El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-07

testinony or the statistics II was
! SHOWN IN the case of the heavy london
logs tnat the death rate was greater Nv
thousands during the prevalent of the
IosS than at other times. The spread
VI pulmonary diseases has been largely
trial regions. Nearly all of the sario,,o
( students Of the smoke question aorea
( mat the presence of smoke in the at
hosphere causes much damage to
health u
London Fog and Pail the Same.
Inc Hgures secured with reference TO
eitS prevalence OF smoke over London
80" mat TINS pail contains at least so
luis OF solid carbon One autnOr-,v -
/ Inmates that the annual consumptjon NJ
CoaI IN that city releases nearly a mill
/ non tons of sulphuric acid.
II one has ever had occasion TO note
/ tAe Damage wrought upon animal and
vegetable life by sulphurous fumes he
viii ,oegln TO appreciate the possibiIitieS
% Iiie LONDON fog and the American
smoke IT IS said that the area of sr,,,,+
from the London smoke nall exrend., 60
more than 40 miles into the surrounding
country When the wind blows from
London, heavy deposits of matter are
ilaoe on the snow. ice or vege1at1on at
mat distance Professor RoNo Russell
paced the annual damage by reason of
pSNiA dl $4,000. 900.
Coal Energy Up In Smoke
While great losses are caused nv tho
prevalence of smoke, these losses are
small In comparison to the estimated
losses by reason of the deficient com
ouStlon which produces the smoke. No
question IN the engineering world has
oeeh so neglected as that of advantage
Gus conversion of fuel into power.
1t has been stated frequently that not
of all 81,
neat IN coal is converted into power nm
der present conditions. 1t is said thai
the production of power through tbe
medium Of producer gas gives twice as
much energy to the driving shaft as Is
given by the use of the same quantity
or fueI through the medium of steam.
Not only is this remarkable saving Of
fected in the energy of the coal used
put at the same time the smoke nuisance
is entirely overcome, since the producer
gas engine needs no smoke stack.
Coal Into Gas at Mines Mouth.
II is believed that the future will wit
ness the establishment of great power
producing stations at the mouths Of
the coal mines of the country and that
mere Will be produced the power which
Will drive the machinery of the fu+ure
II mas been shown that electricity can
be transmitted at least ESQ miles advan-
tageously, and that thus a large Dro-
uuceT pant could serve a territory of
practically 100000 square miles. Such
a territory would be about four times
as large as the area OF the state of iii
nois Furthermore, the conversion of
the lowest grade of coal into gas Yields
as much power as the best bituminous.
and thus may be made highly available
the billions of tons of Ignite in the
United States, that otherwise would Sc
all but unavailable. If this era of pro-
Queer gas, with electricity as its aid.
shall come about, the day of the smoke
less factory may not be an idle dream.
It is also said to be feasible TO heat
the houses Of the urban population of
the world from central heating stations
In some cities this has been tried on a !
more or less extended scale. and it has !
proved great boon. The furnace that |
needs constant attention is no longer
to be bothered with. The coal bin is reIa !
gated to Oblivion, and the ash can with /
ell its dust and bother, is banished for !
ever.
Crusade Has Been Long.
The crusade against the smoke nufs- |
ance Is by no means a new one AS far |
back as 1906 royal edict was issued in
LordOn fixing death by hanging as the /
penalty for allowing smoke TO escape /
from a chimney In the reign of Eliza
beth coal was forbidden to be used in
London during the sessions OF Darlia-