Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-08
THE SMOKE BLIGHT.
Francis A. Pascos Offers What He Bo-
lisves Will be a Solution

Salt Lake city Oct s. 1904. Editor,
Deseret Ncws.-obscryin that your val
liable paper has taken quito an Interest IN
the smeltef smoke nuisance controversy
] send you the following brief dlsorlp-
ton OF my smeltcr fume condenser ln.
NontIon. and ofter some arguments AS 10
tis advantage and merits The smelters
managers and farmers committee meet
on Monday, 80 that this letter at this
date Is opportune and timely To produce
the best results with my fume conden-
ser Il Is necessary 70 place one battery
consisting Of Ave cylinder drums close
20 each furnace, thus the hot flue dust
and fumes coming IN contact and passing
through spray VIII convert great p0r-
ton Of the water into steam while the
fuc dust Will All be deposited IN the dip
pans from which Il Will be drawn on by
suitable means and deposited iu settling
pits. from which again any surplus water
can be drawn on.
II there should remain any metals IN
solution they can be- prccpated before
the water IL discarded, the huo dust
Will then be In the form OF mud into
which a sufficient quantity Of burnt lime
can be distributed when the moisture wiz
be taken up by Stacking Of the lime, leav-
ing the deposit In good condition Tor tho
pug nell and be nodded into shape 10 re-
turn TO furnace Tor smelling. II VIII
readily be seen by this feature alone that
one very dlsagreeablo and unhealthy picCo
OF work has been simplined namely the
cleaning out OF the flucs and handling iluc
dust while hot and dry, the spray u wa
ter or fluid design TO be very line and
being discharged from the cross tubes,
"A IA
downward also from the spokos Inward
and across the fue.
II will form mush Of water moving
with tho fumes and In the direction ~
the draft thus the draft Is not checked
while the steam generated hy the hot tlue
dust will deposit poisonous matter I'm the
main huc. Tho other battery will be
constructed Of metal that will resist the
action Of acids and stationed at inter.
walls along main fue The duties OF said
batteries are 20 spary the fumes which
will consist largely u steam. and COM
ing IN contact with the fine spray viii be
condensed and deposited In the form Of
diluted sulphunc acid thus reducing the
sulphur TO a minimum, and no longer "a
nuisance AZ ms point NJ tho fluc the
smoke from the steam boiler may he
admitted, but IN no case should u be
admitted into smelter tlucs until tho
fumes thereof have been deprived Of their
poisonous nature and only the lighter
gases allowed 10 escape which then
when mixed with boiler smoke viii be
harmless II tho boiler smoke Is allowed
10 enter and mix with smelter fumes be-.
fore they are purified and deprived NJ
their poisonous nature, II has a tendency
10 tighten t UP Carrying Il over a larger
area of country, hut depriving II Of the
damaging elements 81 which II consists
Fumes from rcvcrheraung furnaces cam
not be condensed unless they are cone
Quoted into horizontal nue. The cost
OF construction Of my Invention Will not
be great and after once I'm use can boz re-
placed at moderate cost, The simplest
and mot effective method of construction
will be adopted and when once IN use
there will be no damage suits for the
cause will be removed, and our hcauti-
fu valley safe from destruction, Re-
spectfully, FRANCIS A. PAsCOE,
Inventor