, 1881-05-01
THE SMOKE ORDINANCE


How It IL to He Observation-Disclosures
the Loconnnsfvc~-AN New Consumer.
The sn.oke-nusance ordinance should 20 int
effect with ait the revised ordinances To-day q,
as soon as the ordinances ,.re printed. The pen.
alty fur allowing ii locomotive tur, or a factor,
chimney TO emit dense, black smoke over the
rity rangcs from IS to SlJ. aud the Health Com
missioner and Chief Of Police are TO enforce it
DR.. De Wolf stated yesterday to 1HE TRIBUNE
reporter that he would begin to send
out bis men along the rai!roads Tomorrow
a ana ~a'En yne eho ae ffPoct @ every engine @ sending
would be taken ana tho utlicas of the co,npa-
ues conferred with. He Thought ttat they w.,t,Id
nssist In me enforcement, aud that locomotives
wood As far It's the ordinance .was concerned.
Its provisions could mt be enforced for seynrsi
weeks 10 come, as the revised ordinances were
not yet printed.
4 NEW SMOKE-BCENEE
There is now in operation ut tho who]eso,a
e:ure of u. B. Fisk s. Co. snoke e. burner which
seems to work well! The machine is simple In
with holes. about one-half nn inch in
diameter This is placed central: between
the hotton, and 1op Ut the ttre-box, and ahu.,t
one tool in front OF tile tlces. 70 the rear side
OF the tire-btlck arch are attached. three Or four
1our-lnch @ tubes which are prolonged under tho
boiler It's extreme lengsh. The philosophy Of
the Invention is this: After a tire has been
started. and the brick arch becomes heated. the
fAt4ucauou " tHe Alr causes AE atmospheric
current to constantly pour into the tir.-box
This current. being highly heated, mikes with
Ihc hsdro-carhon,c gases which Are given of by
tue coal and combustion Immediately ctsucs,
1n THE flaulc Ut he burning g,ls the greater mr.
tlou OF the dense carbon evolved il, the Slow
combustion " the coal is CONSUMED, instead of
pctng carried up the chiHaney 10 emerge itl
heavy black masses poisonous to the atzuosuherf,
and uatnaEtns to the property In its immediate
vicinity. Yesterday AFTERNOON while the rerprt
cs vas investigating The workings Of the ma.
Chine the engineer. Tlo is Il very tar.:r! roYn
Aid evidently understood his business rwjce
tired up. The coal used WIS Iof the Indiana
olock variety. Astounding under ordinary cir
hot air current evolving from the heu,ed brick
arch Immediately caught ou to the fresh pile Of
cuat, seized the Eas nrtt smoke us DEVELOPED by
tne coking, consumed bo;n. u.,d while tho fur
nacr-dt'ors were kept open created rear that
was almost ucafcIlnE. An almost Immediate
inspection oil the s1uoKc-Stnck showed thar tho
fresh firing only perceptitly and 1nomcntarily
Increased the volume ut smoke. 4 minute
later and the chimney threw Off no
more smoke than what wouii be naturally
raused by the combustion OF the bcs; quality Of
c.'rd- wood Tho engineer stated that the ma
chine had more than paid for itself. In the in
creased steAMinE power OF the coal used, Here
toiore be was satisfied with conversion into
Steam OF stx or seven pounds Of water at an cx-
pcndlture OF one pound OF coal. A few weeks
Rgo he attached q meter to the boiler and was
Rrltitiel to learn that one pound of coal had
converted 50 pounds of water.
How far this machine is applicable TO use on
locomotives remains tn be determined. An ex-
pertinent. Was made with It last summer. tho
AIR supply pipes being only one and huff
inches in diameter. but it was not found to nc
coWplish any better result than what WIS OH
talned oy very xsry careful firing by the engineers
may bc productive OF an improvement IN its
use on locomotives. but as tho class of work
they are called upon to perform is different
likely that the perfect smoke consumer for loco
motives has yettU be invented.