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Show ICOST OFCONSUMING GARBAGEOF Z10N Eastern Prices Are Discounted in the Crematory in Salt Lake City. 43 CENTS PER TON IS TIIE SUM NOW PAID Criticism of Manner in Which Cremator)' Is Run Not Based on Facts. A morning contemporary that exhibits symptoms of hydrophobia whenovor It mentions anything connected with the American party, has hud ono ot Its customary cus-tomary "fits" ovor tho manner In which the city crematory is bolng operated. It endoavorn to show that the cOHt of consuming con-suming garbage Is 71 centB a ton, ns logalnst CO cents a ton for tho same aor-IVlco aor-IVlco In Eastern cities. Does ITot Cost 71 Cents. It does not cost 71 cunts to consumo llho garbage In Salt Lako, although tho crematory orootod by a formor administration adminis-tration Is dofcctlvo In draft and In-adequato In-adequato In slzo to tho amount of material ma-terial that Is furnished It for consumption. consump-tion. "What "Was" Cremated in May. Samuol Batos, ono of tho furnaco men, elates that last month 250 loads of I I garbage was consumed, and that each load averages about 3300 pounds. This ostlmato Is made, ho says, on tho ex-I ex-I perlonoo of William Smith, a hauler, who has been In the business sovcral years, and has weighed hundreds of loads. Tills amount of garbago would, on that basis, weigh 415 tons, to which should be added tho weight of the carcasses of forty-throo horses, olr cows and numerous smallor animals, with an aggregate weight of thirty tons, making tho entire weight of material consumed 442 tons. Beats Eastern Prices. I Tho cost of reducing this stuff to ashes Is measured by tho wages of threo men. at $60 a month, and about $20 worth or fuel, making tho total operating oxpenseu for the month J200. This brings down the cost of consumption to about 45 cents a ton, discounts the Eastorn prices for , similar services, and slipws the spasm 1 of tho morning antl-Amorlcan common scold to havo been a useless effort. Invited to Visit Plant. Mr, Bates states that tho afternoon receipts re-ceipts of tho crematory 1 are a pulp-like stun", composed largely of decayed vegetation vege-tation and meats, and Is diflicult to burn. He claims for himself and his fellow fel-low employees, John Blower and John McKee, that they aro giving good American Ameri-can sorvlco, which anyone can readily pee and fully understand by vlBltlng tho plant, which the people generally, and ' newspaper men in particular, aro cor dially Invited to do |