The sun., 1891-05-15

| prise OF br. BRraas. He Is tearing up the
old faith from the very roots
Tho Cologne Of the West. ...i
Our. esteemed contemporary, tho Chicago
! Herald records in sorrow moro than IN
anger the persistent local pec,,liarities OF
the Windy City In the way OF assaults upon
the olfactcries, the eye, and the ear. 1t will
bc remembered that Chicago began sorne
time ago mighty effort to get out OF the
smoke that habitually wells her beauty from
| the eyes Of strangers, and the admiration OF
hor sons. How wrong the scheme has gone
is. clear from this truthful and painful
chapter In descriptive capnology:
"on ths moving bridge and on both shnrss Of that
soied dove the river stood dense crowd impatient
70 pursue their joarncy From different dirscons east
and came two large lake steamers slowly Ta's
tus isto the narrow chsnneA on either side OF the
bridge foundation. These aesmefa being too unwsidy
we're pulled By ,nail turbcAta The steamers did no
harm but the lit,e tugs did. when about sAps
length from the br:dse they both OF them began 70
. bevh forth smoke Not tho wbito, thin smoke that
ssaly rises into The air and dsarpeas but the dsnse
s,jaing smoke. almost black in hue aud ehekipe him
who has to breathe II which IL the product of soft
coal III an imperfect state OF comhustion.
Thee, c.ouis of smoke were sent forth 10
vicious.y in such an utter spItis Of damn.the.
public cussednsss att they came 50 suddenly that
IN instant they had ehwrappsd every human being
the hridGs and tho shores in their cable sntiuY
sunecatin9 mantle. And tn!s bombardmspt Of black
SCOT and smoke kept up until after the two tall
vessels hsd been drassed abou. block further on
Thserowd srunsrsd and couRhsd and tried to catch
their breathe and tho ladies n IL buried their bright
faces In their perfumsd to escape the in
fscaSn'or this s~fa, smoke But there was no s.eap
Ing IT. 1t psostratsd every veil, sverJ handkerchief
searched its way through the handsome drsssse and
the aching lungs Of shat the
vicinity For the Of i've minutes the sun became
invisible that crowd The sky took on somSrs tint
and banks solid smoke stretched In the air far
the could reaoh Then the wind began to scatter
the revolving Of il4mslline choking smoke and
wings last II departed 70 infest other regions
Then everybody in the crowd OF follow sufferers BEGAN
once more to breathe freely. Meanwhile the bridge
had turned back TO is ola place and the living ore
human b nSs rushed nsdly over IT, Some OF them
used cuss worda"
II two little tugs can puff up such lung
choking and mephitic exhalation, what must
be the usual Chicago atmosphere. blackened,
polluted. and malodorized by Q hundred
thousand smokes, uncleannesses, and savors
intolerablep For the benefit Of visitors to
the unfortunate spot we quote another chap
ter, chapter Of smells and screeches:
"The little scene was one Of everyday occurrence.
railroad engines all the CITY. In fact while the
defiant tusboata with shrl and whstlss sent
volumes OF black smoke all about the neiRhborhood OF
Wells street bridge, some two three locomotives
rushed back and forth under the vaduct close 70 the
bridge changing thsr bella letting Oh stsam with the
noise OF . Roodstsed explosion. and puhins the
very Same variety OF stidng smoke into the trsm-
bling atmosphere. A. far - the character Of
the nuisance was eouesrnsd IL was neck
and.neek race between the tugbosts and the
locomotives And Il is the Northvsstsrn road,
It 10 ON every other within the limits Of the town.
sickeninG smoke and dsafsninx noise everywhere
every track that and inersscs the
huge city wholesale poisoning OF that element
necessary life air And this In the Of existing
the face Of the fact that large claims have all
a,ona been MADE that the smoke nuisance ID rapidly
abatinE. 'Ths fact that city air u still ~
thickly charged with smoke ~ Il ever was perhaps
than Of DID, may BE- simply Demonstrated said
pubc spirited citizen who has lately Joined or
san,xaton established for the purpose Of either
ating or wipng out . ssrtss Of now prevailing
nuisancea An one has to do 10 to observe the
way recently finished buidings have been changed
BY the air. 20 far their outer covering 10
concerned. Look for instance tho Insey.oeean
building. about year old Notice how that great
architectural wonder its tower has taken the hue
OF mourning, all duo to the constant smoke in the air.
L~ox any Of those recently built massive structures
down town. on La Sale and Nsnroe and Dearborn
Even before they quite nnishsd and ready
for occupancy, they look old and dinRy and smoke
beerimed. Then when you como TO the chapter OF
stinks what odorifsrous OF almost illimtable
scopsi Our chemical factories with their varsaa,ed
smells tallow and slaughter houses soap fac
tories and through the whole history s spread
much stink Al the vast exranss OF this city
they ever did. despite claims made to the contrary
And yet 1t takes nothing but q riRid enforcement Of
existing ordinancsa nothing but health department
that will do Its duty. to wipe this evil completely
Bridgeport is true 10 not quite offensive the
olfsctory nerves a. II once wss bus other stink
producing estaoiahmsnts have sprung up. with mush
growth. in other paris Of the city and the
total Of sinks thor produce Il at least the sQuiva
lent Of the sum tota, of ten years ago."
Must this smoke rasp tho throat and rcd
den tho eye OF the Orient and tho Occldent in-
vited to celebrate COLUMBUS, Chicago, and
the Republican party in 1898? Must these
MISUNDERSTANDING noises knock out the
odors mako indignant the nose Of civiliza-
ton? 1t is time for Chicago to reform, to
swear of smoking, to devote herself to de-
odorlzation and disinfection. II not. What
Signor Corte's Confessional Case for
Our Government.
It is surely an extraordinary and mex
plicablo confession that Slgnor CoRTK. the
Italian Consul at New Orleans. has made. as
given in yesterdays Sun.
Itcontains allegations which Consul CoRTR
ought to be invited to support with legal
evidence before he takes his departure for
Rome next week.
He confesses that o fow weeks ago. he had
private information concerning certain mur-
darous proi0cts that italian residents of Nav