The Osceola times., 1886-04-10
NEW CREMATORY TEMPLE.
The Cornerstone Laid and the Build.
ing 20 be Ready I'm February.

ing 10 be Ready I'm February.
Thirty men and two wcmen climbed
the muddy slopes of Mount 0ivet, l.. l.,
The other day, to lay the corner stone OF
the new crematory temple The strdct-
ure was already finished to the ground
level. On the occasion Professor Felix
Adler, one of the directors in the new
company spoke Of the sanitary benefits OF
incineration. Every time he went to
the cemetery, he said, lie was more and
more impressed with the loathsome
unhealthincss and decay consequent
upon earth burial 1t was productive Of
disease and pestilence. Professor Alder
thought that poetic imagery had much
to do with the tcnac;ty with which men
clung to the custom of putting their dead
int the ground Poets and singers re-
ferred 20 the grave az an abode Of rest, a
bed of final iepose, a place of shelter.
thus throwing false glalnor o. er the
hideous reality. NOWADAYS, he said, an
aesthetic sense revolt d against earth
burial. Oar bodies are the garments of
intelligence, The hcmes OF the spirit, and
should not lie permitted to gradually
putrefy.
Speaking Of the expressed fear that
people might be crcmaicd VIII n life was
in the body he advise that an aut psy
be held before cineraiion to satisfy
doubling lawyers and physicians. For
bis part he had rather die under the
knife than saken under ground. TAX
ing moral view wofcremation, he thought
it would be well to have the ashes of
departed ones before us in churches,
either in inches along the walls, or in a
receptacle behind the altar, TO remind
us of the t,u,ts We have inherited from
past gencr iions." Cremation would do
away with lll the gloomy blackness OF
the pail which now surrounds dea,h.
With good luck the COMPANY ex pects
to cremate its frs. body next February
in the largest retort in America. l: is
improved in many respects over the LIE
Moyne furnace in Pennsylvania. Twenty
dead bodies are now awaiting its com
pletion to be reduced to ashes. The
cost of cremation in each case will be
from $40 to s25. The c,st of the build
ing will be about 81 900. The land cost
s., 800.
The edifice is de, igned as modified
Grecidn temple of brick and marble,
forty by seventy two feet. The base
ment will contain. in tue rear, the fur
mace, which will be constructed chiefly
of fir brick. and will he adapted TO coke
with recener;ltor. The incinerating
chamber will consist of retorts, whlcn
will exc ude all fuel and fame from ron
tact with the body, and from which, the
volatile products OF the iDcineration will
lie carried into the furnace for recombus-
lion. Incineialion will take place at q
temperature of about $500 degrees
Fahrenheit. il will require about foitv
minutes per 100 pounds OF the subject,
| and viii leave about per cent. in
weight of pure pearly ash. No smoke
will be visible and no odor perceptibl
during ;neineration. The basement will
also contain refrieidarium. where
bodies may bc Kept wien d'sired await
ing the arrival OF friends from distance
also cslldarium for cases of possibly
sus. ended animation. the high tempera-
ture of which will induce speedy evil
dences Of life or death, as the case may
be. There will be, also, in the basement
| an &c licularium, or uin room, and an
a'e!ier. This last viii be used also for
making aulopsles, which VIII be requr
| ed in all cases wherein it is not clear
that death is not tine result of natural
cause.
the body of the building, or the ground
| floor, will be titte1 up as chapel, where
any service desired may be held. In
tie central aisle of this chapel, directly
in front of the lectern, will DO per-
mauent caiafalguc. within which the
body will be placed, and hidden from
view by apall falling from frame above
Thence the body will Gcscend by an
elevator TO the incineraiing room and
the service and l. cireration will proceed
simultaneously. The office and recept :
ion rooms viii be on the main floor. in
front Of the auditorium ana on either
side OF the veSlbulc.