Show THE SMOKE QUESTION in its last issue the mining review published an article entitled A solution of the smoke problem alt that was read with a great deal of interest by those suffering from the smoke nuisance that engulfs salt lake every winter the solution offered as suggested by P 0 perkins of salt lake city who has obtained A a basic patent on the process is the burning of a certain amount of oil shale with soft coal the presence of the shale with its oil content causing an instant blaze consuming gases and smoke and at the same time generating greater heat the plan looks simple and for this reason may not receive the attention it deserves for it is usually the case that the more complex the cure of the evil may be and the greater the attendant expense the more consideration it will receive with certain classes in the perkins remedy for the nuisance no expense is entailed outside of the securing of the oil shale which in itself is a fuel and which abounds in utah in greater quantities than even coal and its utilization in the prevention of smoke would create a new industry that would give employment to a large number of men if the perkins scheme proves to be practicable salt lake can become a clean city without the addition of costly contrivances for the burning of coal or the construe re tion of furnaces and smokestacks smoke stacks |