Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

these mill men did something to avert the
nuisance he thought the road would take nC
steps, and they were not afraid of prosecu
| tions. He knew of no successful smoke con
| sumers for railroads.
The Lake Erie people thought their road
| was all right, as nobody had made com
| plants. The little line throws out as much
| smoke as some roads more pretentious In
| their claims They are not using smoke
consumers, and from present appearances
do not intend to do so.
| VIII Wait for the Law to Move.
| The big stack at Arbuckle & Co. g building,
on Liberty avenue, has that awful habit OF
emitting an over-abundance of dirty black
smoke which spreads itself all over that
| section of the city and makes life a burden
to pedestrians when the atmosphere hap
pens to be such as to drive it earthward.
This is accepted by the company with a
great deal more resignation than by those
who get the full benefit of it. 1t is not the
fault of the company, however, as q smoke
consumer was tried recently, but 1t proved
to be worthless and was taken out Since
then the smoke stack has been pushed sky
ward just as far as possible and in this way
the nuisance has been somewhat abated.
When asked yesterday what would be done
nient started by the ladies, W. W. Kerr, said
that they had done all that is possible under
the circumstances and will do nothing more
until they are compelled to. They will prob
ably wait until they see consumer success
fully worked and then put one in. The COM
panyis as anxious to get rid of the smoke as
anybody in the city.
S. S. Marvin, who was named as one of the
first to be pushed in the smoke consuming
affair started by the ladies, is out of the city
and nothing can be done by his company
until his return the latter part of the week.
Superintendent Naysmith, of the Allie
gheny County Electric Light Company, said
yesterday that he proposed to adopt auto
matte stokers when they moved into their
NfL anti
Pike streets. They were now using gas, but
would use coal eventually.
ut is impossible" he said, "to carry as
even fire when it is hand-fred as with the
use of the stoker. The only point in their
use is that the fire must not be allowed to
clinker. believe that the use of stokers
will dispense with the heavy pail of smoke
which is liable to hang over the city during
the summer days, and I think that coal
users will come to favor their use as much
from motives of economy as desire to keep
the atmosphere clear"
Marshall Bros. stated that for some time
past they had been considering how they
were to get rid of their smoke, and had
finally decided that it must be disposed OF
in some manner, and had determined upon @
plan which is now being put into shape.
They state that they expect to have the
matter remedied this week. When this firm
wa WAS first formed. 70 years ago. coal was So
Thought a matter of moment. Old-time
Pittsburgers, also, like Mr.. Pickwick, as
SOc1ated the Ideas OF dirt and thrift, ana
thought one could not exist without the
other, consequently there was no outcry,
and the population rather reveled in the
glory of their towns reputation of being the
dirtiest and thriftiest in the Union.
SCOT and Law From One Building.
large amount ofpower is generated in the
st. Nicholas law building, at Fourth avenue
and Grant street, and this it is supposed will
be a shining mark for the lady agitators.
Mr.. Gordon, of Dalzell, Scott & Gordon, was
asked what they proposed to do in the prem
ises, and he replied that they were in SYM
pathy with the smoke-abatement movement
and expected to have the volume they now
make abated long before they would be
waited upon. Mr.. Gordon stated that the
main trouble is that 1t is difficult to decide
upon a remedy. They were not experts
and knew not what apparatus |
was best. Each owner of q plan says that |
not only is his the best, but his statements |
contribute to the belief that all Others |
are useless, and Jumping all statements |
leaves the logical residuum that none are of |
any value. Mr.. Gordon stated that either |
some appliance would be adopted, or the st.
Nicholas boilers would be fired with coke. |
The engineer had some doubts whether they |
lad draught enough to insure the successful |
Use of COKE but Mr.. Gordon thought, as the
tack is 100 feet high, there may be no
rouble on this head.