The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-10-17
SMOKE NUISANCE
WAS DISCUSSED.
BOARD OF TRADE HOLDS IN.
PoRTAST MEETING
hsnisipsi Committee Nee, ard De
e1ss Plans Fer Stepping Tns
kutaaree

eess Plans fer Stepping Tna
ssissnee.
With a good attendance TIE munich
PAL committee OF the board % trade
he'd an important meeting yesterday
Afternoon al which they discussed the
smoke nuisance. which ~as brought
Up az the last regular meeting % the
board Of trade The plans that we're
submitted by the board OF trade re-
SArulnS this were sanctioned by tue
committee and they vii az once ~
10 cevize means o. putting a stop e
me smoke Towing IN a manner which
Is a nuisance 10 the residents % this
CITY. The committee also discussed
the house Of detention plans that
were considered by the board OF trade
AID sanctioned them
The Smoke Nuisance.
To an Industrial city like Wheeling
smoke - usually regarded as the
symbol OF prosperity. Its contribu-
ton 10 the towns ugliness is forgiven
because Wheeling Means Business
and the people are not in business
either FOR their beauty or their
health
u seems to NE that the time viii
come when smoke will look less like
good business and more like criminal
waste.
whether or not actuAted by the De
lief that where there is smoke there
must BE- some FIRE" do not know.
but true 10 rs that the government re-
Gently Investigated smoke. Summing
up the results Ia number OF cities.
u Was estimated that nor. rtan ave
hundred million dollars DAMAGE is
done each yeag b. smoke. ia the
destruction OF merchandise. deface-
ment OF buildings. furnishing OF
metals. Injury Of human life. plant
HE. the Increased labor Of house
Keeping AMI the losses TO manufac-
turers due 90 the imperfect com
bustion OF coal
This sum would build nearly A
Panama canal and half every year.
Fifty million dollars year is charged
against smoke in Chicago alone
This is the NOR. appalling because.
like the rayages OF tuberculosis. % f.
considered largely avoidable. smoke
F.. Us composed of small particles OF iucl
thdf. owing 20 imperfect methods
have escaped combustion and thus.
~ sFAAANa NfAAH NFiNAUlt destructive
agents. they represent q wasted re-
source. IL is said that smoke con
sumers are in use IN foreign countries
such a. Germany and thar the fuel
saved TAR outWeiehs in value The cost
uf installation
chicago has q smoke department
which endeayors By q rigorous system
or Inspection and supcrVis ion to abate
the nuisance as much AS possible An
ordinance requires all persons or cor
poratiOns vho contemplate the cree
/ ton OF factory or other buildings
where fuel Will BE- burned. To submit
their plans 10 the city smoke depart
ment. These plans will be approved
only when adequate prov sion Tor the
prev cntion Of smoke are shown there.
in. such a department and such al
ordinance would do much toward
eliminating Wheeling ugl.ness
The tendency 60 substitute water
power FOR that % steam. viii have Its
lar-reaching effect on the smoke
nuisance in cities located within reach
O. such power Wheeling IL one OF
these cities. and plan ~ already
~ell under way TO supply Wheeling.
Pittsbusg and intervening cities win
light and power from electricity gen
Grated b. the waters OF Hig SANDY
creek. located iu Preston county. ~.
Va. and IFS plans have already been
descri bed az q meeting Of the Wheel
ing board 90 trade rs well as 100 the
Wheeling newspapers.
It's promoters claim that by supply
ing electric power TO factories. large
andfsmsil. 10 will save the burning OF
d.oOp.O0o tons Of coal annually
10 Is estimated that twenty million
tons Of coal 20 up American nues m
The form Of smoke each year fsesides
itE other damages. 70 mako tho cult.
walton ~ plans and trees in the city
, q difficult matter. and limited 10 the
! least attractive varieties