Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
COUNCIL ASKED
FOR FUNDS To
CURB SMOKE
Two Thousand Clubwomen Unite
in Demand That Nuisance
Be Abated.

The City Federation OF Women's
Clubs. representing 1000 clubwomen
of Atlanta, inaugurated a fight
against the smoke nuisance Tuesday
at a mass meeting at the Woman's
Club building on Baker street.
Resolutions were adopted urging
residents Of the city to cooperate
with the city officials and impressing
upon the City Council the need of APP
propriating additional funds to en-
able the Smoke and Gas Commission
to carry on vigorous campaign for
the abatement or the nuisance,
A copy of the resolutions will be
transmitted to the City Council They
were prepared and presented to the
meeting by the special committee
named by Mrs Samuel Lumpkin,
president of the federation, of which
Mrs w. H. Wigs is chairman, and
are as follows:
Action Deemed Necessary.
Whereas, the smoke conditions in
Atlanta have reached the point where
we deem 1t necessary to take active
steps toward the abatement of said
evil. and to this end we ask the ear
nest aid and cooperation of all peo-
pie interested in the welfare and
progress of our beloved city, and
Whereas the Smoke and Gas
Commission las made considerable
progress, we are convinced that with
more complete cooperation from
every resident we will reach a more
effective solution of this grave prob
lem, and
Whereas, we find that other cities
have operated under ordinances con-
trolling the emission of dense, black
smoke. and have greatly improved the
conditions In those cities. and
Whereas, the Government has
tested the fuels of this section and
found them to be equal If not better,
than any mined in the United States,
except in the Virginia and West Vir-
ginia coal fields, the statement that
Atlanta can not abate the present
smoke conditions does not seem to be
correct, and
Pledge United Effort.
Whereas we are not ready to yield
to any other city the honor of having
a wiser municipality or more intel
ligent citizenship than Atlanta, and
upon these facts we base belief that
the best that has been done by any
other city will be accomplished by
ours, therefore be it
Resolved, by the City Federation,
That we give our efforts individually
and as an organization, in co-opera-
ton with the City Council and the
Smoke and Gas Commission appoint
ed by the Honorable Mayor in the
furtheranCe of satisfactory solution
of the problem that is so vitality af-
fecting the health, comfort, beauty
and economic conditions of our city,
and be it further
Resolved. That we ask Council to
provide sufficient funds for the Smoke
and Gas Commission to carry out the
work in more comprehensive man
ner than they are able to do it at
present"
Not to Go Into Politics.
Both Mrs. Lumpkin and Mrs. Wigs
made it plain that the movement mas
no political significance and that the
Federation will not resort to polltlca!
intrigue TO obtain the abatement or
the nuisance.
1.-THE action of the Federation in
starting the fight against the smoke
nuisance" said Mrs. Wigs is moi
inaugurated with view to influence
ing the political situation, and we in
tend to have nothing to do with poll
tics, nor bring politics into the figh
in any way. We are working for the
good of the city, and ask every gooc
citizen who loves Atlanta to work
with US for the betterment of condi-
tions"
Others who spoke in favor of the
adoption of the resolution and cited
instances that showed that smoke
conditions were apparently getting
worse instead of better were Mrs. A.
Med Wilson, Mrs. w. p Pattillo,
Mrs. Otto Schwab, Mrs. w. B. Price
Smith and Miss Emily Jekyl.
Smoke Drawback to City.
Mrs. Price Smith read a paper on
the effect the thick clouds of smoke
has on vegetation. and Mrs. Schwab,
in urging the adoption Of the resolu-
tions, declared that the smoke null
sance was one of Atlanta's greatest
drawbacks. She also declared that
the residences and apartment houses
caused almost as much of the smoke
as the manufacturing plants.
"The householders of Atlanta" she
said, could do away with much Of the
smoke if they would instruct their
servants and gremen how to properly
fire the furnaces and prevent the
clouds of smoke that rise from the
chimneys Of the residences and apart
ment houses"