The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-05
FIGHT To ABOLISH
SMOKE IS RENEWED
Chairman of Vigilance Com
mittee and Secretary of Com
1nercial Club Are Busy.
PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT
Observers Travel Beyond the
City's Smoke Zone for Pur-
pose of Comparison.
PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT

Mnny dwollors In Salt Lake may have
thought that yesterdays sun was op
scured BY atmospheric clouds, bur tnGfe
were members OF the Vigilance cornin,l-
toe OF the Commercial club who were IN :
creduous. and after "A searching lhNes-
tlgatlon they were forced TO the concius-
lon that tho ruler of the day was fainIy
trying 10 throw his rays through thlck
cloud of coal dust from overchargel
| smokcstacks. They at once summoned
the committee to awake from i's torpio :
itv and to meet iu solemn conclave 10
discuss the important truth they had
dcduced.
Decide on Prosecution.
After long consideration the commit ,
tee decided that the anti smoke ordl-
nance was nc Joke and that the prosecu- :
tor Of vlolators should be vigorously
pushed To this end John Janney; Dun
can MacNichic and DR., 7. h. SeattE
were appointed a special comtn,,.@e ,oe',,.s3 W
walt upon the city fathers and request
them 10 appoint all additional smoke
Inspector 10 assist the inspector appoint"
ed some weeks ago,
ney. chairman OF he vigilance conlin>t :
tee. and Joseph e Csnc, secretary oil
the Commercial club and secretary cN-
ofhco OF the vigilance committee. a"oNc
at the same hour yesterday nvru,ne,
Both looked out of their windows an,l
observed thar IT vas foegy- Both
| coughed and cleared their throots at tne
same time. Their olfactory nerves re-
ported that the air had coal-nke snlei,,
These observations caused them to think
deeply Finally the telepathic sugges-
tlon came To each that he should com
munlcate with the other with the view
Of making a joint investigation ot the
| phenomena.
Secretary CaIne telephoned: ''If it Is
| what think II Is. We Will have some
work FOR the vigilance committee. which
has been In n somrolent condition late
| ly." Chairman Janney replied: Yes
! that's right 7 have been out OF town
a good deal lately. II won't do any harm
TO look into IT,"
| Not Fog: Just Smoke.
They called an automobile and rode
out on the west side as far as the river
| Their suspicion became a certainty
! Tho air here was clear and the sun
shone brightly all over the valley,
To the eastward over the city hung
n dark pail. Not n spirc or steeple
was visible. Here and there were black
neys In the background the scrTated
| peaks OF the Wssatch mountains shonc
| resplendeut in the sunlight
| When the two observers made then
| report 10 the committee there was @
general expression that It was time tc
stop temporIzinG. and To resume the
| snti-smoke crusade with renewed riGor
In addition To convincing owners OF large
chimncys, through prosecution. that thu
| ordinance was no bluff and was to ht
| enforced. II was suggested that cam
( paicn OF education should he vaged tc
| arouse public sentiment and 10 teacl
| owners of furnaces that il would he y
matter Of economy for them TO employ
skilled nremcn.
Most OF the trouble could be over,
come. II was said, by careful feeding %
| coal.