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PARK AND CEMETERY 
MOTOR TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CEMETERY 
MOTOR BUS OF MT. HOPE CEMETERY, CHICAGO. SMALL BUS OF FOREST HOME CEMETERY, CHICAGO. 
The problem of transportation to and 
through the cemetery is one of the most 
important that faces the modern ceme- 
tery. Cemeteries must naturally be lo- 
cated at some distance from the greater 
portion of the population they serve, 
and in the establishing of new ceme- 
teries it is almost the universal rule to 
locate beyond the city or town limits. 
It is nevertheless essential to the suc- 
cess of a cemetery that speedy and con- 
venient means of reaching the grounds 
be furnished, and in the case of ceme- 
teries of considerable size, that some 
conveyance be provided to reach the re- 
mote parts of the grounds. 
A cemetery is fortunate if street cars or 
steam railroads will bring patrons to its 
gates, and in many cases where they do not 
the cemetery has been obliged to furnish 
transportation from the nearest point to 
which the regular mode of travel will 
bring its patrons. 
This has in many cases led to the use 
of the motor bus, and probably the ma- 
jority of large metropolitan cemeteries 
operate a motor bus either to the en- 
trance or through the grounds. 
Undoubtedly many others are facing 
the transportation problem in one form 
or another, and in order to gather some 
first-hand information on the subject. 
Park and Cemetery has gathered some 
data concerning the operation of motor 
buses from a large number of cemeteries 
and presents here a few facts concerning 
the conditions under which many ceme- 
teries are operating some form of motor 
vehicle. 
Nearly every cemetery of any size 
makes use of a motor car, either an 
ordinary touring car for the use of the 
superintendent, or a regular motor bus 
of large capacity. 
The consensus of opinion from the 
data gathered for this investigation 
seems to be that nearly every large cem- 
etery must furnish some kind of trans- 
portation to get its lot owners to distant 
sections of the grounds, or to the en- 
trance. Opinions vary as to whether a 
charge should be made for this service, 
and opinion is practically unanimous 
that such a service cannot be operated at 
a financial profit, but must be borne as 
a part of the necessary operating ex- 
penses. 
Cemeteries where competition is keen 
find it especially necessary to operate 
transportation passenger buses. Auto 
service proves the quickest and best 
means for this service, and a nominal 
fee is usually charged, in this way cov- 
A.UTO CONVEYANCE OF MT. AUBURN CEMETERY, BERWYN, ILL. 
