PARK AND CEMETERY. 
There is truth in this statement, and 
when drivers and owners understand the 
limitations of machines, for financial rea- 
sons alone, the usefulness, reliability and 
life of motors will come to be recognised 
by everyone. 
All trucks are figured with the factor of 
safety, and as far as we can control it, 
this should he respected. This is prevalent 
in the design of all kinds of construction 
work and is the life of every structure. 
I think that it is generally known that 
the average horse and wagon travels at 
an average of about three miles per hour. 
To test the comparative rate between a 
team and truck. I made a test last week, 
the distance being between the northerly 
and southerly extremities of our cemetery. 
The truck traveled the distance in a few 
seconds over three minutes; the horse trav- 
eled the distance in eighteen minutes and 
twenty seconds. This shows practically 
that the truck is capable of going six times 
as fast as the horse. What this means in 
long hauls is evident. 
The incidental advantages attached to the 
truck and the unit of cost between the 
horses and trucks being in favor of the 
trucks, as already shown, seems to me to 
warrant their adoption. I will cite three 
cases which have happened within two 
weeks in connection with my work, where 
the motor truck was of material assistance 
in helping to get work done on time and 
conveniently. One was a case where three 
bodies were to be removed from the chapel 
to the lot. All three bodies came from 
Chicago and were delivered by a motor 
truck belonging to the American Express 
Co. to our cemetery, and stored two days 
Another piece of alleged scandal in con- 
nection with the affairs of the Rosehill 
Cemetery Co., of Chicago, was recently 
disclosed. William C. Niblack, receiver for 
insolvent La Salle Street Bank, seeks an 
accounting for money borrowed from the 
bank when it was a national institution, 
and which, it is said, was given for the 
initial payment on the Rosehill stock. Mr. 
Niblack in a suit filed in the Circuit Court 
charges misapplication of the bank’s funds 
by Charles B. Munday, former treasurer 
of Rosehill, and Harry W. Huttig, presi- 
dent of the cemetery company, and further 
declares a conspiracy was planned so that 
the bank would lose if the purchase deal 
fell through. The bill charges that $134,- 
250 was borrowed from the national bank 
and given to the former owners of the 
cemetery property as a first payment. To 
hold the majority stock purchased on the 
installment plan, the bill recites that the 
Cemetery Securities Co. was formed by 
five members of the Munday ring. The 
trust agreement by which the stock was 
purchased was transferred to this com- 
pany. In the event that the clique was un- 
in the mortuary room, awaiting the ar- 
rival of the people. The superintendent 
of interments came to me with his prob- 
lem, and I arranged for the l^-ton truck 
to take the bodies to the lot at 1 p. m. 
Both at loading and unloading the eleva- 
tion was about three feet from the ground ; 
rollers were used, and no difficulty was 
experienced in loading or unloading, and 
the work was done within three-quarters 
of an hour. In lowering the largest body 
into the grave it required eight men to 
handle the box. 
Recently we constructed a fifty-foot 
chimney, of concrete. Speed is a large 
element in efficient concrete construction. 
The job was situated about a half-mile 
from our stables and equipment. Five min- 
utes after starting work one morning the 
lj/ 2 -ton truck had brought the men and 
material to the job. I think that anyone 
here can easily imagine what the machine 
saved in that short period. 
Again, quite recently we received notice 
from the customs house that six cases of 
bulbs were waiting for us. The truck was 
sent in for them, leaving our yard at 2 
p. m. and returning with the six boxes at 
about a quarter of 5, the distance traveled 
during that time being about eleven miles. 
As we see each year motor vehicles en- 
tering into the different fields of industrial 
activities, it is inevitable that the horse will 
disappear from our roads ; for humane, san- 
itary and economical reasons it is desirable. 
Tbe adoption of motor trucks, however, in 
every direction requires planning and ex- 
perimenting. The extra mental effort re- 
quired for their best performance will, I 
am sure, be amply rewarded. 
able to make good on the deal, the Nib- 
lack bill declares, it was intended to make 
the bank suffer the loss. It is also report- 
ed that unless Henry W. Huttig, Charles 
B. Munday and others of the Rosehill 
Cemetery Co. syndicate raise $25,000 by 
February 1 they will forfeit all right to 
the majority of the stock which they pur- 
chased two years ago on partial payments. 
If the principal payment is not made by 
February 1 they are automatically closed 
out of the deal whereby they bought 
2,668 Vs shares, a majority, from V. R. 
Lansingh, of Brooklyn, and his sisters, 
Mrs. Grace L. Wiles, of Albany, N. Y., 
and Mrs. Blanche L. Freeman, of Briggs- 
dale, Colo. 
The Rosehill Cemetery Co. is now in the 
hands of a receiver, the Chicago Title & 
Trust Co. Superior Judge Foell has is- 
sued an order permitting the receiver to 
issue certificates to the extent of $50,000 
to complete the $300,000 community mau- 
soleum. This will enable the collection of 
many contracts made contingent upon the 
partial or total completion of the mauso- 
leum and permit the contractors to be paid. 
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