The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-20
THE SMOKE
NUISANCE
ABATING

In his fourth annual report 10 the board
of aldermen yesterday, Horace Il. Chad
wick, the citys smoke inspector. says in
part:
'"The II places 10 which the attention
OF the law department had been directed
were visited by the inspector several times
during the quarter ending Jan. I, 1905.
Some of the IL now have smoke prevent
ing appartus in operation. and others are
preparing 10 make large expenditures for
enlsrEing their plants and installing sys-
TENS by which the cheaper grades of an
thracte or mixtures OF anthracite anu
bituminous coal can be burned. thus IN
suring smokeless chimneys and economy
In fuel
I'm this connection Il is proper 20 say
that there are various appliances adapted
TO the different grades OF coal. aud that
all give practically smokeless combls-
ton with corresponding economy.
I'm February. 1904 there was installed
at the Grant mills on Carpenter street,
a forced draft system. The chimney al
this plant was one OF the first 20 which
the attention of the inspector was called.
he was informed by the superintendent
that the consumption IS IS tons week
and that the saving is $40 week while
the chimney. which formerly belched
forth clouds Of smoke. now is one OF the
cleanest in the city. A similar system
was placed in the Nottingham mills on
Dyer street
THE Improvement in the Olneyy1lle dis
trict is notable. Many cnimn sys are free
from smoke and others will be made so.
New appliances are being adopted. and
scattered boilers are being brought into
central plants the plan being 10 discon-
Enue the operation OF isolated boilers.
This is the case at the Atlantic mills.
Olneyvile
AT the Providence and National Wor-
sted mills on Valley street, considerable
money is being invested IN new appar;us
and the inspector is informed by Super
tntendent Hirris that the c1mpany's oh
Ject-the abatement OF smoke--has been
duly imp ess "a upon the parties turrus:-
ing equipment
"A very satisfactory installation OF
smoke preventing devices is in the Earns
cliffe mills. Olneyville. and the Banigsn
Rubber Works is another concern which
has adopted approved methods OF abolish
ing the heavy black smoke which had
made the chimney Objectionable. A smoke
Queen Dyeing works before the inspector
came into office. and the stacks OF this
industrial plant have been free from
smoke. The ID, E. Paine estate recently
installed one of the standard devices and
the results are excellent.
The chimney of the new Manchester
street power house is 3l2 feet high and the
boilers are fitted with mechanical stokers
made by one OF the largest and most pro-
gressive engineering concerns in the coun-
try. The new chimney is much less
smoky than the old one and the readings
show that mechanical stokers give bet
ter results than hand nring at the old
Eddy street station.
When the new boilers and engines now
being installed at the Manchester street
station are put in service in the spring.
the old plant Will be abandoned. and thus
there II positive assurance OF the elimina-
tion OF the most troublesome chimney
along the water front.
The city OF Providence recently in
stalled a smoke preventing attachment
at the Fields Point Sewage Pumping
station"