The morning times., 1896-08-29
NEW CREMAF0RY At last
Authority Given for Construct
:, ing a Seco1d Plant.
NEAR NAVAL OBSERVATORY
Contractor warfield Now Negotiating
for "A System-His Choice Subject
to the Approval of the District
Commi SSH Oners-Site Selected Is
One First Chosen.

Gayba &c crematory No. 2, as noted in The
Evening Times, OF yesterday, is to be con-
structed at last, ana it will be located ON
the site at the junction OF c and Twenty
third. and Upper Water streets, near the
old Naval observatory.
Thus the prediction made in The Times
OF two weeks ago s'to be verified. The
Commissioners were asked yesterday after
noon whether or not the decision had been
made, and while not affirming the state
mcnt, they did not deny that the garbage
contractor has authority to proceed In the
matter OF securing aisystem for introduction
which will when, approved by the board,
be located on the site above indicated.
Contractor warfield has been given the
privilege OF choosing the method to be in
troduced, subject to approval OF the board,
and is at this time negotiating with the
owners OF the competing cremation systems
for the purpose OF making a selection.
ALL TO COMPETE.
Tile Brown. the Dixon, the Smith, ami
all Others heretofore, considered as ''in the
field" are to have chance for the con-
tract .-...,.a
.Ths, site. ,of which the board has finally
Indicated its approval, is the one originally
selected, but s,isfiIfst its occupancy for such
a. purpose. q good deal OF opposition de-
veloped at the time.
When IL became known that a garbnge
crematory was to be erected there, property
owners in that section followed the ex
ample of the South Washington CitiA'ns'
Association, and protested vigorously.
They urged that its presence would be a
menace 10 health, preJudicial to property
interests and exceedingly Objectionable
from every standpoint.
Before the discussion ended Secretary
Herbert filed an objection, personally. PEE
senting his reasons against the proposition
upon an occasion. when The three Commits
sioners were at the Navy Department in
conference with him over business matters.
SECRETARY HERBERT's PROTEST.
1t was said at the time and with some
reason. that the Commissioners had been
invited to cali and that there was but one
topic, and that the crematory location.
under discussion at the conference.
Whatever may have passed at that meet
ing, it is well known that the Secretary
outlined objections or sufficient force to
command attention, and those objections,
doubtless, had more to do with the tent
porary abandonment OF the site then than
all things else combined, but if this be
true, the protest must have since been
Withdrawn.
The necessity for second crematory has
neen recognized from the beginning, and
it was part OF the stipulations when the
garbage contract was advertised that there
should be TWO or more constructed. The
plant now in operation was not expected
10 do the work of the entire District, and
its capacity is equal to the consumption OF
about one-halr only of the refuse collected
in the summer months.
This has been tested since last May and
in the present arrangement for the con-
strnetioD of anUther is seen the purpose
OF securing one more of equal force, and
have them do the work next year.