Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-12-13 | Page 5 | Suggests Means to Curb Smoke

SUGGESTS MEANS TO CURB SMOKE Oil Burning and Central Heating Plants Urged I IAn An Open Letter to the City Commission Commission Commis Commis- I Islon sion slon the Commercial Club and All AU Interested In a Clean Town Gentl Gentlemen I merl-I merl I note with pleasure your efforts to educate the citizens of Salt Lake on on the line lino of smoke p pre pre pre- e- e I wrote you some time since on this subject and am still of the opinion that the he real the radical cure of the evil is the he long distance transmission of en energy energy energy en- en ergy ergy per pipe and wire lines JInes If the size of the job I I. I then suggested stagers staggers staggers stag- stag gers ers you hero here are a few suggestions looking to the abatement of ot an admittedly admittedly admittedly ad ad- monstrous nuisance First Require First Require all railways using the steam locomotive to do their yard work and the hauling of trains through the he city with oil or coke burning en en- en gines There Is nothing unreasonable In n such a requirement the requirement the outlay to them would be much less than If they were required to Install a trolley system system tem for tor the purpose Second Second Install Install at suitable points large arge heat and power units equipped with wilh the latest devices for the complete combustion of the fuel fugl used Suppose one such unit were placed In the center of a block where the land Is inexpensive inexpensive inex- inex pensive and it was of ample capacity to o serve say twenty adjacent blocks the advantage would be bo that where you now have a thousand you would have but one Ves Vesuvius and a large arge unit may be Installed to make less ess smoke than a cottage These central central central cen cen- units should be owned by the city and should be able to furnish h heat at and power to the largest industries as well as the smallest homes at very much more reasonable rates than we are now charged for tor coal This second suggestion tion ion Is not meant to preclude the use of private power plants but If such units were Installed you could very reasonably require private owners to stand in line Third You Third You have a fine waterworks sYstem under A good head and water waler for tor or drinking and culinary purposes Is not Injured by ley y being passed through a abo lobo bo turbine and looped back Into the plains pains here ere Yo you ha have havo vo a a. source source of pt enI en en- I ergy for public use or sale and your I transmission lines would be short Let your city attorney draft a bill bUl for submission to the incoming legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature and let It be submitted to the people f for r criticism and amendment allowing time for Its complete analysis You Yours s truly WM H. H BURTON South Second West street street Salt Salt Lake take City