St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-27

atiug O nuisance by the emission Of dense
smoke, or smoke iii large volume, or SCOT
from chimneys or other apertnres, ana that
unless the same is abated within sixty days.
YOU will be prosecuted for violation OF the
legislative act providing for such offenses.
Notices framed IN asmanner similar to
the above have been received by the
proprietors of sixty manufacturing
houses. hotels and other places OF busi-
ness in this city since June 80 of the
present year. Despite the service OF
notices to abate the nuisance, however.
the clouds Of black vapor still roll in
murky volume from the aforesaid
''chimneys and other apertureS," and
the atmosphere of this sanity city re-
mains polluted thereby in lamentabie
degree. y. T. Reffner. for many years
Sub-smOke inspector in Chicago, when ia
st. Paul recently. said regarding the use
of smoke consumers, and devices or
various kinds for obviating the smoke
nuisance. that his experience in mat
tiers of this kind had shown that 1t was
impossible to at once enforce an act
providing for the consumption OF smoke
i'm cities, especially in the West. In
Chicago years had been necessary to
secure anything like proper obserV-
ance in this regard. and he could not
say even now that the smoke ordinance
was a success. He expressed the opin-
ion that time must be given people TO
decide what manner of device will be
most effective and least expensive.
Notices of abatement were being served
in Chicago every day TO the number oil
thirty or forty, yet there was smoke,
and dense smoke at that. coming from
places in the heart of the city which
are supposed to be provided with de-
vices for smoke consumption.
In speaking of progress in the matter
of removing the smoke nuisance, Build
ing Inspector Johnson said yesterday
that of all the persons upon whom no.
tees had b. en- served. not one had re-
fused to comply with the terms of the
smoke law. The great trouble seemed
TO ue that
PEOPLE WE'RE IN DOUBT
as to what Mariner OF consumer TO
amply. Some have no faith In the
Hutchinson or McGinnis patents, which
are principally in use IN the city. 9th
ers want time to cast about them for
something reliable, and others again
plead poverty, making at the same
time prOteStationS of an intention TO
comply with the law as soon as imam
cially able. Some have complied al
ready in the introduction OF the McGln-
his consumers, which are found 10 per-
form admirably the work expected OF
them. The smoke from the court mouse
furnaces is dealt with by the Nc
Iiinnis consumers, and no trouble has 0c-
Cured since their introduction. The
market house and "'oh school buildings
of which compl ints were formerly more
fir, q uent tn: II OF ".iy other structures,
have also put in consumers, and since
that time no complaints have been
heard. The Edison Electric company'S
smokestack, used at one time to emit
smoke enough to darken the heavens
for four miles round. All this is changed,
however, since the company began
burning crude oil instead of coal. and
not complaint is heard from that 10
cality now. The street railway COM
panv's power house on Selby avenue
used to prove prolific source OF com
plant until the company also took TO
burning oil and banished the smoke
fiend from its premises. Z Gently COM
plants have been made against the
Metropolitan hotel, the Barteau apart
mant house, corner of Ninth street and
Smith avenue, MerrillS laundry, the gas
works at the corner of Fifth and Olive
streets and others.
The New York Life building is also
among those requested to abate, and
the managers are in correspondence
with the building inspector as to what
manner of consumer he deems the most
reliable for use in so large building.
An idea that
SMOKE CONSUMERS FAIL
to perform their work perfectly has
gained ground from the fact that sew
eral establishments using two boilers
have smoke consumers on only one or
them, and the result is that smoke eS-
capeS still. though in lesser degree
than previously. Both the Ryan and
Clifton hotels are partially provided
with consumers in the manner de-
scrbed, and the result is as may be
seen, not entirely satisfactory. In re-
Spouse to a question as to which of the
viOlatOrs of the smoke ordinance it had
been decided on to first proceed against,
Mr.. Johnson said:
81 don't consider that | ought to say
anything i'm that connection. as 1t does
not make much difference who are the
first to be dealt with. Probably batch
of about dozen will be first called
upon. After that we propose to prose-
cute them i'm patches until all viOlatorS
have been punished. There has been
some doubt as to whether the city at
torney was the proper person 10 prose-
cute the cases, and, as doubt exists.
City Attorney Holman and County At
torney Mum have arranged meeting
to-day for discussion of the matter.
and an agreement will be arrived
at as to who will proceed. The
time has come, however, when
the smoke nuisance is to be
dealt with summarily. Complaints
are frequent and the cause must be done
away with. The cost of putting in the
McGinpis arches, or the Hutchinson
consumer, is from $50 to 5000 per boil
er, and they can be adjusted to almost
any boiler made. l can't say just eX-
actIy when the first actions will be
brought, but. as l told you, it will be
very soon, and the result will probably
be general adoption of consumers of
some pattern. Persons convicted OF
violating the law are liable to fine of
mt Iacs than S05 NOR more than $780, or