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 574 HISTOKY OF GOODHUE COUNTY lawns and shrubbery, is valued at $25,000. The C, M., & St. Paul station, completed in 1905, gives additional beauty to the levee locality. The High Bridge was built between L894 and 1896, and to meet the cost of construction, bonds were issued to the amount of $60,000, dated June 1, 1891. The Carnegie-Lawther Library really Originated in 1893, but the present building was erected in 3902-03, the site, then valued at $4,000. being donated by James Lawther, the cost of the build- ing being met by a gift of $17,000 from Andrew Carnegie. The T. B. Sheldon Memorial Auditorium was built by the trustees of the late T. B. Sheldon, and was transferred to the city October 10, 3904. The amount contributed by the trustees was $77,641.67, the balance being acquired from the revenue. Bonds — The water works bonds were issued October 1. 1883, the original issue being $85,000. In 1S77. after long litigation, bonds were issued to the amount of $45,000 for the Chicago, -Mil- waukee & Si. Paul railroad. The bridge bonds were issued June 1, 1S94. to the amount of $60,000. April 20. 1878, stock in Red Wing and Trent on Transit Company, $25,000. April 26, 1909, lx»nds for improvements and extend water works. $35,000. The Minnesota railroad bonds were issued September 1, 1882, to the amount of $50,000. The Red Wing and Iowa bonds were issued January 1, 1889, to the amount of $25,000. The Charles Betcher Memorial Chapel was built by Mrs, Betcher in me -y of. her husband. It was commenced in May. 1907, and completed in July 1908. The dedication services were held on August !). 1908. The cosl was about $15,000. The E. H. Blodgett Memorial Entrance was elected by E. H. Blodgett in memory of his deceased wife, Sarah Blodgett. It was erected at the same time as the Betcher .Memorial Chapel, at a cost of about $5,000. Oakwood Cemetery is located on the summit of one of the nu- merous bluffs that encircle the city, about one and a half miles south of Main street. It belongs to the city and was selected by Stephen A. Hart and David Hancock, who were appointed for that purpose by the early settlers in September, 1854. The first burial in Oakwood Cemetery was a child named Charles, son of AVilliam Freeborn and wife. It is now beautifully laid out. with drives and lawns, as beautiful a repose for the departed as could well be imagined. At the entrance stand the Blodgett Memorial Arch and the Betcher Memorial Chapel. Thus, amid the beauties of nature, the loved ones who have been laid away are awaiting the resurrection time, "when the morning breaks and the shadows flee away." Near Oakwood cemetery the Catholic peo-