Feliciana sentinel., 1892-10-15
CHICAGO's SMOKE.
,..A,ne Topics Of ptere.t in the
worlds Fairscity.

Leading Topics Of 4 aterest in the K
worlds FairlCtty. r
Efforts to Improve the sGpitary Condition r
OF the Great MstfopolA4 Copper Cure !
Ia, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 3Gr0ana 49,
eupisd bv RAILROADS.
,spcci.l Chlcsao orrstpondence1 :
hid Won ever, travelisg by rail or by .
....mcr sec a black thunder-cloud ;;
away in the distance 4head OF you,
with Lightning flashing out OF II ana
drapery. as It were, hanging from 'ne
cloud down to the cary below snow
ing where the rain vasdaning? II you
did you can imagine how Chicago LOOKS
when you approach it frpm Lake hlchi-
gan and the wind happens to DC 1ron
the west. You'll be ott in the sun,
shine, tre weather WI be 1alr anu
beautiful. but over the pity hangs that
| carries it out a mile or tdvo on the lake,
and if the weather is teavy you can
| hardly see an object half . mile away
| when you are in the cioud.
| It is not a thunder-cloud, however,
as YOU will perceive when you get into
it. It is simply a pail of heavy, brown
! smoke and before you get up town you
will want to take o. bath /
For wears the health department OF
the city of Chicago has made spas
modic efforts to do away with Tie
''smoke nuisance" There is a clty OF
d;nance i'm posing a fine for heavy
smoke from any building and every
now and then number OF people were
fined. But it did no good.
The worlds fair preparations came
along and efforts were made to put
the CITY into presentablc shape
Among these efforts was the organlza.
, tion of a society for the prevention OF
smoke which was started at meeting
: of the Union League club. Some OF
, the hest known and most inhuentlal
. citizens accepted positions on the
board of directors. secretary auo
several expert engineers were engaseo
and the work began. 49,.
1t was an herculean task, for the dl1-
3 ficulties we're extraordinary. Imagine
a CITY full of buildings that were put
up only a few years ago and were ade-
uuatc for the business at that time,
\ bu. subsequently had to be ENLARGED
e and entire stories put on top. Yet the
s space for boilers and furnaces was nov
II increased, The furnaces had to be
S crowded continually to do the neces
/ sary work. Then came the sky
o scrapers, buildings towering above the
e old ones SO high that the part elevated
T. above the others alone was enough u
'r make two or three respectable build
II inrs, These structures were put on I
l. narrow space, so there was but lttu
Of .....-- L-:i--- --a f.rPrSe9' ~
re boilers also had to be crowded
p, In addition, Illinois coal is cheap AM
-e handy. and it is soft coal that gives OF
We so much smoke under the ordlhar.
is processes of combustion
h Taking all these things into cons'o
No Grafton it was no wonder Chicago " d
Pt smoky. 1t was unreasonable to expec
ht people to do away with smoke Wlthou
Sc telling them how these dithcult'e
rs could be obviatcd-
'ol campaign Of education was con
OF ,nence6 by the Society for the frcve1
tion of Smoke. The conditions WEI
investigated and experiments mac
with a number of smoke consumers o
ed more properly. complete com
?. devices, for smoke consists OF tno
ess parts OF the fuel which are not p"lh:
Set The engineer of the society gave adVi
as free of charge how to abate the s"ioS
ldv in many cases enabling 'ho%
the scriously tried to abate the nuisance
mo do so without using any expensive Ps
or ent device, by simply adjusting gra
ave surface. adrn:s OF air. draught' et
uiu 80 as to bring about the correct Pl
vus portions to the work required.
cIA But education was evldchtiy
fa. sufficient More vigorous measur
h q have of late been introduced fro'
: to cu.ions for violations OF the oroiiiaI
she are numerous and the fines lmpos
r to are collected, too.
Itwould really seem that there Is
res longer any good excuse for owners
led, boiler plants making much siii"He
first course, a certain amount VIII y. ' .,'
4 . in firing ND. but no one objects to IN
arts II is the continual emission OF q;
clouds of smoke that's to be prevent
,au- There are numerous good siho>e Z
d to venting devices, and even "lth
of them the greater part OF the sh'
med now made could &c stopped. IL II c
;s.d | not be done now how will the city i'
her next wear when every factor!
wed Office building will be pushed 10
pid- limit of its capacity oy '"S .:
the of supplying the great crowds OF VI
can. ors to the worlds fair?
There is a great deal of opposltlol
RM. the efforts TO abate the SMOKE n
oDce. some outspoken opposition
som. of that stoiid, silent KIND WI
| s;ponlv does not move but docs
srcalx out. Some raise the cry III"
IT. will kill Chicago's manufacturing
10
-cely dnstrics 10 sup WI. .,,,,,,. &c
her IL, however 'n"' -, ,d ~
ction made, all the iu'. 10 80 ,,sn
tho heat is oota'''eo ii'll ~. hec
d to mt that II slioNe - coal W,
guar genera the
nose fall off 20 per cent.
ein," The Society 1or the -:
IL re- Smoke is backed oS ,s
Th. numerous wealthy citizens and
nan press is doing good work to he
,lder along. 1t is to be hoped that the
rans- NAV present a clean appearance W
the hosts from this country and at
come to visit our great exposition.
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