South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-24
NEW GENE Terry To
Be ELABORATE ONE
Permit Granted by Council
Brings to Light Work Al
ready Being Done by Chicago
Landscape Architect Here.

Work on the new Highland ceme-
terry, to be plated, improved, and laid
out by the Highland Cemetery asso-
citation. a corporation To be organized
with 100000 capital. a actually
begun, according TO information
given out Tuesday following the
granting of the cemetery permit to
the heirs of James r. Miller, at the
council meeting Monday night. Ho-
mer Miller, b. b. Miller, W. +. Miller,
Adam H-untsburger. Fred woodward.
Y. G. Hastings and Clarence SedgWick
are back of the undertaking.
The cemetery as announced in the
permit is TO occupy ia acres Of the
late James r. Miller's farm out Port
8 road, on the opposite side from
Riverview. The ground lays high and
rolling. % feet higher than River
view, and is splendidly situated for
landscape effects; lone of the best
country according to .. c. Simons
of Chicago who has charge of the
plating and landscape work.
Mr.. S.m0ps was i'm the city Tues
day and hCc@n the survey work,
which is To bc continued by his son
until the end Of the holiday season
when he must return 10 his studies
at the Wisconsin university. Mr.. ST.
mons himself is president of the
American Society of Landscape Arch
fleets, eN-vice president of the Nation
al Association of Cemetery Superin-
tenGents. head OF the Graceland Gem
etery association. Chicago. and also
the designer of the Mt. Hope ceme-
terry, that city, and others in Grand
Rapids. Mich; Canton, O., and num-
erous other cities of the country.
Plans Elaborate System.
Promoters of Highland cemetery
regard themselves as highly fortunate
in securing the services of a land
scape architect so we'll versed in ceme-
terry work. and are full Of eXpectance
for an excellent layout when he
architectural plans are finally submit
ted.
Mr.. Simons in reviewing his obser-
v~ations, already has in mind a perfect
network of walks and drives, an arti-
fetal lake hat will magnify the re-
ceding hills, an artistic chapel. receiv-
ing vault, with appropriately designed
entrances and exits, and system Of
shade trees. all OF which Will, when
the work is perfected, excel anything
yet seen in his section of the country.
Lots will vary in size to meet the
necessities of a family. of three and
up to 100 feet square, calculated to
admit or private mOSOleum, or make
room for large monuments. The plan
of the hackers is to keep prices easy
within the public reach-as low as
possible, considering the expense of
preparation and maintenance of the
grounds.
Before launching the project a
committee of the promoters visited
Chicago, inspected the cemeteries
there, and through a park and ceme-
terry paper were brought in contact
with Mr.. Simons, whose work at
Graceland, where 10000 people are
now buried. added to the builders
recommendations. He has been given
complete charge Of the designing Of
the grOunds,-the architectural work.
as it were-and the plan is TO carry
out his recommendations virtually to
the letter.
Highland will give South Bend its
fifth big cemetery, thea City, River
view. Notre Dame and Bowman being
the others, but none of them with a
capacity equal to that which the new
one will afford. 1t is probable that
the SNicles Of Incorporation of the
association will be filed within the
next few days.