Show F arty Tons of Soot Daily Wafted Over Salt Lake in Winter Professor Beckstrand Outlines as Remedy Building of System of Community Heating I Plants Suggesting One for Every Nine Ninel Blocks Inspection System Is Advocated R D p for the smoke nuisance in ill Salt SnIt Lake valley methods to toA A 1 reduce it and possible systems to eliminate it entirely were before the tile meeting of the Utah Society of Engineers at the thc Stock E Exchange l i ln t h I b o uh u L. L e. e A. A H If it Thle Thiessen sen section director 0 of the United States weather t bureau delivered de do- livered the first t paper of or the evening dealing baling with atmospheric conditions rind and their effect on the thc smoke nuisance I 0 O. W. W y Ott rend read an extensive and anI Interesting interesting Inter Inter- esting paper on tho smoke nuisance explaining the causes and methods o or Ol reducing the amount of at smoke given gl off oft from boilers boner Prof Irot E. E II H. Beckstrand Beck Beck- strand pave gave statistics to show that about fort forty tons of soot boot Is let Jet free In Inthe Inthe the tho air all hero dally daily during the winter months as a fl result of or Improper firing of furnaces N He lie outlined as a remedy the building of a system s stem of community heating plants suggesting ono one plant for O cr every overy nine block which s system stem he said was in force In Jn omo flame western cities and had proved satisfactory factor In his paper Mr showed that there was less wind in the aIle valley val aI alIcy al le Icy ley during the thc winter t and that the at atmosphere atmosphere at- at therefore did lid not nol have this help In clearing rte awa away time the smoke lie He also alto said that flint what wind Ind did come como traveled tra at a R. E slower lower rate rit of or speed and that the prevailing direction was southeast thu making It an nn blow 11 lie produced produce statistics to to show that In tn 1891 an there was as an average ot 01 o three cloudy cloud or densely smoky days dan I while in the the year 1012 1912 th the number I had increased ased to twenty one one days dars I 1 Ni Rr Mr Ir Ott OU explained In his paper that the lack of or complete combustion of ot fuel I was responsible for tor tire the great amount of or smoke and said that this was ns due duo duoto to Improperly sot set t boilers and also to methods of or firing lie IIo said for tire the proper combustion of or coal three elements dorn ele do- 1 rn ments en t s we were re n m necessary cc a essary-a a su sufficient I ft ci on t temperature to obtain proper Ignition of or gases the pt proper quantity of ot air must be supplied and that tho the air and fuel should bo properly mixed When 1 these c conditions arc are obtained It Is a simple matter matt or to burn fuel of or any kind either cither liquid or solid without producing smoke tc said In closing Mr Ott recommended tho the appointment b by the city government o o of ol several smoke Inspectors who would be bc on r regular ular salary and who whose hol sole Eole duties would b 11 bo to In Inspect the tho various arlous heating plants and furnace rooms and ama see that proper conditions prevailed Professor Hor Beckstrand said sald that tons ton of coal were ere consumed annual annually annu anna al ally In Salt SaIl Lake and that the greater reater part lart of this amount vas as consumed durIn during dur dur- In ing six months of or tho tire year ear From figures which he ho had computed he showed howell that per cent of or tho the total weight of the tho coal coul went up In smoke moke or 0 about 10 IO tons of or soot a da day wa was wag lot let free into the atmosphere He said sald that the stoves tO and furnaces in private homes were responsible for a great deal of this amount and after atter showing It was sum Impracticable to use uso electricity the tho residences resi resl- or gas a as fuels fuel for tor heating deuces dences or buildings on account of the high cost he outlined a plan for tor erecting erect orect- ing lug a n. heating plant for or every oven nine blocks which he said salt could bo be done dono at ata ata a a. cost of or about 2 OOOO or little more than the possible expense of or Installing furnaces In the homes of or tho the nine blocks The number o of these he hc computed computed com corn at about 50 for the district Heat could be sold from theo the o plants ho said at a saving over the tho in Individually Individual individual- ly operated furnaces G u nl At the conclusion of ot the papers there was vas a general discussion on the vanous various various vari van ous subjects The Tho special smoke committee of tIre tile Commercial club sanitation committee mot with the tho board of governors of the tho club yesterday esterday but did not make Its report Tho The matter was referred back to tho the special committee for further further fur fur- ther timer action G George H. H Dern chairman chairman chair chair- man n of or tIle the special committee said that thata a report probably would bo ho filed flied next week which would recommend that stops steps bo taken to have tho the city commission commission com corn mission appoint a a. smoke commissioner whoso whose duty it would be bo to supervise the campaign to eliminate the tho smoke Continued on Paso Page 7 7 Column 3 1 3 lOCAL SMOKE PROBLEM I 1 DISCUSSED BY EXPERTS I SOLUTIONS ARE OFFERED Utah Engineers Listen to Papers Pa Papers Papers Pa- Pa pers on Cause and Prevention Prevention Pre Pre- Con Continued From Page e I. I 11 i nuisance Mr Dora Bern was of ot the opinion I that better results could be obtained where th the tatter matter was handled d by the ell city than b by an any action of a few private private private vate Individuals Dr Samuel G. G Paul health commissioner W. W H. H Bywater chief of oC the fire department and Mr lr Drake of the thc National Association of Stationary Engineers also were present present pres pres- ent at nt the meeting 1 |