PARK AND CEMETERY . 
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NEW MODERN CREMATORY AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
The new crematory of the Springfield 
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass., is one of 
the most modern and interesting struc- 
tures of the kind in the country. 
The incinerators and operating mech- 
anism are from plans by the Jarvis En- 
gineering Company of Boston, and the 
construction and installation work was 
done by them. 
Two incinerating chambers are pro- 
vided, built into the same body of ma- 
sonry. The main retorts are rectangu- 
lar and approximately 4 feet square, and 
are constructed to obtain a practically 
complete combustion in the primary 
chamber. A series of air ducts is ar- 
ranged in the masonry so that a con- 
tinuous supply of highly heated air is 
constantly entering both the primary and 
secondary chambers. Regulating slides 
are provided for controlling the air sup- 
ply, which enters the chambers entirely 
independent from the oil piping, and is 
governed by a small motor driven, plate 
fan. This fan serves the purpose of ac- 
celerating the natural draft through the 
air flues and insuring a positive supply 
for the oxidizing flame. 
The waste gases are conducted from 
the retorts through flues, under the floor 
into a chimney. These flues, the chim- 
ney, and the entire masonry of the re- 
torts, except the encasing walls, are 
built of a highly refractory fire brick. 
The outer walls of the incinerators are 
of enamel brick to match the interior 
finish of the building. Each retort has 
a single door at the front, opening di- 
rectly into the primary chamber. 
The general features of the oil firing 
plant are the same as used in the Koert- 
ing oil firing system for stationary and 
marine boilers, with the addition of an 
oxidizing flame which provides for the 
oxygen necessary to consume the sub- 
stances in the furnaces. The system is 
extremely simple in operation and the 
special feature is in having the oil heat- 
ed to such an extent that it would vapor- 
ize under atmospheric pressure. This is 
accomplished by pressing it through elec- 
tric heaters by means of a pressure pump 
to the centrifugal burners. In these 
heaters the oil reaches a temperature 
somewhat lower than the boiling point, 
corresponding to the pressure in the 
pipes, so that no vapor can be formed in 
the pipes. But at the moment that this 
highly heated oil leaves the burners, be- 
ing then under atmospheric pressure, it 
flashes into vapor. 
To burn any particles that might 
escape from the primary chamber un- 
consumed, a secondary burner and air 
supply is arranged in a secondary cham- 
ber through which the waste gases pass 
to the flues. With this system of oil 
firing and air regulation a temperature 
of 3,000 degrees is readily obtained in 
the chambers and insures an entirely 
smokeless incineration. The various ap- 
paratus has been chosen to obtain these 
results and to provide noiseless working 
of the mechanism, consistent with the 
condition prevailing at such a plant. 
The structure is housed in an attract- 
ive building shown in our illustration 
which also contains the chapel. 
E. King is superintendent of Spring- 
field Cemetery. 
CHAPEL AND CREMATORY, SPRINGFIELD CEMETERY, 
Springfield, Mass. 
