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PARK AND CEMETERY 
Cemetery Notes. 
A cemetery workers’ union has recently been formed in San 
Francisco, Cal., and has applied to the American Federation 
of Labor for a charter. It is reported to have been very 
successful, and steps are being taken to organize a branch 
union in Alameda county. Cemetery managers are reported 
to have withdrawn all opposition to the union. 
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The Ohio State Association of Cemetery Supervisors and 
Officials was organized in September at Columbus, O., in 
response to a circular letter issued by J. C. Cline, of Wood- 
land cemetery, Dayton, O. Forty-six superintendents re- 
sponded to the call, and J. C. Cline, of Dayton, was named 
as chairman and A. H. Sargent, of Akron, as secretary. The 
following committees were appointed by the chairman : Per- 
manent Organization — F. J. Van Horn, Marion; Jacob Hart- 
man, Troy, and J. J. Stevens, Columbus. Constitution and 
By-Laws— A. H. Sargent, Akron; E. Beachler, G. C. Ander- 
son, Sidney. The reports of the committee on by-laws and 
constitution were adopted as a whole, and the following offi- 
cers were elected : President, J. C. Cline, Dayton ; vice- 
president, J. J. Stevens, Columbus ; secretary-treasurer, 
George C. Anderson, Toledo. Messrs. VanAtta, Perrin and 
Green were appointed a committee on time and place of 
meeting. 
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Among the octogenarian residents of this city none shows 
more lively interest in business affairs than does Charles Nich- 
ols, the advisory superintendent of the Fairmount Cemetery 
Association, says the Newark (N. J.) Advertiser. 
Mr. Nichols was the founder of the Association of Ameri- 
can Cemetery Superintendents, which was organized at Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio, August 19, 1887, with ten members. Mr. 
Nichols was elected president, and he was re-elected three 
times. He has attended every convention until this year, and 
would have been present at Boston but for the illness of his 
wife, who has since recovered. Mr. Nichols is now past 84 
and says he never felt better in his life, and his appearance 
and hearty shake of the hand bear out his assertion. Mr. 
Nichols resigned as superintendent of the cemetery June 30, 
after more than thirty years of active service, and during his 
incumbency more than 30,000 persons were buried in the cem- 
etery. The association valued his services so much that he 
was appointed advisory superintendent, and S. C. Hulbert 
was selected to succeed Mr. Nichols. Mr. Nichols says that 
long habit and a desire to keep busy have kept him at his desk 
in the cemetery office every day. “I suppose I will remain in 
harness,” he remarked, “until I am laid low by the Great 
Reaper, but I do not think that will occur for many years to 
come yet.” 
NEW CEMETERY STRUCTURES. 
A new office building is in process of construction at Fair- 
view Cemetery, Hoboken, N. J. * * * A new chapel and 
office building is in course of erection at Evergreen Cemetery, 
New Plaven, Conn. It is of red East Haven sandstone, and 
is to cost $25,000. ■ * * * A new combined chapel and 
office building is to be erected at Ferncliff Cemetery, Spring- 
field, O. The plans have been prepared by Architect Charles 
Creager for a chapel 42x23 feet, and an office and superin- 
tendent’s room 26x18 feet. The buildings will be of native 
limestone with brownstone trimmings, and will cost about 
$20,000. * * * A new cut stone arched entrance way, 
surmounted by a bronze statute of the Angel of Judgment, 
modeled by Arthur Parent, of Montreal, has been erected at 
the cemetery in Hull, Ont. * * * The cemetery at Groton, 
Mass., has accepted plans for a new stone entrance to cost 
about $800. The structure is a gift to the association.’ * 
* An arched entrance way of Bedford stone, costing about 
$3,000 has just been completed at Garland Brook Cemetery, 
Columbus, Ind. The main archway is sixteen feet wide, and 
sixteen feet high, and on either side are small arches for 
pedestrians. * * * A superintendent’s house at Green 
River Cemetei;y, Greenfield Mass., is planned. * * * 
Miss Fanny E. A. Riddle, of Manchester, N. H., has be- 
queathed $15,000 to Pine Grove Cemetery in that city for a 
chapel in memory of her mother. * * * A new frame 
building for the superintendent’s residence is in process of 
construction at Union Cemetery, Eurichville, O. * * * A 
new entrance and a fountain are to be erected at St. Jerome 
Cemetery, Holyoke, Mass. * * a new entrance is be- 
ing constructed at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Mass. 
* * * Plans have been accepted and bids advertised for the 
construction of a new dwelling and office building at Brook- 
side Cemetery, Winnipeg, Man. * * Mount Peace 
Cemetery, Akron, O., is to erect a new receiving vault. * * 
* The Hampton Cemetery Association, Des Moines, la., has 
awarded a contract for a mortuary chapel to cost $2,500. * 
* * The New York Bay and Bay View Cemetery, Jersey 
City, N. J., has just completed a new granite gateway. * * 
* The Elm Lawn Cemetery Association, North Tonawanda, 
N. Y., is constructing a new chapel and receiving tomb of 
Gothic design. It is to be 52x38 feet, and will cost $20,000. 
George M. Maltby, of Buffalo, has the contract for erection. 
NEW CEMETERIES. 
The Ogan Cemetery Association has been incorporated at 
Indianapolis, Ind., with a capital of $1,000, by John Deale 
and others. * * * S. P. Tillman, of Berkely, Cal., has 
purchased 65 acres of land near Oakland to be laid out as a 
cemetery modeled after Cypress Lawn, of San Francisco. * 
* * St. Hyacinth’s Church, Dunkirk, N. Y., has opened a 
new Polish cemetery comprising 15 acres of land on the shore 
of Lake Erie. * * * The new Eerncliff Cemetery, West- 
chester County near Seneca Falls, N. Y., is being improved 
and is to be completed by next spring. * * * The Wall 
Street Synagogue, Boston, Mass., has recently purchased a 
new cemetery at Montvale. * * * An association has been 
formed at Pendleton, Ind., to purchase 57 acres of land for 
$13,000 to establish a new cemetery. Preferred stock to the 
amount of $15,000 will be issued to meet the expenses. * 
* Notre Dame Cemetery, comprising 10 acres of land near 
Gardner, Mass., has been established by the Holy Rosary 
Church for the use of the French parish. * * * David 
Horn has bought a 15 acre tract of land near Red Lion, Pa., 
and proposes to form a company and lay out a cemetery. 
* * A committee of the city council of Cleveland, O., has 
recommended the purchase of 445 acres of farm land on 
Kinsman street several miles east of the city limits for a 
cemetery. The cost of the tract will be about $86,775. * * 
* The Norwich Cemetery Association, Norwich, Conn., has 
purchased land and will lay out a modern lawn plan ceme- 
tery. * * * A new Catholic cemetery of 46 acres, situated 
in Lodi, Hasbrouck Heights, and Bergen township. New Jer- 
sey, has been established by Father Haitenger. * * * The 
Garfield Park Cemetery Association has been incorporated at 
Grand Rapids, Mich., with a capital of $8,000. It controls 
25 acres of land. Gelmer Kuiper is president. * * * Cal- 
vert, Tex., is to have a new cemetery under , control of the 
city. * * * J. S. Stansberry is laying out a cemetery of 
80 acres at Mason City, la. * * * The Longmont Ceme- 
tery Association has purchased 20 acres of land near Long- 
mont, Colo., for a cemetery. 
