Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
The Long, Tenacious Life of
the Smoke Nuisance
Still Hove Over Atlanta Bot Determined Action by Council
Could Kill 1t Quickly.
Atlanta smoke nuisance is as old IS the cty itsef

Atlanta S smoke nuisance a old the city itself
For years hrived lax laws and polluted the finest
enjoyed by any city east of the Mississippi
During the last twelve months the cloud that lowered
over US has constantly become thinner and weaker.
For such work of relief has been accomplished the c
of Atlanta should give the authorities thanks.
Having relieved partially however will the
city permit either itself City think
ana satisfied and that the smoke problem partially
solved, is thing of the past.
The laws all they should be- course. The
them therefore necessarily would
be incomplete in any event
number of Office buildings apartment houses hotels and
industrial plants have complied with the ordinance All fragrant
voato with few exceptions have brought
enable limits of submission relatively speaking
ing such changes will make submission upon their part
nearly accomplished fact.
For these things Atlanta should render thanks appre
citation to whomsoever the due The smoke
ungrudgingIy
Experts believe ordinances should be passed
AND THE SOONER THE BETTER
The limits which black may released should be
cut down from twelve to minutes each
experts further that residences with 1000 feet of radiation
more, should be included within the new ordinance
The railroads reported to be considering still what
they do to help Atlanta getting rid of its uperabundance
of smoke and CRIME but beyond considering
seem to have performed extensively
Finally City appears to have more or less for
gotten the smoke problem year agitatonvehe
ment enough while it astedhat honorable body left the
Smoke Board proceed along the reform
rather to itself But for the fact that little more
than anybody about the smoke originally
indiferences might not be marked
Over and beyond all that has been done
isn't very muchhe big compelling and annoying
mains that Atlanta STILL SUFFERS FAR BEYOND HER
DESERTS BY REASON OF THE SMOKE NUISANCEl
The circumstance that the trouble acute as
year ago-not quite acute anyway-doesn set off the
larger circumstance that 1T YET is ACUTE BEYOND
REASON
Atlanta get rid of its smoke-surey Atlanta CAN do
that.
Atlanta must go the limit in the effort, al least!
Appearances comfort and health demand that this beau
full city be freed of this utterly and for
all time
The Smoke Boards expressed opinion that may be years
yet before Atlanta freed its smoke will
1t fails to satisfy in any the highly appre
ciative with respect to the work already
In ones honest and endeavor to keep
his the good already accomplished impossible
for him not to see that vast work yet remains be
WHAT WILL THE AUTHORITIES DO ABOUT 1T?
The smoke have with always-or thus far
What the people want to it removed from attention
of their generally.
Atlanta should be everlasngy ASHAMED its smoke
nuisance that the question its rapid should 90 u
challenged!
And while duly apprecatve, aforesaid has gone
before-the City Council should anti smoke en-
deavor, AND SHOW THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY THE WAY
TO QUICK END OF THE LONG AND ToRTUoUs ROAD
IT