Press Clipping, Letter to the Editor, Cambridge Tribune, 1878, suggesting more benches

BOSTON, Sept. 2, 1878.

EDITOR CAMBRIDGE TRIBUNE: Permit me to
call your attention to two suggestions which, if
adopted at Mount Auburn, would undoubtedly be
highly appreciated by the thousands of visitors to
that beautiful cemetery. The first suggestion is
that iron settees or benches be placed at conve-
nient distances on the various avenues. Although
at present a few are provided, yet compared with
Forest Hills Cemetery the contrast in regard to
this convenience is very noticeable. The other
suggestion is, the adoption of carriage conveyance,
such as is provided at Greenwood Cemetery in
Brooklyn, where carriages similar to those in use
at Central Park, convery passengers, for a small
fee, through a circuit comprising the most attrac-
tive avenues, checks being given for stopping off
at any point, only one fee being required for the
entire circuit. This convenience would, if adopted
at Mount Auburn, undoubtedly meet with the gen-
eral approval and patronage of the proprietors
and their friends as well as the numerous strangers
who are attracted there. As there can apparently
be no reasonable objection to the adoption of this
special convenience at Mount Auburn, I hope the
suggestion may at least be duly considered by the
officers of that corporation. C. T. D.

We trust that the words of our friend will re-
ceive attention from the powers that be. They
are timely suggestions, and should be carried out
at once. - [ED. TRIBUNE.