Show Mr Butler Reports on Smoke 1 WILLIAM ILLIAM L L. BUTLER city smoke abatement abatement abatement abate abate- ment engineer is to be congratulated on his excellent report to the city commission on the problem of city smoke elimination It analyzes analyze the problem thoroughly reveals just where the smoke trouble lies lles and recommends what would appear to be a good program for lor dealing with the situation It should be of special interest to residents of the city to note that Mr Butler declares only 24 per cent of the smoke in Salt Lake C City ty comes from residences resIdences and and that more than half of these residences have mechanical fIring firing fir fIr- ing equipment which makes them only to a avery avery avery very minor extent a smoke problem Biggest contributor to the city's smoke says Mr Butler Is the railroads blamed for 40 percent percent per percent cent of the smoke Next are commercial and industrial plants blamed for 36 per per- percent cent Then The come the less than half of the city's residences residence's which do not have mechanical firing and are responsible for almost all the balance of 24 per cent It is rather obvious from Mr Butlers Butler's report that we have available already all the factual data needed to solve the smoke problem It is unlikely that any more time-consuming time study will be required What we need now Is an effective effective tive elimination program with enough enforcement enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment teeth In it to do the Job That's up to the city commissioners and and from Irom all indications they are prepared to accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac their responsibility and adopt whatever ordinances are necessary and provide whatever finances are required Incidentally It is interesting to note that smoke elimination is being pushed in other cities in the nation Pittsburgh's city council and mayor egged on b by b newspaper campaigns militant housewives h health alth authorities and the public generally recently went went to St. St Louis for lor a firsthand hand study of that city's smoke elimination program It is significant too that coal operators and the United Mine Workers In the Pittsburgh area have pledged their cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation in any program aimed at comp complete ete combustion and control rather than substitution substitution tion of other fuels for coal Another city Lakewood Lakewood Lakewood Lake- Lake wood Ohio has a regulation law similar to StLouis StLouis StLouis St. St Louis' Louis which goes into effect March 31 Lakewoods Lakewoods Lakewood's Lakewood's Lakewoods Lake Lake- woods wood's law requires smokeless fuels or automatic automatic auto auto- matic stokers and imposes penalties of 25 to for each unlawful emission of smoke It would seem that smoke elimination is taking taking taking tak tak- ing on the character of a national crusade Salt Lake City justly famous for its progressiveness progressive progressive- ness its healthfulness and Its beauty doesn't want to be bringing up the rear in any r parade |