, 1862-12-07

Editors chicaso Ts.bs,ne.
There arc two ,n.snt- il your editorial ar
tic;e tf yesterday. to which, IT, | atu this
morn!n. aguin especially appealed to, ! will
cuce,snliv reply. Fir=t, in rtIercnce to the
establishment If cenlftcrics generally. it has
becM conclustvely shown. n.t unly III Chtcnya
t,ut wherever The experiment }E,a been tried,
flat cemeteries cuInl4ittc,l solely tn ti,n
ctIrg: 1T municipal corporations are wrrtrel-
tdlv managed, aud are sooner ur Litter either
abandoned or utterly neslec:ed. Hence. t;n:
inn-t beautiful rnrsl cemeteries Ia the wUrttl
are surl. as owe thcir existence to private Ell
tc1ETist All tin chief cemeteries Of our
country hare 81 originated, mud Laurel uii.
near l'ftitaslelpht', WHICH il second 10 none If
item, il, IL my Certain knowledge, conducted
rrrelGely upon the plan nf t+r,eeland, the
worthy J'seridcnt having coun*caled ,ne from
ihc inception Of that en'cfl'ris" to the Present
tiilc Now Il word rs to the .,si.il. ii Gr.tvt-
land, which never ttforv has been published,
und would ne; now he but feT the ttner and
arreai OF your srtit}e. i few ycare eitlce.
had tie melancholy Occasion "a scgnre fur in'
snedia;e USE 4 lot In the old City Cemetery,
then the only placc IF burial ab.,ut Chicago,
:rd iu condition =al 10 belluld As Ill nc.
COMMUNICATION, $1a0 procured for nc q part If
family i.i on ..4tlse ridge ts. value +'s II
full sized family burial ivi there bsiug at thai
t.lut $500.
The neglected and ac:na!ly reruissye condi.
ton .f the cemetery intlurci my search If
land for a rural bursing srstsnd. more rcnaa.e
Ing in fins!n. It, employed much af lny .i:te
ir Studying ihc subject II cemeteries. and &,e,
tanned from atr,at; the best .Fnrks w.licl. 1l.t
been published upon the subject. My plan il,
| It's crude stu:r was communicated to sa1ne IF
our citizens. las they :;ow we'll ze,nem'.-r.}
but ite adoption in,u p5actica! cAecuti"n was
| indefinitely siepsnded ny tile the ssstah-
| Hsh1ncn: of Kosellill. Tile Prcei.
| dency Of koechsu Cemetery Company sub
scquently terld.rcd to tie hy Officers Of tlHt
| company, was declined, but tlst offer revived
| In my na'nG the subject ol another cemetery,
| not tiht Ike grounds 4: NoscIi!l were fl;
adapted or unsuise.l to burial purposes, fvr +
| AMI glsa to say the rcvcrsc Is the ease; but be-
caEse thought nr't. as ali a.rec now, that
| our citizens ~entd he benefited By h7vin:s
tro cemeteries between which 10 1uakc seit:s-
tfon., Would hundred gentlemen hayr
united with nlc TO purthase and lay on;
| grounds for rural cemetery, { should have
| chec1fnllu joined upon any tasis of Opera.
| tiun at ii! equitable to ourselves, and iib-c,l
| to tie public. .Affcr year. If 1linnghs ani IL
bor expended BY one ot !. few individuals iu
subduing w;ldrruess IF undrrbrush. ga.
ding. making miles Of reads, engaging tllc
| best landscape gardening talent Of tile cnnntrv.
ah1 exptl;:::ag little fortune in the purchase,
ptrnaaen: i1elesure and general eluhellish..
Ine't ii cemetery grounds IN say nothing uf
ths hiring q ;is clerks, su'tsin'"n..=7as' AID
Conveyance and defaring the thoa,
sand other expenses incident 10 such
au enterprise, the results obtained arc not ,,,t
! to impress IN outsider" as huvfng been At
tended with 1.-THE If the difficulties a1l.. ont
lays that hayc been actually incurred. When
the 'itut:" wcEc most uupsopitieus with
another aud :. good .cemeter: a.rr:.dy cs:ah-
ffshcd. au1 well nudrr way, this undertaking
| WIS by nnny deemed bold and uf vcsy doubt.
full Issue. If Hny ,nan or company If r,e1l d.,
sire to test the correctness Of these state.
1ncnts, commend to him nr them tll: rstab-
/ isFtn'tpt of i new cemetery, and the active
cooperation Of all willing to further the Gu
I tarIrise.
Anexrte=s stipulation inserted IL tue secil,
providing for the appropriation +, tllis nnrose
Of ten per cent nf tie gro<s receipts :,lt,
In tie exact language Of the decd. this fund
''khnil he appropriated in such manner and
BY such officers or committees a. 1nas be
deemed best ty the board Of managers, t. in
SURF tn the lot holders, ccona,.lcal and Judi
efont disposition Vf said fand'' The board
6f managers. fully aware that for the first few
years, the expenses womb greatly exceed tl.t:
percentage indicated, taltlloug11 in Lausel Hill
and other cemeteries Il la in the cnt proved
amply Adequately. committed this matter 10
nv personal management, snhjec; Of cuurse
ats.ns tine to their withdrawal At the demand
| vfthc lot owncrs. &c Iwouid must gladly
transfer to other handt thc expenditure vf the
lnld, sar to II committee appointed ly the lot
owners, and acting entirely independently oi
| the managers ard myself The past Iistu.i-
tiun Df tE!s fund, and five times its umount,
ca'f te readily anu satisfactorily accounted
for.
Alike sensible are your suggestions respect
| ing thu payment h5 1.l owncrs 10 Il commit
;;22SS Of thel1 own selection, ef :, certain sum
in consideration Of which {as in o,llcr cetn-
! etcries wtrrc The price Of lots i three time.
that adopted III Graceiaad,) their lots slr.ll he
permanently Kept In order without further
concern or tax to The proprie,ors. In these
aud any other plans for the permanent cm!,rl-
liehmeut of the cemetery, and for the sacred
security Of the possessions tl'cre, liarc, like
t yourselves. a personal interest, and yon may
ton Of Yours, very truly.
| Tuos B. BRIAN.
President nf EraraI.r.1 r..metsrr C..