El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-16
W5R AGAINST
SMOKE EVIL
WORLDWIDE
The University Of Pittsburg
Makes Investigation thai
Startles Thinking People.
AMERICAN CITIES
PUSH THE CAMPAIGN
- FrederIe J. HaskIn.l


{ cation of the problems Of smoke and
i smoke abatement Just completed BY
the University OF Pittsburg, promises
+ 10 constitute an eDOcn-maklnS event
Z in the worldwide crusade aSdlilst ne
Z evils of unnecessary smoke IaklnS
4 uD all the phases OF the problem ana
s making a thorough study OF lne IN
I fIuence OF smoke upon health MeaIen
/ and .veII-being, in American cities IN
{ general and in PltrSDuFg IN paELlC4-s--s
Z The exDerts Of the university have
+ given to the world series OF papers
that viii prove TO be a very arsenal q
3 Arguments against the cOnLlnueLlOA u
3 the useless and terribly WasLeIul POI
F luton OF the air by unnecessary SMOKE
E Few movements Tor civic DeTrerTnenl
B have yielded such quick results as may
; be already credited to the crusaders
against the smoke nu1sanees- w mere
cities once pointed with pride 10 the
: smoking chimneys Of their factories IS
{ evidence of the prosperity Inere aplG-
! ing. now they point with shame 20 lne
7 spectacle and seek by law TO abate the
/ smoke as a nuisance Wnlle most mum
/ ci9aHties have found some trouble IN
enforcing their ordinances against the
. smoke nuisance, on the other mana
I they have been greatly aided Dy the
immediate and direct returns smoke
prevention makes to the furnace own
ers- who lOln the movement Inc PROF.
its OF smoke prevention are not so re-
mote as the profits OF clean cues or
so obscure as the profits OF disease
preventing cruSades- Iney are et4-
dent from month to MONTH evident IN
reduced coal bills. which the factory
owner regards as too high at best
Smoking ChimEcys rot Fashionable.
Smoking chimneys are no longer
fashionable in the engineering world
They claim imperfect installation or
poor firemanship. The man VINO To-Day
instals new furnace regards a smok-
ing chimney as a perpetual Indictment
against him, while the man who is re-
sponsible for the firing system knows
that it prOclaims his ineff1clencT 10 MS
professional brethren The factory
owner himself knows mat il tells more
of the inefficiency OF his establishment
than a hundred Wayside signs could
tell Of the merit Of It's product
Wherever one picks up an engineer
ing journal he finds instances related
of the saving OF money by factories
and office buildings where the smoke
nuisance is abated- Here Iactoryr
tells OF saving One-utth It's coal Dill
by improved methods Of firing; there
a railroad shows it has moved thou.
sands Of tons more freight with thou
sands OF tons less coal because Of It's
abatement Of unnecessary smoke; a
bank describes simple method bT
which IL helps along the movement for
civic betterment and cuts down the
expense Of operating its plant, Simply
by installing smoke consumers
One by one cities have enacted laws
10 abate the smoke nuisance and have
provided machinery for their enforce
ment. until today only such places as
are content to live with a reputation
as being only manufacturing towns,
are to be found without some Ordi-
nance controlling the smoke nuisance
New York has such a law and 1t has
been enforced so effectually as to en-
courage other cities The public health
officer says nothing is left to be de-
sired in the manner Of its enforcement
WhetheA the viOlatOr has been some
East side tenement house owner or a
big traction company. fines have been
ID
manded.
smoke Damage in st. Louis.
st. Louis has been investigating the
subject and one Of the best reports
brought out has been issued BY its
committee. In its investigation one big
merchant said that he loses from ~
to u y percent on the cost OF his dry
goods as a result Of damages from
smoke Another merchant declared that
1t cost twice as much to keep his store
and stock clean IN St Louis as 1t costs
an eastern merchant with approx
mately the same stock and floor space
The public librarian declared that the
damage TO the books in the public
library amounts to $4,000 a year, and
book and stationery store placed its
loss at the same figure
One Of the arguments used against
smoke prevention efforts in St Louis
was that it would yield no important
results TO the public at large, because
East St. Louis. situated across the
mississippi, was not planning any SINH
ar crusade But investigation showed
that less than 10 percent OF St LOuis's
smoke came from across the river. The
elty now has anti-SmOhe ordinances
which have been declared constitution
a, and boasts of upward OF a thousand
plants equipped with smo preventing
levices.
Chicago starts Crusade.
Chicago is laying the foundations for
great smoke abatement crusade
which viii extend even to the eXtinc-
ion OF the smOke-spOuting railroad To-
.OmOtive in that city, If the plans 60
lot aWry. 1T is proposed to electrify
III Of the railroad terminals of the
1ty. An average of nearly 100 loco
motives are at work in the los rail-
Dad yards OF the Windy City, and with
Is Characteristic determination to do
veil whatever it undertakes. the city
proposed to abolish them along with
he smoking factory. chimney The
Ommtttee having the situation in
harFe now has a smoke laboratory
igged up on a motor truck, and the
hemist in charge is going about the
lty gathering samples Of air and an
lying them.
Cleveland Abates so Percent.
Cleveland has abated more than 50
ercent of its smoke in the past few
ears and Milwaukee is with ssing-the
lStalatiOn of smoke-consu ming plants
J ABOUT hundred bliShments each
ear. Washington is making crafty .
~ progress in the elimination Of
mOke- While the effort of the dis
--- CoAlAllllSo4 ulleLS 10 4lQQce CQN-Le1s
D require the identification Of the
abroad terminals failed because Of the
presentation of the railroad cOmpana
IS that identification was tmprac-
cable-a representation thoroughly
.sprQved by the Pennsylvania and
ew York CenWal experience in New
ork-careTul firing with hard coal
as helped the situation a great deal
he district commissioners showed
nat smoke prevention. like charity.
ay begin at home. by installing in the
7w municipal building a smoke con-
inning plant that has given perfect
distraction.
One of the most interesting Instances
what big factory may do in the
ay of preventing smoke is afforded
a large electric plant I'm Chicago,
wing furnaces for 10000 horsepower
pliers Tt uses mechanical stOkers.
I'D its chimneys have been so free
ON smoke that men owning estab-