PARK AND CEMETERY 
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(Personal, continued.) 
department and was made recorder of 
the hospital. His duties here brought 
him into contact with the system of 
burials and records as begun at Arling- 
ton Cemetery at Georgetown, D. C., and 
the system now used there was devised 
by him. On his return he took up con- 
veyancing, opening the first books of 
the Park Commission of Philadelphia, 
and was connected with the Centennial 
of 1876. In 1870 he was appointed sec- 
retary of West Laurel Hill Cemetery. 
Mr. Snyder was the originator of mod- 
ern cemetery records and practice. He 
was frequently called upon by the Or- 
phan’s Court as an expeit in inks, hand- 
writing, and as a legal expert in cem- 
etery matters. His knowledge of cem- 
etery law as applied in Pennsylvania 
was always at the disposal of any in- 
terested person, and no one was more 
highly thought of among cemetery men. 
Mr. Snyder was modest, unassuming, 
and unaggressive, but he knew the legal 
rights of his position and his rare tact, 
amiability and quiet persistence gave 
him success where others would have 
failed. The West Laurel Hill Ceme- 
tery Co. has appointed as successor to 
Mr. Snyder, Mr. Edward R. Long- 
streth. Visitors to Philadelphia who 
are interested in cemeteries are invited 
to call at the office of the West Laurel 
Hill Cemetery Co., 1307 Arch St., Phil- 
adelphia, and see the system introduced 
by Mr. Snyder, which is the basis of all 
modern cemetery records. 
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A Working Plan for Forest Lands, 
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gives a general description and a com- 
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forest tract of about 105,000 acres, the 
two chief points determined being the 
amount of timber standing, and the rate 
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They Cannot be Disturbed by Frost and are 
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