Show 1 ENFORCEMENT OF SMOKE ORDINANCE I WOULD ELIMINATE BLACK NUISANCE City itY Attorney Says LawIs Law LawIs Is Is' Operative but Authorities Au Have flave NeverSeen NeverSeen Never NeverSeen Seen Fit to Enforce It The T Telegrams Telegram's I grams gram's stand for tor the abolition of or the smoke nuisance has already been productive e of good re results Public sentiment sentiment sen sea is being aroused and it seems as if ff a popular dem demand nd would soon be made upon the City Council for the enforcement en- en en en- of oC the ordinance dealing with this subject The ordinance which provided a n penalty for Cor permitting smoking lag ing chimneys within the city limits was wan passed In 1802 Ordinance Not Enforced Assistant City Attorney Shoup was asked toda today Has lIns any attempt ever been made to enforce this measure v 1 Not Notto to my knowledge e he replied W W. V II Wilkins an attorney who came cametto cametto tto Salt Lake from Chicago two tv years ears ago no today gave to The Telegram an nn interesting In Interesting Interesting In- In acco account nt of oC what had been dane dono In Chicago in dealing with smoking 1 Eng ing chimneys lI lie he stron strongly h expressed the opinion that equally q good results could be accomplished in fn Salt Lake As s to Public Sentiment All that is needed Is an Rn awakened public sentiment where there Is an or ordinance ordinance or- or to be enforced said Mr WilkIns Wilk- Wilk Ins The a agitation for th the use of ot smoke consumers was begun In Chicago Chi Ch- Ch cago many years ago A few citizens realized that unless something was done the city would In time become a second But Dut the majority of or orthe the citizens did not realize the necessity necessity sit sity of oC decisive action and so long as public sentiment was indifferent to the matter maUer the Justices before whom of offenders of- of lenders fenders were brou brought hl were ver very lenient and continued or pa passed ced the cases and when they were finally brought to lo trial the fine would likely be Jl 1 J which made the whole proceeding a farce fl Then the newspapers newspaper took the matter up and conducted a vigorous and lively campaign campaign campaign cam cam- against smoke that turned the tide of ot public sentiment In a n short time Justice at Last Awakened When the citizens began to demand that something be done the city offic officials c dais als and the Justices suddenly acquired acquired ac nc- ac- ac a stiffening of oC the backbone and the thc cases of violation of or the ordinance were prosecuted with vigor I know that as man many a as different suits were flied fired In one court at once and as a result there has been a very marked Improve improve- ment Most Important of oC all nn continued Sir Mr Ir Wilkins the men and companies who conduct the large manufactories h have vc learned the valuable lesson that by making use of or a n. good smoke consumer con- con sumer Furner they are really gainers The additional ad ad- heat that they thus secure from a given amount of oC coal soon amounts to more than the cost of ot es establishing es- es the device and the thc strict enforcement enforcement en en- of ot the ordinance is really reany a a matter maUer of economy to the owners of factories factories factories fac fac- tories and power houses Work for tor the Press lI I am willing to do all an that I can to aid In this important matter here In inS S Salt lt Lake I said Mr but It ItIs itis Is Js the press al alone ne that can arouse pubIc public public pub pub- lic Ic feeling to a point that thal will demand the enforcement of or the law Jaw There Is Ig great creat need for tor such a movement We Ve have bave a a cH city here that will wiB double In In population within the next ten years ears and probably realty values will wiB likewise double eIf e. e If we are ace to attract the proper class of or citizens we e Improve the city In every ery wa way possible Yet from the corner of ot Second South and Main Nain streets last night I 1 saw the power house chimney pouring forth an enormous cloud of ot the densest blackest smoke for tor tun fully fifteen minutes As it settled near the ground it was almost Impossible to breathe or to see across the street The Damage Wrought People should not be careless about this matter All are Interested or should be for or the damage from smoke deposits to stocks of ot dry goods lace curtains carpets books etc Is a very large sumIn sum sumIn sumin In the course of oC a year more than most of ot us realize I am glad to see fee the position The Telegram has taken on this que question and ie feel teel l sure that when th the th matter ba has been thoroughly agitated the citIzens cit cit- cit cit- will not allow a continuance of ot the nuisance |