The Osceola times., 1886-01-16
NEW CREMATORY TEMPLE.
The Cornerstone Laid and the Build.
ing 20 be Ready In February.

Ing 20 be Ready In February.
Thirty men and two wcmen climbed
the muddy slopes of Mount Olivet, l.. l.,
the other day, to lay the corner stone OF
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
incineration. Every time he went TO
the cemetery, he said, lie was more and
more impressed with the loathsome
uuhealthiness and decay consequent
upon earth burial 1t was productive Of
disease and pcstilence. Professor Alder
thought that poetic imagery had much
to do with the tenacity with which men
clung to the custom of putting their dead
int the ground Poets and singers re-
ferred 20 the grave as an abode OF rest, a
bed of final repose, a place of shelter,
thus throwing false glamor o er the
hideous reality. Nowadays, lac 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 tie expressed fear that
people might be cremated VIII n life was
in the body he advise that an aut, psy
be hele before cineralion TO satisfy
doubtir e lawyers and physicians. For
his part he had rather die under the
knife Il an saken under ground. TAX
ing mbral 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 a
receptacle behind the altar, ito remind
lis of The t,u-tS we have inherited from
past geDcr.tions." Cremation would do
away with all the gloomy blackness OF
the pail which now surrounds death.
With good luck the company ex pecls
to cremaGe its first 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
plction to be reduced to ashes. The
cost of cremation in each case will be
IRON $40 to S25. The cost of the build
ing will be about 81 900. The land cost
So 800.
The edifice is designed a. a modified
Grecidn temple of brick and marble,
forty by seventy two feet The base
ment will contain, in the rear, the fur
mace, which will be constructed chiefly
of fir brick, and will he adapted to coke
with reCeuerator. The incincrating
chamber will consist of retorts, whcn
will exc ude all fuel and flame from con
tact with the body, and from which, tic
volatile product OF the incineration will
lie carried into the furnace for recombus-
tion. IncineIation will take place at a
temperature of about 2.500 degrees
Fahrenheit. twill require about fpitv
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 perceptlble
during incineration. The basement will
also contain refiigidarium. where
bodies may be kept wien % sired await
iug the arrival OF friends from distance
also cahdarium for cases of possibly
sus, ended animation. the high tempera-
ture of Which will induce speedy evi-
denceo of life or death, as the case may
be. There will be, also, in the basement
an &c licularlum, or uin room, and an
a'c!icr. This last viii be used also fOr
making autopsles, which VIII be requir
ed in all cases wherein it is not clear
that dcalh is not the result of natural
cause.
the body ofth building, or the ground
floor, will be fitte1 up as a chapel, where
any service desired may be held. In
tie central aisle of this chapel, directly
in front of the lectern, will bo a per
manent catafalquc, within which the
body will be placed, and hidden from
view by Il pail falling from frame above
Thence the body will Gescend by an
elevator 10 the lncinerating room. and
the service and iIciEeration will proceed
simultaneously. The office and recept
ion rooms will be on the main floor. in
front of the auditorium ana on either
side OF the vcStlbulc.
Shaking Out the Thieves.