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Mr. O. C. Simonds, Chicago, has furnished plans for the 
new Oakland Cemetery at Freeport, 111 . I he work of con- 
structing the drainage system, the drives, and the sexton's 
residence will be begun at once, and will involve an expendi- 
ture of from $6,000 to $10,000. 
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Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Kas., is a rural cemetery of 
20 acres laid out in 1885. Eight acres of this territory is a 
recent addition, comprising an elevated plateau with pictur- 
esque surroundings. This is to be improved on the lawn plan 
under the direction of superintendent C. P. Scott. 
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The first interment has just been made in the new Green 
lawn Cemetery at Warren, N. Y. The grounds embrace 200 
acres of land under the control of the syndicate of cemeteries 
in different parts of the state. The work of parking the site 
has been under way for two years ; a new chapel and railway 
station have been constructed, and a m'ortuary vault is now- 
being built. 
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Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn., is to make ex- 
tensive improvements, including the utilizing of the land 
occupied by an old reservoir for burial purposes, which it is 
estimated will add $3,000 to the cemetery’s income. Twenly- 
five thousand dollars has been spent in improvements, among 
which are the new office building and the acquiring of the 
Allyn memorial chapel. The perptual care fund now amounts 
to $18,000. 
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The work of transforming Washington Park, midway be- 
tween Kansas City and Independence, Mo., into Mount Wash- 
ington Cemetery is progressing. The new cemetery embraces 
400 acres of ground within fifteen minutes’ ride of Kansas 
City. The plans contemplate the building of three miles of 
macadam roads, the building of a stone railway station at 
the grounds, and a receiving vault. Arrangements are to be 
made for the running of a funeral car on the electric line from 
Kansas City and Independence. 
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The city cemetery at Carlisle, Pa., was recently inundated 
by the heavy rains in that vicinity. Many newly excavated 
graves were filled with water, and much inconvenience to 
funerals was experienced. * * * St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cleve- 
land, Ohio, also suffered from a recent flood caused by the 
overflow of a brook running through it. Many of the flower- 
beds and lawns were covered with mud, headstones were over- 
turned, and about thirty graves along thq bank of the stream 
were washed open, the bodies in several instances being 
wrenched from the coffins and carried away. 
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The report of the Secretary of Spring Grove Cemetery, 
Cincinnati, Ohio, for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1901, 
shows the following statistics: Total receipts, $108,179.52, 
comprising the following chief items: Sale of lots, $36,- 
726.95 : interments, foundations, single graves, $23,695 ; im- 
provement of lots by gardener, $12,746.91; trust fund per- 
petual care of lots, $9,562.36; ground rents, $4,540. The 
total disbursements amounted to $94,849.76, made up chiefly 
as follows: Labor and material, $31,687.07: interments and 
^ foundations, $8,450.02; salaries, $11,650; repairs, $2,105.69; 
new barns, $12,972.40; lots repurchased, $1,157.60; purchase 
of U. S. government bonds, $13,400. The lot holders num- 
ber 10,334, and the total interments are 66,670. There were 
97 lots sold during the year, and 1,439 burial permits issued, 
of which 29 were for removals from other graves. 
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The Board of Selectmen of Brookline, Mass., have been 
petitioned to place the old Brookline Cemetery under the 
management of Walnut Hills Cemetery so as to provide for 
perpetual care. The petitioners say in their address : “The 
old cemetery is practically a public heirloom. In many in- 
stances the descendants of the original proprietors have 
moved out of town, or are extinct, and the lots no longer 
receive the proper individual attention. In consideration of 
its venerable relics, its natural beauties and its beneficial in- 
fluence upon future generations, systematic and skillful con- 
trol should now be inaugurated.” 
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riie cemetery committee of the Common Council, Norfolk, 
Va., has reported that one of the cemeteries in the city is full, 
and that only 300 lots are left in the other. As burials aver- 
age about too a year, the city will be without a burial place 
in about three years. The committee has further discovered 
that capitalists have already scented such an emergency, and 
have secured options on all the property near Norfolk that is 
available for cemetery purposes. This includes all the prop- 
erty surrounding the present cemeteries, and all that is located 
near the car lines leading to the surrounding country, so 
that whether the city decides to extend the present cemeteries, 
or lay out a new one, it will in all probability have to pay well 
for its land. 
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Tlie following cemetery improvements are noted this 
month: Hillside Cemetery, .Antwerp, N. Y., has finished 
grading work necessitating the removal of 4,000 yards of dirt, 
and built a retaining wall 350 feet long and from five 10 
eleven feet high. * * * Mt. Olivet. Dubuque, la., is con- 
structing a new system of water works. * * * Evergreen 
Cem'etery, Nashua, N. H., has completed a new gateway 
eight feet wide, of Grecian design, having an oval top and 
scroll, at a cost of $600. * * * Lakewood Cemetery, Min- 
neapolis, Minn., has purchased a greenhouse for $18,500 and 
has stocked it with plants valued at $3,500. * * * Pueblo 
Lodge No. 17 of Masons, Pueblo, Col., will expend several 
thousand dollars in parking the grounds of the Masonic cem- 
etery, planting of trees, and building a new fence. * * * 
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Ga., is to reclaim six acres of 
marsh land for buri'al purposes. * * * Ashland Cemetery, 
Ashland, O., is to build a new entrance gateway of Bere.t 
stone and ornamental iron work. * * * Mt. Calvary Cem- 
etery, Wheeling, W. Va., has built a reservoir, 20x25 feet and 
,30 feet deep, installed a waterworks system, and enlarged 
the cemetery. * * * The Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre, 
Newark, N. J., has added five acres of additional territory, 
and will erect a granite arch entrance with wrought iron 
gates. * * * The Albany Cemetery Association, Albany, 
N. Y., has purchased additional territory at a cost of $10,500. 
:i-- * * The Rural Cemetery at Bloomfield, Ohio, has jusi 
completed a new iron fence 732 feet long, at a cost of $622.56. 
and built an arched entrance over the main driveway. Grad- 
ing work is also being done. 
Woodbine Cemetery has just been laid out by Masonic 
Lodge No. 7, Valley City, N. Dak. It comprises twelve 
acres, and was surveyed by Governor Frank White and laid 
out on modern plans by Prof. C. B. Waldron of the Fargo, 
N. D. Agricultural College. 
