IS SMOKE NUISANCE NCE CAUSES TWO MILLION DOLLAR LOSS EACH YEARBy YEAR By BYWater water Declares eclar s Public Schools Are Among Worst Offenders Offenders Offend Offend- ers Mrs W W. IF F. Adams President of Ladies Literary Club S Says Ys It Is Is' Appalling to Think of the Enormous Damage Done by Sm Smoke ke Every Year in Salt Lake City THE atmosphere ill in the thc Ladies Literary club dub was surcharged with antiA anti- anti A smoke talk last night when members of the club and visitors declared war on violators on-violators of the ci y smoke moke ordinance Fire Chief Vi William IIi am H. H Bywater to whom smoke lias' lias sort t of been so a nemesis nemesis for thirty years ears took the up cu cudgels cudgels' gehi ng against the nuisance sance and if lie he- and the other speakers have their l' l way Way amok moke trouble in ill Salt Lake will be bea a negligible problem in two months Chief B water Bj-water ater Jesse Coogan an of tho the Coogan n Engineering company and George Dern chairman o of the smoke committee of ot the Commercial club club prepared data dalL to show that the damage ca caused ed by smoke In Salt Lake Is 18 more moro than each ICh year Furnace men from private ate tomes homos and boiler operatives es employed In hotels ho ho- office bull buildings and nd public schools attended thai th meeting to hear SUg suggestions eR- eR as to how they can solve the In IndIvidual In- In smoke problems that come und under un un- d der r their supervision Many Many- new signatures were subscribed subscribed sub sub- scribed to the tho petitions to be submitted to th the tho ma mayor or asking his support In Inthe inthe the crusade It n w was s tho the opinion o of one of or the speakers that the proper enforcement of ot the smoke ordinances would solve the tho problem and others d declared that new and moro more more drastic laws ou ought ht to to b be put on the statute books In order to I Impose heavy y penalties on men who continue to disregard the I present ord or or- d I nanc e. e Many Remedies Ludicrous One of ot th the speakers said eald that Inthe in ln inthe the light 0 of our experiences some somo of ot the various arlous remedies that havo have been been offered are ludicrous If It wo we Judge them from the standpoint of ot actual remedy and arid cure Education and scientific firing tIring will not cure the smoke nul- nul sanco sanc In Salt Lake since It la Is Impose Impo sible elble to legislate brains and Intelligence Intelli gence Into the man behind the shovel shove that feeds 9 95 per cent of ot the power and heating boilers fn in the tho elt city If It the equip equip- mont he handles Is not of or the kind that tha can secure smokeless results Ch Chief C Bywater declared declare that public schools ar am aro 1 among the tho worst offenders nde s 's of ot the tho city ordinance Ho said that tha some plan ought to be a adopted by the board of ot education to have efficient men men put In charge of school boilers Under t the c system In our o schools to today today to- to o- o do day th the chief said our children are In constant constant- dang danger r because Decaul tho the heating plants in lri many of ot th the school chool buildings building n are e In charge of Qt Incompetent tent men have to clean acres acres- of or desks and ana do d dother other work that will wUl not permit them to give s sufficient time to th their lr tr dutle at tho the boilers Sever Ser to Life Lire I It I wish to In lay stress tre s on the tact fact that our children In Salt Lake today are attending schools over powder kegs and bomb shells and we ought ous-ht to wake ake up to this situation before It In Is too late lato I Efficient operatives es In the I Continued on P Page Pago gO 2 Column 1 I 1 I SMOKE LOSS EACH YEAR ASSERT SPEAKERS Bywater Declares Public Schools chool Are Among Worst Offenders S 1 Continued Continue From Pa Page I 1 L boiler rooms of or our schools would save ea i salaries an ando and n m canny many times their annual do a lot to minimize bad smoke condition condi condl- tion The m meeting eting was as opened b by Mrs Mr W. W F. F Adams president of or the club who Yoho said Members of or this club ar nr arf arfin in this thin fight to sta stay Our p-e p petition on to tho the mayor speaks LOt for Itself and we e propose I to d do all In our power to to arouse PUb lie sentiment against all who persist I The Tho In violating our smoke ordinance ad advantages a of or an abatement of or the moke nuli anc c could uld n not t be he On One advantage would ouId bo be public health another the time beauty of ot tho the city It I Is appalling to think of or the tho enormous enormous enor enor- damage done lone b by smoke every ory year ear r Address I Chief Bywater B said sald In fri part The matter of the tho smoke prevention might r be divided dl Into sections the first section of ot which might t apply to the tIme power plants and anti larger larg-er mercantile mercantile mer mer- cantile In Institutions of or this city where mechanical devices have Ilave been boon installed at a n. large expenditure of ot mon money and where the tIle smoke moke can be prevented by cal careful rul and Intelligent handling of ot this matter Next comes the pros low sure surf heating beating plants which are aro Installed In inthe tile the various business blocks an and l of office office or- or fice buildings And it has been found fount upon careful investigation b by the time smoke Inspecting department of or the dl city that through various arlou causes a t gret number of or th these e furnaces s have ha been Inefficient handled and have hac now b become come too small email for Cor the work the they were cre originally able to take care of This Thi condition has been brought about from tile the fact that these plants ph have not been kept in proper care and cleanliness As It Is IA w well known that tho tile sixteenth of ot an inch of or soot or corrosion cor cor- on oil flues of ot boilers will decrease e ethe the tIle efficiency of tho timo fuel fool at least 25 per cent It becomes an Important Item to th the owner of or buildings wherein th so furnaces are ore located On One nc Inn on for tor Many Another strong tron factor In th tIle smoke nuisance IK Im in the manner of firing the furnaces In apartment 8 and small mall mercantile of office rIce buildings where hero we e f found und upon In e Investigation last winter one man taking care of anywhere from seven to ten of ot theo furnaces The he result was ms that he lie J tit fil up the tile first tint furnace ho cameto came camo to lo and then pass on to the tile others re repeating re- re l the performance at t each ach one ono with Uh the re result that there thre would h bo from Crom five to six stacks In that Immediate Immedi Immedi- ate vicinity belching forth the smoke that has bas become such an annoyance to the people of or this elt city As AR In m my own on experience I have seen een where a a. competent man could make his on own wages war in economy Inthe in intIle inthe the tIle use of ot fuel ruel in furnaces It i is Ie also alao a fact that the property of the own owner or was in a a. much better condition and much safer under a skilled operative than und under r tho the conditions where a a. poor man manas was as In charge The Tile smoke Inspection department of the city Is isS S operated along the lines of or giving Ing the best jo possible service to tile the public and as 1 bo bor r ready ld to furnish a com com- man to advise IM the man in charge and to Instruct him In the proper of or the tho furnace under his care so that th tile the smoke nuisance ma may be re reduced to the lowest possible point in in the Interest of all taxpayers of this cit city There Is now on file fihe In Inthis tills this office a record of 2000 Inspections and visits that have haV been made to various va- va va rious plants plant and we are pleased d to note not that the tile efforts of oC the department have bave been met with a spirit of ot get ret to together together to- to gether tor for bet betterment so that we ma may minimise this smoke question to the lowest possible pol point t. t Each CIt City Han HI During m my recent visit to the In International International In- In Convention of or Smoke In Inspectors Inspectors In- In held In Pittsburgh on September September Septem Septem- ber her D 9 to 12 I found round after carefully discussing die dis cussing th this matter mattor that inspectors r representing pre some of the large railroad companies and large cities In this coutry that each Bach elt city has Its own lo local local local lo- lo cal problems to solve Salt Lake Jake is tR pr precisely in the thc samo sarno situation as other cities of ot the same size I found toun l lupon upon di discussing this question with Ith the from other cl cities tle 5 that t in incases incases n cases where It had become a a. question ques ques- tion of ot civic pride and deep persona personal Interest rest the best results had been ob ob- ob- ob tamed The question que must be met in ina a a. fair fall and square manner giving credit to till nil partie cn engaged In the tho contro contro- v versy rs B By this mot method hod proper results result can be bo obtained Doril Does Dor lISTEn to o City CUT Tho Tile smoke nuisance nCe Mr Ir Dern said Is driving our own people p out of ot Salt alt Lake and IB is keeping others from coming coming- hero Something practical cal has haR to bo be done lone to bring a about bout a n. radical change In conditions In Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago cage there has haR b bo been en n a smoke ordinance on the statute books since but no one paid any t attention to the tile law until five fie years ar ago Today o a however Chicago o employs twenty five men in Its smoke pr prevention department and ana officials claim thc they have o reduced reduce the smoke e 30 per cent Pittsburgh has begun begun bogun be- be gun to realize that smoke is ie not necessarily necessarily a n. sign of or prosperity Last year vear a fund of ot was appropriated In Pittsburgh to employ experts ex ex- exI I to see fleo what could be done to eliminate the smoke that has been doing dong do- do j do-j In ing ng po so o much damage in that city Excellent Excellent Excellent Ex Ex- Ex- Ex results have been obtained l b by these experts who wile studied every phase I of Pittsburgh's smoke problem I by Smoke In London the damage by smoke every year ear is Chicago 17 I Pittsburgh and Cleveland Cle It is 18 estimated I that dama damage e Is IB caused by smoke moko in the States every e year ear Methods aro are being adopted d. d however howo In Inmany matl many ml cities to cut down this tIlls enormous loss OSS Something radical and energetic must muni be done in Iii this matter maUer Mr Coogan said It is amazing that this his J nuisance ho has boll been tolerated so soong long ong in view o of tho thia fact that other cities s hae have met and are mastering the problem Vc c are confronted b by A condition that IB is not a theory It is in a problem where moral suasion will have no ef at- at f- f feet Moral suasion Is a D. fine thing but sut It can not reduce unnecessary smoke This nul nuisance Is ever present night and da day and drastic measures must be taken to eliminate it 1 am glad of this agitation that has been started by the Ja Ladles Ladies iea Literary club arid and I shall do my utmost t to help the mc mcm members m Ii bersI bers err I If there thero are an any people in Salt Sl Lako who ho think we e have no smoke problem lem pm let them get up on some Bome high building between 7 j o o'clock clock and 9 o'clock In the morning and look lookaround around The They will see dense e clouds cloud of or smoke everywhere e I