Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-22
NOVEL REAL ESTATE DEALS
Secondhand Burial PIots Are Now
being Bought ahd sold I'm
Brooklyn


Because social standing reaches to the
grave, a new business, which has the
merit Of novelty, has been developed in
Brooklyn, N. Y. A six months trial has
proved that 1t fills a long felt want, and
reports OF the success which has awarded
the efforts OF It's originators, = firm of
undertakers, are likely to spread through
out the country and convert many under
takers into skilful real estate manipula-
tors. 1t was simply the old proposition OF
demand for something exclusive and deslr-
able that started the venture, and the
Brooklyn firm promptly made it an impor-
tant adjunct to it's business
In the course Of their long career the
undertakes frequently had noted that
prospective customers longed for final
resting place which would be consistent
with their material life. They were OF the
class who are particular about the appear
ance Of their homes and the attractiveness
OF the neighborboods In which they dwelt,
and they wanted TO make sure that when
they ,pasSd away all the ideals Of their
material life would be reflected in the Sc
! lection Of their last abode
Among these inquirers the one great
trouble that confronted them seemed to be
doubt as to what certain cemeteries
NOulu pe tIdiAbAOfIueQ lllO belOIo IL SaAAo
their time to pass into another world.
Among many there was an insuperable
aversion TO buying plots In the newer sec
| don Of burying grounds as a result OF the
/ reasoning that one never can tell who
ones next door neighbors are to be, and
whether their social position in life will
be such as to induce them to make pro
vision whereby their graves will be adorned
with imposing tOmbstOnes or kept up in q
manner which betokens a full realization
| Of the niceties Of worldly existence.
Rather than take chances OF being buried
in new section. which to the most hope
full only held forth a possibility OF being
| developed up TO the desired standard
many persons expressed their wishes FOR
plots which might have been in use fol-
! generations, but which for divers reasons
the owners were willing to SELL sucf
graves were in demand II their surround
inEs were OF character which betokeneC
prosperity and social worth once held by
those buried in neighborlng plots.
So great seemed this inclination to &C
quire graves which might be termed sec
ond hand, IL they we're in a portion o.
the cemetery which appealed TO the ey'
OF an aesthetic person, that the Brooklyn
undertsk ers converted the idea into a bust
ness proposition and established Gene
terry bureau" Acting on the truism tina
il pays to advertise when one has anythinl
OF merit to sell or buy, the Brooklyn un
dertakers advertised their readiness 4
purchase cemetery lots that the holder
wished 70 dispose or 1t was necesssr!
TO acquire cemetery lots from present own
ers before e market could be establishe
for the sale OF lots or plots to those VIII
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mortal Of them would repose after death
Many persons who held title to desiT
able lots were found willing to dispose 0
Lhem. Various reasons were assigned 10
che Willingness TO sell. The most frequen
was that survivors Of families who ha
, once lived in Brooklyn or Manhattan ha
moved TO distant parts, and purchase
burial plots In their new home cities an
! had had the bodies OF their departed rels
lives removed to new resting piaces.-Ne
, York Herald