The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-11
surance that it would remove all the

trouble"
From r. F. Pearce, assistant gen
eral manager Of the Colorado company:
Your esteemed communication of the
4th inst. has duly come to hand. In
answer thereto l would say that we
have made very complete plans, sur
veys and estimates for the construc-
ton of flues and high stacks. We have
also given careful thought and con-
sideration to several schemes for the
absorption of our smoke by water.
These plans and surveys have been
made with great care and thought on
our part, and we have them in readi-
ness for your inspection should you
desire to see them
From G. S. Batternlan, assistant gen.
eral superintendent of the Butte &
Boston: Your letter of the 4th inst.
is received. I have delayed. Answering
it, thinking that perhaps Mr.. Klepetko,
who has had the matter to which you
refer more particularly in his charge,
might return in time to make answer
thereto. He has not done SO, however,
and l have taken the matter up with
our engineer, Mr.. r path, and I beg
to submit to you and through you to
the honorable judge of Departms mt
l. of the district court in and for this
county, our conclusions in regard to
the abatement Of the smoke nuisance.
During the several months last past
we have considered earnestly all of
the possible plans that have sug-
gested themselves to us, that might
tend to abate said nuisance To begin
with, it is well to say that in our
judgment the only relief will consist
in the bestowing of the smoke at such
an elevation above the city or such
a distance from the city that the smoke
will become dissipated in the upper
air or swept in a direction contrary to
fln ,it Ia =
chemical plan for the consumption Of
the fumes and the mandatory there
of into useful or perhaps use ess prod
ucts, is at all feasible, or at all worthy
of being considered in this connection
So far as the Butte & Boston Consol-
dated Mining company is ccnc ned
they have considered three different
plans for the bestowal of the smoke
THE first plan, and the chez p st, con-
sists in the erection of stack of 900
feet in height, said stack to be Of steel
and lined with some nom corrosive ma
terial and said stack to be situated
close to our smelter. The erection Of
such stack and the connection there
with to the present furnaces will cost
minimum amount of $175,000 Such
stack will require one years prelimin-
airy work before any erection on the
ground is begun. 1t will he imposs BILE
to secure the delivery of the material
at the mandatory before November
of this year, after which the mate ial
must be framed and fitted, and then
shipped to this place. The delivery of
material in November would be con-
tlngent upon the immediate order there
of, and such order could not be aced
at this time for the reason that the
completed plans of such a stack W uld
occupy many months in prep ration,
for it must be remembered that such
a stack in thn
cheering world, that no prototype in
the slightest degree exists, and that
after searching the United States over
for several months this company has
been able to procure but one bid from
the many engineering firms in the
United States for the erection and
guarantee of this stack. Mr. Repath
and the writer believe the stack to be
feasible, but it. is plan that must be
studied out carefully, in it's entirety,
before work is commenced In passing
1t may be said that the one bid receive
ed embraced an expenditure of $250,OO0
for the stack alone.
The second plan contemplated by
| the company and investigated consists
| In the building of a brick f1ue to the
TOP OF the hill upon which is situated
the Mountain View hosting works and
| the erection on the top of said hill of a
| stack about 200 feet in heighth above
the hill. This plan contemplates the
| expenditure of s225,O0 but, however.
possesses the merit of being one we'll
| within known and established princi
pies OF construction, and of it's FEAST
bility there can be no doubt. Its exc
cutlon could probably also be looked for
at an earlier date than the stack be-
cause the material would be principally
of local manufacture, that could be OBJ
tanned much more promptly than the
steel shapes necessary for the stack
| rms plan, however possesses the de-
clded disadvantage that it is carrying
| the smoke towards the city of Butte.
instead of away from the city 1t does
possess the advantage, however that it
| would deliver the smoke at an eleya-
| ton of a bout $50 feet above the court
house, in the city of Butte
The third plan investigated consists
| in the construction of brick tlue and
chimney, eastward from the Butte &
Boston Mining company's smelter to
some point on the butte near where the
tunnel of the Great Northern railway
! penetrates the flank of the mountain.
| The construction of such a fue and
chimney would entail cost of approx
| imately $360,O00 exclusive of the right
or way which might cost from $40, 900
to 100000 more, according to the in
| clination and temper of the parties
PEELED to build the said flue, and as
said t1ue would be private enterprise,
| condemnation proceedings would be of
no value, and this company would have
to pay such prices as the owners of the
ground should see fit to demand This
| last plan would deliver the smoke at a
distance of about two and a-half miles
! from the town, and at an elevation of
| 500 or 700 feet above the court house.
In connection with all three plans
| the writer begs leave to suggest that
he has observed closely the behavior of
the smoke during the worst periods
thereof, and that during such periods
his observations have led him to the
| following conclusions: First, that the
period of worst smoke is during the
| winter months, and consequently dur
Ing time when the air in the imme-
dlate vicinity of Butte is largely
| charged with coal smoke from the many
| thousands of fires that re- m ali mod