Show I The Smoke N Nuisance I C GENTLEMEN of the Commercial club feel convinced convinced con con- vinced that the d dense blanket of vapor in which Salt Lake has been thoroughly enfolded during during during dur dur- ing the past few days is more smoke than anything else they concede the existence of fog which holds the tho smoke close to the ground and makes it especially especially es es- es- es disagreeable but argue that without the smoke the tIle fog would have ha incommoded the city but little If this be true and there are arc few reasons for believing otherwise there should be some means of putting an end to it We have ha some excellent laws new and shinin shining for the prevention of smoke they thoy are new and shining chiefly because they have ha not been used It is e extremely difficult to induce a learned judge to fine a business man man merely because the thc aforesaid business mans man's tender furnace-tender does docs not know his business it is obviously true also that until the Salt Lake public learns that the emission of dense volumes of smoke from the thc stacks of furnaces furnace furnaces fur fur- naces nace is unlawful present conditions will continue Having diffused the information that it is an unlawful unlawful un un- un- un lawful act a few lusty fines will probably brin brinI bring I the desired answer Carelessness for the most part partis is the cause of the nuisance If the residents of the city will give the ComI Commercial Com Corn I mercial club and the officers in whom is lodged the duty of enforcing the smoke ordinance their hearty support the fog which is general at this season of oi of the year will be shorn of its chief discomfort I Jt JL |