Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-24

POINTED 10 report upon the resolution prohibit
ing intern. r,s in the city aud Catholic Gene.
tries. respectfully reports: Thst he has heard
| no eumpla,n sgsiost either of said Cemet< riss
and ha. no reason to bel eve that any desire
sx;se smoug those bsing in the neighbo, hocd
Il either hurisl place. f.r the prohibition ol
ioterm-nts either. the undersigned beli-v+s
that no legislation . required 10 the prsmises
and that it will be time enough Tor the City
Council to act. when its cid 10 invoksi by those
decidedly interested in the ustter. Who mus.
sustain the injury If sny there be. in having
IN. cem~tsies. in question. ssiii open for inter
meots.
Both Cemster'es are veil attended to, and
| in .. goo condition - they ever have teen
and 10 he,t~l evid nee Of this good o, der 10 re-
aur~d than the fact that no p<rsrn in The vicin.
" nf either hiss presented any petition Tor III
| r.muval ItHay b. Pue thst in crowded cities
~tere scores are dying every day. and where
vanlts snd not graves are digging and opening
| r~c~utncles for the dead, the I'll ivis trOn The
| ally opening of the vaulte is II jurIous 10 the
| ,eaIth Of Il ose who re.i'e In cluss proximity
| 0 The Cemeteries. But no euch state Of thinps
| -xis,s iD Davenport; the Deixhtor hood OF
either C-me'-ry 10 spsrssly eettled. vaults are
.ot in use graves are dug five feet de-p, and
every pr+c.u,ion against contsgion 10 90 sue
| ..-sssuliy employed that the un.'ersigned has
rev. .r heard Of q single case ot sickness caused
| ~ either Of the City or Catholic Cemeteries
II it he true. as the undersigned believes It 10.
| hat the public health is not injured by the
location Of the Cemeteries within the city lin
IT'S. the question "f their removal 10 simply one
of dollars and cents. and in that view. all res-
."ns c. ncur Of retaining 10th Ceme, ,eries in
use. The city 10 poor and cannot afford On
IL n foe ho nf Gusu0tSpv
rhe amount thst would 10 required for such .
purpose is quite too large to think Of until our
sx-pay ers are relieved from their present
J sh ts aud oprre sive taxation. Besides, many
ia ,or persOn. have purchased lots in the City
ce a, etery. with the understanding that they
-ho uId have the right Of usiug them. whenever
he mOurufu| nec-ssity aros-, and il wouid be
Unjust To them to refuse them the privilege of
b r.s,ng their dead 10 the ground which the
city itself cold Tor that purpose. Again. with
out un d,r,aktng to epenk for the Catholics, the
uniers'g ned knows that the maj ,rity OF them
are po or. and has no meanst purchase aud fit
new Ice" et-ry. The present one being s'tus-
ted in = retired locality. and being entirely
nnoi j-t:t," nsbIe to the great majority OF those
living u the nsighborhood. For the furegong
res-ons the under signed recommends that no
turth-rs action relative 10 the matter involved
IN th- res. button. aud moreover. where su great
= number of our citizens are go deeply liter.
t rested. JAMES OBRILN.
10 til. Honorable Mayor and Common Council
Of the Ciry Of Dave"p 1T:
The unde rslsneu. lru-te~s OF Oak dale Gem.
-tery Comps would mos. r-sp-c fully rep
resent: ~ ut some five years since, said Com
.a0y was OryAn,z-d aud Incorporated for th e
,,nrp,se OF providing Cemetery near the city
IT Davenport. The original memb-rs OF the
ompany " ere actuated by d.si'e to have y
lac. for the buri Il VI the dead which would
r. fl -ct credit upon the con munitv. and not b,
the hope of li.ecuniAry profit. - may he s~en
Dv reference to the articles Of Incorporation,
wht q u 10 pro vid~d thss The ~ntire prvceeds
rom sai.s uf lots shall be employ ed IA pur-
chasing, lay ing out and keeping in order th-
grounds aud venues leading thereto. A tract
Of forty acres WAS selected by the Company
and o .rchssed At u cost OF fv. ousaud dot
lars. Since that nearly three tn. usand dollar.
have beeu ~xp-nd ded IN laying out, nc,ug. aud
otherwise improving the grounds The Com
,,any fnd themselves nov burdened with
ieot a,n"uoiink t. about two thousand dol
ls. .; said ind. b's dne>e, however, 10 not lien
Lron the ground. which sre now absolutely
aud 70 Z er de.iicated to the burial If the
lead. The Trus.-es feel . str 'pg desire 10
have the ,ndebts tness removed, ~ the Co,spa-
ny wou d then te IN . I'oeit,un TO Improve the
.roun 10 aud gradually carry out the n-aut,tul
,.sn fui nishsd tasm ty Capt Geo f. de II
Roche.
Having understood that there are many OF
,ur citiz. who thu that there are goo
and sufficient reas"ns wny the use OF th- pr-e-
-nt civ burial xrnund should be d,scon in.
,-d, AMI that the same have heen pre- ented
10 your honorable body, aud are NV under
co .id-rs,ion. We wish to csil your attention
TO O,k.t.le Ce,neier /, the gr"unds OF which
are ample tor the uses 0f our CON unity f.r
wears TO come. Ani t. state that We are
.uthor,z- ID and prepared to make proposition
TO the city auth. ri,is. by viii n TOR.
ion Of SAID gr"unds might he used for cit,
orrp.,ses We feel confident that We can
make an offer, which vii enable the city 20
have such grounds as are necessary. W
,erms n,ucn more &c nonical than it would
tie possible 10 provide an keep IN order .
city h.rial ground 1T any other y. int Taking
in'o consideration the large number uf our
citizens who during the last few years. hay.
ing found it necessary to male choice of n
burial place for their deceased friends aud rel
s,ives, have sel~c' ed Oskdsle Cemetery in
preference to other burial grounds We are con-
filen, that any &C ion taken by the city au-
], ho, tiles, which will tend TO promote the Oh.
i.cts OF the .~kdale Cemetery Company, will
meet the hearty approval VI the who comnu
nifty.
HExsY B. HOFFMAN. J n. D. Bus.ovs.
q g. PARxY. WV II HuDskra,
HIRAM PsIcE. WV ALLEN,
W HF Gu.L.v.