The Osceola times., 1886-02-06
A NEW CREMAroRY TEMPLE.
The Cornerstone Laid and the Build.
ing 20 be Ready I'm February.

ing 20 be Ready In Februafys
Thirty men and two wcmen climbed
the muddy slopes of Mount O,ivet, L. l.,
the other day, to lay the corner stone oi
the new crematory temple. The struct-
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
incinersion. Every time he went to
the cemetery, he said, lie was more and
more impressed with the loathsome
nphealthiness 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
chung to tine cns,oui OF putting their dead
int, the grouud Poets and singers re-
ferred 20 the grave rs An abode OF rest, "a
bed Of final repose, a 'ace of shelter,
thus throwing hlse glamor ,er the
hideous reality. Nevada =, he SAID, an
aesthetic sense revolt against earth
burial. Oar bodies are the garments ol
intelligence, the hcmcs oi the spirit, and
should not lie permitted 10 gradually
putrey.
Speaking Of the expressed fear that
people might be cremaicd VIII life was
in the body he advised that an aut psy
be held before ciDcration TO satisfy
doubling lawyers and physicians. For
his part he had rather die Under the
knife than a ,akcn undcr ground. Tax.
in a moral view ofcremation, 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 q
receptacle behind the altar, ito remind
Us OF The t.u,ts We have inherited from
past generations" Cremation would do
away with nj the gloomy blackness o!
the pail which now surrounds death.
With coed luck the COMPANY ex ,,ects
to cremate its first body next February
in the largest retort in America. l: il
improved in many respects over the Le
Moyne furnace in Pennsylvania. Twenty
dead bodies ar" now awaiting its com
plction to be reduced 10 ashes. The
cost of cremation in each case will be
from $40 to $25. The c,st of the build
ing will be about 81 900. The land cos
So $500.
The cdifice is de-igned as a modified
Grccian temple of brick and marble
forty by seventy two feet The base
inent will contain, in the r,ar, the fur
mace, which will be constructed chief,
of fir brick. and will he adapted to coke
with resenerator. The incineratin.
| chamber will consist of retoris, Wine,
will exc ude all fuel and fame from con
tact with the body and from which, III,
volatile products OF the incineration vii
lie carried into the furnace for recombus
ZION. IncineIation will take place at 9
temperature OF about 2.500 decIccs
Fahrenheit il will require about fnt,
minutes per 10 pounds of the subject
and VII leave abou. per cent. N
weight of pure pearly ash. No smoke
will bc visible and no odor percept III,
during ;ucineTation. The basement will
also contain refiigidaiium. wher,
bodies may be Kept VIII, n desired await
ing the arrival of friends from distance
also csldarium for eases of possibl,
sus, ended animation. the high tempera
ture of which will induce speed, evi
dencce of life or death, as the case may
be. There wi be. also, in the basement
an eIicuariuni, e or urn room, and al
clicr. This last viii be used also fl
making auiopsIcs, which Will be requir
ed in all cascs wherein il is not cleal
that death is not the result of natura
cause.
The body ofthe building, OF the grounc
fiooI, will be filte up as chapel, where
any service desired may be held. In
tie central aisle of this chapel, direct,
in front of The lectorn, will DO per
manent catafalquc, within which thu
body will be placed, and hidden from
view by apall fallinl from frame above
Thence the body will ,.escend by ~
elevator 10 the incineialihg room ano
the service and cireration will procee,
simultaneously. The ntfica aud rec c5Dt
ion roomc will be on the main floor. il
front of the auditorium ana on cit he
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