Evening journal., 1889-08-05
MONTHLY PAY BURIAL.
EFFECTS OF THE FUNERAL DIRECT
ING COMPANY ATTACHED.

Manager Graham Claims TO Have no
knowledge of the Anair.
The branch Of the United States Flu
neral Directing Company in this city is
in rather tight place at present. This
morning their effects at No. / East
Eighth street were attached and there
promises to be trouble unless settle
ments are speedily made. The person
In charge OF the Wilmington office TO-
day claimed to know nothing whatever
about the affair only what has appeared
in the columns of the newspapers The
United States Funeral Directing Company
seems to be an insurance company, banking
establishment and undertaking business
combined They insure certain style OF
burial, agree to pay interest and bury
while they have only taken a license for
the undertaking business. This com
pany was first organized by Camden
lawyer, Alfred j. Black, and his clerk
| William y Darnel, There we're several
plans by which person could make sure
of being buried by this company, for in
stance this is one plan. In order TO secure
a $50 bulial the person who expected TO
be buried was required to pay into the
treasury Of the company % cents per
month until the whole $50 were paid.
Several similar contracts may be made,
ranging in prices from $50 to 800. For q
$50 funeral 35 cents a month Is required
and for 800 funeral SlOO month Is
exacted The United States Funeral III
recting Company was Incorporated und
the laws Of New Jersey with capita
stock Of $l00, 600 The par value Of th'
stock was $25; 1O0, 600 shares
were soon disposed Of at one per cent
The 81 600 received was used in adver
tising under the motto THE Best Il
None too Good The home Office Of tn
! firm is ia Camden, n j., No. 3l6 Marke
street. They have been conducting
branch offices in Philadelphia, Trenton
Wilmington, Brooklyn and Pittsburg.
About 300 contracts have been takei
out in this city, 600 contracts in Cam
den. 4 600 in Philadelphia and about s. 90
from the branch Offices The insuranc
men have complained that the Unite
States Funeral Directing Company wer
evading the Insurance laws by not max
, inf the necessary deposit r,
quired by law to be deposite
Z by insurance companies. The compan
on the other hand claimed that they di
merely an instalment business and wei
not therefore on an insurance basil
The Association of Undertakes hay
never offered opposition to the Funeri
Directing Company, as they did NJ
: consider that their business WI
d being injured by them. 1t also seen
j to have been a general opinion amor
/, the undertakers that the Funer
Directing Company could not star
"a as according to several estimates mat
y by different undertakers, the expenses
' the Feneral Directing Company mu
X have considerably exceeded their receipt
The management here expect to knC
10 full particulars to-day from the hoI
y office in Camden, n. j.
: Constable Isaac Dillin closed the off
a of the company up this morning, on
I, tachments obtained by Arthur
y Thompson, funeral director. who
Office according TO the directory
I'd at No East Eighth street, the Office
ds the company He was probably an e
On ploye Of the company, and has doul
Q, less sued for wages. Anotf
40 attachment was obtained
IL William 5. Tanguay of Tenth a
Tatnall streets, who succeeded the Xii
man Coach and livery Company. His
';s tachment is probably for cab hire