The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-03

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To hs stoslsholdsrs eti tlsss sazolly yiood Gem.
Gentlsmen, s sa.pshy ,Ysince the sEs ana,ial nsst
ing Of the company the aIntermsnts. int q E hts I have
been 272, making the whoaas nHnaberanrbso,
this period, s,6sza. During thesysnr "a lets
have been sold, making 1881 since the or
ganization of the company t.t
/, The expenditures OF thayear have been
mainly directed to a proper system OF drain-
age. What has been jdonss there Is reason
to believe will be permanent: What re-
fmains to be done viii in Bood time be ac-
Icomplished, until the ensixe cemetery shaf
haze received the benefit. -s.sSs--- i
7, New sections have been opened from time
| to time to meet the demand, and attention
has been given to widening and improving
! the roads and grassy slopes. 1t is'apparent
tthat.the time isnot distant when some en-
largement Of area will be necessary, and at
tention is now seriously called to the sub
fleet. ~ ,an4.ma ILL.,. r.irIl&2
On two occasions applications have been
made to the members Of the Board OF Alder
Emen and Councilmen Of the city for portion
tof the Clarke Spring land, adjoining Holly
wood, the last so late as the month OF No
vember, 1915. , In consideration of the burial
| OF 50 many thousand citizens and almost O.
Hollywood without charge, the relief given
to the city OF establishing such cemetery
at its own expense, the absence OF one dollar
OF appropriation to this, while many thou
sands have been appropriated to other ceme-
teries, justified the expectation that the au-
thoritics Of the city would have granted the
land needed at nominal or moderate eX-
Epense; but the application was finally dis
missed as untenable and vague.
1t is gratifying to observe that enclosures
OF iron railing have been abandoned. No
thing more is needed than granite curbing,
and where union Of taste. and uniformity
exists there is no enclosure so beautiful and
80 enduring. AS an illustration, your atten-
tion is invited to that portion of the ceme-
terry opposite the pump-house. For many
years it was rude excavation and an eye
sore. It at present forms, and will continue
to do so as improvements progress, the most
attractive portion OF the cemetery. ij
Your attention is called to the importance
of presenting plan by which lot may be
kept in perpetual repair by the income
arising from a donation or bequest. It is
apparent that there are lots now, and the
number will in the future greatly increase,
so neglected either by the removal OF their
owners to distant parts OF the country, or
by the absence of descendants, upon whom
the care would naturally devolyc, as to re-
suit in almost total abandonment. An ar
rangement might be made by a transfer. say
of two to three hundred dollars Of Rich
mond city bonds (proportioned to the size
of the lot), to the cemetery company, for the
income from which the company would
bind itself forever to keep the lots in repair.
| It is gratifying to observe that the finan-
cial affairs OF the company are in satisfac-
tory condition, rs the report Of the trea-
surer accompanying this paper will show.
Encouraged by this reasonable indulgence
lin establishment may be allowed, and by
Fauthority of the directors convened on the
| 21st ultimo, an improved entrance--SateWay
| is about being contracted for and will be
completed in few months.
1t would not be proper to close this COM
munication without an expression OF sor-
row at the loss the company sustained the
past year by the death OF Colonel j. b. Dan
| forth. While he was a director but for q
| brief period he combined in his pure cha
racter so many elements of usefulness and
good taste, his removal leaves q vacancy that
will be difficult to fill.
w. Fl. HAXALL. President.
The treasurer's report was read and re-
ferred to the appropriate committee, VINO
subsequently reported that the expendi-
lures were supported by proper vouchers,
and the stocks and securities were found to
be as represented in the report.
The following officers and directors were
elected for the ensuing year-viz.: Will
liam 81. Haxall, president; James 81. Gard
ner, treasurer; and William n. McKenney,
secretary. Directors: Charles 7. Wortham,
Wellington Goddin, Henry Exall' Thomas
D. Quarles, Corbin Warwick, James 81.
Gardner, John L. Bacon, Alfred 7. Harris,
Peachy r. Grattan, Robert F. Williams, and
Anthony Bargamin. The last-named gen
tleman was elected in place Of Colonel j. B.
Danforth, deceased.