The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-30
More Land Secured-Old
Company Merged Into
Forrest Hill Co.
MAUSOLEUM WILL
BE CONSTRUCTED
Will Cost About $4,000, While Cost
of Work on Identification Will
Total $50, ,00O-Eugene F.
Enslen Talks of Plans

over S125,000 will be spent in beau
| tifying the properties OF the Woodlawn
cemetery and erecting mausoleum on
that property following Its being
merged into the Forrest Hill company
as announced yesterday by Eugene F.
Enslen. president.
That mausoleum costing $4,000 for
the first unit would be constructed on
the highest point in that property and
that $50, 900 would be expended in ar
ranging lakes, fountains, drives, flower
beds and such appurtenanees was an
nounced by the president OF the new
company Frederick Enslen will be
general manager of the new company,
having been connected with the Wood
lawn cemetery for some time.
The announcement that the Forrest
Hill COMPANY has taken over the old
| company ard will make the improve
rnents was first made yesterday. That
such deal was pending with the
Southern Mausoleum company of Nash
vile as a party to the transaction was
known confidentiaI1y in local business
circles for some months. All details,
1t is asserted, have been arranged and
work will start this morning on the
execution of the broad scheme of beau
tification.
First in Birmingham
The mausoleum to be erected will be
the first and only one in Birmingham.
| 1t will be of stone and will occupy a
commanding position in the place OF
burial. The topmost elevation has been
set aside for the structure which win
| be beautiful in design, 1t Is announced
and will reflect credit upon the general
situation of beauty that prevails al
Woodlawn That 1t may be seen for
miles about is the assertion of the en-
Gineers that have the construction in
hand.
The new company in addition to do
ing this work has taken over some ad-
ditlonal land lying north of the present
public road that traverses the property.
In all 100 acres will be devoted to a
esting place for the departed in ad-
dition to the mausoleum that will be
CONSTRUCTED
| The officers of the new company an
rounced yesterday in connection with
| this statement that the new company
| has obligated itself in all deeds to be
executed or legally In other ways to
rerpetually take care of that property
1t is their responsibility to keep II
free of debris beautiful in every way
and aglow with flowers as is now the
case without obligations.
In announcing the proposition thai
will be of widespread interest in this
community. Eugene f. Enslen, presi-
dent of the new company, says:
Enslen Talks
''The Forrest Hill company takes over
/ the Woodlawn Cemetery company. pur-
We obligate ourselves to take care of
the properties perpetually. We have
acquired additional grounds giving the
new company 100 acres in all for
burial purposes. We have set aside
a knoll on the property which is much
higher than any surrounding land to
! be occupied by beautiful mausoleum,
which wf1 be constructed by the
| Southern Mausoleum company ofNNash-
vile, contracts for which | am in
formed. have already been executed
/ The plot is high, dry and is of COM
r'anding position in that territory |
believe II VIII be of great attractive
ness and Will reflect credit upon that
general situation of beauty.
The original plans of the Wood
lawn company called for miniature
lakes on that property for beautifica-
| tion purposes. We propose to construct
a dam al once on the property which
will create the lakes. In all we pro
pose to spend $4,000 on scheme OF
| Identification which Will be in addi-
ton to the mausoleum which will in
volve a cost of about $4,000 or more
work upon this plan of Identification
Will start at once and will be com
pleted during the summer. That prop
erty is the highest In the district that
| is available at this time and will be
made Just as appealing as possible for
such a place to be-