The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-06
The Silent Population Of Green
wood and Calvary.
MONUMENTS OF LOVE
Resting Places Where the Rich anc
Poor Are Equal.
INROADS OF THE CITIES OF THE LIVING

lutiop Of very considerable city--one that would
reckon MS third in size among the largest cities In the
Union and greater by several thousands than the COM
b;ned populations OF New York and Brooklyn, in 1872
when Greenwood Cemetery first thrown open for
ntcrmenis When Calvary was opened, IN August,
ls4S the total population of tho two ccs named was
$4,000 In less than thirty years the eeicns OF its
dead have multiplied the astonishing figure Of
2ls Oo0 whilc Greenwood after period OF tbirty-fve
years shows intcrment roll Of 10000 Calvary.
starting over Fix years later has ou.stripped Green
by 90 000 with tho prospect OF leaving iar be-
hind in the years 10 come IN 1875 tho
number OF intermeuts IN Greenwood was sos,
while AZ Calvary 1t was l4.103. The popu.
lation Of New York and Brooklyn is about
LOCO, 900. Allowing average oil $4,000 ntermcnts
u year in both cemeteries for the Two growing cities
during the next twenty-five years. 1t will 10 seen
that in the year 1900 million human beings will be
mingled with tho dust OF those two cities Of the dead
What host to come forth and respond tonic sum-
mons OF GabrieI's trumpet! The infant mortality in
tho Of Calvary 10 about sixty per cent OF the
whole; in that OF Greenwood about iorty IL viii be
long years yet before either cemetery may be COM
PEELED close its gates the dead tor Calvary holds
a large untouched area OF territory IN reserve and
Greenwood's large lots each ample enough to
accommodate ton generations of any one family, In
the citl OF the dead there is much OF the PRIDE
pomp and excusvcncss be found mark the cities
Of the living, and while content Tor has
be) to lie down aspace two feet by six, another
have for the same purpose, his full city lot with
marble column above him as big as Cloopatras
Needle Still, delunct pride and ostentation &C.
cupy much smaller space in the cemetery than they
the avenue, and square mile will sulc CO to
accommodate more dead mems bones than a hundred
Thousand could dui room for among tho living.
Greenwood will long be roomy enough for the dead OF
New York
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CEMETERIES
The two cemeteries differ essentially appearance
and management. Greenwood has all the attractions
OF a park--hill ana dale, old and growing timber,
walks drives. plants and flowers, lakes and run
ming water rustic cottages and entrance gates OF more
or less pretenson to beauty OF architecture. " IS mans
aged the benefit OF the lot owners and Of tho
money derived from interments is applied to any
other than the improving and identifying Of the
cemetery grounds, the result being that to-day no
place OF similar purpose here elsewhere come
it Ia the perfection OF its trained and highly en-
belishsd natural attractions the artistic setting
in trees and heritage of its many splen-
did monuments and tho supervision OF all
the details connected with its management
Calvary certainly fewer natural advantages than
Greenwood and fur less wealthy claAs Of pcop.o
patronize 1t. Yet managed on the same principles
the other ight still be rendered point OF Guilt
waited natural beauty place OF greater uitractveness
than it is 1t occupies the crown OF rolling ridge Of
land and Its monuments tho high ground stand out
with line effect but nothing like the outrageous
shade Of Greenwood, the winding and crcing drives
and ramblcs that the visitor into the belief that
he grand demesne IN place Of in cemetery.
In Calvary the ombstones and graves jostle each in
parts uncomtortably close while in Greenwood the
extent Of elbow enjoyed by verybody IS one OF
its refreshing attractions To the dead, who are
past any sentiment In the matter of course 1t is all
the same; but with the living the feeling Is apt to
arise thai this crowdng of their the grave
niringes CT wipes out their identity.
THE GREAT ExPENpIrURr GREENWOOD.
As to the amount OF money expended by lot owners
in the respective cemeteries ON monuments, Cal
vary, of course, hold comparison whatever to
Greenwood. Great the sum must be that the latter
cost 10 lay out would be difficult any thing
like an accurate estimate OF the vast amount which
has been expended by individual proprietors the
mon uments erected aud also on the ornamentaton oi
| the many thousand lots sold.
COST GRAVES LOTS.
A single grave in Greenwood Cemetery, including
the expense OF opening closing ay be purchased
Tor S25 In Calvary tho same costs SIT. Lots In the
former range IRON $500 to $1,000, according TO ioca
t,on ia the latter what termed plots embracing
no, less than graves range IRON $500 upward
lot or plot the terms being similar, is be had
on as low terms as at Greenwood This IS easily nc.
countd for GU the score that Greenwood has about
! three hundred more land enclosed than
the other and consequently can Afford 10 DO more
! libcra! OF IT'S territory, while tue immense
pressure yearly on The space Of Calvary copcls the
management 10 economlze IN The interests OF their
clIss OF patrons, the poor who arc
content TO be aucked away at slO II head Calvary
has charity than Greenwood, and reserves
portion ol grounds Tor the f,enclcss pauper who
there committed TO his mother earth Tree vi charge.
The OF lot is IA by - iee continuing SIS super
| lclal ecL In Greenwood no wooden enclosures or
ettered boards designating graves allowed though
quite common aud made to look picturesque IN Inc
cemetery OF l'ere LaCnase, IA Paris
| STRICT RULES AND REGULATIONS.
| The regulations governing Greenwood are In minute
detail ana very strict. One in particular merits com
ucndation, that mo officer agent OF ceme.ery
| shall DO Interested directly or Indirectly in any
business connected VIII the building OF vaults the
erection OF monuments, tho enclosure OF lots and
painting cultivation OF trees, shrubs anu flowers,
| nor shal! they recommend The employment o any
particular person or persons engaged in sucn busi-
| nesan Willows, linden, poplar and alianthus trees
edgIna or hedge are no longer aiio"cd to 90
plat anywhere il the cemetery owing 10 the rapid
| way they grow and spread. Planted IN sucn ertIo
| SOL as Greenwood aud shooting up with inxuriancc
they formed dense. dark mass oil veriurc, cut.
ting oil the view OF everything beyond aud below
them fneir lower branches stretching Tar out Almost
IN contact with the ground soon ran across paths ana
roads, leaving no remedy but the axe. lhc result
Is tina, a. wholesale defamation OF these members oi
the pine family las taken place, and now Greenwood
| looks to better advantage tnan ever
INCONSISTENCIES OF CALVARY.
While Greenwood has many advantages over Calvary
in point OF appearance and embellishments, In tho per-
icction walks ana drives, lis water supply and
outs c approaches, Calvary at hrs gnt exercises
| dc. D ipluross on the VISITOR UnIke Greenwood,
It's .og and scrrcd ranks OF marble tUmbs aud
| mcIis break a the view with all oNcct that exctes
surprise so vast Is the array OF cold, whitc silent
Tho dead. Al Grecnw Jou the Int ton
OF trees ana plants ut every turn iorbds such an
elective cnsemoie. Calvary does not pretend 10 rival
Greenwood la the sizo and costiiuess OF It's monu
meats, but still IL has many OF or
d,nary richness and beauty The surface
o. the ground Is gently unduatlng and tho
soil dry and firm. Its system OF sewerage IL not as
elaborate and costly Greenwood, but II is all suf
cieut for us purpose. Tine oid Catholic buryIng
ground was situated on Eleventh street, and Arch
bishop Hughes focsceng that IN lew years would
be ontrciy Inadequate to the wants OF the Catholic
population oi New YORK; cast about HIM Tor suitable
locality outside the city limits and finally selected the
AIsop farm Long Island, which, with subsequent