Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-31
SMOKE NUISANCE
IS Being SOLVED.
Chlcago's Crusade is Now Ac-
{ compIshlng Desired Re-
suits In This Line.
skYsCRAPERs SINK THE CITY
Weight OF Huge Buildings Causes
Ground TO be Depressed to Sur
prisingly Marked Degree,
SLecial C,orrespondence.


9Aseiot 'soltespo''uetlce'
N'He"so IVY 60 ne y usa"i "a
hsa'nsl 'ne smoke nuisance ~
l'e pis cit'es Of me country
iias AuN'i''eeu pi'e step nearer sue
"s'a e-' y i''ui' " the hha' ue'etfli-
''''oii y '''s i''''lois CeheFal ra'iroao
" "eeeue " 'iie ue!i'a!'as " me peo-
~ u'u 10 ''t'se Mi'hl1l Stl'c
,1'NS " - az "'7 ae'lo'' tollo"-
, ~, 80 ',"'ioll " 'nE par "
- ~. .'.'s p'ousl. 70 d Gil
49,, 80 ''1ei' ~ lineage iaila
go, s ,,,,h ~ = ,,, ~ ~ o','S 90
" s'''oAe enat
~" obscure the lhke front but VIII
nave far-reaching results in other. di-
rections, Engineers In this city have
,,r,,,,., IT., 80, W % ~
N'''s "9e VI eierlt'cltS as motive
power. According to these figures
the use OF electric power is being
doubled oyerv i've yeors ana i, ~
80 wy
preSent rug OF increase is MAIN
tanned, by 1920. it will equal or en-
coed the power mechanically appIfeH
This viii result IN enormous ecnno,n.
I'M, -,
'rs' " 70 Sa'o. que 10 inc substitution
of few large and efficient boilers
and engines working all the time at
ha,. =, in,;,,,a,,a, .,.'a $50 iulir
~, ~ ~ e''si''e7 ai''i pants
Inc railroads. are at present among
the largest consumers OF fuel. 1t is
estimated that electric onorat,on az.
~ ~ - -
elusive OF 'ae use OF water power,
would reduce their consumption Of
coal to less than one half Of that now
roon,rod eo,. ,,a,o+,o ,.;.. !,
~' ~ 49, !" W a'eaiii "
coHlotlVes' BUT more important re-
suit is the opportunity for cheap
water-power development. EIeotrIc-
ity can now he rcncrnted hy watar.
power at convenient no,nts and oar
riel wherever needed nv ,nn,r dts.
lance transmission ,ines 1e ~ 80,
If the co,,ntr,, 1. ranJd,,, hi,, -.
haustcd a. ,orerr, rrns o nun's
state tha IN, nortance -, aa,nn,,,,,,s
in The nse ana tha ,.a,,,a f 1',atn,,
q source Of newer oapn o nut I inorn, 90
tro,,a,d,na,,s ~ ~. ~. w! past
,,rn.a,,t ,n d" .n' ss.'is 70 ps. At
n,a Ia nor,a, ~ IL ~ .v'' u .lt
mti,tyed r. E ;n ny 1917, uuud'rt y pslng
,s ',,,,,,,oa,ata,,s saL..tateu .naL mere
"a nnn nnn ,,ar. ",l,<p'o ~ USE WEI
az J ~ 49, ta u a. lnuch
h,;ia,s - ~, .uuas III I'LL 'ae Steai'
'0'''t - "'e 'euiseis'
CHICAGO SINKING.
,, Spllsiuelaois sinKlhg mas marked the
s p'ie'io.'e, ,l rise OF Chlcago. the bulld-
7 We or sNyscrapers. having Doth conf
ple.ssau me earln ana drained IT of
49, ~a.Gi, Wiitcl uePresseu u some more.
Gi''o,ai Iiot'ce nag 70 De taken or THIS IN
tne nelghL or street car tracks nov
pe,,iH rag N sne loop dlstrlct IN the rey
Mobilization Of traction lines. the build
.iiss liIVins carried tne sldeWaiks down
'eNeral sihches ana some day they VIII
, .l, 20 ne ra'sea 70 ohclal grade. Eng
-ois oui!ulliRs constructed q decade ago
m W., pul On p, Wnat - KnoWn as noatlng
10 the ground at various; s, ' depths INIT n -,
nearly 50 Tar as the bed rock These
buildings have settled steadily. and ttis
e ~. LII tnsy WI continue 70 40 SO
aor some ,llme, IN IN. me second place, the
srpuI I, beneath Chlcaso.l is peing robhed
steadily Of the water i ordinarily
YOU'D contaln.% EVERY pulldlng with
yep easements, ~ ~ us excavation draws
a pafl o. me water from the ground,
hsre the new type Or concrete legs
80,
earth Is auopted, every well driven In
10 the ear1h draws large part or the
moisture from the soil When water Is
removed from inc soil with nothing
SSsll 10 .,tdke us piace. ana with
Tremendous. u pressure on the upper sur
of ali th., skvscraners IN H.. flnwn trHn,
district can he renIjzcd from the fact
thai the Com merciaI Ma tional hmijdine
the Trust Palace" "a stories contains
ia 900 tons of ste..l and ths stone ana
terra Gotta walls and floors add npnrox,
imafclv > mn n0n IONS more Tbern az.
hnif n dnyen ancb structuros TINE
bl,iIdtnp covors % 50() sn,,are fent whinb
MET haar this srnrnHn,Ts woic,t al
thn,,gh in ,ta case al rniasons 1i6' faat
laento solid rock q frord = rflrmar foun,
Ia ion thnn ~ nnug aan,ni,shaa ~,
},aiI had In tho ri,inr undar Il
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WHERE THE NlCKELS GO.
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