Show disposal of the dead a problem in cities almost every page of the records ol 01 1 3 london and paris contains examples of the desecration of abandoned graveyards and there Is hardly a city in the old world that has not disturb cd ed at least one of these resting places of their inhabitants it ix our towns of rapid growth the cemetery of to day becomes the heart of a metropolis to morrow the demoll tion of graveyards in new york and boston has been a frequent fie quent occur rence until it fails falls to attract at when the colon cemetery of ha ila vana became overcrowded the cu bans found it necessary to clear it of skulls and promiscuously shoveled them into a common boneyard bone yard it pre dented an aspect so ghastly that gen wood C concluded on C eluded to cover the pit and reopen it only for the next overflow of skeletons expected in about five years in certain cemeteries eme teries of lon don corpses are buried in standing postures became n room Is left to lay them down bodies of the poor generally are packed over each other in tiers and the trench is kept open until filled in the poverty corner of calvary cemetery this has been the eLs customary tomary treatment of the remains of paupers newtown where calvary is 11 situated harbors eighty corpses to every living inhabitant the congeni ent villages of corona elmhurst Bim hurst and woodside once parts of newtown which now are annexed to new york and constitute the geographical center of the enlarged city might increase in population if it were not for the proximity 0 of vast and dreary enamel fields A law relating to public health provided forty years ago that no grave be dug or opened south ot of eighty sixth street and that no cemetery be opened in any part of the city and county of new york this law should be enforced and applied not to great er new york alone but bul to the terri tory within a radius of miles around every populous town people who insist on their inanimate bodies remaining inviolate should have them carried to a distance where they can i either inconvenience nor injure the living who need the room and are natural heirs of the departed famous cemeteries like mount auburn boston greenwood new york and laurel hill philadelphia could be transformed into admirable parks monuments of architectural beauty might remain undisturbed others might be replaced by trees suitable tablets to mark the spot of those upon whose dust they grow the turks loth to di secrate the grave of a have i adopted a similar custom and thereby have made the cemeteries of constan dinople attractive to strangers louis louls in municipal affairs |