Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-05-21
Visit Of the City Council to the
Cemetery Grounds.

4
ADVERTISER, paid a visit to the Gene.
terry grounds, on Wednesday of last
week. The party met at the City
Hall, where they took carriages at
half-past three O'Clock and started
upon the journey of investigation,
arriving at the grounds few min
utes after four.
THE CEMETERY GROUNDS
are situated about a mile from the
center of town, on high eininenee,
lying upon the old Kanawha and Big
Sandy turnpike, and comprise an
area of thirty acres, marked by an
abrupt, undulating surface, the west
ern half of which is covered with
tall oaks and a rich growth OF dog
wood, the latter being in bloom gave
the spot an air OF richness and scenic
beauty.
The outline of the grounds Is near
~ a square; beginning at the main
road the line on the WESTERN side runs
distance of six hundred yards, then
turning abruptly, it follows eastward
about four hundred yards where an
other line Is made 10 the north il
here FLOWS the new road, recently
opened % Johusou's mill, back 10 the
main road, forming nearly square.
f The graves 50 far have been placed
promiScuously over the ground, r.
carlles, OF rider or place, "A practice
which should be discontinued at once.
As nothing had been done toward
perfec,iuc a plan for dividing the
space into lots an@ roads, each per
son present held his own peculiar
views as 90 the most feasible method
Of reducing IL 90 systematic sublivis-
ions which are 10 embody convent,
+ euce and the capacity iorornamenta.
ton. Mayor Bgrkc, Recorder Oley,
Counc.lmen Ensllw and Nerlander
suggested a plan for one main drive
through the middle Of the enclosure,
with numerous lesser ones leading in
variou, directions, while Messrs II
sign, Maddy. Burlington and Thorn
bur. submitted Others differing some,
what in unimportant features. Mr.
Gibson made some good suggestions
upon the plan for laying out squares
and lots 10 be approached alike by
foot and carriage which ought not tC
be forgotten when work Of LAYING out
the grounds shall commence. The
Committee did not c1ustrue. their
mission 10 the Cemetery to be for the
purpose ofa-Nngin- all the detail,
thdt must attend the measurement
and subdivision Of lots, but to fix up.
On some general plan Of division
which can be modified or extended
as the necessities e the future may
require. After two hours deibera
ton. the Council, therefore, decided
that the Engineer should proceed t,
make three roads and to 50 arrange
them that the different sections of the
grounds viii b. rendered easy of &c.
cess; and further, to draw 4 diagram
.of the ,pace between the roads accu
ratcly divided into squares and lots
with their measurement &c. and I,
mescut tie same at the next regular
meeting
standing va the center of Il,
grounds the view presented is one OF
angular beauty. Looking in all dl
.c..0as the surface. though diteriu-
m l-. outline. r.. and tain, for mile
aae~ each -ac-....y. h'il Jowcr.o.
h-h.-tian .,- t..or. la.i ta- in d,
.u,c. tay whole IS eu,.r.uyI IN d
oat tu.w4n- Approaching
irU.a tle c.lv when sou reach tine
ammtu. tae h.il from Twentieth
aud ua-..- 90 tine north the
ue stretched brfor. the eve is on,
of picrregut beauty aul grandeur