The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
Pinkhanl 4 Willis Co.
RURAL CEMETERY.
Annual Meeting Finds the Corporation In
Good Financial Standing.

The annual meeting of the corpora
ton of Rural cemetery was held yester-
day afternoon at the office Of Secretary
and Treasurer Benjamin T. Hill. The
following officers were elected for tho
ensuing year: President, Edward l..
Davis; secretary and treasurer, Benja-
min Thomas Hill; trustees, Edward l..
Davis, Nathaniel Paine, William e.
Rice, Thomas B. Eaton, George L.
Dewey, Roger r. Upham, James Dra-
per, Benjamin Thomas Hill; executive
committee, Edward L. Davis, Thomas
B. Eaton and James Draper; finance
committee, Nathaniel Paine, William
&c. Rice and Thomas b. Eaton; audi
tors, Henry woodward and Charles A.
Chase; superintendent, Joseph ).
Clark
The only change from last year was
the election of B. r. Hill as trustee
to fill vacancy caused by the death OF
John d. Lowell
The report Of President Edward l..
Davis was as follows:
Worcester, Jan %, 1899.
To the Proprietors of the Rural Gene
terry
The trustees herewith present the
61st annual report, for the year end
ing Dec 81, 1893. BY the treasurer's
statement, which forms a part Of this
report, it appears that "the fund for
the perpetual care Of lots and grounds"
is as follows:-
Dec 81, 1898, investments in
bank and railway shares .. $53, ATS. 25
Investments in notes Secured
by mortgage of real estate 19,03o.0 90
Cash ..................'.... o,o9l. IA
Total ....................... 49, l49.o ~
Showing an increase for the year Of
$1324.09.
The securities in which this fund is
invested are Of safe character, and are
in excellent condition, the market value
being considerably in excess Of the
amount at which they stand on the
books of the treasurer The income has
been used in the care and repair Of
proprietorS' lots In charge OF the cor
poration. The general fund, which may
be used for any purpose within the dis
erection OF the trust ses, had a balance
to it's credit Dec. Fl, 1898, OF $377S.95,
making a total OF funds belonging to
the corporation Of $S1 928.34.
During the year IL deeds Of gift have
been received for the perpetual care OF
lots, amounting to $1075; proceeds of
sale of four lots. $1062; personal prop
erty on hand, including stock and ma
terlals as per inventory, $1249; amount
due the corporation, $780, Foundations
for monuments put in during the year,
80; lots graded, 49, stone curbs taken
out, 5; iron fences removed 2; number
of burials, 9s
About three acres of lawn have been
graded and seeded. and many of the
avenues have been repaired and coated
with very serviceable material, taken
from the land on North street, which
belongs to the corporation.
In the early years Of this cemetery
the same custom obtained here as
elsewhere of using iron fences by way
Of protection to the Individual lots.
These were in time succeeded by stone
curbs, which by their too common use
became unattractive and even un-
slightly.
Now the prevailing sentiment OF the
day seems to say that, as neither Ia
any longer necessary for protection,
good taste does away with both iron
fence and stone curb, and prefers as
more grateful to the senses beautiful
trees, shrubs, flowers or turf. Generally
speaking, the monuments themselves
furnish all the opportunity needed for
the judicious use Of either stone or
marble. Therefore new iron fences or
stone eurbs are no longer permitted,