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Show SMOKE IN THE RAILROAD YARDS Following the example oi lhe Salt Lake authorities, the city commissioners commission-ers of K'den ill ball on Hie railroads entering the lOCal terminal to help re t'uee the smoke nuisance. The railroad engines operating in the Salt Iake yards are lo be kept under surveillance by tbicr smoke In spectors worklDg in eight-hour shifts. (eden, up to the present, has made no expenditures In determining how the smoke nuisance might be eliminated eliminat-ed or reduced, preferring lo wait the j outcome of the compalgn being carried 1 cm in Salt Lake at an expense which,! up to now, has totaled over $60,000, When positive results are obtained', ogden city will proceed lo profit by Salt Lake's experience. Rut In the checking of the smoke nuisance In thi i gden yards, undoubtedly th,e railroads rail-roads are quite as willing to aid Ogden Og-den as to benefit Salt Lake. It Is stated by experts that the railroads' operating switch englness 'in Ahe Og-j den yards could save large sums by employing smoke Inspectors to force , proper firing the engines. If this be !true, tho railroad officials should hsj ten to engage smoke Inspectors |