Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-23
TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
junction Railroad officials Didn't
Know Just How Close a Tab
WOMEN WERE KEEPING ON THEM.
The Ladies Health Protective Association
After a Charter.
LETTING No GRASS GROW UNDER THEM

The detective work of the Ladies' Health
Protective Association, as published in
The DISPATCH, was q big surprise to
the Junction Railroad officials, but little
satisfaction could be obtained at the COM
pany's Office yesterday. Superintendent
Finney was out on the road, and Superin-
tendent Holbrook, of the Baltimore and
Ohio, was along the line somewhere attend
ing to his duties. Chief Clerk Welsh, of
the Baltimore and Ohio, laughed when
asked what he thought of the answer of the
ladies about burning soft coal on the road.
81 would rather have you see Nh. Hol-
brook" he said. 81 don't know much
about it, but coke is burned in the juno ion
engines. Occasionally engines burning soft
coal may go over the road, but it is not
done except when occasion requires"
Reasoning of the Railroaders.
The Junction is valuable adjunct to the
Baltimore and Ohio, and is the connection
with the Pittsburg and Western. The
Baltimore and Ohio people claim that fire.
quently the traffic is so heavy that assist
ance must be given the little line, or the
business would be paralyzed. AS the
Baltimore and Ohio intends to use the juno
tion when its main line is established to
Chicago through Pittsburg, the road will
be put to much inconvenience if this city
ordinance will hold and is enforced. In
Pennsylvania the industrial laws are
famous for their wide scope and liberality.
The lawyers state that in all nuisance cases
actual injury to life and property must be
shown and not mere convenience. The
opinion is quite common that if a test case
were pushed in the present uncertain con-
dition of the smoke consumer for locomo-
Tives that the railroad would come out
ahead. As it is the Junction officials do not
appear to be worried, and scarcely give the
matter passing notice.
1t is rather singular, but the Junction
officials occupy suite of offices on the rear
side of the Fidelity building They are
very much annoyed from the smoke that
comes from the neighboring stacks in
Marshall Brothers foundry on Diamond
street. Frequently they have to close the
windows, and the office is hard to keep
clean on account of the soot The clerks
were wondering how they could live
through it this summer.
Makes Them Grit Their Teeth.
Yesterday great volumes of dense, black
smoke were pouring out of the foundry
stacks, and making the atmosphere very
disagreeable. When their attention was
called to it the Junction people heroically
gritted their teeth and remarked that they
supposed there was no remedy for it.
H. z. Dilworth has been making a study |
of the smoke nuisance. He SAYS that unless |
it can be stopped in some way, high build |
ings will be out of the question in Pittsburgs |
Office holders on the upper floors are COM
planning constantly about the dirt and !
smoke. No man who has any regard for the
looks of his Office, Mr.. Dilworth SAYS, will |
think of leaving the windows open. On the |
lower floors the nuisance is not noticed so
much. Mr.. Dilworth thinks that the peo-
pie won't rent the offices in high buildings,
and this will stop the work of erecting
domeS that pierce the clouds, especially of |
smoke.
The papers necessary to secure a charter
for the Women's Health Protective Associ- |
a-ion were filed in the Prothonotary's office !
sTTSsI eFyf1y. by Edward B. Scull, the attorney
of the association The papers were signed !
by five members of the association: Mrs /
John NJ. Oakley, Miss Mary McClelland |
Mrs. Herbert Du Puv, Mrs. F. T. Nicola |
and Miss Kate Mcknight. The association
being corporation without profit the Court
instead Of the Governor will grant the char
ter.
Doesn't Know of Any Ordinance. /
Chief Brown was asked yesterday about
Mrs Denniston's statement concerning the
smoke nuisance on the y unctIor railroad.
Il do not think there is any ordinance
preventing the Junction from using btu
minous coal, " said he "If there is | do
not remember of il, but I will look the
matter up tomorrow. There Is an ordinance
against the use Of coal in the city limits by
the Pennsylvania Railroad, but 1t is obso-
lete. Few will deny that the black smoke |
Is a nuisance, but it is no. t. he gotten
away within ihe center of the 6i:uminous
coal region. as Pittsburg is, bv prohibiting
its use. Such course would be death
blow to many industries
The proper way is to enforce The use of
smoke cosirrEers. thus peruit'ii. Tbe use
OF coal. bH Goirg away with IS disagree
able !ca r5s-. In-'e is hill IL ihz Leeis-
lature on :his suhjec. which l nope TO see
passed
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