The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-27
Not to Make Money.

have for income goes to bcautify and i'm
prove the cemetery.
'''Thcrc arc expenses, Of courses they
exist necessarily. We pay for special
attention Of ono or two officers; then
for tho lnborcrs, and other work and
workmen. All the money that Is accu-.
mulatcd is accumulated for It's use alone.
and only to be used for Its benefit.
About twelve years ago We added to
Hollywood by the purchase Of portion
of land bordering tho old Clark Spring
property. But now II We are shut of
from this property, there is no direction
in which Hollywood can grow, and as
soon as we fill up tho remaining space,
the cemetery must set In for decline.
The river, the city Itself. cemetery
belonging to the city, all shut us in, and
l.. We do not get the Clark Springs prop
erty, we will begin to go down and as a
vital part Of Richmond a renowned
Richmond attraction, Hollywood will be
no more. f5 I%'-,
'This ground that Miss Arcnls desires
Is purchase Is surrounded almost entirely
by cemeteries. and ask you II there
is not something homogeneous In the
proposition to establish q playground
next to the places where be your wife
and your children and where you your
self will lie in time to come.
A Strong Tie.
"Richn1ond s connected with Holly,
wood in way which you have never
considered, and which never myself.
considered till one Of the richest men
OF ,le city, Mr.. John P. Branch, came to
see me ana told me the city ought to
gladly sell us the property and for half
the price. The corporation Is .cndoavor-
ing to keep the sections in good repair;
~ M al, Ia m IN az
wood begins to decline and there is no
more income.
'This matter, gentlemen, is a sine qua
non for US, q necessity for our existence,
we can't go anywhere else and buy. We
are shut out; the Clark Spring property
is Indispensable TO irs@
again, then. is It Indispensable TINT
a playground must be located here and
nowhere else? There are a thousand
places open to Miss Arents that are just
as suitable as this for her purpose; there
is but this one for u.s. !"
For Boys and Girls. III
Mr.. O.. II. Tuns ton, acting for Miss
Arents, spoke next, and in beginning, he
said
II want to disclaim any intention on
the part or Miss Arents to form a ca
rousing playground near the cemetery,
as my predecessor would have You be-
lievc.''
Other points which tho speaker made
are briefly summed up as follows. "a The
great improvements that Miss Arents
has brought about on Oregon Fill: (2)
Tho doubtful existence Of the one thous-
and other places for q Playground; (3)
q playground such as Miss Arents pur-
poses to establish must be located near
a street car limo and in the section OF
her present work: 90 II there were no
In ir C,1rt r,rn vr,I,o
come Of Hollywood? (5) .is there not an
endowment fund OF considerable amount
under control OF the corpora lion. with
which to care for the cemetery? co fam
lilies with sections would not let their
plots so to decay: % the agreement Of
the corporation to care for the sections
pcrpetually; (s) the playground would
not disturb in any manner tho present
Hollywood (9) does not tho corporation
sell Its lots at considerably more than,
triple the city charges for adjoining prop
erty. and four times as much to open u
grave? d0) children will not 30 way Off
into the country to n Playground; (1D
other cities have such Fairgrounds as
Miss Arcnts wishes to establish. TO
equip, maintain and pay for ut her own
expense entirely.
What Miss Arents Has Done.
After Mr.. Funston's brief but rorclbla
.1>"z IN, n n Gall
ana hpe speech, Hev, Mr. R'aout lo!loWeu
with an account or me work MISS Arents
has done on oregon Hill' his tax was
pam ana 70 ny po,ne'' ms ac's Were
sr,pp'ns u''u Ely .,, n'''I',s rais was y" NV
a enpus,I'o" y VIZ tu'e''oIs - pay
Mr.. Crenshaw, formerly Of the City
Council, declared that he could nut the
whole question in a nutshell by saying
that It was a contest between desire to
care Cor the living and wish 10 care
for the dead IT say to YOU, gentlemen,
that you have a duty to the living which
is paramount to your duty to the dead
Mr.. Gillian Interrupted the speaker
and for minute the air was electric
viii, the pros and cons OF the question:.
'"rhe only thing ! haze against Holly
wood" declared Mr.. Crenshnw, "is tina
It has taken tho fairest part of our city
and made 1t a hons for he dead Instead