Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1889 — Funerals in France. [ARTICLE]

Funerals in France.

The funerals of I France, are in charge of a'comi>any, whose monopoly as regulated by law is a vast enterprise, possessed of exceptional resources, an immense njnnlier of horses and carriages, a 'numerous and well-disciplined personneL Each year it takes charge of about fifty thousand funerals, about half of Which are tho.se of the poor. The administration of the Pompes Eunebres is situated in the Que d’Aubervilliers. It is a big, heavy, white stone building, built round a vast glassroofed courtyard. Beneath the vast building of the Pompes Funebres are cellars dimly lighted with gas jets and rows and rows of coffins of all qualities. The cellar contains a stock of 15,000 coffins ready for use.