New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-01
NO MORE NUISANCES.
so SAYS DIR. BLACK REGARDING SOFT
COAL USERS.

wv ASSERTS THAT THE LAW is GENERALLY
COMPLIED WITH. But SMOKING CHlMNEls IN
VARIOUS PLACES TELL a DIFFERENT STORY
According 10 DR.. r. A. Black the Deputy Health
Commissioner for the Borough OF Brooklyn MS
.a,o-s ho,o succeeded in locating all the manu-
,.c,vr,,s establishments IN his territory wh'ch "eIe
IN the habit o, maintaining smoke nuiSa"N
through the use Of soft coal. ana ne mas =" 49,,
instance suppressed the nuisance re 49,.
on Thursday that he had not received ~ .,
ahou the violation OF the smoke laws IN some ,i'''
"a ia tho, ha was sure there were no es'aoilsn-
nor,s usinS soft coal other than those VINO nave
con,nned with the law by eQuipping 'her
with smoke consumers 49, No.
.Of course" said DR.. Black. Il cannot say ."
,nese nlaces never produce any black sfnoAe' U
40 moan 10 say that as far as we can learn ''eS
40 not use any soft coal and we are unaoie 10 se'
anv evidence that they violate the Jaw ~,
times green hremen. in starting the hres ~
morning use waste and shavings ana ON ON, 80
which causes black smoke Tor seNeIa' n.y.
Then have suspicious that at times they luu AZ -,
little soft coal. but when my inspector, ns coal
nisces they are unable to find hushel OF sol' O'"
h"Ihe Nassau Railroad powerhouses have oe zen
wel-known offenders. but they eQuppe1 re hod 70
nsoes with costly smoke consumers ana we , d
be satisfied Now since cor, Inf Of the Nassau sys
tem one Of powerhouses Of the Ia ter S ~ Rrook
I'M ferhts ofcias have always been wiling TO 90
anything that was suggested ny '"o
par!me!nn.. .h,ng that has caused some trouble
o. Re smoke from the steamers lying al .nss orn
below Brooklyn Heights we hsNNt.~ -, NM what
plants from residents OF that astrc, a., over the
wor,S You have 10 serve orders on 'he" e'0''
time they come into port. -. .o,v,ac,urine es-
I'VE found that some or tne iIeii "n.hiob js in
,ablishments were burning refuse Wh bnck s in
enJteIy worse than soft coal Inc AIp p S'eS ~
-heir sugar refinery were CONSUMING o,u
o,her esfa blishment in John-st was uH,,e g., both
we have stopped this violation OF INV low "
H. flack sad that he would be winlng az n nnS
time 10 entertain complaints about sinoh Violation
ana ~ he was satisfied that there was 80 MO
OF the law he would see that the hu'S""0
% sSite O, the energy OF Dr. Black and ms c1 b
- .er,oke inspcctors' there can be no GCuOt &c,
there are many places in the Borough OF Ussant
.pich evade the law and maintain c ohs,am'
snurce ~ ANNOYANCE 10 the surrounding
Whatever their profession may pc me .Hrn ere
evidence OF smoking chimneys shows ina M coal
Concerns who at times manage 10 SfleSh a. ~ ~
into their furnaces. thereby econoHlznis III -
mel bills in spite Of the vgilant inspectors VI ''o
Health Department .,-,o.. -, .ho Eeu-
Complaints heard about the pihh' OF .ne '. o.
york steam Heating Company. in Pearl-St. Oi
rhursdsv a column Of black smoke was pouring Vut
OF the chimneys % the Arbucke BuIolnE, y. 7,
ts iust opposite the Borough Han. IN FuIIonS',
home stopped and looked 70 see II there was IG1
are when they saw excitement. ana no ehEInts
came the people went along, concludlns that
IN charge OF the building We're just burning niue
refuse or putting little soft coal under the boilers
on the quiet The ways OF the smoke producers
are devious and dark. and so FAR they seemed 70
have completely euied the vigilance or the HeaIth
Tena rtrnent for Or. Black said on Ihursday
s'There are no smoke nuisances in Brooklyn al the
present time. go -, ,x.o,o..
his taxes for the enforcement Of laws which are
enforced