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Show .Disposal of the Dead j a Problem in Cities Alrnoat every pnire of th record ol Ixindon and I'arla contnlna exaniplea i of the ileai'i-ratliin of ahanduiied graveynrda. and there la hardly a city In the Old World that hna not dlaturb-rd dlaturb-rd at least one of thnae renting placna of their whilom Inhnbllunta. Ii our town of rapid growth, tho cemetery of today become the heart of a mftruiirilla tomorrow; thn demolition demoli-tion of ginveyarda In New York and HoHton hna been a frequent occurrence occur-rence until it fall to attract attention. at-tention. When thn Colon cemetery of Havana Ha-vana became overcrowded, the Cuban Cu-ban found It not-canary to clear It of akulla, and promlacuuualy abovolcd them Into a common Imncyard. It pre-aented pre-aented an aapect ao ghnntly that Hen. Wood com lulled io cover the pit and teiipen It only for the next ovcrllnw of akelelona. expected In alniiil five year. In certain centeteriea of lin-dun, lin-dun, corpaea arn burled In atandlng poBttirce becauae no room la left to lay them down. Hodlca of the poor generally are packed over each other In Hera, and the trench la kept open until filled. In the taiverty corner of Calvary cemetery thla haa been the mammary trentmert uf the remalna of pauper. Newtown, where Calvary In altuatcd, bartKira eighty corpaea to every living Inhabitant. The convenient conveni-ent vlllngca of Corona, Klmhurat and W'oodaldQ, once parte of Newtown, wlili h now- arn annexed to Now York, and conatitiit" the geographical center of the enlarged city, might Incrcaa In population If It worn not for 111 proximity of vast and dreary charnol holds. A law relntlng to public health provided pro-vided forty ycara ago that no grav : Im dug or opened south of Eighty- sixth atreot. and that no cemetery b j opened in any part of the city and j nuiiity of New York. Thla law ahould lie enforced and applied not to Greater Great-er New York alone, but to tho territory terri-tory within a rndlu of 100 mllea around every pnpuluti town. Peopl who Insist on their Inanimate bodlc icninlnlng Inviolate ahould have them carried to a dlainnce where they can neither Inconvenience nor Injur th living, who need the riaim. and ar natural helra of the departed. Famoua Ii tenuurnl cemeterlea. like Mount Auburn tlloaionl. C.roenwood (New York I, and Laurel lllll ( I'hllmlnlphla), could be transformed Into admlrabl purka. Monument of architectural beiiuty might remain iindlatiirbed. litticr might bo replaced by tree rlth suitable tablets lo mark th ' apot of tboae uiou whoae dnat they grow. The Turka, loth lo dliecrat tho grave of a Muaaulman, hav adopted a almltar cuatom. and thereby have made the ceineterle of Conatan-tlnoplo Conatan-tlnoplo attractive lo alrnngera. I)ul Wlniltnnllcr In Municipal Affaire. |
