New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
SMOKE ELIMINATED,
Edison Company Makes Successful
Effort TO Ibatc Nuisance.

The Anti-Sn1oke League. after long, oltter hsh
against the violators OF the smoke ordnance 'u
blantly announced yesterday that with the t"r'-
petion Of the elaborate series of experiments con-
Quoted az the watersde station OF The New forA
Edison Company f. now believed the smoke PROP
lem had been successfully solved Tor the iai eo
power plants in this city ~ - -,
The New York Edison Company, which was o',
the rack for nearly year, was finally coh'lc.eu
in Special Sessions about three months ago sen
+ence was s1lspended until July J. in which time
the company had to install the necessary EQUIP
ment for the abatement of smoke ana clhdets.
One Of the first successful experiments look piAct
last Friday at the power plant at 3sth street anu
the North River. Experimental work IN poher SET
ting and furnace construction had been carried on
continuously since November, 1910 buIlHe lIIo !!
time many failures were recorded After great
expense the company finally succeeded IL CONSTRUCT
ing appliance which. It believes VIII entirely 90
away with smoke and cinders These appliances
VIII be installed in the furnaces and smokestacks
OF all the cOmpanys power houses
At the Waterside station there are eight stacks
and one hundred furnaces The clnder apPIIallCe
VIII be placed in the chimney. while the smoke ap-
plisnce win be installed in the furnaces with the
smoke appliance the smoke is turned lnto gas III
stead of pouring out Of the chimney.
When the new appliances demonstrated at
the Waterside station last week there were pres
ent representatives Of the Anu-Smoke League the
Health Department and the New York Edlsoi Ooiii-
parry. several well known engineers ana PROFESSOR
William Kent. Charles 7. Barney president OF INC
knckerbocker Trust Company, who is also presl-
cent OF the league. and John B. Coleman. at'or-
for the league, said that the eXperlnlehtS "ee
successful. J. P. Sparrow. chief engineer Tor IN"
Edison company, and Dr. Walter A. Bensel sanl-
tary Superintendent Of the Health Department SAID
that great results had been accomplished ana thal
the city would be rid of the poisonous smoke
Il was said by the league yesterday that lHlth"-
d!ate steps would be taken now 70 force the inter
borough Rapid Transit Company TO stop ITS smoke
nuisance.
John B Coleman said that the league had found
BY experience that did little good to arrest minor
officials Of corporations and that hereafter the
league would 20 after the heads OF the violating
corporations .,
said Mr. Coleman they always give the same old
excuse by saving ii impossible for them to gen
crate the immense power required without hlah-
ing smoke The league will now prove TO the
courts that the Interborougl' can generate power
without making smoke just as the Edison com
pany viii do.
The Anti-Snloke League IS determined to COM
pei the New York Edison Company 10 comply with
the requirements OF the provisions of the SanltarS
Code relating 10 the escape Of smoke within the
city limits. II IS only question or expense WIZ
this great corporation If the lnterporoush coH'-
pany is willing expend the necessary money
there is no reason why it should not cope success
fully with the smoke problem The CONDITIONS
under which the two plants are run are nearly sil
liar: if anything. the problem at the New YORK
Edison Company's waterside station is more DIM
cult of solution than that at any OF the lhteipoi
ough's power houses
I'VE intend 10 press vigorously the campaign
against the Interb0rough and not rest until we
have summoned The higher officials OF the com
pany TO court from the president down
According the league, the cost OF Inanutact-
uring cinder appliance is $1,000. ana the appH-
ance for the abatement of smoke is worth between
$4,000 and $4,000. To live up 10 the smoke ordi-
nance the Edison company viii have TO spend more
than 81 10000 in equipping all Of its plants