Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-16
A SMOKY SUBJECT.

The smoke nuisance appears to be
The present popular subject OF com-
olaint Grumbnng has been alleged
20 be the peculiar privilege Of John
Bull" But 1t is not confined TO the
British empire il Is common all over
the world and like some diseases, II
is periodical and contagious,
Notwithstanding the fact that Salt
Lake City is blessed with a clear at
mosphere, and that most OF the smoke
from private and pabllc chlmneys soon
rasses OF into the upper air, there Is
some ground for objection against the
dense volumes that are emitted from
the smokestacks Of large buildings and
manufacturing establishments, II Is
true also that there is city ordinance
against this nuisance which Is not en-
forced.
But the question If what can be done
in compliance with law and to abolish
the cause OF complaint? who can point
out m effectual remedy? To require
the consumption Of smoke implies the
existence OF an effectual smoke-con-
sumner that Is within reach and Of
practical application. Various conirl-
vances claiming 10 be the very thing
desired have been tried and found
wanting. They have gone OF in smoke.
but the smoke has not been con-
sumed.
Some years ago, In response TO
great cutlery similar to that now being
raised, an apparatus was devised and
tested. the inventor being resident Of
Logan, who came to this city and for
while Il was thought that the city
would be cleared OF the smoke nu-
sance. While he personally attended
the feeding OF the furnace, little II any
smoke was emitted from the ohimneys,
But, strange to say when he was away
the nuisance was as bad as ever The
result almost broke the old gentle.
mans heart, for he claimed that The
flremen at the several establishments
where his contriyance was tried were
against it, because Of extra labor 1t
involved.
Recently a new smoke-consumer has
been Introduced, the inventor or dis
coverer being Mr.. Hyrum $, Woolley,
who has patented his apparatus Il
has been tested with varying success
In different places. He states that II
he can have the building Of the fur
naces to which his consumer Is APP
piled, success will be certain IN every
instance, but that trouble has been
met with In attaching II TO existing
furnaces. lie Is confident, however,
that every difficulty now IN the way
viii be overcome, and that the end Of
the smoke nuisance is IN sight
We hope that the time is near az
hand when the laws aud ordinances
recurring the consumption Of smoke, az
an large business and manufacturing
establishments and public buildings
can be enforced and the cities and
towns throughout the country can be
OF the smut and smudge which
IRE now complained Of and Of which
salt Lake city has sufficient share
But II is folly to demand impossible
les, ana when regulations are estab-
lshed, whether civic or otherwise, they
IRE predicated usually on the power
II the people TO carry them out and Of
he authorities to enforce them.
II Il is q fact that consumers
40, ae obtained al reasonable cost. that
I'm really abate the nuisance COM
ieincd OF. the city ordinance, now a
cad letter, should be u.ckened into
lie sra promptly carried into effect.
fortune ls waiting for the inventor
no can deliver the great cities and |
manufacturing districts OF the world |
I the clouds that hang over them,
nd the nuisance TO the public which |
iey entail. |