Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-13
ON SMOKE
BOARD STAYED
BY ACTION
Commission Orders Prosecu-
ton of VioIators to Proceed,
Resembling Former Act.

Councilman Charles w. Smith, who
HAS been leading the fight to abolish
.,, smoke commission on the grounds
.s,, r. was blocking the enforcement
If the smoke ordinance, said today that
no would not introduce an ordinance
80 mine the board out if the commission
.dbored to the policy adopted yesterday
afternoon.
.Tba commission is now proceeding
,orract lines" said Councilman
smith.
~ have prepared two ordinances, one
10 abolish the commission and the 9TH
~, n Mace the authority to make cases
oooinet violators Of the smoke law in
10 hands of the inspector and the
chairman of the commission. l will
7.-I, hot7, of them and watch future de-
velopments.
81 am speaking the sentiment of a
large majority Of the city council and
If 20 per cent OF the people of Atlanta
when | say the smoke ordinance must
be enforced.
Following The Georgian's fight
AGAINST the attitude of the smoke COM
mission and for continuation of a
,,,goro1s smoke crusade, the commits
sion Yesterday ordered Inspector Paul
AfoNichael to docket cases in the re-
corder's court against all Violators of
4he smoke law who were not making a
sincere effort to comply with the law.
He also was instructed to make new
cases against the violators of the law
who have already been fined in the re-
cor6eriE court If they have not taken
stems to comply with the law within
fifteen days.
The board withdrew its Instructions
"a the inspector that he must make no
casex without instructions from the
commission on each individual violator.
The commission unanimously adopted
A militant attitude against smoke and
there was no evidence of its former
Ieactionary attitude.
The specific instructions to the in
spector were that he must make cases
against offenders who have been given
two notices that they are violating the
law and who have made no real effort
TO comply with the law. The offenders
are required to notify the inspector in
writing of their efforts to comply with
the law.
100 Facing Prosecution.
Inspector McMichael said today he
had a list of about 100 owners of steam
plants who had twice been notified Of
violations and who had not yet notified
him of any real effort to comply with
the law. In these cases he was in
structed to make confirmatory observa-
tons and proceed with prosecutions in
the courts
Many cases for violations of the
smoke law will be made within the
next few weeks unless there Is some
very diligent work on the part of own
ers Of steam plants to comply with the
aw.
Inspector McMichael told the COM
mission that the furnaces in many
apartment houses and buildings could
aot be made to comply with the law,
and that the only way the owners of
The buildings could live up to the smoke
ordnance would be to tear out their
pld furnaces and build new ones
The commission instructed the in
tpector that he should notify these peo-
PIE that they must build new furnaces
II their old ones could not be made to
rompIy as soon as warm weather comes
again.
Chairman Satisfied.
chairman r. M. Harwell, who re-
fen+ly declared that the commission
mould be abolished. said today that he
vas satisfied with then we attitude of
The board.
The commission adopted a resolution
subcommittee requesting the
laliroad commission to Ak a standard
twenty candle power for all gas sold
Il Auarta. Inspector McMichaeI was
Instructed to confer with City Attor
icy Mayson as to how to proceed with
Vetuonlng the railroad commission.
~ Is a pleasure to tell you that
lhamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
Dest cough medicine have ever used"
E y, Mrs. Hugh Campbell. of Lavonia.