making total contents 110 acres and 3,866 square feet. House occupied by the Superintendent of the Cemetery is owned by the city. CITY PROPER. Copp's Hill, Hull street, 88,800 square feet. ROXBURY. JEliot Ground, Eustis street, 34,630 square feet. SOUTH BOSTON. EAST BOSTON. Bennington street, 157,500 square feet. CHARLESTOWN. Bunker Hill, between Elm and Polk streets, 48,202 square feet. Phipps street, 76,740 square feet. North, Upham's Corner, 134,700 square feet. WEST ROXBURY. TWesterly, Centre street, 39,450 square feet. BRIGHTON. JEvergreen, Commonwealth avenue, 604,520 square feet. Market street, 18,072 square feet. CITY TOMBS. Twenty-five in the South Burial Ground; six in Phipps street Ground, Charlestown ; one tomb for infants in South Burial Ground; one tomb for infants and one for adults in the Copp's Hill Burial Ground; one for adults and one for infants in the Granary Burial Ground; one for infants in the Chapel Burial Ground; one in the Central Burial Ground for infants; two receiving tombs in East Boston; one receiving tomb in Dorchester North; one receiving tomb in Dorchester South; one receiving tomb in Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton; and one receiving tomb in Mount Hope Cemetery. MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT. The management of the department is vested in a Board of five Trustees who are appointed by the Mayor. The Trustees are represented by a General Superintendent, with headquarters at Mount Hope Cemetery, who has general control of the work carried on in the cemeteries and burying grounds of the department, who directly supervises the work at Mount Hope Cemetery, including the funerals therein, and the keeping of records of all interments pertaining to said cemetery. The duties of the General Superintendent are under direction of the Board of Trustees, to whom he is responsible. To properly perform the duties required in this position the General Superintendent must have a personal knowledge of the varied details necessary to maintain the high standard of the department. The Board of Trustees are pleased to commend the efficient manner in which General Superintendent Mr. James H. Morton has complied with the exacting duties of his position, which duties have been greatly increased during the past few years due to many necessary improvements successfully completed during that period, which testify to his unstinted and unselfish service. The beautifying of the several grounds, and especially Mount Hope Cemetery, is due to his knowledge and efficiency in that particular work, and the anticipations in regard to the beauty of the latter ground have been fully realized under his tasteful designing. It may be said without contradiction that the proprietors at Mount Hope Cemetery are fully appreciative of the valuable services and courtesies extended to them by the General Superintendent during his years of service. The Board employs a Secretary, who is the executive officer of the Board, and in accordance with the réquirements of the Acts of the Legislature keeps the records of the Board, and has control of all documents, maps, papers and general information pertaining to the department. The Secretary has charge of the finances of the department, and in accordance with the city ordinances is under bond. The Secretary is Mr. John Frank Keating. While the superintendent has general control of all the burial grounds, the department is represented by custodians in certain cemeteries which are open to the public. The General Superintendent has complete charge of King's Chapel, the Granary, the Central, the Westerly and Walter Street Burial Grounds, and Mount Hope Cemetery. The Bennington Street Cemetery is under a working custodian, Mr. Frank L. Turner, who has charge of the grounds, and does the necessary work in the making of interments. The Charlestown cemeteries — Bunker Hill and Phipps Street — are in charge of a custodian, Mr. A. M. Lydston. Evergreen Cemetery and the Market Street Burial Ground, in Brighton are also under the charge of a custodian, Mr. Charles P. Harding; and Mr. John J. Burnes has charge of the North and South Dorchester, Eustis Street (Roxbury), South, (Washington Street) and Hawes (South Boston), Burial Grounds; Copp's Hill Burying Ground is in charge of a custodian, Mr. John Norton. The department has an office in City Hall, where the general business of the department is transacted. INTERMENTS IN CEMETERIES BELONGING TO THE CITY OF BOSTON FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1902, TO JANUARY 31, 1903, INCLUSIVE. Mount Hope Cemetery e © e ge e 1,678 Bennington Street Cemetery e & to to 125 Evergreen Cemetery . o e e e * 85. Dorchester North Burial Ground . • ... • so 22. Dorchester South Burial Ground . so e o 14 Phipps street Burial Ground c to e to 11 Central Burial Ground te © o © e 11 Bunker Hill Burial Ground . © to e e 4. Westerly Burial Ground * to to {o o 3 Granary Burial Ground g G * > * o 2. South End South Burial Ground . e so g 2 Copp's Hill Burial Ground . O o O o 1 Total . . . . . . . . 1,958 GENERAL WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. During the past year the work on card catalogues and plans locating lots, graves, and tombs has progressed satisfactorily and with careful attention to accuracy. The department acknowledges the kindly co-operation of the City Engineer, Mr. Jackson, and his assistants, in the engineering work. They have rendered invaluable service in the preparation of plans of the burial grounds and cemeteries. By this plan system, on file in the department office at City Hall, every monument or stone or tomb now in existence can be accurately located. The work accomplished by the department on the old records and plans is of inestimable value, and data is being collected now, the value of which must increase immeasurably during the coming years. These records are continually consulted by genealogists, students of history, and by that largely increasing number of people who from family tradition or other cause are evincing great interest in the old burial grounds. The service rendered by the department in this line has been strongly commended by our own citizens and visitors from all parts of the country, and a continuance of the work seems to be amply justified. The records of Evergreen Cemetery are to be placed in card catalogue form for the convenience of the general public. The new plan of this cemetery, showing all lots and single graves laid out up to the present time, has proven of much worth. The work on the card catalogue of the Mount Hope Cemetery record of interments for the city office has been continued, and is gradually nearing completion. When completed, another addition will be made to the card catalogue system. It is estimated that the total number of cards necessary for this system will comprise about 100,000. The cards prepared for the card catalogues of the old burial grounds contain an accurate copy of the inscriptions on the stones, and such other information as has been collected pertaining to the bodies interred, or to the stones themselves. As the work of the department on the histories of the old burial grounds becomes more generally known, its worth is apparent in the daily demand for such histories. The histories of Copp's Hill and Granary burying grounds have already been published, and a second edition of the former must be issued shortly to meet the demands for same. The history of the King's Chapel Burying Ground has been completed and is made a part of this report. The histories of the other ancient grounds will be published from time to time, and the Trustees of the department feel amply repaid by the unanimous approval by the public of this work. Copies of the histories have been requested for use in all the leading public libraries and historical societies in this country, and have been sent upon application to several of the public libraries of European cities. square feet of land prepared for burial purposes. { % ‘‘ ‘‘ ‘‘ graded and sodded. feet of land graded and seeded. plants raised in greenhouses and frames. ‘‘ ‘‘ annual care. “ of which part is cared for. ‘‘ were sold. 1 lot containing 6,500 square feet donated. Chapel used for burial services 31 times. |