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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
short term of years. There is no fund 
to rebuild them and the buyers of crypts 
therein have simply been swindled. 
SUMMARY. 
Your committee does not favor the 
community mausoleum, believing that 
earth burial is a far preferable means of 
disposing of the dead. We can see, 
however, where a demand exists, no ob- 
jection to the erection of such structures 
in cemeteries, provided that they are 
erected by and controlled by the ceme- 
The old chapel in Mt. Hope Cemetery, 
Rochester, N. Y„ has been converted into 
a handsome and modern crematorium, 
under the direction of the cemetery com- 
missioners, and in point of construction 
tery corporation; that the design 
and construction are thoroughly good 
throughout, and above all that a trust 
fund, amounting to no less than one-half 
of the cost of the structure, is set aside 
and properly safeguarded, being held 
subject to the use of the income only for 
maintenance and repairs. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Edward G. Carter, 
Chairman. 
fire-proof as possible. There are two re- 
torts, each twelve feet in length, five feet 
wide and six feet high. The interior 
measurements are : Length, eight feet, 
and width, two feet and eight inches. The 
lining is a steel shell, three-eighths of an 
inch thick and braced with three-inch 
T-beams, twelve inches apart. Inside this 
shell, as a further lining, are nine inches 
of fire brick. Kerosene oil is used as 
fuel, under the Inglis system. A tank, con- 
taining the necessary oil, is used and the 
oil is conducted through pipes to the re- 
torts by gravity, making a constant flow. 
The oil thus forced through the pipes 
enters a burner within a chamber eighteen 
inches square in the rear of each retort. 
Mixing with air, it forms a gas, and when 
burning produces an intense heat, espe- 
cially when combined with the natural 
gases produced in the retort. Air from 
a tube passes over the burning oil, and the 
gas is forced into the retort, where it is 
met by air coming in through three flues, 
each of six inches diameter. The burn- 
ing - gases pass directly over and around 
the body, thence under fire brick bed of 
the retort and finally to the chimney, where 
a second burner giving forth an intense 
heat destroys the remaining gases. The 
generation of heat at an adequate tempera- 
ture is rapid, requiring two hours and from 
twenty to twenty-five gallons of oil for the 
incineration of an ordinary body. 
The Mt. Hope Cemetery Commissioners, 
comprising V. M. Smith, C. W. Weis, L. 
A. Jeffreys and secretary and Superin- 
tendent J. W. Keller, have issued a book- 
let of rules regarding incinerations. The 
charge for an incineration is $3’5, and it is 
recommended that burial in a family lot 
is the most satisfactory way to dispose 
of the ashes. Since the opening of the 
crematorium on March 1, there have 
been about fifteen incinerations. 
NEW ROCHESTER CREMATORIUM 
and equipment takes rank among the lead- 
ing structures of its kind in the country. 
The original chapel building, in which 
the crematory is installed, has been en- 
larged, but the general architectural de- 
sign has been practically unchanged. Un- 
like many crematories, it is not made con- 
spicuous because of a large chimney. There 
is a chimney, of course, but it resembles a 
monument or part of the general design 
of the chapel exterior. 
The remodeling of the chapel to make 
it conform to its new needs was done 
under the supervision of J. F. Warner, 
architect, and William L. Phillips, assist- 
ant. The chapel proper is done in old 
English oak in English Gothic style. 
Off the chapel is the receiving room, 
adjacent to the two retorts in which bodies 
are cremated. In the retorts is burned 
crude oil, the oil being fed through a 
form of sprayer. The flames are fed by 
the oil and air, which generates gas. The 
body is placed in the retort in the casket, 
the casket and its arrangements remaining 
intact. The retort room is twenty-four 
feet long, twenty feet wide and sixteen 
feet high, and has been made as nearly 
VIEWS 
IN THE 
NEW' 
ROCHESTER 
CREMA- 
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