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1870 Trustee Meeting Minutes, Volume 5, 1831.005.005
Trustees Records, Vol. 5, 1870 (page 194)
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TRUSTEES' REPORT.
DURING the past year considerable advance has been made in the excavation and improvement of Halcyon Lake, the dryness of the season permitting the work commenced in the autumn of 1871 to be continued during the winter months.
Improvements have also been made in Hazel Dell, Palm, Maple, Sycamore and Yew Avenues, the Watriss Lot, vicinity of the Engine-house and other localities, and a house has been erected for the accommodation of the swans and other water fowl.
The Watriss Lot has been connected with the Cemetery by the removal of the stockade which formed the division line, and a substantial wooden fence has been erected on the new boundary.
The drainage of Spruce Avenue and the surrounding territory has long been the subject of careful consideration, and conferences have been held with proprietors whose lots are affected, but all plans heretofore suggested, if feasible at all, would have involved large expenditures.
Recently negotiations have been concluded for the purchase of the "Chant Lot," containing about two and one-half acres of land, the possession of which it is believed will enable a plan to be matured for the drainage of the low section at a reasonable cost; securing also a desirable addition to the Cemetery.
In August last a monumental statue, imitated from the Sphinx of antiquity, and designed to commemorate the great war of American conservation, was placed on its pedestal in front of the Chapel at Mount Auburn. It is cut from a single block of Hallowell Granite, fifteen feet long, by about eight feet in height, the face along measuring three feet in length. It is a gift to the Proprietors of the Cemetery from the late President, Dr. Jacob Bigelow, and was executed under his direction by Martin Milmore, the distinguished sculptor.
The pedestal is of a plain oblong form, with emblems and inscriptions. Its emblems are simple, being on the southern end a figure of the Egyptian Lotus, and on the northern the American Water Lily. On the two remaining sides are inscriptions, on in Latin, the other in English, as follows: -
Trustees Records, Vol. 5, 1870 (page 199)
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| He has paid to sundry parties - for Labor and Materials: - | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bricks .................... | $ 813.00 | ||
| Cart, Carriage Repairs, and Horseshoeing ....... | 741.91 | ||
| Coal for Engine, Chapel and Greenhouse ......... | 679 65 | ||
| Cutting Granite ......................... | 1,267.15 | ||
| Carpentering ......................... | 264.13 | ||
| Cesspools and Drains ............... | 323.00 | ||
| Copying Records ....................... | 72.18 | ||
| Drawbacks .................. | 357.00 | ||
| Engineering, Surveying, and Copying Plans ......... | 1,381.15 | ||
| Freight and Carting ................. | 376.62 | ||
| Granite and Block Stone ............. | 908.61 | ||
| Granite Posts ........................ | 597.63 | ||
| Grain, Meal and Hay ............. | 1,084.25 | ||
| Horse .............................. | 400.00 | ||
| Hardware and Cordage ......... | 185.15 | ||
| Harness and Repairs ............ | 75.12 | ||
| Iron and Steel ..................... | 136.26 | ||
| Interment Department ........ | 357.43 | ||
| Lumber and Sawing ........... | 223.83 | ||
| Lead ........................... | 237.34 | ||
| Lime and Cement ......... | 956.40 | ||
| Manure and Loam .......... | 2,988.54 | ||
| Marble and Marble Work ........ | 217.59 | ||
| Paving Stones ........................ | 78.09 | ||
| Paving Gutters .......................... | 362.00 | ||
| Pay Roll ................ | 38,933.74 | ||
| Pots, Vases, Plants for Greenhouse and Cemetery - Birds ... | 1,492.61 | ||
| Paints and Oils .................. | 72.03 | ||
| Repairs Engine-house, Engine and Pumps ... | 51.62 | ||
| Repairs of Buildings ............. | 1,624.51 | ||
| Repairs of Greenhouses ........ | 731.05 | ||
| Sundry Expenses at Gate-office ......... | 168.59 | ||
| Slates and Flagging ....................... | 1,505.18 | ||
| Smith Work ...................... | 350.80 | ||
| Sods ................................. | 2,730.11 | ||
| Sundries .......................... | 395.71 | ||
| Tiles .................................... | 127.24 | ||
| Tools ..................... | 588.32 | ||
| Water Rates .................... | 101.65 | ||
| ___ | ___ | $63,957.19 | |
| For Expenses - Salaries: - | |||
| C.W. Folsom, Superintendent ................... | $2,500.00 | ||
| H.B. Mackintosh, Treasurer .................. | 2,000.00 | ||
| Samuel Batchelder, Jr., Secretary ................. | 1,500.00 | ||
| George G. Spear, Jr., Gatekeeper, (9 months) ........ | 584.43 | ||
| ___ | ___ | 6,584.43 | |
| Rent, Heating, Lighting, and Care of Office .......... | 926.40 | ||
| Taxes on Real Estate ........................................ | 58.00 | ||
| Insurance ....................................... | 953.75 | ||
| Printing, Binding and Stationery ..................... | 1,736.81 | ||
| Postage and Revenue Stamps, Gov't Envelopes ........ | 708.69 | ||
| Sundries ............................... | 6.13 | ||
| ___ | ___ | 4,389.78 | |
| To amount paid Mass. Horticultural Society for its proportion of Sales . | ___ | 8,069.06 | |
| " " Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co., for Permanent Fund ........... | ___ | 6,272.59 | |
| " " Repair Fund for Interest ............................ | ___ | 739.35 | |
| " " Stone Meadow - additional land ................. | ___ | 9.13 | |
| " " Notes Receivable ............................ | ___ | 7,500.00 | |
| " " Part of Lot and Graves repurchased ...................... | ___ | 104.50 | |
| " " Bust of Dr. Jacob Bigelow, (Testimonial) ................. | ___ | 668.75 | |
| " " Digging and Draining Halcyon Lake ............... | ___ | 8,013.46 | |
| " " Expenses of Sphinx Statue ............................... | ___ | 1,554.63 | |
| " " for Rear Fence, Watriss Lot .................. | ___ | 2,387.82 | |
| " " " Improvements, Engine and Swan House ................ | ___ | 1,228.47 | |
| " " " Account of New Receiving Tomb .................. | ___ | 457.29 | |
| Balance in hands of Treasurer .................................. | ___ | 83.36 | |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | $112,019.81 |
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