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itself, leaving no room for enlargement, 
which enlargement becomes imperative in 
the passing of the years, either that, or 
an entirely new cemetery, with better at- 
tention to location. Let us say we have 
arrived at the point of proceeding to de- 
velop a new cemetery; then the first thing 
to consider is the location. Fortunate is 
it if a gently rolling site with original 
timber, good soil, and adequate drainage 
can be had at reasonable cost within a 
radius of two and one-half to three miles 
from the business center of the city. 
With a site thus selected, and the financial 
problem worked out properly, then the 
landscape gardener should be chosen with 
the thought in mind that the highest pos- 
sible skill and best possible advice are none 
too good for the carrying out of our plan 
to make the new cemetery worthy of the 
place in the community we desire it to 
occupy. 
Perhaps there is no more difficult prob- 
lem before the directors or trustees in in- 
augurating a new enterprise than that of 
management. In the average city of 20,- 
000 to 40,000 people, it will be hard to find 
a man in whom are combined the engi- 
neering skill, the taste for such work, the 
requisite knowledge of planting and gar- 
dening, and the ability to sell lots. If such 
a man is found, all his time and service 
could not be obtained, because the newly 
inaugurated enterprise could not afford to 
pay what such service would command. 
Therefore, an alternative must be found 
in procuring someone with most of the 
above qualifications who can rely on other 
business or occupation for most of his 
compensation. A foreman in charge of 
the work in a cemetery under the super- 
vision of the engineer, superintendent, 
salesman, giving all his time would place 
the cost of administration within a reason- 
able percentage of the full operating cost. 
One further qualification of the manager, 
which in passing will commend itself to 
you, is that he shall have a sacrificial de- 
sire to be of service to his fellows, because 
he meets them under peculiarly intimate 
circumstances, and can render, if his heart 
is right, a never-to-be-forgotten service. 
To lay out the lots of the proper size 
to accommodate the majority of the peo- 
ple requires an intimate knowledge of 
those people and needs marked ability in 
the management to convince the purchaser 
of what is the proper size for him to pur- 
chase. It is well to have all sizes from 
the two-grave space up to lots as large 
as 40x60 feet or thereabout. The larger 
ones being about five to ten per cent in 
number, the aim being to provide roomy 
space for all. 
Rules and regulations must be well con- 
sidered, and, when adopted, rigidly en- 
forced with tact and judgment. The more 
radical, as compared with the old city cem- 
eteries, perhaps the better, as the contrast 
for the better will be more apparent and 
will be helpful in the selling of lots. Even 
in small cities there might be a specially 
fine section where monuments are not al- 
lowed. Such a section, with especial atten- 
tion to planting, makes a fine contrast to 
the other section, with benefit to the whole 
cemetery. I fear I am exceeding the limit 
set for this paper, although there are sev- 
eral subjects such as accounting, deprecia- 
tion, transportation, etc., which could be 
discussed with profit, so I will close with 
a sentence or two concerning the rewards 
The old Bremen Cemeter 3 ^ on Taylor 
avenue, north of Florissant avenue, St. 
Louis, Mo., abandoned several years ago 
by the Catholic Church as a burial ground 
for paupers, was given to that city for a 
park recently. Archbishop Glennon stipu- 
lated that it should be used for park pur- 
poses only, not as a playground or a swim- 
ming pool. The cemetery contains about 
eight acres and adjoins O'Fallon Park. 
One of the requirements is that the city re- 
move the wooden headpieces, after a plat 
has been made showing the location and 
identity' of as many graves as possible. 
Dick Conkle, of the firm of LeSure & 
Hill, Peoria, 111., has been employed b\' the 
City Council of Sullivan, Ind.. to prepare 
plans for the improvement and beautifica- 
tion for the new city park which was re- 
cently purchased. The plans will call for 
winding driveways and footpaths through 
the park, together with a running brook, 
the water to be obtained from the plant of 
the Merchants’ Ice and Fuel Co. A rustic 
bridge will span the stream. The building 
of a swimming pool is being considered, 
but will not be taken up until later. A chil- 
dren’s playground will also be included and 
tennis courts constructed. 
Sidney A. Teller, formerly director of 
Stanford Park, Chicago, has been appointed 
as head resident of the Irene Kaufman Set- 
tlement of Pittsburgh, Pa. His duties there 
will be in charge of the settlement, the 
largest in Pittsburgh, as well as community 
work along social and civic lines. Mr. 
Teller has been in charge of Stanford Park 
since the opening in 1910. This recreation 
center, formerly called West Park No. 2, 
has become widely known as the spot 
which had only “one bathtub in the block” 
at the time the site was condemned as a 
recreation center. However, since 1910 
nearly two million shower baths and swims 
were given in the same block and the ag- 
gregate attendance has exceeded five million 
times used. This recreation center has had 
visitors from all over the world and its in- 
fluence has been felt in many communities. 
Mr. Teller is a member of the City Club of 
Chicago, Social Service Club, Central Coun- 
to the management. If the high standard 
set by the demands of the truly modern 
cemetery have been met and the high quality 
of service has been rendered tactfully and 
consistently, there will come in time to the 
promoter of such a cemetery, the reward 
of the approval of his own heart and from 
those to whom he has rendered a service 
of love, a “well done good and faithful 
servant” and of him who has lived with 
and loved the spot will be said, he has 
rendered worthy service. 
cil of Social Agencies, Community Center 
Conference, Boys’ Workers Association and 
other social and civic organizations. 
The Park Commissioners of New Bed- 
ford, Mass., have submitted their twenty- 
second annual report for the year 1915, 
which contains detailed reports of the work 
carried on by the department and require- 
ments necessary to improve and enlarge the 
parks and playgrounds. A brief financial 
report is as follows : Appropriation by the 
City Council, $30,000; $20,692.05 expended 
for labor, and $9,268.80 for materials in 
maintenance of the parks, leaving a balance 
of $39.15. The work, care and mainte- 
nance of the parks has been much the same 
as in former years, but little new work has 
been accomplished, yet the general condi- 
tion of the parks shows an annual improve- 
ment. 
Following is some of the work accom- 
plished by the Department of Parks and 
Cemeteries of Saginaw, Mich., taken from 
the annual report of that board for the 
year ending December 31, 1915: During 
paving and sewer construction in Washing- 
ton avenue, in the vicinity of Hoyt Park 
and Ezra Rust Park, much work was done 
in these places as a result. Additional catch 
basins and drainage was provided for the 
upland roads in Hoyt Park. A large 
amount of fill was obtained and placed 
along the cemetery road and cinder drive 
and these roads widened and considerable 
of the low ground between the drive and 
railroad filled and leveled. At Ezra Rust 
Park the grading on the south end of Ojib- 
way Island was completed. At the Saginaw 
Canoe Club grounds on Ossakinna Island 
some planting was done along the drive- 
way and river bank. The parking space on 
the south side of Court street, from Wash- 
ington avenue to the river, was regraded 
and sodded. Bliss and Fordney parks were 
kept up in their usual good condition. At 
the latter place a concrete wading pool was 
constructed. Linton Park, as in past sea- 
sons, was farmed out to private parties. A 
football field was laid out on that portion 
in the rear of the Washington School for 
the use of the boys in this part of the city. 
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