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ering a portion of the operating expense. 
A cemetery employee is usually capable 
of handling the bus and doing other 
work when not running the car. 
One superintendent says of their serv- 
ice: “It enhances the value of property 
that is not within walking distance of the 
entrance.” 
Another writes: “I believe all large 
cemeteries should operate a conveyance 
for their patrons free of charge, espe- 
cially for those far away from the en- 
trance where they would have to walk a 
distance of one-half mile to a mile to get 
to their lots.” 
Another superintendent puts the mat- 
ter this way: “All large cemeteries 
should have one to accommodate their 
patrons. While ours is not self-sustain- 
ing and is operated at a loss of about $30 
a month, we consider it a good invest- 
ment.” 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N. 
Y., who gave the matter a thorough trial 
as a financial investment, discovered that 
it could not be made to pay, and their 
experience, as given by Superintendent 
John W. Keller, is of much interest. 
Mr. Keller writes: 
ettes as above stated, starting at 10 
o’clock in the morning, leaving the en- 
trances to the cemetery on the even 
hours thereafter up to 6 o’clock in the 
evening. Automobiles being barred from 
the cemetery, only persons having the 
use of carriages were able to drive to all 
parts of the grounds; for these reasons 
we thought the bus service ought to be 
liberally patronized. 
used and was inaugurated because it 
enhances the value of property that is 
not within walking distance from the en- 
trance. We carried about 16,600 passen- 
gers last year. We charge 5 cents fare for 
round trip and operate two vehicles, one 
a Buick chassis with enclosed bus body, 
carrying eleven passengers, and one a 
General Motors car with enclosed bus 
body, seating sixteen persons. Both are 
LARGE BUS OF FOREST HOME CEMETERY, CHICAGO. 
ROSE HILL BUS, WITH SUMMER BODY . 
“For years Mt. Hope Cemetery has 
been one of the show places of Roches- 
ter, its great natural beauties making it 
one of the most attractive places of the 
sort in the country. June 1, 1909, acting 
upon the advice of many lot owners, I 
made arrangements with a local livery 
to run a line of wagonettes in the ceme- 
tery, they to try out the venture at their 
expense. It had been pointed out that 
the limits of the cemetery have been 
ever expanding until some sort of a ve- 
hicle was necessary to reach those sec- 
tions farthest from the street car lines. 
“Thinking it would prove a great con- 
venience to the many lot owners as well 
as the many visitors who wish to visit 
remote parts of the cemetery, the livery 
company put in operation the wagon- 
“After six weeks the livery company 
had to abandon the service, and I know 
that in that time their receipts, which, 
by the way, were 10 cents per person, 
round trip, were not enough to pay for 
one team and driver, and they started 
with three. The daily number of visit- 
ors are between 500 and 800, with from 
3,000 to 5,000 on Sundays, yet the ven- 
ture would not pay. Personally I can- 
not see where it would pay any cemetery 
to maintain such conveyance unless there 
is very keen competition.” 
Following are some extracts from cor- 
respondence with cemeteries that have 
furnished us with data on this subject: 
“We operate a bus service through 
our grounds only, covering \ l / 2 miles on 
the round trip. The service is much 
fully enclosed, including the driver, with 
front side entrance and rear entrance. 
They are built of especial width for al- 
lowing passengers to get in and out and 
pass other passengers. The small bus has 
pneumatic tires, the larger one solid 
tires. The small bus cost $2,000 and the 
larger one $2,800. We had an electric 
bus first, but that was very expensive 
in comparison with gasoline vehicles 
which we now have. The buses do not 
pay for themselves directly, but are a 
great help in selling lots at a distance 
from the entrance and getting better 
prices for same. We have our own 
drivers, who do other work when not 
driving. The smaller bus is used mostly, 
the other one being used only when 
busy, such as on Sundays or holidays. 
We run on a twenty-minute schedule 
when running one bus and a ten-minute 
schedule when running both.” 
Fred Ewald, 
Supt., Forest Home Cemetery. 
Forest Park, 111. 
“We operate a motor bus service 
through the grounds and outside the 
grounds to connect with local transpor- 
tation. The length; of haul within the 
grounds is one and two-tenth miles and 
outside of grounds one-half mile. The 
service is used constantly, being run on 
regular half-hour schedule, with extra 
help when found necessary. It was in- 
augurated to give better transportation 
and in an effort to increase our business. 
We charge a fare of 5 cents each way. 
Two vehicles are used, but only one is 
run constantly. One is a Buick, 14 pas- 
