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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
marked the entrance of the Maine section 
of the cemetery. When this monument 
was planned, the plot of ground set aside 
for it was of fixed dimensions and of cir- 
cular shape, so that of necessity any ped- 
estal made for it had to be of circular 
shape. Taking into consideration the na- 
ture of the memorial and the character or 
the mast, the principal feature, it was con- 
cluded finally to construct a base, follow- 
ing in many respects the contour of a bat- 
tleship turret. This idea seemed to the 
architect, Nathan C. Wyeth, of Washing- 
ton, to be best in keeping with the sturdy 
The two-year contract of Sims & Sims 
to handle the development and sale of the 
Fairlawn Cemetery Association grounds of 
Decatur, 111., expired recently and the cem- 
etery will now be handled by the associa- 
tion itself through the offices of Bennett 
& Shade. 
Fire of unknown origin practically de- 
stroyed the tool room and sexton’s office 
in Greenwood Cemetery, Canton, 111., re- 
cently. The plat of the cemetery, which 
hung in a frame on the wall, was de- 
stroyed, together with many valuable rec- 
ords of which there are no duplicates. A 
two-room brick building, 14x22 feet, with 
composition, fireproof roof, will replace the 
one destroyed. 
A suit was tried in Judge Guthrie’s court 
recently in which Mrs. Sarah Binkowitz 
and others are asking for an order re- 
straining Dr. Henry Oppenheimer, of New 
York, from removing bodies from an old 
Jewish cemetery between Eeighteenth and 
Nineteenth streets on Cleveland avenue, 
Kansas City, Mo., upon which property Op- 
penheimer foreclosed a mortgage. The pe- 
titioners are seeking to retain the land as 
a cemetery. 
The grass caught fire in Calvary Ceme- 
tery, St. Joseph, Mo., recently, and the 
smoke blackened many monuments and 
tombstones. 
Mart Howe, superintendent of the Na- 
tion Cemetery at Keokuk, la., has left to 
become superintendent of the Fort Mc- 
Pherson National Cemetery near Omaha, 
Neb. Mr. Howe will be succeeded by John 
Harrigan, who was the superintendent of 
the Fort McPherson Cemetery. 
Action in the Supreme Court was taken 
recently in the Shelby County case in- 
volving the new burial ground at Findlay, 
111., in which J. B. Sutton sought an in- 
junction restraining the Findlay Cemetery 
Association from underdraining the grave- 
yard on the grounds that it affected his ad- 
joining farm lands. A decree was entered 
in favor of Sutton, prohibiting the asso- 
ciation from either under or overdraining 
appearance of the mast. His design was 
approved and settled upon by the Fine Arts 
Commission. The names of the victims of 
the wreck are inscribed on the exterior, 
showing their various ranks as well as ‘.he 
general inscription, with dates and details. 
As the weight of the mast with the fight- 
ing top is 22,660 pounds, a serious problem 
confronted the contractors in the ar- 
rangements for foundations of necessary 
strength. The whole mast is painted a 
dull gray, to harmonize with the color of 
the stone, and follows the same color tones 
as on modern battleships. 
Sutton’s property, but permitting the 
grounds to be used for burial purposes if 
it can be done without the necessity of 
draining under or over the Sutton farm. 
New Cemeteries and Improvements. 
C. A. Misenheimer, of Charlotte, N. C., 
and associates recently formed a corpora- 
tion by the name of Oaklawn Cemetery, 
Inc., and have purchased 126 acres of land 
within the city limits to develop a ceme- 
tery. They are now grading and improv- 
ing the ground in general and building the 
superintendent’s house and entrance and 
will soon have the ground in shape for 
interments. 
Over 1,500 numbered porcelain-faced 
markers were placed recently on the vari- 
ous lots in the Waterford Rural Cemetery, 
Waterford, N. Y. 
Glen Oak Cemetery Co. was recently in- 
corporated at Chicago with a capital of 
$50,000. 
About a thousand feet of drainage tile 
is being put down in Pleasant View Cem- 
etery, Kewanee, 111., by the city engineer’s 
department, under the direction of Com- 
missioner W. P. Bauer of the Department 
of Finance and Cemeteries. The line will 
extend through the center of the cemetery. 
Calispell Cemetery Association was in- 
corporated recently at Calispell, Pend 
Orielle County, Wash., by Henry Broad- 
rock, D. L. Freestone, L. C. La Force and 
Lavinia La Force. 
A new cemetery for Holland, Mich., is 
planned by Dr. J. S. Hughes. The loca- 
tion joins Macatawa Park on the south 
and the interurban railroad runs along the 
site of the chosen place. 
The new addition to the Monmouth 
Cemetery, Monmouth, 111., has been graded 
and sodded, the lots platted and the 
ground will soon be opened to the public. 
Driveways in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Cham- 
paign, 111., are being macadamized. 
The New England Cemetery Association, 
of New England, Hettinger County, N. D., 
was incorporated recently by George A. 
Sarchet, E. L. Simmons and J. A. Eck- 
lund, of New England. 
This year, in addition to the regular 
work on the cemetery at Chillicothe, 111., 
the fence on the north side has been taken 
down and in place of it a hedge of spirea 
has been planted. Shrubs have been set 
out along the driveway and in other places, 
and in the “circle” a handsome concrete 
vase has been placed, and this also is sur- 
rounded by shrubs. 
Little Blue River Cemetery has been in- 
corporated at Rushville, Ind. The trustees 
are William S. Newhouse, A. Earl Wright, 
James A. McDaniel and Dayton L. Gilson. 
The city of Mt. Pulaski, 111., is contem- 
plating purchasing more ground for the 
cemetery, which will probably be bought 
adjoining the old cemetery and made a part 
of it. 
The Dysart Cemetery Association, of 
Traer, la., has recently had a fine fence 
built around the cemetery. It is a 38-inch 
woven-wire fence with barbed wire at top 
and bottom. 
The ladies of Bethlehem Township, 
Ind., who were interested in the improve- 
ment af Metea Cemetery, recently met at 
the Metea church and perfected an organi- 
zation known as the Metea Cemetery Asso- 
ciation. The following officers were elect- 
ed to serve one year: President, Mrs. War- 
ren Tracy; vice-president, Mrs. E. Moore; 
secretary, Mrs. O. P. Brown; treasurer, 
Mrs. J. Yantis. 
The old City Cemetery of Carmi, 111., was 
recently cleaned up and tumbled monu- 
ments straightened. Mrs. Fanny Mafflit 
and Miss Mary Stewart had charge of the 
work and solicited funds for this purpose. 
The council has accepted the proposition 
of F. O. Jannasch, 1153 Gull street, owner, 
to purchase the property of about 100 feet 
frontage, at a price of $3,200, for an ad- 
dition to Riverside Cemetery, of Kalama- 
zoo, Mich. 
Eight more blocks of ground, between 
Third and Walnut streets, have been add- 
ed to Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Til., 
by virtue of the incorporation of the new 
portion recently secured by the Board of 
Managers of the cemetery. The added 
portion lies west of the old burial ground. 
Thirty acres on the east side of Mc- 
Kenzie road, about one-fourth of a mile 
north of Gravois road, were purchased re- 
cently as the site for a cemetery by the 
English Evangelical Lutheran Church of 
Our Redeemer. Oregon and Utah streets, 
St. Louis, Mo. The plat shows a drive in 
the cemetery as forming a huge cross ex- 
tending straight east almost the entire 
width of the tract from the main entrance 
on McKenzie road. The cross is complete- 
ly circled by a great horseshoe curved 
drive, thus lending symbolism as well as 
beauty to the general design. The ceme- 
tery will be laid out in lots of from single 
graves to lots 16x18 feet. 
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