Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-09-06

tits with pleasure that the subscriber il ens
blcd TO announce to the citizens OF 81. Paul tia
the financial affairs of the Oakland Cemeter,
Association arein such q condition as TO wsrran
the belief that the debts outstanding will be pai,
Oh, in the course of the ensuing year, and, wher
the Association is free from debt, the proceed
OF the sale of burial lots will be expended in or
namenting and embellishing the grounds, an,
that the amount thus expended will make it ON
of the most delightful rural Cemeteries in the
North West. aef fatsIr s4o
Believing that many of the citizens Of st. Pau
DO not understand the principle upon which tn,
Association is founded and conducted. | hay,
thought proper to give C condensed view of til,
groundwork and operations from its commence
ment up to the present time.
By an Act of the Legislature of the Territor,
of Minnesota, (See Revised Statutes page 159
Chap. 80 it is provided that g Any number q
persons residing in any County in this Territory
not less than seven," may form an Association
"for tho purpose Of procuring and holding land.
to be used exclusively for n Cemetery, or place
for the burial of the dead" 1t further provide.
that, I" The proceeds arising from the sale of lots
IN such grounds shall be applied to the payment
OF any debts incurred by said Association, in the
purchase OF said grounds and property, in fen.
cling, improving, and embellishing the same, and
avenues leading thereto, and in defraying the ne
cessary expenses in their management and care.
and for no other purpose" Every person who
purchases Lot becomes proprietor, and mem.
Der of the Association.
On the twenty-third day of June, 1853, Rev.
John G. Riheldaffer, Rev. Timothy Wilcoxen,
Rev. E. D. Neill, G. W. Harrington, Alexander
Ramsey, Benjamin F. Hoyt, and Sherwood Hough
formed an association by the name and style Of
"Oakland Cemetery Association, '-and on the
twenty-third day Of August, of the same wear.
purchased forty acres of land to be held for a
Cemetery, for which they gave their private Sc
curity for 81 600 with interest, at two per cent.
per month. Other expenses and liabilities were
incurred, in clearing and surveying portion of
this ground into blocks and lots, advertising.
&c.
On the first day of August, 1854, the Asso.
citation was in debt for the original purchase
money, interest and other liabilities in sum but
little short of $500. Up to this time there had
been but two lots sold not one dollar had been
paid on the debts due from the Association: no
fence erected to enclose the ground--the original
notes had, in part, become due, and resort was
necessarily had to loans at exorbitant rates of
interest. o.f .f.
Since that time the Association have erected
substantial fence, enclosing the whole ground, at
cost of nearly $500; have paid for clearing
and surveying the same, and other incidental ex-
penses, and with the securities now in the hands
of the Treasur, will have paid more than half of
the original debt.
The present object of the Association is the ex-
tinguishment, of the debt now due, in order that
the establishment of the grounds, instead of APP
plying it to the payment of high rates of interest.
1t is therefore with entire confidence in the good
judgment and we'll known generosity of the cit
liens Of St. Paul, that the Trustees appeal to
them for assistance in freeing the Association
from the debt now due. They ask no donation
from any one, but simply say to every man, spur
chase Lot" The price is but 1926. By SO doing,
the debt against the Association would at once
be paid and the proceeds of the sales of lots be
appropriated to the establishment of the Cemetry
Grounds, which in few years, as first stated,
would render it one Of the most delightful resting
places for the dead in tho western country.
$500 P. P. FURBER.
Secretary Oakland Cemetery ASSN.
Aupust 20. 1874