The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-31
Enacted Over Seven Months
Ago, but Chimneys of the
City Still Belch Forth
Their Smoke.
ENFORCEMENT OFT
BOTHERS THEsMAYOR
City Is Testing a Smdke Con-
sumer at Present+Would
the Railroads Observe the
City's Mandate? q

Exactly seven months and thirteen
days ago, the city council passed the
anti-smoke ordinance, to eliminate
the smoke nuisance. Mayor thinner.
man Immediately affixed his signature
and after two weeks publication, the
ordinance went into effect.
From the roof of the CITY hall this
morning. the northern horizon was al
most indistinguishable for, gently
floating from the stacks of the factor
les along the railroad and from the
locomotives, came a dense cloud of
black smoke 1t extended as far to
the east. carried by the northwestly
wind. as the eye could reach.
AS the observer looked toward the
river the various power plants sent up
their share of the black or gray
while the factories in that vicinity
blended their smoke into the cloud
that cast itself over the west end like
huge mushroom.
What Hammond Says.
When will you enforce the anti
smoke ordinahce?" President Ham
mond of the board of works was
asked.
Well. pretty soon. now" replied
Hammond. The smoke consumer on
the city hall furnace is working all
right. You recollect that it was put
on as a tester, to determine whether
or not we can enforce the ordinance.
There are few changes to make in
it yet"
~ Hammond does not see how the or
dinance can be enforced against the
railroad companies, all of which are
said to be violating the ordinance
Nor does Mr.. Hammond believe the
traction engines can be made to OBJ
serve the ordinance He does not
know whether smoke consumers can
be put on traction engines or loco
motives, although the ordint ace de-
hntely provides that locomotives
shall not emit gray or black smoke"
"A few minutes later some one said
to Mayor Zimmerman
the smoke ordnance"
well. how are you going to en-
force an ordinance when there's no
way to do so?" asked the mayor rath-
er disgustedly. 1T will not be enforc-
ed until We find some way to do So"
Ordinance Provisions.
Whether the president of the board
or Mayor Zimmerman. is right, is a
question.
The anti-smoke ordinance provides
that no black or gray smoke shall
be emitted from any stack or
chimney. used in connection with any
steam boiler, locomotive,
furnace of any factory. apartment
house, Office building. hotel, theater,
place of public amusement, school
building, institution or on any build
ng, excepting private residence"
1t is the duty of the chief of the fire
department., according to the ordinance
% inspect boilers and to see that the
smoke ordinance is observed
The lessee. owner, agent or occu-
pant of building from which smoke
s emitted. or the superintendent of
he railroad on which locomotives vio-
ate the ordinance, are guilty of it's
according to the ordinance
Also it is provided that when the
boilers must be altered, in order to be
three months time shall
'e given; if stokers are to be placed. |
he time for improvement is provided |
It six months: for tubular boilers |
our months, and for water tube boil |
RS. nine months.
A fne of from $40 to s100 for each !
lay of violation is provided