The sun., 1893-12-21
MUST STOP THE SMOKE NOW.
FINAL ORDERS TO TBB VIEW ToRE
s7EAM COMPhNY.

R,-'',d mat thi' Board, after hearing the New
fo'a s'ssm company IN respect 70 the nuisance
s.a.ss &C.,. ,s o,een.,on =, s.teet .N.
a.. .S.,.a.n, ~ ..,a ."... nS ,u - un. ,oI ,I
Abatement for,hvrb
Such was the result OF lengthy nearing on
the smoke nuisance before the Board OF
Iealth vasterdaV Tho bsarino yv.s attended
a., -. !. ..s. - ~ snt Voc - ''O'i'ou
uy many persons most OF Whom were present
merely as Interested citizens. The company
was represented by President Wallace q An
drews and his lawyer. James Hawes There
were also present Mr.. William Butler Duncan,
Jr representing thu unvomovAr buiIdir, on,t
representative Of the Citizens Improvement
Association. The hearing opened with the
reading bv president Wilson ~ the ,enort a,
=, , ~ " W. ,'son , VI 'i'e Ieport ..
the Inspector and chemist who were assigned
Their reports agreed in recommending that
the nuisance ought to be abolished They
.o.i rh,oh 90. hnrnni ,,.,as ,hI,,. 80 I'll.
eoa wnicn was burned under thirty,two boil
smoke arose from the eighteen furnaces in
which soft conl or n p,i,,uro ~ sof, and hard
Nhieh So't eoa'' OF mixture ot Soi' ano haru
coal was burned.
President Wilson then called upon Mr.. AN
"tywS WS ,ud.o 70 s.".e MS e'ehSe.
ment. lie said he had novel in the matter in
advance Of anr Investigation by the Board Of
Health or any outcry by the newspapers The
facts were that ho had sought to abato the
nuisance oelore oeean uy eAperimentinR
WIN nne'nah'rpl s'ohets anu smoke CON
.tokers in onera,ion now, us ana NOT nrotost
t, a., I,. -, . ". uo' ip,. ptO,oe.
asHlhs,, me bo"ru 3rner, except IN point OF
,,il'' re re VA Wa, aware ne hnu no right 70 make
hsmnl! Iunntiiy OF soft coal. ABOUT one-iith
What thty might use, and as soon as possible
M"u,d hHt III Snough more stokers TO prevent
hnN s!nuke. lie aumlttsu thdt the company
iOsSlhln. r.,, .-,
hal begun to use soft roaL Mr. Andrews re.
clated on tho Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mean
,n Mn,e nS Vas Iositlye tn9t nobody mad been
oIngSS r.;sht II GHrsS or nsnl, think ,ns ,
creates nulthh'ri . .
III: ,hnGTrwa- IT'S largely ideal l don't
Yer c.nI' OF 'hat existing In the lower part OF
President wison-At the time you adopted
nuisance y
way. ., ' "'o " .'e ''''""''
Ne Hnwes broke IN to say that Mr.. Andrews
tho soft was "ny sgd on aonrse
wTuin @ De bad but as the privilege was claimed
any great injury
dhe same "a, e. argument ran al through the re-
were asked il tHey Ss TT Il prpcf
.,nGers s,npe a nuisance while experimenting with
''"tGrS Oh. no." said Mr.. Andrews. "So,.,nu"
II Then Mr. , nnncan was asked ior his opinion;
he, he SAL That IN. iiayeneyer building was 200 !
smell; iron the steam ,conra9y's chimneys
game into :he windows Of the Offices and made |
Mr. Andrews statoment about the date OF |
ie 9eglnnilnE u OF the and said he had
high striEc.
oia M, AndrsTs 5Sst einSsd at this Tut continued
the company had been making.
In ansWer to question putty Commissioner
m, M n n liaa1 ira hah
PECULIARLY on other days, Whenever the wind
bmidng.
When wrote to Mr. Andrews some timo
s@nre ahated In twp weeks, That time ex-
S6r, 6irrI iast einesday but there has been no
The Preventative OF the Citizens Improve
Inent ASSOCIATION suggested that the company.
ihs nSbiiEE iiiiEh' 'oeAPern'eh' NJ 'he expense OF
:, Mr.. Andrews wanted to know, how often Mr.
WhS sure u was less thAn once y week. Mr..
puEcan replied that some weeks the nuisance
when the prevailing Winds tiew in pther di,
ieclionr. it Iil not stris" his building moro
slliI"ns the benefit OF its Presence on those of
on1s' ',.o,,, A..
nnmd sn mat u large corporation Ike his could
ahoTI 10 mnie eNperlmentS nIohisited to less
sack The world for Inventions by which others
would henshi In fact, the compa9y was
take advantage Ot ltB improvement II did
not patent them. There are other places in
There are forty or ilfty OF them. Mr.. Andrews
lo"kei disI leased when Mr. Duncan suggested
that lie might use hard coal In tha sixteen
furnaces rot yet lu-d with mis- improved
ttoNefs; He heEan tolnimhte that the public.
which deEcn cd unon his company for steam,
E,uld suier II tho l;oard did not nccede to his
wishes u was The hrst sugGestion Of threat.
Tgncesed Dy%a'hS "sja tSep psngsr aS e
co"l ana he had TO pay from 80 to 90 cents n
ION more tnan year ago. IL cost the COM
pany s-Oua day more.
l use great deal ot coal and have to pay
only - cents "A ton moro than did last year"
Ia MI. DUNCAN.
it'll. mixed nt,d reverted 10 his q Sirinsl nponA
Oil oil III IT., & ,Hat the objections to his nuisance
Cnmrnissi@ner MartIn-Nobody been ebok ed
hy It yet. chl Mr.. Andrews-So The wind