The tower, which, like the chapel, was designed by Dr. Bigelow, was erected in 1852. It is sixty-two feet high, and is constructed on the general plan of the round tower of feudal times. It has a gallery, battlements, Gothic windows, and a spiral staircase of stone. It is of Quincy granite and very solidly built. The stones are smooth hammered on both sides, so that each stone makes a part of both the inside and the outside surface. The horizontal faces being all level and true, no granite structure could be more substantial.
      In 1857, the accumulation of a permanent fund for the perpetual care and preservation of the cemetery and its appurtenances was begun. The plan at first adopted was modified to meet the widening, needs of the enterprise; and two distinct funds are now kept. One, called the Repair Fund, provides for the perpetual care of individual lots, and amounted, at the beginning of this year, to $853,972. It is made up of a part of the proceed of all lots now sold and such sums as are received from subsequent contracts with proprietors who bought before this plan was adopted. The Permanent Fund is made up of one-third of the net proceeds of the sale of lots. It amounts now to $353,301, and is to accumulate until it reaches the sum of $500,000. At its maturity, which promises to be about 1907, the income of this fund will provide for the care of avenues and paths and the general ornamentation of the grounds. There is also a General Fund, amounting to $135,309, which is used for improvements in waterworks, fences, buildings, etc.
      The original area of the cemetery was soon perceived to be too small; and by successive purchases its limits have been extended until it now contains one hundred and thirty-six acres There are more than thirty miles of avenues and paths. The whole number of interments up to January 1, 1896, was 30,861.
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