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

Atlanta smoke nuisance S old the city itself.
For years thved lax laws and polluted the finest air
enjoyed by any city east of the Mississippi river
During twelve the cloud that lowered
over US has constantly become thinner and weaker.
For such work of relief accomplished the cti
Gems Atlanta should give the authorities thanks.
Having relieved partially however it will not do for the
city permit itself the City Council think that At
satisfied and that the smoke problem partially
solved is thing of the past
The all they should be- of The
work contaminated under necessarily would
be incomplete, in any
number of Office buildings, apartment houses, hotels and
industrial plants have complied with the ordinance All fragrant
voators with few exceptions have been brought within
enable limits of submission relatively speaking Others max
ing changes will make submission upon their part
nearly accomplished fact
things Atlanta should render thanks and appre
whomsoever the due The smoke nuisance
has relieved admission may be
ungrudgingly.
Experts that additional should be passed.
AND THE SOONER THE BETTER!
limits which black smoke may be released should be
down from twelve to six minutes in each hour These
experts say further that residences with 1000 feet of radiation
more, should be included within the ordinance
The railroads reported be considering" still what
they do to help Atlanta in getting rid of its superabundance
of smoke and CRIME but beyond considering the roads do not
seem to have performed extensively.
Finally the City Council appears for
gotten the smoke problem and since last agtaonvehe
enough while lasedthat honorable body has left the
Smoke Board proceed along the lonesome road to reform
rather itself But for the fact that council had little
than anybody about the smoke originally
indferenoes might not be marked
Over and beyond all that has been done however-which
ism very muchthe big compelling, and annoying
mains that Atlanta STILL SUFFERS FAR BEYOND HER
DESERTS BY REASON OF THE SMOKE NUISANCE!
The circumstance that the trouble ism acute
ago-not quite acute anywaydoesn set off the
larger circumstance that 1T YET is ACUTE BEYOND
REASON.
Atlanta get rid its moke-surely Atlanta CAN do
that.
Atlanta go the limit in the effort at least!
Appearances comfort and health demand that this beau
full city be freed of this utterly and
all time
The Smoke Board expressed opinion may years
yet before Atlanta freed of its unnecessary smoke will
fails to satisfy in any the highly appre
catve with respect to the work already effected.
In ones honest and less endeavor
his eye the good already accomplished is still impossible
for him not to that vast work remains to be done
WHAT WILL THE AUTHORITIES DO ABOUT 1T?
The smoke we have with always have had thus
What the people want to it removed from the
of their generally.
Atlanta should be everlastingly ASHAMED of smoke
that the question of its rapid abatement go
challenged!
And while duly apprecatve, aforesaid of what gone
before-the City Council should antimoke en-
deavor, AND SHOW THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY THE WAY
TO A QUICK END OF THE LONG AND ToRTUoUs ROAD
THEY TOO LONG HAVE TRAVELLED!