Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-10-02

Cemetery present
GEsrLnnts-Tlle undersigned having
been applied TO In the early part Of this
mouth, and invited To delineate mud sub.
init a plan Of the grounds recently pur-
chased from Mr.. John Butler, by The cor.
potats body Of this place, and intended to
he applied to purposes Of burial and to be
lei,omitnted Magnolia Cemetery are
plehsed, In connection with said plan. to
submit tile following suggestions,
The limits Of purchase are stated to H..
eltde 30 superficial afpelils OF land, equal
to nearly ~ superficial atfes, or T57, sst
superficial feet Arnefieai, measure beiiig
O. lineal afpents oil Its Northern aud South.
efh sides, by 4 lineal afpents On it's Eastern
aud Western sides. The centre lines of
Church abd tloriiH streets continued
Eastwarjly from the city proper, form the
Northern aud Southern llttilJafiss. In
ofllef TO extend these said streets to the
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Eastern corporate limits Of The City, Civ.
Ing them their adopted widths Of Oh feet
American measure, il becomes necessary
10 lily of 55 feet for tlia half width Of eaeli,
It IL understood that in The deed Of sale,
Mr.. BUTLER has guaranteed 10 give the one
half Of the street ldeilominated " Ceinete.
~" street OH the plar,) bounding the tract
on 1t Western side. In order therefore to
have d full street, d like dimension must
necessarily be taken off. The Eastern line
Of the corporation bounds this tfuot. II
would appear proper. that no permanent
improvement should be established, THAT
would offer n l,indratce to the obeiiiiia OF
a street within the corporation, whose
Eastern boundary should be the corpora
tioli liiis. For this reason, the undersigned
have designated Upon the platf Submitted,
a street, whose width Is Oh American feet.
After laying down the tradt agfetatly TO
The above statements, The dimensions afe
found to be respectively, 5s5 by 7Dl
American feet upon which the fence
may he established.
II Is suggested, when necessity may re.
qltire, that there shotld he Que gate, iiiid.
way on each OF lite four sides. Contiguous
to. and within the enclosure, h strip Of Is
feet Is laid off; upon which Is suggested
10 plant at proper distances from each 9th.
ef, ouk trees, also TINT n hedge Of Lan.
req Mun1i," or Wild peach" be planted
from Tree to tree. These will, In q few
years, form an evergreen boundary to tho
grounds and should II fund arise, from tho
disposition Of lots, 10 allow tho erection OF
u east.iron railing, would be In beautiful
contrast thereto. For very niauy reasons
that could be adduced, II cannot be expect.
cd that the trees as nature planted them
will fotm permanent fixtures within the
cemetery, ut letss In portions OF it their
and size, together with the risk Of
heir falling upon tho sacred aud costly
marking the reatlng places of
he departed. are apparent. Next to this
"Trip Of 10 feet, a road Of rs feet width Is
out, which extends around the
proper this 10 sufficiently wide
o allow for the passing VI two carriages.
The contained paralielogfam Is then sub I
into four equal quadrangles, by
wo cross roads Of 80 feet each In width 9
hese are designed to be used as positions :
tf q cortege, composed Of ienrse and cal. G
iages; room Ii requisite for the easy pas- I
age Of carriages and attendants. These q
lutdrungles ete sutnfivided, eaef, into four
by cross paths Of Ii feet wide, which G
ford sufficient spnce for the bier and It's
10 be- borne by their supporters to
he grave. This arrangement gives sixs
cen subdivisions, ench measuring ii2 Fl.
~inelres, by 1877 feet o Inches as their re. :.
dimensions. The original area :
+ purchase, as hereinbef fore stated. will be :
onnd TO have been reduced to 27,75i SD. '
feet for each subdivisional six :
zenith; or d2s.070 sup. feet for purposes :
+ burial showing that The quanstqs laid
q for exterior streets, the Is feet strip, and :
he interior roads and paths, occupies n
action more than HI i0tlis Of The whole :.
tact. {
A lot Of 32i by 81 feet has been set $
part in the North West corner Of the N. {
Vest subdivisional sixteenth, for the resi- !
and garden, to DO occu ed by the !
or Porter It has beer proposed Il
lat certain Of these grounds sha be APP n
ropriated to the public. Would it not be g
lso proper so assign, say one sixteenth to ),
ne colored population? r
Next ZONES in order, the appoitionment 0
{ enclosures to suit individuals. who may =
fish toerect enclosures, m~ansoleums, or j
In this connection, we d
,onld suggest that no structure should be 7
nearer than 2 feet to the inner edge p
{ the road or path bounding each subdi- =
Il is conceived. that the interior /
aths dividing individual locations. can be il
laid off in parallels to extend to p
Jorthward and Southwark but that no !.
.rnlariiy OF subdivisions can be adnn.ed !"