Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-12
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
4 Cemetery Lot rru.s.


NEW YoRK. September u. The big Brook
lyn cemetery, at Cypress Hills, Il in the grip Of
a trust Forty years ago. when the cemetery
was new. specuiators bought up the lots By the
thousand at S3 W each. Since then the price
has risen to 500 and more. Some Of the speeu-
lators sold out Most Of them, however, have
held fast to the lots and have slowly crowded
up the prices by restricting the amount Of
space available for burial. The cemetery IL
large enough for $4,000 graves. Only 10000
persons have been buried there, and yet the
trustees have only 450O more lots At their dis
posal. One member Of the trust, William
Meyers, of New York, owns 4, 900 lots, P. Bonar
owns 800: P. I. Barnum. 300, and Is others some
l50 lots each. While the lots have been BOOM
ing, the cemetary has been badly kept and
poorly managed on account Of the lack of
funds Every attempt to tax LOT owners
certain sum per lot for the Improvement fund
has been defeated by the trust. The income
derived from the sale of lots cannot last much
longer, as the trustees have SO few lots 10 sell.
The trustees, who have long tried in vain to ex-
tricate themselves from their predicament, are
threatening to appeal to the Legislature for
help.
A Russian scaIpfor's vicissitudes.
Twenty years ago Theodore Kamensky the
sculptor, was one of the most famous and pros
porous men in Russia. In 1874 he produced his
masterpiece. .'The First Step" which repre-
sented mother in the act of teaching her lit
tie child how to walk. The piece had politi-
cal significance of liberal tendencies, and this
displeased the Czar so that he gave Kamensky
to understand that his room was better than his
company. The Gar, however. rewarded him
land. married Swiss wife. spent good bit Of
the Czar's present. and drifted over to
America. He eventually brought up in
Florida. where he became hotel keeper under
the assumed name Of Dab. The American Art
School discovered the identity Of Mr., Dab, and
offered him its professorship Of sculpture.
The great Russian at once gave up keeping
tavern to come North and accept the offer. He
arrived short time ago, This evening the Art
School held public reception In his honor.
Kamensky has taken out his papers and will
live here as an American citizen.
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