The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-31
RvERGcFEN cFMKTERY.
Meeting Of Directors Report Of superintend-
ont.

The annual meeting of the Evergreen
cemetery association was held at the select
meas office Tuesday afternoon, present,
William Gilmore, o. L. Robbins, George
L. Royce, Meier Edison, Dauiel Verder,
j. j. Griggs, n. g. Dye, and b. w. Mar
shall. Daniel Vcrdcr was elected chair
man. William Gilmore, the treasurer and
secretary, made his annual report. The
amount received during the pas. year is
Sl,0S0; amount due for lots sold, $1,-
$40 43 amount due for work on lots 5000,
amonnt ia the treasury $97; amount on
hand and now due, So, 1853 43. The amount
expended is given Ia the report of the su-
perntendent below.
The treasurer's report was accepted and
]. G. Giggs, superintendent, reported as
follows:
REPORT.
The whole amount expended on the
grounds tue past year AID for which true-
tees orders have been drawn on the treas
uror is 81, 0G747. OF this amount $500 So
has Lesn expended on private lots and
charged to the owners according to woIk
done on each, making the expenditure on
the public ground S466 o..
Tho amount OF luis sold has been 9l,-
030 90. Inc number of interments was
Az; whole nurhber OF interment', $40 Toe
number of acres inClOsed Is 33t and 10 not
lncloec1. There is due the association for
lots sold the sum OF Sl,S16 SO. Most of
this has been due tor Yeas. la no instance
hu hstf.r aVits Al I,t,
paid for. Hal section 2 in article 2 of the
bylaws been enforced tois CONDITION OF
tuings could not have been. This bylaw
provides that no lot shall be used for any
purpose until fully paid tor. This rule is
enforced stringenty IN all the best kept
rural cemeteries Of The country, aud should
be- in our own. The association must pro-
tect Itself. IL cannot afford to give burial
lots free; II IL did, there would soon be
Done LETT to sell or give, and tue noble OBJ
iect OF its organic .ti0n defeated. Again,
when dead body has been inferred in
any lot, that body obtains possession Of the
ground occupies, ald there is no law al
loving tue trustees, or civil authority, TO
di5inIer 1t, 80 long "a objections are made.
This, alone, ought TO Lc sufficient reason
Tor enforcing the above regulation.
There should be plot OF grouud, graded
ami improved, TO be used for single gtaves,
on winch those OF limited means could
1aIy heir dead, until such time as they
; uli purchase Il lot.
Since tne Immense amount of money ex-
> nded OH the grounds, both by the Corpo-
alton aud individuals, the value of burial
ljts has been enhanced twenty-fold, or
more. YET, the price for all front lots is
he sane as at first, ard only small adj
vance on all others. The price Of lots 10
the st. Johnsbury, Montpelier and Salem
cemeteries, is more than One-third hi cher
than our own. l respectfully suggest that
the price be advanced, and that certain
per cent. of the purchase money be in
vested, and the income thereof be applied
in the perpetual cafe of the grounds. We're
this method adopted, it would ensure the
place being kept in order, after all burial
lots shall have been SOLD.
The old plan of allowing an area of three
feet in width around every lot has been dis
continued. These areas are If no practical
use Whatever and are a positive hindrance
IN identifying the grounds as well rs n
great loss OF valuable ground. They sug-
gest the idea of exclusivenes5 and OF
bitches which latter mO5s of them really
are. The superintendent of the Albany
rural cemetery writes ne hat more than
fifty thousand dollars worth of grOund has
been lost TO the cemetery by these areas
aud that they are useless and nuIsaLce.
In our cemetery the loss is as great in pro-
portion TO Its size.
The trustees have proposed to the lot
owners 10 extend the boundaries of their
lois over these on condition that the lots be
remodeled and al brought TO uniform
grade. The result would be beautiful
cleaa shaven lawn, interspersed with trees,
shrubs and monuments over grounds now
disfgurel by unsigh'ly diicnes and rec
angular mounds. The addition of ground
to each lot would in nearly all cases pay
tue expense of remodelng A few lot
owners have made thu change and are
pleased with it.
There have been large number of new
lots improved the past year and large
number of old ones remodeled, all Of
which have BEEN done on the Landscape
lawn plan" as far as circumstances would
permit, but being isolated from each other
the effect is not 80 apparent as it would be
were they contiguous.
The expense of grading lots on this plan
IS less than ne-fourth t. a. OF the old one,
and when once properly embellished, the
expense of caring for them afterwards is
very trifng and the Improvement will last
life time.
Expert nee in the care of the grounds
has convinced me that all the rules and by
laws of the associations should be enforced.
Unless this Is done, the rights and Interests
of the lot prOpr et)rs could not be fully
protected. 1t should be borne in mind that
his is not a "grave yard" or "potter's
frld," but an ornamental burial place,
where everyone owning lot must conform
to the regulations governing the place. The
trustees can have no motive to Interfere with
the tGs e of ind yiduals in decorating their
lots; but in justice to the interests of the
institution they reserve to themselves the
right given them by law OF preventing any
thing being done that shall niure adj AGENT
lots or mar the general good Appearance of
the grounds; also of keeping in proper or
der all lots that are neglected by the own
era and at the owners expense. There
should be rue adopted to prohibit any
more enclosures to lots. The appearance
of the cemetery is far more beautiful with
out them. They afford no protection and
are worse than useless. Tie open lawn
system, with stone posts for boundary
marks, is far more in accordance with good
taste. 1t is gratifying to observe an H.
creasing interest in this enterprise. The
number of visitors to the grounds the pas.
season has been ten times greater than Ia
any former year. The more the grounds
are developed and tastefully embelIished
offending the elegance OF park with the
pensiye beauty of a burial place." the more
attractive they will become. 1t has an ell
evating and refining influence in promoting
tate for natural ecenery, for landscape
gardening aud for monumental sculpture.
Ia lie cultivated mind 1t is volume of the
IIok OF nature, and Of human destiny
hich is ever read with interest and profit.
1T is the common ground upon which all
parties can meet, in forgiveness and harm
ony. 1t ia the lap of the common mother,
who receives, at last, 10 no unkind en-
brace, all her children"
The graves of those we love are here
surrounded with objects that inspire ten
derness and veneratlon, and the soothing
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