Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-17
THE CEMETERE JOB.

induce the Council to mass nm
amendment to the ordinance a,
cemetery. The object of the meas.
ure is to take a width Of I6l feet
from the main Avenue runnin,
north and south in the city burviD9
grounds, plat it into a tier of lots
(six'y in NUMBER and sell them.
also to raise the maximum price of
cemetery lots from $50 to sle5.
We have already denounced the
proposition as encourage. Further
consideration of the subject deepens
the conviction that our position Is
emphatically proper. 1t is evident.
aud has been for some time. that
the present management of the
"city OF the dead, (" propose to work
1t forall it is worth to themselves.
without reference to the public
good The pretense that the main
avenue should be cut into in order
to obtain funds to improve the
grounds is a hollow pretense. 1t
could be as reasonably asserted out.
right that beauty is enhanced by
Disagreement. The revenue de-
rived from the cemetery without any
innovation Of that kind, and with
out an enormous increase in the
price Of lOts-Over six times the
former maximum price-ought to be
sufficient for every purpose Of i'm
proveDent.
When the late Sexton Patrick
pressed the question of water supply
Tor the cemetery he was told the
city had no money to spare for that
purpose. He then showed that in the
last ten years OF Sexton Taylor,s
administration not only had the
cemetery been self-supporting hut
there had accumulated during thar
time, after paying all expenses
somewhere in the neighborhood Of
$4,000, which had been paid iuto tb,.
treasury 1t was then decided thai
that sum at least should be ex,.end-
ed on the grounds and the water
works was the result. This i'm
provement itself is a valuable faciIi-
" IN the process Of identifying the
grounds. The works operate excel
iently, and as the sexton CHARGES
$3.50 for the season to each LOT
owner whose lot he waters, this is a
decided source Of income.
A large appropriation was mad,
some time ago and placed to tn.
sexton's account for improvements
About $1,000 of the amount was
expended in erecting a two-storv
building, in which he has taken M,
ms residence, enabling him to rem,
ms house in town for $50 a month
In connection with this buiIdinn
Mr. Dunn presented certain bills foT
painting, paPerhanging and for Office
furniture. The Council pever
authorized them, and there was
some demurring to their payment
inopen session. The amounts uara
however, subsequently appropri.t.
ed.
We have already cited the fact
that for the sale of the proposed new
lots ON the main avenue aJore N.
sexton's per centage for selling
them would probably not be les
THAN $500, for about thirty hour,
work Besides he receives 50 can,s
for each certificate issued to the
purchaser. The price of grave dig.
ging, according to size, ranges finn,
y TO 81. Tie man who digs the
grave gets one half and the sexton
pockets the other half, and he has
nothing to do with collection. he
being paid by the undertakers VIII
order the graves. The cost of n,at-
ing removals Is from 81 to So the
operator getting one half and In.
sexton the other. He also gets .,
cents Tor recording each death and
ouriaI That occurs. He also cbarg,s
Tor his personal time by the dsv
whlle engaged on the cemsta,t,
From these statements it will he e.sr
TO understand the nature Of the hon-
ana that is attempted to be crea,eJ
Tor the sext0n-besides the inaxc,,s
aole draft upon the people to mn m.
Treasury with means to be IavisbIr
squandered-by placing the NAV.
of $50. III pace
When the proposed OUTRAGE o,n,o.
up again for action, we hone IN.
Council will recoIlect in copnac.io,
with the scheme to cut up the mai,
avenue into lots, that the plats .,
the cemetery have all been annrors,,
by the Council and that certifco,a.
OF ownership have been issued =,
conformity with the relative rosi
ton Of the lots TO each other ant g.
me streets. They should also TAX.
INTO account the fact that there ar,
al least u acres Of plated cemetery
ground east Of the main portion al, |
fenced in, yet unoccuoiej and a.,
considerable acreage in the sam. |
condition on the northeast. Tbi, |
MAKES The necessity Of the disfigure.
ment, by contraction of the m,ir
s'feel, an invisible necessity ex-
cepI Tor purposes OF grab,
we wish to ask Mr.. Cohn. who Z.
a hebrew, how much the people Of
.ils race IN this city paid thecorpora
.ion Tor their burial ground. In cas,
ne Is unable to givea proper repIv.w,
WIN answer the Interrogation in hi.
stead, snd say that they paid nothing
Inc City Council, in behalf of IN,
people, set those grounds apart ans
presented them to the Jewish
fraternity, without asking or ne
ceiving a dollar in return A. i
! 'oAen of appreciation of this kind
ness, as one Of the benefieiaries
MI Cohn, turns around and recon-.
menus that the majority part of the |
people be made liable to lay a sum
l 70 lots more than six times wba,
Lney have heretofore been charged
surely the soul of such a man enid
lance on a pin-poiut and leav.
tIensy OF room to take on Karriek
SUI Dunn for partners in a reel.
IL does seem as If the men in ~.
council who Were never elected Z
nave more assurance and lack q, :
than the real memb
rs oil that body. Louis Cohn Wa. 4,