the 
family. Immediately after the services the friends will be 
dispersed before the grave is filled. No exception to this will 
be made.” 
Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N. J., has recently passed into 
new hands, William C. Jones succeeding Howard M. Cooper 
as president of the association. George E. Rhedemeyer is 
general manager and superintendent. The latest addition to 
the rules of the cemetery is the closing of the grounds to 
the public on Sundays and holidays. Tickets of admission 
are issued to lot holders on those days. A handsome new 
entrance gate has just been finished. 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y., has recently passed 
a rule providing that on and after April 25 no automobiles be 
allowed in the cemetery. Superintendent John W. Keller 
writes as follows : “This action is taken because it is be- 
lieved by the commissioners that the presence of automobiles 
on the driveways through the cemetery is a serious menace to 
the safety of those who visit it, owing to the narrowness of 
the roads and many embankments. As chairman of the execu- 
tive committee for the next convention of the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents I wish to say that we 
shall have the largest and one of the most interesting meet- 
ing ever held, and I hope that all members will induce super- 
intendents in their vicinity to come to the Rochester conven- 
tion and there join the association.” 
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IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS, 
Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, N. Y., is to erect a new 
receiving vault and chapel to cost about $9,000. It will be 
16x24 feet in ground dimensions and will contain space for 40 
catacombs. * * The Springfield Cemetery Association, 
Springfield, Mass., has appointed a committee of trustees to 
arrange for the erection of a new greenhouse. * * Lake- 
side Cemetery, Wakefield Cemetery Association, Wakefield, 
Mass., is to erect a new receiving vault after plans by Archi- 
tect Harland H. Perkins, of Boston. * * Mt. Prospect 
Cemetery Association, Amesbury, Mass., has bought 20 acres 
of additional territory. * * St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Pitts- 
field, Mass., has bought 70 acres of adjoining farm land for 
an addition to the cemetery. * * Miss A. E. Wilcox, of 
Hartford, Conn., has presented $12,000 to the Simsbury Cem- 
etery Association, of Simsbury, Conn., for improving and 
beautifying the grounds. The association has a fund of $9,000, 
and the total of $21,000 will be invested and the income used 
for improvement. * * The Austin Cemetery Association, 
Austin, Minn., will build a commodious receiving vault and 
chapel. * * When the new Board of Public Service comes 
into office in Cleveland, O., the city cemeteries will be under 
the division of parks. * * The City Council of Augusta, 
Me., has authorized the expenditure of $2,500 for additional 
land for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. * * Oaklands Cemetery 
Company, West Chester, Pa., is raising funds for the erection 
of a new gateway. * * Maple Grove, Trenton, Mo., has 
added four acres of territory, making the total area of the 
cemetery iiJ 4 acres. * * The Brodview Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Lewiston, Me., has accepted plans for a new modern 
entrance gate. * * * 
NEW CEMETERIES. 
Oak Ridge Cemetery has been incorporated at Chicago with 
a capital of $60,000 by William Boeger, Louis Boeger and 
John Horn. * * The Milton Burying Ground, Alton, 111 ., 
has been deeded to the city and will be improved as a public 
cemetery. * * Oakwood Cemetery Association has been in- 
corporated at Jefferson, Tex., with a capital stock of $10,000. 
The incorporators are: Mrs. H. M. Frank, M. M. Terry and 
Mrs. Eloise Thomas. * * A four-acre tract of land has 
been donated to the town of Baxter, la., for a cemetery. * * 
A new Catholic cemetery, containing two acres of ground, 
has been located at Doylesford, Pa., under the supervision of 
St. Monica’s Catholic Church, at Berwyn. * * N. T. Keasey 
has platted a site and will lay out a cemetery near Brazil, Ind. 
* * Plans are being formed for a cemetery to be laid out 
near Claymont, Del. It will embrace about 250 acres and will 
have the lawn plan and perpetual care in operation through- 
out. Henry H. Ryan, of Wilmington, Del., is organizing the 
company. * * Rev. James O'Doherty, of St. James’ church, 
Haverhill, Mass., has purchased 60 acres of land and will lay 
it out as a cemetery for the parishioners of his church. * * 
Articles of incorporation have been filed for the crown Point 
Cemetery, which is to be laid out at Ballard, Wash., on a 
prominence overlooking the sound. It will contain about ten 
acres, and is on the line of the Ballard & Everett Electric 
Railroad. Mayor Mackie, of Ballard, is president of the as- 
sociation. * * A tract of 70 acres of land known as Elsi- 
nor Heights, at Highlandtown, near Baltimore, Md., has been 
purchased for a cemetery. It is said that $40,000 will be spent 
on improvements and the company is to be incorporated by A. 
Y. Dolfield, George R. Willis, John M. Carter and James 
Young. * * * 
FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS. 
Kensico Cemietery, New York City, issues a handsomely 
bound and illustrated annual report containing reports of offi- 
cers, descriptive information, rules and regulations, and many 
miscellaneous facts, including discussions of The Trust Lot 
System; Information for Contractors of Stone Work, etc. 
The interments for the year 1902 numbered 1,901, making a 
total of 5,439. Sectional maps of the cemetery showing the 
dimension of the lot, avenues and paths and other details 
were made during the year. The area of improved land is 
now 68.65 acres. Trees and shrubs to the number of 550 
were set out, the total number in the cemetery being 7,248. 
The Annual Reports of The Woodlawn Cemetery, Boston, 
Mass., for 1902, show the following statistics of the year : 
Total receipts, $145,071.15, including the following items, sales 
of lots and graves, $25,399.93; interments, receiving tomb, 
foundations, care of lots, etc., $19,518.01. The expenditures 
amounted to $128,355.51, and the interments for the year were 
909 making a total of 30,571. The superintendent’s report 
gives the following among the work done ; lots graded, 25,000 
sq. ft. ; monuments set, 48 ; foundations built, 379 ; trees and 
shrubs planted, 200. The book also contains instructions to 
lot owners concerning titles and forms for bequests and 
contracts for perpetual care, etc. 
The annual report of St. Agnes’ Cemetery, Utica, N. Y., 
shows the following financial statistics. Receipts for the year, 
$6,019.53, including sale of lots, $2,281.96; burial permits, 
$1,412. The expenditures were, $4,396.04, the largest items be- 
ing for labor, salaries, and a new steel fence. 
