PARK AND CEMETERT 
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OAK RIDGE CEMETERY, MARSHALL, MICH, 
Cemetery, con- 
ducted by the 
city of Marshall, 
Mich., was 
opened in 1839, 
on the removal 
of the old cem- 
etery from the 
heart of the city. 
It embraces a 
territory of 60 acres of gravelly and clayey soil in the 
southern part of the city, overlooking the Kalamazoo 
River, and has a total of 7,000 interments, one thou- 
sand more than the population of Marshall. The 
The sections are laid out with especial attention to 
giving easy access to the driveways, and every lot is 
within 150 feet of an avenue. Lots vary in size from 
3C0 to 800 square feet, and sections contain from 
twenty-eight to eighty lots, which range in price from 
$25 to $50. 
The receiving vault is built into the side of a hill, 
as shown in one of the illustrations, at a cost of about 
$5,000, and contains twenty-five catacombs. 
The planting embraces a large variety of trees, half 
of which are of native stock, and ornamental planting, 
varying in extent from 600 to 2,000 square feet to a 
section, according to the size of the section. 
The drainage system is effective, and the water 
supply is drawn by means of standpipe pressure from 
the city water mains, the old system of supply from 
LODGE AND ORNA- 
MENTAL PLANTING. 
DRIVEWAYS AND 
TREES. 
/lEWS IN OAK RIDGE CEMETERY, MARSHALL, MICH. 
lawn plan, perpetual care, and other features of mod- 
em cemetery management are in force, and are being 
gradually extended. 
The perpetual care fund now amounts to $5,000, 
and a lot with perpetual care can be purchased for 
$80. 
a water tank and windmill having been outgrown and 
abolished. 
The grounds are under the care of Superintendent 
James A. Van Zandt, and the views shown on this 
page testify to the character of the attention given 
them. 
The Cemetery ought not to be divided into strictly ornamental 
planting areas and burial grounds in such a ^yianner as to form 
a distinct distribution of one or the other as may be found in 
many cemeteries, where the -principal attractions are luxuriantly 
laid out foregrounds with arbors, fountains, lakes and elaborate 
buildings, but should rather be treated with continuous arrange- 
meyit of extensive lawns, arranged irregularly with belts of 
trees and shrubs, thus forming back-ground for all groups of 
lots as well as affording shade, seclusion ' and repose. — Frank 
Eurich in Moderyi Cemeteries. 
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