San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-10
PLACES OF BURIAL.

More Room is Required in Our
Public Cemeteries.
For several months past the city
cemeteries have been crowded there
not being q lot for sale. excepting q
few in the very rocky portion of the
of the land. AS result, many per.
sons who could not be furnished with
desirable lots, have purchased ground
In private cemeteries. thus depriving
the city of $3.50 on each occasion,
this being the price of the lots.
The city owns some land adjoining
these cemeteries and all that il need.
ed to supply the general public with
suitable lots Is surveyor. his in
strument and q few hours
work. The janitor Of the public
cemeteries, William Hiener, stated to
reporter today, that he has had calls
every day for lots aud was compelled
to tell the visitors that snch could
not be furnished. The potter's field
is, of course, open, and many spaces
for burial purposes could be had, but
there are many who desire to bury
their dead in more desirable quarters.
There are families moving into San
Antonio every week and one of the
necessities, in case of death, is q re-
spectacle place for burial. 1t Is a
disgrace to our city not to be able to
furnish strangers, as we'll as old resi-
dents, with such q small thing as q
lot lii public cemetery, when they
are able and willing to pay the price
the lots are valued at.
There have been numerous com
plants made Of late about this matter
and the city officials should look In TO
1t and take action In the near future
As it is stated above, the city owns
some land adj dining the now filled up
cemeteries. Recently, they donated
portion of this land to
Lutheran church society, to
be used as private burial grounds.
This space. has been laid off In lots
and sold by the head of the society at
SIS q lot, when it will be remem ber-
ed that the ntire space was donated
by the city. In few years, this
property, now being given away to
various societies, will be in great de
mand by the city for q public ceme-
terry, as there Is no other place near,
that can be converted into q buria !
place for the dead. The point now is,
why should the city not keep this
land lay it off In lots, sell
them at q reasonable price
and thus increase Its funds
instead of handing 1t over to churches
or societies. san Antonio needs all
the money 1t can get and when it has
q good thing there is no reason why
itshouid nos keep it aud work it tor
all there is in it. A city is. or should
be, run in the same businesslike
manner that u private business Is.
and the sooner this fact Is realized by
San Antonio people the soop or we can
do away with bond issuing, tax In
ereasing, etc.
A reporter had q short talk with
Mayor Callsghan today and his opin-
Ion on the cemetery question Is this:
I'VE must certainly DO able to fur
nish lots when they are called for and
think the city engineer has or In.
tends going out there and laying of
come lots in the adjoining land. As
coon as see him I will then tell YOU
oil know about the matter. am
not in favor Of donating any more
land to these societies, simply to be
sold of by them at their own prices
1 have often made this remark and
think IL should now be stopped. See
nae again and will talk more on the
subject"
This matter OF cemeteries should
interest every citizen In San Antonio
1t Is the aim of every man residing
here to keep San Antonio up to q
standard and have 1t rank among the
best cities of the south, and in order
TO accomplish this, we should moi
only keep up our cemeteries, but all
public places.