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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
MASONIC SECTION IN MOUNT GREENWOOD, CHICAGO. 
One of the largest Masonic plots in anv 
cemetery in the country is that in Mount 
Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, where an 
entire large triangular section has been set 
aside for use of members of this order. 
This section is on sloping ground, near the 
from the quarries of Boutwell, Milne & 
Varnum Co. On the four sides of the die 
are handsomely executed Masonic symbols 
carved in high relief. To the well-posted 
Mason every detail of the carving, as 
shown in our illustrations, tells its story 
MASONIC MEMORIAL, MT. GREENWOOD 
CEMETERY, CHICAGO. 
CARVINGS ON FOUR SIDES OF 
MT. GREENWOOD MEMORIAL. 
center of the cemetery, and at its highest 
point is placed the stately Corinthian col- 
umn illustrated here. 
The Masonic monument was erected 
by funds acquired from setting aside 10 
per cent of the net amount received 
from sales of lots in the Masonic sec- 
tion. The sales in this section are re- 
stricted to Masonic and affiliated bodies, 
Masons and to families of Masons, for 
the purpose of burying a deceased Ma- 
son. 
The shaft is 9 feet square at the base 
and 40 feet high and is of Barre granite 
symbolically. The monument is surmount- 
ed by a flaming lamp and across the base 
are the words, ‘‘Let there be light,” thus 
symbolizing one of the great objects of 
Masonry. 
At the other two corners of the triangle 
are a Doric and an Ionic column, respective- 
ly, of smaller size. A Mason will under- 
stand the triangular symbolism indicated 
by these three monuments. 
The cost of the work was about $6,500. 
Chas. G. Blake & Co., of Chicago, were 
the contractors for these monuments and 
all the work was done at their plant. 
PARK NEWS. 
The Kansas City Star recently gave con- 
siderable space to an illustration and de- 
scription of the plans prepared by Hare & 
Hare, of that city, for the development of 
the site of the Hillcrest Country Club. It 
is situated on one of the highest points in 
Jackson County, overlooking Swope Park, 
the valley of the Blue River and a broad 
panorama of rolling hills. It is well wood- 
ed and lends itself admirably to landscape 
development. This is the third Kansas City 
club improved by Hare & Hare. They 
have also closed contracts for a 24-acre 
residential park property in Kansas City, 
Kan., an extension of Westheight Manor, 
recently platted, and an 18-acre residential 
park at Salina, Kan.; Tarkio College 
ground at Tarkio, Mo.; also a number of 
fine home grounds in Kansas City, Omaha, 
Neb., Salina, Kan., Tulsa, Okla., etc., some 
twenty in all, together with a great deal of 
cemetery work now under way. 
Fhe Civil Service Board of the West 
Chicago Park Commissioners will hold the 
following examinations. Application blanks 
may be obtained at the office of the board 
in Union Park or at the West Park play- 
grounds : Examination No. 179 — Plumber, 
Class G, Grade II. Original entrance. 
Pay, 68j4c to 75c per hour. December 22, 
1915, at 9 a. m., at the Garfield Park 
Pavilion. Open only to residents of the 
town of West Chicago. Applications must 
be filed in the office of the Civil Service 
Board in Union Park before 5 p. m. of 
December 21, 1915. Examination No. 181 — 
Gardener, Class G, Grade II. Original en- 
trance. Pay, 28y&c to 37j4c per hour. De- 
cember 28, 1915, at 9 a. m., at the Garfield 
Park Pavilion. Open to men between the 
ages of 21 and 50 years on the day of ex- 
amination. Applications must be filed in 
the office of the Civil Service Board in 
Union Park before 5 p. m. of December 
27, 1915. Note: These examinations are 
being held in order to obtain a list of 
eligibles for filling vacancies in the service 
for the next two years. There are no va- 
cancies at present. Fred G. Heuchling, Su- 
perintendent of Employment. 
T. B. O’Connor, 85-year-old custodian 
of Budd Park, Kansas City, died recently. 
For twenty-five years he had charge of the 
park. Mr. O'Connor learned landscape 
gardening in Ireland. For many years he 
was employed by A. A. Budd, who twenty- 
five years ago gave Budd Park to the city 
and it was made a part of the grant con- 
tract that Gardener O'Connor should take 
care of the twenty-five acres of the park 
as long as he lived. 
Work will soon be commenced on im- 
proving the city’s park system at Bartles- 
ville, Okla. Bonds will be sold which will 
bring about $45,000 for this purpose. 
A landscape gardener will be engaged by 
the city commission of Joplin, Mo., to as- 
sist in preparing plans for beautifying 
Schifferdecker Park. The park comprises 
160 acres. Forty acres were given to the 
city more than a year ago by Mr. Schif- 
ferdecker, and in his will he bequeathed to 
the city an additional 120 acres. 
Ray F. Weirick, of Des Moines, land- 
scape architect, is working on plans for a 
