, 1875-08-20
SMOKE CONSUMPTION.

Tho Citizenb' Association appointed commit.
lee, consisting OF GARLIC Mason. Gcn. j. II.
I4cdle, an.l Prof. Marc Dehtoutatnc TO lnvoEtl.
cato tho smoke n,lenncc, and to report as to tho
feasibility If adopting sono ino1rensavn matLod
for tic consumption OF Bnloka in manufacturing
and other establishments wi,nro bisuminous coal
Ia usctl In largo 1uantttca. Althongl. that Conn.,
mittce are not prepared to report as fnly Az they
de.iro. tbs following communication OIL tho anD-
1oc., by Prof. Dclafontainc. embodios ideas which
arc OF interest TO tho public:
Tho necessity Of abAtnR tbs smoko nuisance forces
itae'f moro and mora uron ti'e rubI!e mind. L'ae
Nintrr Of tho Ch!cagn lalfea rnbllshs seErA nf
.nntt a1e nnd exhaustive articles on lilo different
lerlsl frnm a loople Interested In that 1ucafion.
l'the sr'tcca ,so!r. 1srlar' tno comrrelensse anu
i.as las leen ies,ned proper 70 pret"is ile following
article, complied from Tue bost stnsas both E"EnH~
nd American Eysry , asy t hundreds Of = eIn"y n
largo solun,ra OF dense, black FiAoks. Niscn
tue atmosphere ia ss,'i or nearly 10. That
buildings, sioin tho furniture Of Tie roonla and Of:
ices au Interferre scriousy With ctral branclcH Of
a,,ite pbiic nulsaco Which ought 10 lie al,ac Tbs
las occur1o'i and a occnrn In tnost Of the
largo te' and thorough Investigations aud creFt-
lea In order To and out Rue bcHt means any exist Ut
preventing the formation Of soto II, our grhsa or
Ut e4us,nH IT, consumption after It Ia produced.
4 g.ca, many furtua Of furnaces aud grstes AMI
pUmrrouH emuke-cpts,r,ess have !ren invented, hut
vary frw ba 10 becn pt into rartca ae and 1nuss OF
them haya 1rcn alSnloue ia tueIcrn, or because,
In MANY Instances they increased lnateld Of i1!r-
isheI tto rnnhunutigt. or tlls cout1,Hlfs ,lsr er
ss caso they renure loo much earp un tlla rart Of
tI,,s etDkcrr
Carefully y-cnnt!uctod trials hare, hnwcvrr. dsEon-
ktrated tho faet that thefe ara several
witch when ap,,!ied tn wce0pstruetc,1 CRATES rr,-
y.1c,i With STACKS Of sufficient height anA size, will
prevent the Formation Of saoke without increasing tho
consumption Of fuel Il IA qrto evident that, inas-
much Is certain coals arc moro bitunne1s than
uttorr and therefore R,yc off moro EtEols II
fully bnrucd. certain apparatus may an1wcr yrry
we'll when ot,e kind Of coai ID used and prove partial
failure with smother.
Some " tin ereacA drawbacks to the adoption snd
ute Ut sk aso te defective construction
uf tho repacr ths lack u ayaI1abs space, and tho
exargfrntr,l tAs nEtts Of ts insentHrs who claim,
sayx OF large percentage Ut fuel Al resulting from
| the 1,ae pf lhrir apparatus.
s,ukc L. esseEta.ly composed Of those vArors and
Rasea whf artse from tho furs exposed suddenly to
the ACTION Of high temperature. These vsrors and
gases arc nlOstly roEnbustble Themselves. In order
tint they should take hre and lurn they ,Ht u> 10
mt1al with the prupef quantity ot air, and E2) ihe
mixture must ue very hos. II these conditions arp
NOT fulfilled within tho fireplace the vapofn underR,
partial decomposition. by which thcy ccomo loatul
with ye.y nne particles of cnrton Of SCOT, which the
draft irtvee OF into ths atmospheric II OIL crate
lea,et{ With burning coke riElers there II thrown
suddenly layer Of coa, 10 inches thlrk.
r'me ~ c ..t,,, eons'ei ma .ne ~ IT, IT,
While ,l.c t,ecunrs s,Iirniy ower an at liz ea,ue