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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
been graded, thereby disarranging the previous im- 
provements, shall be charged with the cost of put- 
ting such lots into their former condition as ascer- 
tained by the superintendent, and such amount 
may be recovered by the city as an ordinary debt. 
Benches shall be permitted on the lots when the 
material and style of same are approved by the 
superintendent, and such benches shall be properly 
maintained and have painted on them the word 
“Private,” with the name of the lot and the num- 
ber of the section on which they are situated. 
Rights and Powers of Superintendent: All vases, 
urns and plant stands not properly cared for and 
such as are not filled with plants or flowers on or 
before the 20th day of June in any year may be 
removed from the lots on which they are situated 
by the superintendent and stored. If applied for by 
the owner within one year from the date of re- 
moval the same shall be returned. 
Monuments: No monument shall be erected in 
the cemetery until the design and description 
thereof has been approved by the superintendent 
and a permit granted by him for the erection of 
such monument. 
All foundations for the erecting of monuments 
shall be constructed by the caretaker, or some 
other person employed by the superintendent, under 
the direction and supervision of the superintendent, 
and all specifications for such structures shall be 
furnished by the said superintendent, the cost 
thereof to be paid in advance by the grave or lot 
owner or by the persons ordering same, such costs 
to be at the rate of 315 cents for each cubic foot 
of structure. 
In erecting monuments lot owners shall not du- 
plicate any other design in the immediate vicinity 
of their lot without the consent of the superin- 
tendent. 
The superintendent shall from time to time re- 
port to the commissioners and owners upon the 
condition of any monument out of repair, and it 
shall be the duty of the owner of such monu- 
ment to repair same without delay to the satisfac- 
tion of the superintendent. 
Whenever an owner of a monument neglects to 
make the required repairs or alterations after re- 
ceiving due notice from the superintendent, the 
superintendent shall allow a period of three months 
to elapse, after which time he shall have the 
power to remove such monument from the ceme- 
tery or to repair such monument and charge the 
cost thereof to the owner, which may be recovered 
as a debt from the owner to the city. 
In the erection of monuments the superintendent 
shall in all cases designate the place where the 
material to be used for the erection of such monu- 
ment is to be 6tored during the course of erection 
or excavation, and all workmen moving any heavy 
material over lots and paths shall move same on 
planks laid across the paths or lots, so as to pro- 
tect such lots or paths from injury or damage. 
Vaults: Foundations of all vaults or monuments 
shall be made as large as the bottom base or first 
masonry course above the ground; provided, how- 
ever, that the superintendent shall in any case 
have power to require a larger foundation of such 
size as he may deem necessary. 
All foundations for vaults built above ground 
shall be constructed under the direction of the su- 
perintendent at the expense of the owner when no 
architect is employed to supervise the work, and 
where an architect is employed the owner shall 
have the superintendency of the whole structure, 
subject to the approval of the superintendent. 
No vault shall be constructed or erected wholly 
or partially above ground without the permission of 
the superintendent, and such vault shall be fur- 
nished with shelves having divisions therein, allow- 
ing separate interments to lie made therein, and 
each such shelf shall be hermetically sealed to the 
satisfaction of the medical health officer. 
At a recent meeting of the Board of 
Trustees of the Woodlawn Cemetery, Bos- 
ton, Mass., the following rule was adopted : 
“Funerals will not be permitted on the fol- 
lowing legal holidays: Washington’s Birth- 
day, Patriots’ Day, Memorial Day, Inde- 
pendence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, 
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Any of 
the above holidays falling on Sunday, the 
following day will be observed.” 
A bequest of $500 to Aspen Grove Cem- 
etery Association, Burlington, la., was 
made in the will of E. S. Huston, formerly 
of that city. 
The council of Princeton, 111., recently 
purchased two Wellman lowering devices 
for use at Oakland Cemetery. 
A new municipal mortuary vault at 
Gracelawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Ind., was 
completed recently under the superintend- 
ency of Sexton Frank J. Neff. 
At a meeting of the Cemetery Board of 
River Cliff it was decided that an effort 
be made in the future to discourage Sunday 
funerals in Mt. Gilead, O. 
Cemetery Officers Elected. 
The Linwood Cemetery Association, of 
Pana, 111., has elected Miss Jennie McKoy 
president and Mrs. Lee Robb secretary. 
Charles Gudehus was re-elected sexton. 
R. R. Ingersoll was re-elected president 
of the Pine Lake Cemetery Association, of 
Laporte, Ind. All the officers and trustees 
were re-elected. The association expects 
to do further work in the improvement of 
the driveways through the cemetery and 
expects eventually to have them all macad- 
amized. 
Muscatine Island Cemetery Association, 
of Muscatine, la., has elected Morris 
Strouse president and Mrs. Alice Walton 
Beatty secretary. The most important step 
taken by the officers of the cemetery asso- 
ciation was to set aside a potter’s field. 
The cemetery association of Hickville, 
Ind., at a recent meeting has employed Ed- 
ward Andrews as caretaker of Forest Home 
Cemetery. 
New Cemeteries and Improvements. 
Lutheran Pioneer Cemetery Association, 
Gladstone, Stark County, N. D., has been 
incorporated by Nels Swenning, William 
Dobie and Frank Enger. 
Werner Cemetery Association was recent- 
ly incorporated at Werner, Dunn County, 
Everybody has heard of the famous 
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Tarrytown, N. 
Y., that was made famous in Washington 
Irving’s legend, and the entrance to this 
historic burial ground shown on the cover 
of this issue has both a historic and a prac- 
tical interest as a fine type of cemetery en- 
trance. 
Sleepy Hollow lies in one of those spacious 
coves which indent the eastern shore of the 
Hudson, in a valley among the high hills, a 
short way out from the town, beautifully 
situated in a neighborhood abounding with 
"haunted spots” and twilight superstitions. 
The front cover illustration shows the 
main entrance and double drive gates with 
a walk gate on either side, each of which 
is hung from an ornamental iron panel 
post fastened to the pier, as shown. These 
especially attractive piers are built of a 
peculiar red pressed brick, set on granite 
bases and capped with massive granite or- 
N. D. The incorporators are L. A. Win- 
ter, O. L. Baeuser and W. H. Bessire, all 
of Werner. 
A number of women in the vicinity of 
Peninsula, Mo., recently organized the 
Peninsula Cemetery Club. Mrs. I. Smith 
is president and Mrs. C. C. Alley secre- 
tary. 
The Long Cemetery Association has been 
incorporated at Wabash, Ind. The direct- 
ors are Schuyler Long, William Purdy, 
Calvin Dawes, Christian Gurtner and Will- 
iam Flora. 
Mound Cemetery Association at Mound, 
Slope County, N. D., was recently incorpo- 
rated by A. E. Willis, E. V. Harris and 
William H. Willis, all of Mound. 
Fairview Cemetery Company was recent- 
ly incorporated at Columbus, O., by Will- 
iam C. Nowlin, Maggie M. Nowlin, John 
J. Edgar, May Edgar and William E. 
Learned. The capital is $50,000. 
Townsend Cemetery Association, of 
Stockton, 111., filed incorporation papers in 
the circuit clerk’s office recently. 
Holy Cross Cemetery, of Ellicottville, N. 
Y., has been entirely remodeled. The cost 
of the work was $3,000. 
The Brooklyn Cemetery Association, of 
Dixon, 111., contemplates adding more land 
to the burial grounds and has selected an 
acre of land adjoining and owned by the 
Holden estate. 
Improvements at Sires Cemetery, Tren- 
ton, Mo., including a new fence and other 
work, have recently been completed. 
Work will be started soon in clearing out 
the underbrush on part of the 500-acre 
tract south of the city of San Antonio, 
Tex., owned by the city, with a view to 
utilizing it for cemetery purposes. This 
work is to be done by the city prisoners. 
An additional acre of land on the north 
side of Fairview Cemetery, Joplin, Mo., is 
being laid out in lots. 
naments. The central piers are each 15 
feet high, to which the panel posts are an- 
chored by heavy bronze lugs and from 
which the gates are rigidly hung. 
This well-balanced design was executed 
in July, 1909, by The Stewart Iron Works 
Co., of Cincinnati. The double drive gates 
are 18 feet wide, stand 13 feet 3 inches 
high in the center, are built of J^-inch 
square iron, set 5 inches apart, supported 
by special 2j/^-inch three-ribbed steel chan- 
nel rail, and hung on 2-inch square hinge. 
( bars, securely fastened to the newels. The 
walk gates on either side are similarly con- 
structed of proportionate dimensions, being 
6 feet wide and 8 feet 6 inches high on the 
hinge side. The scrolls and ovals form a 
particularly pleasing feature of the design, 
which has been worked out in both the 
fence and gates to harmonize with the roll- 
ing grounds of this most picturesque cem- 
etery. 
THE COVER ILLUSTRATION. 
