The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-09
IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN
EVERGREEN CEMETERY AC- OUIRES MAPLEDALE CEMETERY

Bonds to Amount or S25,OOO fo De Issued-MemorIais Desired for New ChapeI-Treasurer's Report Read Directors Elected.
 The annual meeting of the Evergreen Cemetery association and Of the eene- tery trust fund was held yesterday af- ternoon at the office of the secretary, B. R. English. The business of most in- Dortance done was the passing of vote to buy the Mapledale cemetery, which adjoins the Evergreen cemetery. '. was voted to purchase it at an out i lay of s27, ,500 and to issue bonds to the amount of $25.000, a step authorized by the state legislature two years ago. This will make much desired and very inn portant addition to the cemetery grounds. and will well nigh double the extent of the cemetery. More concern i ing this important matter appears be- low in the report of the president of the association.
 Two years ago we called your atten- ton to the matter of the chapel and of flee building and presented plans of the same, which plans were approved by you. and the directors were authorized to make a contract for the building. We i had on hand at that time for this pur- pose $S.S2914. Since then we have re- ceived $16.SOO. The cost of the new building was SPA, 800
 | The building is a large and commodi- ous one. and handsome addition to the cemetery grounds. Now that we are actually occupying it, we wonder how we could have put up so long with the little old building, which stood for l the grounds. Thus our hope which first
 took shape in 1888 has been realized. 1 Of the $25,000 raised by the issuance of bonds one half is to replace the old
 bonds of the association outstanding.
 The remainder was to assist in erecting 1 the new chapel.
 The directors would very much appre-
 ciate the receipt of memorials for the chapel, either in the way of windows or
 any other appropriate way Mrs. John
 F. Futile has already given two win dows in memory of her late husband. The perpetual care fund now amounts
 to s7,7O5.21
 1 Another matter to which we would call your attention at this time, quite as important as any which has been called I to your attention in many years, in- wolves the extension Of the cemetery grounds. About seven years ago your directors took up this question with special reference to the purchase of
 Maoledele cemetery. We differed from 1 it's owners in regard to the value of the property, to such an extent, that we did not deem it woirth while to pre- sent the matter to you at that time, nor l have we since then seen an opportunity l to do so until now. We are to-day in a position to recommend for your approv- al the purchase of substantially all the l land belonging to the Mapledale ceme- tery. together with other land contig-
 uous thereto. or lying near the same
 So much of this as belongs to the MaDledale cemtery association. and
 practically all of it does, we can now acquire. The. entire tract contains about twenty-sx acres ten of which are
 meadow land. The whole tract has a frontage on Winthrop avenue adjoining | Obl ONil loilu, Ol 16OQt 9cV le6t, dIlQ OIl Oak street of about 700 feet. There is
 a large frontage on the Boulevard and
 about 800 feet frontage on Davenport avenue. With the acquisition of this | Hand and two or three other small pieces our association would own nearly the entire tract embraced within Davenport Iavenue, Winthrop avenue, Oak street and the Boulevard All the land now
 belonging to the Mapledale cemetery, within these boundaries, are offered to
 us for $27.5O0, and we recommend that
 this offer be accepted. To meet this ex-
 pense we have authority under the act of the general assembly, above referred to, to issue additional bonds of the as- sociation to the amount of $25,OOO This l authority was given us at the time be- cause we then anticipated that the day would come when we should be able to Iagree on terms with the Mapledale peo- lple.
 Not only is it desirable that such re- tsult should be attained, from a general point of view, but it is absolutely nec- fessary that our association acquire ad- lditionalsland from which it can sell lots lof medium price. We are rapidly us- ing the land at our command, and it is only question of a very short time when we must either buy more land or improve land we now own at an ex- lpense beyond our immediate ability, or !stop selling lots.
 The reports of the secretary and treasurer will give you the financial condition of the association in detail,
 and it is not necessary for us to review them here.
 Let it be understood by all that this association is not a. money making in lstitution, and that we have no object in view except to benefit you, who, of your own choice have seen fit to become members of our association.
 Respectfully submitted on behalf of the board of directors,
 Burton Mansfield, President. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: Burton Mansfield Benjamin R. English, James D. Dewell Herbert c. Warren, John P Augur.
 Treasurer Benjamin R. English re- lported that there was S29, 9,6O3S2 in the
 Evergreen Cemetery trust fund.- ! The report of the secretary was:
 No. of interments the past year =. SS4 No. oe interments recorded to
 February 1, 1904 1T, ,945
 No. of lots sold the past year ... 56
 No. of single graves sold the past
 No. of old claims unsettled ....... 10