Show i FAVORS NEW CREMATORY II I I HEALTH COMMISSIONER KING I LOOKING INTO MATTER Says Entirely New Modern Plant Would bo Cheaper in tho Long Run Also Javors Large Capacity Health Commlssoner King is collecting collect-ing information about crematories and has a stack of circulars and testimonials testimo-nials from manufacturers all over the country which will be placed before the City Councils Commillee on Sanitation Sani-tation in due course of time Dr King thinks it would be cheaper to put In an entirely new plant than to attempt to repair the portion of the old one which was destroyed by the fire The best modern crematories are such that they consume the garbage without coal the system being to dry it In one chamber of the crematory before conveying It to the burning chamber or furnace By this means the use of coal or other fuel tis obviated and a great saving Is thereby effected In the city of San Francisco it costs 15 cents a ton to cremate cre-mate the garbage while with the old crematory in Salt Lake It cost S4 cents a ton Such a crematory as is used in San Francisco would therefore effect an enormous saving here The old crematory Dr King says wn too small and when a new one Is decided upon to replace It the capacity should be much creator In view of the fact that the population of the city Is Increasing In-creasing Dr King thinks the new one should be of sufllcient capacity for a city with a population of 100000 |