New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-19
MAY PRESENT A TEST CASE.
SECRETARY az THE MERCHANTS 1857
CITATION coNFERs WITH CITY OFF,
GALS ON SMOKE NUISANCE.

The Merchants Association. in connection WIN
s nstt for abolishing the use OF soi' coa ." VIZ
o,tv has received a letter from one OF ns up'o""
members in which he says
We are more than pleased to earn 'ns' ,9 9Eo coal
in the City and suburbs anc we Wisn 10
Of our R SssTe e when you make up
81 nartiss who arr TO 20 notified 20 discontnue
use Of so55 CO.'S e. nj ocaty embraces Offenders
who are dyed in the wool reproosseeea led 70 strict
to see them among the hfst 10 De 'a''e0 -
account.
The Estey Piano Company has written oenyins
that II uses soft coal To this letter the Following
reply has been sent:
Your letter Of September Is. stating that you
nays nS S~ly Teeeved Wien our party of obserya
fon passed through the Harlem klxei Oh sentenber
T. the chimney Of your factory was certainly senG
ing on; something which bore every h ,o,Iien
ant Commander John {. Fremont. the SUPERVISE supervise
Of the Harbor VINO was IN o0 this subject who ac
companied us at our request G. W J. Angel ana ma
nnr,ers If the newspapers who were on board ana
nv myself There Is no desire 70 cI Ii - iav,
Srng spG Se e hSse If you are offender
possibly you willing TO Co.opera'e , m, is
hard to get so that the breakers OF the Ia" may
he prosecuted successfully. ,- o,,r ,o,,er N
such REPRESENTATIVES OF the press as may nay Gs az
our place for nforma9n IN rfsaTo hat YOU may
$4,000 as coming from yourselves. state
80, which was made TO the erect tnat your IaN
torv was among those offending IN TINS WAY
William r. Corwine secretary OF the Merchants
Association said yesterday:
mfr Dill our counsel is back from the Nee''
ena have had a conference with him tms ai'ei
80, m what course we had better pursue TO nave
this nuisance abated and have asked MN ""et"0,
the whole subject could not he brought up oeS'
by a test case against some ohender IN 'he ho,
ough OF Manhattan. He has this matter uhoei aU-
yisement and will report tomorrow nave "iS'
had a conference with the Mayor OoIonel VI
Murphy. the president Of the Health Board. WIN
Rsrnard York president Of the Police Board ana
,vould have seen the District Attorney TO-DAY nut
that he was obliged TO be away in ATTENDANCE ~
Inc funeral Of Assistant District Attorney u!dHa
All these officials have assured the MerchahtS, as
Mai can be done toward having this matter
stained The association is in this hght 10 STAY
20 finish The officers have so announced lheX
believe in their city m us proteC.on I'm ~ ,en
abuses and in safeguarding the hea n OF the PEI
pie That the soft coal nuisance Is serious PEI
ace 10 health we know; we know also th6t II -
destructive 70 the beauty Of buildings, We ue-
leve that civic pride ought to come TO the 'es'"e
II am going TO take this matter up with the au-
tboritIes Of Jersey City and the state OF Ne"-Je.
sey 10 II a Law cannot be aqope.d ti,eoV ,bo
prohibit the use of soft COAL thereby stopping "
smoke from being blown across the river, 10 IN. UNI
CITY and eliminating Jersey az a home OF rel i
for tugs and boats which are disobeYlns 'he ~"
H. sI understand that the Metropolitan Tractlon
Company is being prosecuted ny the CITY s1 hIee
but siil yesterday afternoon both chlmneys o. ~
Dower house in Lenox-ave were heching forth
smoke in wav 10 create dense clouds or black
smoke 1t was very unsghty. 10 say the least