New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-24
emy without pitchforking IL pe'i"e" '"''
muteIy protesting park
ppooKLyy's BLACK SMOKE.

r.o % floating foulness which BROOKLYN
...ra.u Jav IL doubly black II Is intrinsichhy
h,ock with the masses OF uncons"''e" ." -,
'.',.,.h oro con, ont TO pollute the atmospneie
vs., .,,o r,hoe city from chinney-stacKs NJ ''e
- =, which soft coal Is Illegally burned ~
ia also properly to he called black' pe'""p -ho
n capital b. after the name Oh ~. 'n"n ,".o
wantonly permits 1t to exist. III II '''"
and II IL Blacks smoke. roo ,...,,oo to
We have hitherto striven TO 40 iu'' sus
the Deputy Health Commissioners io' - o.
We have credited him with an homes. "e.".
do his duty in protecting the people u ,,,,,
borough from the plague OF unu''e'"u'e
moss which greedy and wanton iawpre"heis
bringing upon them. We have peeh ie"u'
rnblIsh his statements. warnings pron''
vbot not And nothing could nave """'"e" -, ~.
c,eater Measure than to chronicle HIS s"o.e' "
oboting Mt least some measure OF the n"''"
JrnhappIy no such chrOnicng can ye' oe n'" wy,
All winter long the nuisance exls'eu WIZ" Wv
coming of spring 1t grew worse ana "oise' 'o'
thot spring hastens on toward summer l. 70 ''''
increasing. What II will be by next III, o"o
breads TO imagine And there Is no aVoiulns
the conviction that It Is all because vi ~
R,ock's neglect TO do the duty for whlch he was
arnointed TO office and for which he Is paiu ny
the city.
In Yesterdays Tribune we called attention u
n number of the most conspicuous ohehuei'
We mentioned some by name or by eAac, "u'
dross ,rhev are the same that we have been
calling attention 70 for weeks and months They
have bcen openIy breaking the law. day ana
niobt. without an hours respite They can DC
seen by any one who has the gift Of sight from
almost any point In the city. The towering
clouds ~ black smoke are landmarks visible for
miles. To say that the inspectors or Dr. Black
hureau cannot see them Is simply to palter with
the trutb. Tens of thousands of people do see
them every day. We believe the Inspectors
and DR.. Black himself must see them. lhey
cannot avoid doing unless they go ABOUT
b,,ndfolded. And the nuisance continues ana
increases
We have said the curse Is doubly black. IL Is
treby So For It Is the blacklist of infamies
thus wantonly to defe an atmosphere whose
clearness has ever been the pride and glory OF
the place. to coat The buildings and trees ana
lawns of a city with dun layer OF SCOT and to
compel million people to breathe sulphur
fumes and lampblack Mr.. Archer, the eminent
English critic who has been visiting this coun-
fry. has remarked upon the-tO hm-won,lcr-
fully pellucid and crystalline atmosphere when
The American metropolis enjoys. He thus shows
us how favored we are above other great cities,
how keenly visitor appreciates our blessing.
how much of beauty still remains to us despite
the incnrslons of lawbreakers under the present
municipal maadminstratlon. and what an I'M
spcakaDle scandal IT will be 10 let the work of
deflement 90 on until the purity Of our atmos-
phere is altogether lost We know Of no words
too severe for denunclatiOn Of the policy which
deliberately permits such fonllng of the city and
such infringement upon The common right OF
man to breathe the pure air Of heaven.