The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-10-19
ST. PETERS BURIAL GROUND
Is About All Taken Up and 1t Will Be
Necessary to Do Something Soon.
THE NEW ST. MARY'S CHURCH
Has No Cemetery and 1t VIII be Necessary
to Provide Accom- m odations For That
-MassilIon Priests
Declare For the
Project.

Project.
''The article published in the News
Democrat, Monday night, regarding the
project for a new cemetery, was sub
stantially correct" said Father Victor
Arnould, to News-Democrat reporter
Wednesday morning.
you see," he continued, "St. Mary's
church, in South Market street, has no
cemetery, deceased members being in
TERED in our cemeteries, st. Peters and
st. Johns, and the congregation de-
sires cemetery of their own. They
must have one.
THE project has taken no form yet
but it will come in the future. st
Peters cemetery is about filled up ami
there is no adjacent ground to purchase
for enlarging it. Then again, st. Marys
and st. Joseph's churches at Massillon
also need cemeteries, and the matter
of purchasing land between this city
and Massillon has been talked Of This
would give all of the churches equsl
distance to the grounds as it would be
just about half way between the two
cities.
The congregations will expect to build
a funeral car of their own in case the
project is carried out. The car will
carry the remains of the deceased per-
son In one part and the mourners will
be transported in another part of the
car.
SPEAKING OF SITES.
Il do not know how soon the project
will take tangible shape. 1t will come
sooner or later, as our cemetery is about
filled. There is some good land lying
between the two cities that would be-
available, and in fact number OF
places have been spoken of, but moth
ing definite has been decided on. / be-
lieve the location of the cemetery be-
tween this city and Massillon will be
good plan for the five churches.
"The German Catholic or st. Peters
cemetery, was established about 1870
and there are many bodies buried there
now. I don't know about st. Johns
cemetery, but / think they have some
room for the burials, That cemetery
was established after ours"
' A News-Democrat reporter visited a
number Of parties for the purpose of
securing further information concerning
the cemeteries lying along North Cleve-
land avenue, The two cemeteries are
believed to cover about 25 acres of
ground A gentleman who has made an
estimate states that there are about
1000 bodies buried in these cemeteries.
SOME VACANT LAND.
It is said that the German Catholic
cemetery Is about filled but that st.
johns cemetery has about three and a
half acres of land lying adjacent there
to which has been purchased and will
be opened for burial purposes when tho
present cemetery is filled. However
there Is space for many more bodies In
the old cemetery without opening tha
new plat Of ground. 1t Is understood
that the new project for cemetery be-
tween this city and Massillon does not
find nnlch favor with the st. Johns
church people, as that congregation has
the necessary ground required for
cemetery.
There are funeral cars used in several
of the large cities. Cleveland has one.
1t Is operated by an electric railway
company. The car Is built on the same
plan as the inter-urban cars. About
third of the car is apportioned for
the reception of the casket and the
other part of the car Is handsomely
furnished for carrying the mourners. An
established price is charged by the rail-
way company for the use of the car.
The use of funeral car would prac-
tically dispense with carriage service.
The cars are quite expensive.
Just what amount Of ground would
be required for new cemetery Is not
known, but Father Arnould estimates
that possibly an entire farm would be
H., le,x I.
be laid out and graded and. nicely ar
ranged.
MASSILLON FAVORS 1T.
The Massillon Item has the following
concerning the project:
An Item representative called upon
Fathers Kaempker and Kuebler Tues
day morning and inquired IL the matter
of q cemetery between this city and
Canton had been discussed In the Cath.
Ollie congregations of this city. Father
Kaempker said that the subject was not
new one. He said that two cemeter.
les. while not necessary at this time
would be required before great while
and the matter had been discussed con-
siderably. The project of uniting will
the three churches Of Canton in estab
iirhing a large burial ground between
the two cities had been favorably con
sidered. but no definite action had beer
taken and probably no action would b'
taken for some time. Ultimately. how
ever, he was Of the opinion that Q in'
plat OF ground would be purchased be
tween the two towns for burial pur
poses.
NEAR RrDDURBAN.
Father xusbler said tn matter ha'
been discunsed and co doubt cemeterl
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