Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
To HINDER
WAR ON SMOKE
IS CHARGED
HarweII Urges People to Rally to
Support Of Crusade on BelIig-
erent Property Owners.

Declaring that the attitude of some
members of the Council Finance
Committee threatened to block the
smoke abatement crusade. Chairman
R. NJ. Harwell of the Smoke and Gas
Commission, said Thursday that the
people Of Atlanta should rally to the
cause.
Chairman Harwell said he knew
some members of the Finance Com
mittee realized the need of Riding
Atlanta Of it's useless CRIME and SCOT,
but that with the work at its pres
ent stage the crusade would be para
lyzed unless more money were pro-
vided.
Il am fearful of the opposition to
the smoke abatement fight by GER
tain members of the Finance Com
mittee," he said.
Calls FarIineer lawbrest<er.
There is Councilman A. w. Far
finger. OF the Fourth Ward. He has
been spreading slanderous falsehoods
about this department and blocking
the movement in every way he could,
even telling some people that the
whole thing would be stopped as soon
as he got into Council.
The trouble with him Is that he is
violating the smoke law with two
apartment houses at present, and is
liable to be called before Recorder
Broyles almost any day"
Chairman Harwell said he did not
care to name any other members of
the Finance Committee because he
was more suspicious than certain
about their ATTITUDES.
I'VE have not done all we wanted to
toward abating the smoke nuisance"
he said, for we have been badly ham
dicapped for lack of funds.
Assistant Is Needed.
Last year the appropriation was
left absolutely as 1t was before.
THE area of our operations has
grown so large that we must have an
assistant We have not asked for any
frills for the department simply ne
cessities to give the people Of At
lanta what they demand"
In answer to recent statement by
Councilman FarIinger that the en-
forcement of the smoke ordinance
would close down all the factories in
the city, Smoke Inspector Cecil Poole
said he would like to know why the
factories that have complied have not
closed down, but are furnishing pow
er cheaper and more satisfactorily
than before.
Majority of Factories Obey.
The majority of the manufactur-
Ing plants are complying with the
law" he said. They are with us in
the fight. We simply need sufficient
funds to keep a close watch on the
firemen and persuade, IL possible, the
recalcitrants to get on the band
wagon.
At an invitation from a committee
representing the Atlanta Fedora ton
of Women's Clubs Inspector Poole
and Chairman Harwell met them al
the Hotel Ansley Thursday morning.
The women were Mrs. Samuel
Lumpkin, Mrs w. H. Wigs, Mrs. Jo-
seph Moody and Mrs. w. B. Smith.
Women Aid Crusade.
They declared a hearty sympathy
with the movement and wanted q
know what they could do to help
stating that II the matter was left tc
the women of Atlanta, they being the
ones who suffer the real nuisance
from the smoke and SCOT. there woui1
be no trouble In getting sufficient laws
and funds to enforce them.
The committee called on the
Finance Committee to urge a proDei
appropriation for the Smoke Commits
sion, but that body had already gore
into executive session and the wome r
did not get to see them.