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MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY.

pipes. These pipes were laid nearly thirty years ago, and were of
a fashion then common, but now not much in use. They consisted
of sheet-iron, cemented inside and outside, and have really rendered
good service to the present time. Repeated bursting of the pipes
showed the necessity of renewals. The danger of being left with
insufficient water to keep in good order our numerous lots under
perpetual care and our ornamental grounds was imminent. The
Trustees decided at once that new cast-iron pipes should be laid, and
they were immediately ordered. They were delivered in season to
be laid in the ground before the severe frosts of the winter set in.
The new pipes are eight inches in diameter, weighing fifty pounds to
the foot, and have been laid from the engine-house through Larch,
Poplar and Walnut avenues, a distance of twenty-six hundred
and seventy-four feet. A branch eighteen hundred and seventy
feet leaves the main line at Walnut, corner of Fir, avenues, and
extends through Fir and Spruce avenues to the lawn. The total
weight of the new pipes is one hundred and twelve tons. To com-
plete the water-works, about two thousand feet more of iron pipe
should be laid in the coming year: and then in all probability no
further outlay will be required until our pumping-engines need
renewal.

The Superintendent’s report shows, among other matters, that ten
granite curbings and forty-six iron fences have been removed dur-
ing the past year; an increased movement in this direction, which
is gratifying. The severity of our climate renders frequent repairs
of curbings and fences necessary, and their removal insures the lots
against all chance of dilapidation and neglect.

The Trustees again call attention to their offer, on page 15, to
remove single-chamber tomhs with their entrances above ground, free
of expense. Itis highly desirable that these unsanitary tombs should
be removed.

For the Trustees,

ISRAEL M. SPELMAN,
President.