The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-22
M WAY TO CONSUME SMOKE.
LIME OF CENTRAL SAYS IN
,r>rIoN Is YET TO BE MADE.

,,i,d They Won't Do the work.
- wood or Coke Would BE
,,arc objectionable TO Office Men.
n..,irm That Apparently Admits
IA solution, Except by Exercise
-, close Care.
,J,u the Central Railroad is to prevent
.ls from its River street trains getting
.4rtb-sfde Bay street Offices, as con-
..,,,red in a petition which win be sub
-'.'.l ro Council is something the Off
.,. ,.;l probably be unable to solve. In
of the present inefficient state of
q .,ots-oonsuming Inventions, there does
.-.sr, 10 BE any way in sight to relieve
II he situation.
81 i,,r months the Central has been aware
t,s inconvenience caused by smoke
ron. it. engines on River street, and every
,r, has been made to make the annoy
.. less Objectionable. Only recently
...lo7ers were experimental with, but
f- stated they were found altogether I'M
4 sI,.f,,rory as a means of consuming or
,,.e r.lueinz the volume of smoke from
tr.. This having failed, about the
cr.,tfins TO be done was the enforcement
rfeJ rules requiring engineers not to
II aid coa. except at certain points, and to
.. every other precautiOn to prevent
hitting smlke. 1t has been found this
Epan worked fairly we'll, though not until
Il arv engineers had lost their places on
8uh4t they considered shortcomings not in
#the.r control
sunenntendent Kline said yesterday
raIt he had given The smoke question con-
Siderable housht in the hope of finding
som, Vy 10y which it might be made less
o. fe.t enable to business men on Bay
street. il was at his suggestion that con-
slmsrs were tried but a short experiment
Showed they would not fill the bill.
"A consumer that will perform its work
is what We are after said Mr. Kline.
"When convinced that any contrivances
recommended will perform their work pro-
p,rlv We shall certainly lose no time
4 in attaching hem to our River street en-
gurs AS the company is as DESTROYS as
me elmpainants of abating the nuisance.
\ Tle r0uble an along has been that these
Inventions were not reduced TO a practi-
cal working. The theory being about all
n=re was i'm them. l am not aware of
4 ccr mers in use anywhere in the country
4 That give entire satisfaction.
"It The one the Central tested some time
ago had proved a success, it would have
4 b.en The ching the road has wanted for
years" -aid Mr. Kline. 1.-The theory of it
Was the burning of smoke by the forma-
ton OF d highly combustib,e gas by means
0. current of fresh air forced into the
ra box Through an opening in the front
Of the engine the air passed back to the
fine box, being released above the fire SO
s ~ form he combustible gas. In this
d w8y the smoke nuisance would have been
Es5.y5d had the theory worked, and the
company would have gained much in the
4 Way of fuel. When il was found to be i'm
kpuct.cable, however, the company could
! do nothing more than fan back 10 its for
4 mer Observance of care, and making the
/ best Of q problem that seemingly admitted
Of no solution.
complaints are never made about
smoke and noise from engines on River
street that rigorous steps are not taken
against employees" said Mr.. Kline. Mot
less than twenty engineers have lost
their positions during the last few months
on account of complaints from this
source. The reason for their discharge
was that they did not follow instructions
10 the letter. Were this done the annoy
n aoca from smoke would be much less. 1t
II rs no, always an easy matter for an en-
*gnter to run over that long string of
track making many stops and being in
*nauy instances delayed for other causes,
*wtloG, firing, which at once produces
smoke. Nothing unreasonable is expect
n Cd of employees, but they must look from
twenty minutes to a half hour ahead,
which Will in many cases enable them to
move along without emitting large vol
umes of smoke from their engines. Gel
81 ou.au0rs may be made by an engineer
81 That will enable him to carry out the
NJ rules When it is found he is unable to do
NJ This. an evidence Of which is complaints
NJ from the public, he is ar once displaced.
IA The trouble cannot be remedied by the
use Of other fuel Mr.. Kline said, "as
#mos other fuels would produce more OBJ
le'uonable fumes than smoke does. Wood
smoke is strong, affects the eyes, emits
barge embers, and would be many times
more Objectionable than coal smoke. Coke
XMght be used, but l am sure the fumes
and odor from it would not be an improve
nent on coal smoke. There would be no
n.Shancy on the part of the company in
saopying other fuels, if there was any
eason for believing the situation would
Be relieved thereby. The failure of eX-
perments in this direction heretofore
"'NIu seem TO indicate tnar there Is no
reasonable solution in sight, and that the
ooiy plan is the use of care 10 make the
best Of things.
IN other cities it is true consumers
nave been used, as at Atlanta, for in
anee, but they were probably not sue
S'dL The consumer the Central tried,
understand, is the same used in Atlanta,
~ al least, it was manufactured there.
nose Who have found reason to complain
I'E rest assured the company will grasp
~ 4'st good thing that will do the work.
one meantime, continued care will be
lo's'a 20 remove ali'cause for complaint
n lI as 1T is possible to do So
lePgaled petitions have been sent to the
wy council asking that ordinance be
'l requiring the Central to attach
Il i9Nr consumers to its engines. but no &C
u"s been taken, apparently for the
"Sons stated by superintendent Kline.
FL g1iiei saw no reason for requiring some
ny winch could not be done. According
upeilhtendent Kline satisfactory con-
'4e's nave not yet been invented. Until
we reasonable solution is offered the city
"o' seem inclined TO proceed against
d. stated that care is also used in pro-
- as Httle noise as possible in the
.oN OF trains, Unnecessary ringing of
'''. Is not allowed. Employees are in
Leu as far as possible 10 do all shift
5 al 'He noon hour, while office men are