Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-03
But the Traveller SQueezes
Wisdom Out Of His Hobby.
Municipal Cemeteries and Gre
maiion Receive an Airing.
The Summer Rush OF Visitors 10
Maine is Now Under Way.

On the Road July 1.-(SpeciaD. -
day INDUCED in freakish actions in his
homescity, Brunswick. He was climb
ing ia hfii and, changing from high TO
Low gear the machine ran backward
and The brake refused TO work. One
Of the Golonels companions leaped out
before il got 10 the eGlbankment and
landed like a eat upon his feet. lie
was not injured and locking around,8
he cav anolher nf the party. whom
/ win c3li Smith. lying prone upon his
stomaah Nat upon the clay over the
emhankaent with his arms out
stretched liz the mud. apparently OBJ
Iivions To all mundane matters asaa
the other thought thai he might be
dead Descending the bank he went
up To the PROSTATE one and touched
him but-there was no response. Then
he shook him and asked II he was
alive Yes. responded the other,
Amt thisKa devil Of fix were in?'
He had turned somersanlt in the air
when the car stopped at the bottom of
the Hill and landedsoB his face in tile
soft mud All that prevented q TRACE
dy was a stake which the car struck
and that held 1t from an overtnrn.
Advantages of Municipal Cemeteries
Auburn is endeavoring To obtain a
municipal cemetery. Like Lewiston,
this city has a corporation barSiIig
ground and her people desire one of
their own. The proposition has its
difficulties as Auburn's meyer informs
the Traveller, which are practically
the same as retard similar progress
in all other cities having the hurying
ground owned by private parties or
by a. corporation. The difficulties,
boiled down. as It were, consist in
making a beginning With good be-
ginning and foresight in laying the
plans, In the course of very few
yesr& the municipal cemetery. under
any 4sfnd Of prosperous manage ment,
becomes not only popular. but vastly
rnore economical AT the start, of
course, with so many families having
lots IN the corporation grounds al
ready. purchased and in use. there is
hesitation about entering upon such
an enterprise. But the cost of living
il not i'm il with the expense of dying
in cities where the dead have to be
provided for in private or corporation
burial places. AT least many of those
owning lots in such grounds astonish
the Traveller by the statements OF
what it costs to own lot in corpora
ttfu cemeteries when ! contrast the
figures with those charged for exam
pie,siin the public. citf-owned and
beautiful burial grounds of Bath. In
this latter city the cost of a lot is $21
for the ground and $40 for grading.
makiag but total expense of $50 for
the flniiy burial lot in any uneccu-
MED %IDcality within the cemeteries
that is under the city's care. trivial
charge and with no distinction be-
tween the rich and the poor. In case
of the owner af The lot desiring per-
petuaI care Of the lot by the city, IN
Bath the sum of S75 additional must
be added to the cost of lot for deposit
with the cemetery trust funds, In the
corporation cemeteries | am informed
that there is no such provision Tor
perpetual care and the cost OF a lam
ily lot IN a good locality Is often as
high rs 5000 or more.
From time immemorial in Bath the
cemeteries have been owned ana OBJ
Grated ~ the municipality. untii
about 90 wears ago both the old ana
the new yards were on par with those
of other small cities and towns. As
result the graveyards, as they We're
designated, sswere. as they are now IN
most cities, towns and villages OF
Maine. shl,cts Of negligence and aver.
sion When loved one died, and ne
or she was buried, the grass was soon
growing along with the weeds aboves
the remains and living relatives amt
friends. in. occasional visits to the
spot. had their feelings lacerated
needlesrlg and their visits were made
less fr.,,uenilv owing TO the general
aspeet of the burial grounds
All this has been changed No Ion
ger are the burial places of Bath re-