PROGRAM FOR THE 
ANNUAL MEETING 
The committee in charge of the ar- 
rangements for the annual convention 
of the Association of American Cem- 
etery Superintendents to be held at 
Milwaukee August 20, 21 and 22, has 
arranged a very interesting series of 
addresses, and an outline of the main 
features of the program is about as 
follows: 
“The Ideal Cemetery”— William 
Falconer. 
“Endowment of Private Mausole- 
ums” — Frank Eurich. 
“The Best Modern Dust Layer and 
Road Binder” — J. C. Cline. 
“What is Required of a Cemetery 
Superintendent” — Jas. C. Scorgie. 
“Horticulture in the Cemetery” — 
John Reid. 
“The Origin, Progress and Present 
Condition of the A. A. C. S.” — George 
W. Creesy. 
“A Few Thoughts, Retrospective 
and Prospective” — H. A. Church. 
“Art in the Modern Cemetery” — O. 
C. Simonds. 
The committee expects to have an- 
other meeting in June to complete 
other necessary arrangements. 
Headquarters have been established 
at the Plankinton House, where the 
following rates will prevail: 
Rooms without bath: 
One person, $1.50; two persons, $3.00 
One person, 2.00; two persons, 3.50 
One person, 2.50; two persons, 4.00 
Rooms with bath: 
One person, $2.50; two persons, $4.00 
One person, 3.00; two persons, 5.00 
One person, 3.50; two persons, 5.50 
One person, 4.50; two persons, 6.50 
The manager of the hotel suggests 
that delegates make reservations early 
as there is another important con- 
vention to be held in the city on the 
same dates with headquarters at the 
Pfister, but no doubt the Plankinton 
House will receive its share. There 
are several smaller and very nice 
hotels in the city having rates $1.00 
and upwards for single rooms without 
bath, so that members if they so de- 
sire may secure quarters other places. 
The Plankinton House furnishes a 
large room for the meetings which is 
in an inner court and in a quiet place. 
Bellett Lawson, Jr., Elmwood 
Cemetery, Chicago, is secretary of the 
Association. 
The committee in charge of the 
convention arrangements is composed 
as follows: James Currie, superinten- 
dent “Forest Home,” Milwaukee, 
chairman; W. S. Pirie, secretary “For- 
est Home,” Milwaukee; J. Roder, su- 
perintendent “Calvary,” Milwaukee; 
George L. Tilton, superintendent 
“Graceland,” Chicago; and Edward 
G. Carter, superintendent “Oak- 
woods,” Chicago. 
PLAN TO ABOLISH CEMETERIES IN SAN FRANCISCO 
Plans for a proposed ordinance pro- 
viding legal authority for the re- 
moval of Laurel Hill, Calvary, the 
Masonic and Odd Fellows’ cemete- 
ries in San Francisco, that are now 
practically in the center of the city 
are being developed by the Federation 
of Richmond Improvement Clubs. 
At the last session of the Legisla- 
ture, Assistant City Attorney John 
Nourse, representing the Richmond 
Federation of Improvement Clubs, 
backed by members of the organiza- 
tion secured the passage of an act 
that gives the city the right to order 
the removal of cemeteries and paved 
the way for the action that is now 
being taken. The first clause of the 
act reads: 
Section 1.— The governing or 
legislative body of any city in 
this State may, by ordinance duly 
passed, and under such lawful 
rules and regulations which it may 
adopt, provide for the exhuming, 
taking up and removal from cem- 
eteries within the boundary lines 
of such city, that may have been 
located without its boundaries 
(and in which such cemeteries no 
interments of human remains 
have been made for a period of 
not less than five years), of any 
or all the human remains in- 
terred in such cemeteries. 
The act further provides for the 
giving of due notice to owners of 
plots of the order for removal, after 
which the persons in charge of the 
cemeteries shall have the right to re- 
move the remains and reinter the 
same in some other designated place. 
It is pointed out that while burials 
are no longer allowed to be made in 
them, the continued existence of the 
cemeteries means the maintenance of 
“an unnatural and insurmountable 
barrier” against traffic between differ- 
ent districts of the city, constitutes a 
detriment to property and an obstacle 
to the plans for the City Beautiful. 
On the recommendation of Com- 
missioner Frank Klimm, backed by 
Health Officer R. G. Brodrick, who 
stated that they formed a menace to 
health and needed immediate atten- 
tion, the Board of Health recently 
adopted a resolution asking the Board 
of Supervisors to abolish all ceme- 
teries within the city limits. 
MAP OF CEMETERY SECTION OF SAN FRANCISCO. 
