Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-10
Superintendent Robinson Of the One
at the P~enitentiary Talks
About Them.
The Penitentiary the Best Equipped
In That Line of Any 1nstitu-
ton In the West.
Crematories For Bodies In Chicago,
and How the Work Of Crema.
ton Is Done.
A Model Institution.


Superintendent Robinson, who over
sees the work on the crematory at the
penitentiary, is a clever conversational
list, and speaks Interestingly of the con-
struction OF crematories in general.
MI. Robinson comes from Chicago, a
representative Of the company from
which the penitentiary directors con.
tracted for the crematory now being
builded, and has been here several
weeks, experimenting the work, which
is TO- almost done.
1--WE will be done, and have the crema-
tory in working order in a few days."
said Mr.. Robinson this morning. at
would have been finished this week, but
bad weather has set US back a few days,
nd it will probably take US several days
next week to complete it. I shall be
here a week or so after it is finished, to
put it in operation, and show how it
works.
ut is the only one in the country that
I know Of" continued MI. Robinson,
land with its completion, the North Da-
kota p%enitentiary will be the finest
equipped institution, from q sanitary
standpoint, in the northwest. It ellmi-
mates the feature of disagreeable fumes
and odors, arising from poor sanitary
measures, which are to be found about
many institutions Of the kind, and If the
directors go on next year and complete
the crematory system by putting in
settling watts, which are arranged 80 that
the solids are carried off through the
bottom of the watts into pipes, and from
there can be carted directly to the
furnace, they will have as fine a system
as can be found anywhere. The ofal
will probably have to be burned once a
week, or perhaps one in two weeks IN
winter, although it depends, of course,
upon the number of inmates, and the
amount of refuse.
The number of crematories in the
country Is increasing every year, and not
only crematories for the destruction of
ohal and garbage, but for the cremation
of human bodies. The popularity of
cremation, as a means of dlsposing of the
bodies of the dead, is growing greater,
as is proven by the fact that this year
We have put in two such crematories in
Chicago. One of these was for the
Whitechapel club, whose members are
advocates of cremation. The club is
rather an uncanny organization, and in
It's rooms. are to be found collins, for
stands, skulls, crossbones, and other
ghastly things rather appertaining to the
'hoodoo.' Graceland cemetery put in
a crematory for them, and it's use is
popular among the members. There is
not much difference in construction
between a crematory for garbage and
n for human beings, except that in the
latter, the heat is rather OF the incan.
descent kind. The retort for the body is
made white hot, and when the subject is
placed therein, il at nee takes fire from
the intense heat, and can be seen burn
ing with a bright blaze, as would so
much pork. 1t is q mistake to suppos
that a body in cremation is dried up and
shrivels, without a blaze. With perfect
appointments, a cremation can be effected
IN an hour, so that nothing remains of a
body but the ashes which are to be
saved.
Sand, aside from matters pertaining to
the cr%ematory,', said MIR. Robinson. lit
may be said that the North Dakota peni.
Tertiary lisa model institution of it's
kind. Every appointment is perfect;
Warden Boucher and Deputy Haggart
are always busy with improvements, and
keep the convicts busy with the construc.
ton OF something which shall result to
the good of the institution. They have
just finished a new barn, which is a good
as can be found in the country; a stone
wall, seven feet high, extends from the
barn to the north line of the forty acres,
n separates COW pens ETC., from the
grounds in front; ever the hog pen is Of
stone, two foot walls, and convenient
arranged with sliding gates, etc; inside
otthe penlteniary everything is nicely ar
ranged, and the ~convicts, while peniten.
tlary life is not to be desired, no matter
0 nice the institution, may congratu-
late themselves that they are in as good
an institution as the North Dakota pen.
itentiary."
Awards for North Dakota.
A private letter from Manager Dickey
says: 1--WE have awards on wheat.
potatoes, peas, beans, soil and grass in
the Agricultural building. The whole
system OF diplomas in the Agricultural
building is a great fraud and absolutely
means nothing. For instance everv
body that attached a tag to his wheat
saying that it went twenty bushels to
acre and weighed sixty pounds to the