Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-25

THE CkMETERY QULsTIoN.-M MessRs.

EDiroes-Wil you permit me through your
paper to say few words upon tIe propriety
Of prohibiting further interments 10, an The
ultimate removal Of both Catholic and CITY
Cemeteries In the west part Of the town A.
to the Catholic Cemetery. no doubt but tha,
1t is held by deed oi conveyance by that .oci
ETY. or Church. in its corporate capacity, a.
any other property would be; therefore it il
private. as regards the city at present Blu,
the City Cemetery is the property Of the city
as conveyed by Mr. Green. By deed for the
express purpose Of hurying place The city
having laid out the ground, an sold aud con.
veyed-by deeds Of warranty-lots to individ-
uals. thereby becoming private, and not the
property of the city, ask woulu it be right,
or just. at This early day. and when in many
OF The lots not more than one or two are 10.
TERED to prohibit any one-the owner # such
lot-if the solemn occasion required Of lay Ing
friend beside friend. 90 long as it shall no,
cause inconv eniencs from overcro ding tn e
grounds! 1t is fact, sirs, that We expect to
see our beautiful city thrive and grow for
years to come but is it fact that any imnq.
date necessity exists for the vacation of the
City Cemetery? Our city has still within her
corPorete limits quite number of vacant lots,
and does ot seem to be in any imm ediate dan
ger CT being cramped for want Of room. l
recollect some three years since, Of visitrQ
the grounds surrounding Trinity Church, on
Broadway, at the head Of Wall street, 10 the
toun OF New York. and. II my memory serves
me, the grounds we're filled with the graves of
the high and the low. the rich and the poor .
aud notwithstanding the neighborhood sur
rounding seemed to be quite as tLickly settled
as does the neighborhood Of the City Gene
'erv. still the dead sleep in peace. So FAR a.
public barying ground or Po',er's field is con-
cerned. it would seem to be necessary soon to
provi ie some other place, as that portion Of
the gro nd in the City Cemetery is nearly all
occupied; that ground the city already owns.
We have twenty acres, bought some three
years since at high rates, the sane being south
of Locust street. and west of the city limits,
known as the Hospits, grounds; the question
Of setting apart five or ten acres off the eouth
part of this land for public Cemetery, re-
serving the front, on Locust e,reet fer Hos.
pital purposes, came up in the City c, uncil
aud was efer- ed to Committee on Grounds
report was drawn up in favor Of using the
grounds for public Cemetery, bat owing to
the resignation Of some Of the me .ubers i,
was neglected.
While it would be convenient for corpora.
tions as we'll as iDdir riduals to enter into such
arranger ents as would secure the payment OF
their debts by the city. majority Of h tax
payers world be in favor Of using lands alresdy
paid for. and what money the city has, pay on
now due. T.JH.
DAVENPORT Aug a. 90.
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New BELL FOR ENGINE House No. l.
The 10 mb.rs Of the Fire King Engine Co. Nc.
|. pettioned TO the Council at its last session
to donate them the old cracked bell formerly
used on their house. The petitioners thought
they could raise money enough from other
sources to put with the proceeds Of the sale OF
the Old bell. to purchase q large, new one
We hope the committee to whom the pei ton
was referred will gran. the PRAYER 1t is Q
shame. as we look at the matter, that there is
GO alarm bell in the upper end Of town X.
o rely upon tie church bells and slee sex
tons for an alarm ia case of fire, is, we think
very qn+st.ohable policy not to say very dan
gerous.
Let there be good bell on the Engine House
Of the No l. It'll very necessary, and prop
erty h j lers in this part Of the town should
not hesitate to assist the boys in getting it
1t is not r their own b-ne6, that they ask as.
sistance-it is for the sole benefit of those no
own property. Let the bell be bought.