1873-01 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn, Together with the Reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent. January, 1873.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TRUSTEES

OF THE

{jemetery of Hfount {ubur,

TOGETHER WITH THE

REPORTS

OF THE

TREASURER AND SUPERINTENDENT.

JANUARY, 1873.

-BOSTON: 1873.

JAMES F. COTTER & CO., PRINTERS, 14 Srare Srreert.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TRUSTEES

A OF THE

{jemetery of fount Auburn,

TOGETHER WITH THE

REPORTS

OF THE

TREASURER AND SUPERINTENDENT.

JANUARY, 1873.

“BOSTON: 1873.

JAMES F. COTTER & CO., PRINTERS, 14 Srate Srreer.

TRUSTEES’ REPORT.

Durtne the past year considerable advance has been made in the excavation and improvement of Haleyon 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. Itis cut from a single block of Hallowell Granite, fifteen feet long, by about eight feet in height, the face alone measuring three feet in length.