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Show SAYS WAR ON SMOKE IS WELL CONDUCTED Eeport by Chief of Bureau of Mecnanl cal Inspection Praises Work Done Tnls Tear Tangible progress in the erad cation of the smoke evil in Salt Lake has been made during the year end ng August 1 accord ne to the report of George w bnow ch ef of the bureau of rjiechant cal nspect on filed w th the t ty con nission yesterday Mr Snow included in h a monthh report for July a brief summsrv of the work of the dejpart ment during its first year of organlza '"He reports that the Oregon Short lane railroad and the Denver &, Eio Grande railroad ha e made many noteworthy improvements in the r shops and yard eng nes and already the usual pall of smoke in the western sky has been freatly reduced as a result The Oregon hort L ne has equ pped all ts stat on ar boilers w th the most modern smoke less appliances and has thirteen yard engines now operat ng w th improved boler apparatus The Denver & E 0 Urande has equ pped eleven yard en g nes and the boilers n ts machine shops and car shops with the necessary aPMuch oppos t on has been met ty the bu eau accord ng to the report n per suad ng owners of large build ngs and apartn ent 1 ouses to nstall new heat ng apparatus but the publ c s f nally be ginning to real ze that the cost of the smokeless appl aoces is n ore than off set by the saving n fuel and the el mi nat on of smoke |