The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17
HASAMENDMENT To
SMOKE ORDINANCE
Weatherly Will Submit Pro.
posal Today
TO REQUIRE PERMIT
Persons Who Erect Factories or Other
Buildings Would Be Required to
Submit Plans to the City
Smoke Inspector

At the regular meeting of the city COM
mission today. Commissioner weatherly
Will present an amendment to the smoke
ordinance and it will be adopted. BY the
amendment future smoke nuisances in
Birmingham will be completely elimI-
ma ted.
Section of the amendment contains
the meat of the ordinance and is to the
ERECT that hereafter any person or per-
sons who build or erect any factory or
building or machine of any kind which
will make smoke must first obtain per-
NIT from the city smoke inspector and
that before the permit is granted the
plans of the building or machine in oues-
ton must be submitted to the smoke in
spector for his approval. Not only that.
but the actual construction will be done
under the supervision of the city smoke
inspectors office.
This will eliminate" said Mr.. Wealth
erly yesterday. absolutely the chance of
building or machine being erected from
this time on which by any chance can
become an artificial volcano emitting from
It's backened crater pillows of disease
ladened and death carrying smoke. This
by Ben Franklin to the effect that preven-
ton is better than cure
BY this method. the only smoke evils
that will be left for the commission to
cure will be the factories or machines
which are now in existence. The future
will be taken care of by the policy Of pre-
vention, and, by cooperation and little
urging and IL necessary a little force we
will sooner or later cure the places which
are now existing and which are the Of
tenders in this smoke matter"
This amendment also provides for IN
increase from minutes to minutes In
the time allowed for starting the first
fires In boilers or other fire places for
each lay during which time smoke can is
sue forth from the chimney tops without
offense to the majesty of the law.
The idea in thus doubling the time al
lowed for smoke to escape while the first
fires are being started" continued Mr.
Weatherly, rs prompted by our desire
to cooperate with the persons affected.
We want to encourage them and help
them In every way. Some of them are
mp against very difficult propositions. We
want TO advise with them, aid them end
all work together to efficiently get rid Of
and harm of none. Our whole idea Is TO
be liberal In this matter and encourage
cooperation"
That Birmingham is following the
proper course in its fight against the
smoke evil was indicated yesterday by a
caller on Mr.. Weatherly, who Is a smoke
expert. This expert was in the person of
Eugene l.. Brown. Jr., of St. Louis. Mr..
Brown is connected with the anti-smoke
department of st. Louis and has much
experience in this line. He gave the
Wea atherly smoke ordinance thorough
examination and pronounced It o. X. Mr..
Brown stated that of all cities in the
country, Chicago probably had the best
grip on the smoke evil
Chicago uses the same coal we do"
said Mr.. Weatherly that soft. bitu-
minous product that emits volumes of
black smoke. Mr.. Brown said that Chi
cago's smoke ordinance was i'm effect the
same the one we are drafting, and If
Chicago can handle the smoke evil in this
way Birmingham certainly can do il.
too"