PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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THE LEGAL STATUS OF BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS 
Certain Burial Associations in Ohio 
have become involved in legal pro- 
ceedings due chiefly to different inter- 
pretations of their status 'and opera- 
tions. On the refusal of one associa- 
tion to pay over the benefits to the 
party into whose hands the deceased 
wa’s given for burial, several suits were 
commenced, but the one of particular 
interest now in progress is that the 
association is an organization in re- 
straint of trade and contrary to law, 
and for that reason should be disrupt- 
ed and the funds redistributed to the 
policy holders. Another suit involv- 
ing the affairs of another Ohio Burial 
-Association has just been decided in a 
Toledo court, and it is announced will 
be taken to the supreme court for a 
final decision. It is on the point 
whether the $ioo benefit should permit 
of a larger or smaller profit to the un- 
dertaker, or should be an actual cost 
proposition. It is claimed that while 
rules of the association provide for a 
MAKING CORNER 
The accompanying illustrations show 
clearly the simple and inexpensive 
method of making cement corner posts 
employed by Mr. H. A. Alspach, su- 
perintendent of East Lawn Cemetery, 
Sacramento, Cal. The posts are made 
of sand and cement, 4 to i for the 
body, moistened and well-mixed, just 
enough to stick together when squeezed 
in the hand. It should be well tamped 
into the form which consists of a sim- 
funeral costing $100, the actual cost of 
the one furnished was only $60; evi- 
dence was taken which went to show 
that the cost might have been as low 
as $40. The Michigan Burial Societies 
are also coming under the scrutiny of 
the attorney-general of the state. The 
act of 1903 governing such associations 
provides that societies organized there- 
under shall not exist for pecuniary ben- 
efit. It is probably true that many 
such societies are organized to a cer- 
tain extent to secure business for the 
undertakers, in which case the mem- 
bers should be so informed that the 
laws of the state might be respected. 
PROVIDENCE CONVENTION 
Editor Park and Cemetery : — We ex- 
pect the Providence and Newport con- 
vention to be an aid to progress and 
a cure for insomnia. The dates select- 
ed for the convention are Aug. 20-22. 
The two to consult in Providence are 
Mr. Warren and Mr. McCarth}'. Mr. 
pie w6oden box, the sides of which 
open out flat on hinges. The last inch 
or so of the mold is filled with cement 
and fine sand i to i, well tamped down. 
A tapering block supported on a 
lever beneath the table, sticks up in 
the center to hollow the block which 
rests on a platen surrounding the hol- 
lowing block, the base of the post re- 
maining on the platen while green. The 
type for the numbers is fastened into 
McMahon, of Newport, some thirty or 
forty miles away, has kindly consented 
to guide us through that mecca and 
garden of wealth and beauty and 
queen of watering places. 
There will be few or no papers read, 
although the polls or question box will 
be open all day. There will be no 
evening sessions. This will suit the 
fugacious or “skidoo” members. Our 
fiscal policy will be announced later. 
Any suggestions from members will be 
gratefully received. — James Warren, Jr.. 
Timothy McCarthy, A. K. McMahon, 
Committee. 
NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION 
The following are the officers of the 
New England Cemetery Association, 
elected at the annual meeting in Feb- 
ruary, noted in our last issue: Presi- 
dent, Geo. F. Standley, Supt. of Ceme- 
teries, Beverly, Mass.; vice-president, 
James Warren, Jr., Supt. North Burial 
Ground, Providence, R. I. ; secretary- 
treasurer, Wm. Allen, Asst. Supt. 
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, 
Mass. 
a matrix and pressed into the top of 
the post, when the box is opened and 
the post carried away on the platen. 
The next day they are sprinkled and 
kept moist until well set. 
There is no particular skill required 
in the operation, and two men and a 
boy can make about a hundred posts 
in a day after they get accustomed to 
the work. 
Mr. Alspach is shown operating the 
press in one of the pictures. 
POSTS IN A CALIFORNIA CEMETERY 
DIFFERENT STAGES IN MAKING CEMENT CORNER POSTS AT EAST LAWN CEMETERY, SACRAMENTO, CAL. 
1, 2, Matrices for Type; 3, The Box, closed; 4, The type for numbering. 6. Hollowing block; 7, Box form, open 
