1878-09-02 Letter: Press Clipping, Letter to the Editor suggesting more benches, Cambridge Tribune, 2014.020.002-002

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.