PARK AND 
CEMETERY 
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Cemetery Notes. 
The town of Dedham, Mass., has voted $1,300 for keeping 
in repair the two cemeteries of that town, and has recom- 
mended the erection of a new office building, with funds now 
on deposit. * * * 
Rosedale and Linden Park Cemeteries, Linden, N. J., have 
recently dedicated a new receiving vault. It is of classic archi- 
tecture, modern in all its appointments, and makes a valuable 
addition to these large cemeteries. 
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Many improvements have been made in South Cemetery, 
Winsted, Conn., during the past season. An addition con- 
taining 2,000 lots has been graded and a receiving vault built. 
The chapel will accommodate about 100 people and the re- 
ceiving vault has 48 catacombs. 
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Yreka Cemetery, Yreka, Cal., was damaged by a recent fire, 
supposed to have Teen started by a spark from a passing rail- 
way engine. Much of the woodwork and shrubbery was de- 
stroyed. This is the third time this cemetery has been at- 
tacked by flames. 
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Plans by Architects McFarland, Colby & McFarland, of 
Boston, have been adopted for Ursula Chapel to be erected in 
Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N. H. The plans call 
for a chapel of old English design, constructed of seam faced 
granite, with an office for the superintendent and the neces- 
sary waiting and toilet rooms. 
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Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, W. Va., has purchased 66 
acres of additional territory for $32,660, making the total area 
over 180 acres. The new tract is to be improved at once. The 
cemetery was laid out in 1861, and the first interment made in 
1866. 
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F. N. Parish, secretary and treasurer of the Riga Ceme- 
tery Association, Churchville, N. Y., has caused a circular to 
be issued for the benefit of delinquents of back taxes, stating 
that “no more burials will be allowed upon the lot until all 
back taxes have been paid.” 
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L D. Smith, of Madison, S. D., has presented $5,000 to Mt. 
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S. D., for a new memorial 
chapel and receiving vault to be erected in memory of his 
two children who are buried there. The structure will be of 
brick, stone and tile, 20 x 30 feet in ground dimensions, and 
will also contain administrative offices of the cemetery. 
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The cemeteries of New Bedford, Mass., have made a num- 
ber of improvements during the year. At Oak Grove in ad- 
dition to the regular work about a mile of macadam has been 
laid. About 700 feet of water pipe have been laid, and 1,000 
feet more are to be laid. At North burial ground it was voted 
to put up a new office building to be constructed of rubble 
stone with brown stone trimmings. 
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Fern Dale Cemetery, located between Gloversville and Johns- 
town, N. Y., embraces 160 acres of land on the line of the elec- 
tric railway connecting those cities. It is operated entirely on 
the lawn plan, with perpetual care for all lots and has been in 
operation about three years. The officers of the corporation 
are as follows: President, Albert Carpenter; vice-president, 
Rev. I. G. 'lhompson; secretary and treasurer, Addison Keck; 
comptroller, Abram Baird. 
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Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pa., has issued a well printed book of 
142 pages entitled, “A Handbook, Historical, Biographical and 
Descriptive.” It contains also the charter and laws, rules and 
regulations, and other matters of general information. An 
interesting feature of the book is a series of biographical 
sketches of some of the noted dead buried in the cemetery, 
of the presidents of the association, and of its superintendents 
from Capt. Samuel Low, its first superintendent, down to Mrs. 
E. E. Hay, the present incumbent. 
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The report of Secretary Jos. C. Spear, of Spring Grove Cem- 
etery, Cincinnati, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1903, 
gives the following statistics: Total receipts, including last 
years balance, $127,199.48. The chief items of receipts were: 
From sale of lots, $25,308.27 ; improvement of lots by the 
gardener, $17,606.20; trust fund for perpetual care of lots, 
$5,761.80. '1 he expenditures were $121,786.21, including the 
following: Labor, $34,931.44; interments and foundations, 
$11,005.96; salaries, $10,850. There were 95 lots sold during 
the year and 1,394 burial permits issued. The total number of 
interments is 69,547, and the number of lot holders 10,664. 
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Contracts have been let to Joseph Pajeau & Son, of Chicago, 
to build a chapel and receiving tomb for the new Belmont 
Park Cemetery, near Youngstown, O. The chapel will be 
50 x 60 feet in ground dimensions, with a corner tower and a 
large porte-cochere as the principal exterior features. Six- 
teen stained glass windows will admit light. The central court 
of the receiving vault will be 32 feet square with the cata- 
combs on either side. The entrance embodies two sets of 
gates and pillars. 1 he pillars for the main driveway will be 
four feet square and 12-8 high, surmounted by bronze vases. 
The pillars for the side paths are to be 8-7 high. The total 
value of the contracts is $57,500. About 46 acres of the ceme- 
tery have been cleared and sown with grass seed. 
IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS, 
A receiving vault is to be erected in Prospect Cemetery, 
Prospect, N. Y. It is to be 25 x 17 feet in ground dimensions 
and will be built of Trenton limestone. * * A number of new 
drinking fountains have been erected in Waterside Cemetery, 
Marblehead, Mass. * * The town of Thompsonville, Conn., 
has voted to build a new entrance gate to the cemetery. It is 
to be a substantial monumental gateway of granite, built in a 
slight curve on both sides, with two heavy granite pillars. * * 
A new rustic stone wall is in course of erection at the en- 
trance to Grove Cemetery, Naugatuck, Conn. * * The Put- 
nam Cemetery Association, Putnam Conn., is considering the 
purchase of additional territory. * * An ornamental iron 
arched entrance and a new wire fence have been erected at 
St. Augustine’s Catholic Cemetery, Austin, Minn. * * Wild- 
wood Cemetery, Williamsport, Pa., is considering the purchase 
of an adjoining tract of farm land at an expenditure of $20,000. 
Park Cemetery, I flton, N. H , is to erect a new receiv- 
ing tomb and Mrs. C. E. Tilton is to expend $6,000 in improv- 
ing this cemetery. 1 * A contract has been let for the grading 
of the city cemetery at Alton, 111 . The work involves the 
moving of 15,000 yards of earth. * * A new iron fence has 
recently been erected around an addition to St. Mary’s Ceme- 
tery, Altoona, Pa., which was acquired about a year ago. * * 
New water mains are to be laid in the Masonic and Odd Fel- 
lows’ Cemeteries at Grand Junction, Col. * * A new section 
has been improved at Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, 
Mass. 
