Show I ABA ABATE THE TIlE SMOKE NUISANCE NC The necessity for action by iy the Cit City Council with ith regard to the smoke nuisance becomes more evident ident every elJ da day that this evil is permitted to flourish ll The e smoke evil il is a serious and expensive expense e matter viewed from any standpoint and anti it requires con conservative er and careful treatment It should betaken be bo taken up UI p and handled as as' a business proposition in inthe inthe intile the tile broadest kind of way and with as little detriment detriment detri detri- ment or injury to Salt Sah Lakes Lake's manufacturing industrial industrial in in- and steam heating plants as possible but the common interests of of the city eity demand that the nuisance be e abated and public sentiment wi will finally force the Council into nto action action The Tue principles of combustion lIm may easily be learned an and ordin ordinary ry cr care c will eliminate the evil il but bu stokers and engineers en as a rule refuse to handle their furnaces w with th ordinary intelligence Here i in if what a Chicago expert says fuys on the subject The first cause of off f smoke oke may be summed up in in-a in a few words words impel imper imperfect feet boiler construction and bad and imperfect firing In the t first place it Is a rare case to find a building with suO sufficient boiler hoiler capacity or boiler boiler- room but tint I do not believe that the architects are areto areto areto to blame as a rule for this condition o of or affairs It Itis is largely due le to the owners of the buildings being unwilling to provide room for their fire plants and in this connection i it can also be said that there are arc few buildings that have e sufficient S storage room for fuel pt The smoke nuisance may unquestionably be he practically abated d by hy the ex exer exercise r ci cise e of care cure and the employment of a few simple principles of firing The complete combustion of the fuel is the important point and in burning bituminous coal in furnaces or fire fhe boxes it is high ly Iy important that the volatile gases be he consumed for they contain high producing heat qualities It is necessary to have ample boiler capacity Then it is easy eacy for any intelligent ent fireman to systematize his liis work so that not only a higher measure of efficiency efficiency effi em- effi- effi is h obtained but together with a smaller consumption con con- of coal and und the tue result is that the gases that usually pass away awa in smoke e are forced into doing their duty as combustible matter The Tue coal used should be of oC aH ON uniform quality as possible and should be bc broken into sma small sizes The grate glate bars should always be in perfect order Light firing tiring fir tir- ing lug cannot be he performed if it broken grate bars are in the furn furnace ce or boiler as they permit a fresh rush of air in special parts of the fire box Two r years ear ago the Baltimore Ohio railroad impressed the value alue of light firing on its locomotive with ith results that are wholly satisfactory The time tim has hUts paused passed when the emission of black smoke f from a stack should be any indication of industry As a rule it means bad or 01 imperfect firing lack of boiler capacity imperfect boilers inferior coal coal or coalora or ora a complication of the whole Other authorities assert that the use of the smoke consumer is unnecessary un un- necessary that with proper care the furnace may maybe maybe be heated so o that little if any smoke i 13 emitted IIChi In II Chi Chicago a systematic crusade is being made mad against the black evil with the result that one may now wear a clean collar down the principal streets of the Windy City without ha having ing It flecked cd with soot If Salt Lakers desire to keep pace with the city's growth and progress they will begin to study tudy the smoke problem and create a pu public lic sentiment which favors the elimination of the nuisance |