Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-29 | Page 39 | Smoke Damace Costs Are High

1 I. I 0 r A f. f HIGH r from T- T Each i 1 Takes es 15 t Average v rag a Ame Am American f r F y Yearly Yearl ear v Belief eUe r r r ri Tib caused ed b by y y Sill smoke 1 costs costs' the average American lc 15 11 16 a a. year car cU According lc to tabulations n made l b pub- pub 10 by by the bureau of The damage includes des such Items Items' as elt- elt etra e- e tra cJ cleaning of ot rugs ruG carpets cur toile household furniture interior And exterior decoration h laundry w Wear ar and tear on OIl clothing and the effect t on stocks of ot gouda goods in warehouses warehouses ware ware- houses s. s and stores To this thin figuro must be add added d an enormous enormous but intangible loss Joss to to the tho community through the co continual Th The he growth oft of m many communities communities' been has bc n held back by the smoke 6 vUU it is shown and acid for tor this thIs thIs' rea- rea reason reason rea rea- son sort son alone lone the loss to these towns town's ba Incalculable l ble declares tl the e ifal smoke prevention com com- Herbert leaver floJ r has declared Soft coal contains a n large C volatile matter which f it not properly rop bUrned issues from the chimney as ns' smoke containing soot tarry I products products' r d cl an and t injurious rlou gases Gasc This smoke not only contaminates the tho ho air injures s health and and exerts n a depressing effect cUed it also causes largo Jari economic lc loss losses s. s r bronchitis Forms of oC chronic are arc either produced or aggravated and andall andall infections made all 1111 respiratory lY are ale very r much worse by smoke in ex exact act proportion to its density as- as erts eds Dr Louis I. I Harris New York City h health commissioner