Hopkins l rjjes j
! City Ordinance
on Smoke Evil
Program Which Abolished
Soot ii\ Salt Lake City
May Be Used in
Omaha.
By SANFORD JARRELL.
Omaha will probably adopt the 1
fci.ilt Lake City plan of abating the 1
smoke nuisance.
The plan has found favor with
City Commissioner John Hopkins, |
who has called a smoke nuisance
conference, and with E. IV. Fitt,
city hoiler inspector. Its adoption
by the municipality would probably
n.enn the gradual elimination of soot
Iront the downtown business district,
and nfler lids Is accomplished, the
in sidentlal section would be cleansed.
Commissioner Hopkins will an
nounce the date of the smoke confer
ence after the committees of various
civic bodies and Improvement clubs,
engineer* and building superinten*
detli'H" Minimizations are appointed.
These representatives will get around
the. "tghlp and discuss the smoke
nuisance which The Omaha Bee has
tried to abate by means of a friendly
campaign of education.
Report to lie Read.
The report of H. \Y. Clark, city
smoke inspector of Salt Lake Cily,
will lie presented at the conference.
'I'ltis is one of the most important
documents of its character ever pre
pared, for it tells how the capital of
^00 tt»h. by step eliminated a
Asmoke ;tnd soot nuisance apparent
ly much worse than that , under
which is now suffering.
. The agitation to abate the smoke
nuisance there began in the winter
of 191819 when the soot clouds
were particularly annoying. This
was due both to atmospheric condi
tions and to the particular brand
of L'tah-mlned soft coal burned in the
city. The United States bureau of
mines agreed to co-operate with the
municipal authorities In investigat
ing the measure, and Senator Smoot
secured an appropriation of $15,000
annually for the bureau to assist
communities In the solution of the
smoke problem. The cities so helped
were to match the sums given them
by the government.
The work In Salt Lake City was
done by the staff of the bureau of
mines, directed by a committee of
three, consisting of the city engineer,
ihe director of the State School of
Mines and Engineering, and the
superintendent of the Salt Lake
istntjon of the bureau of mines.
Osborn Monnett. smoke abatment
engineer of Chicago, was retained to
supervise the Investigation, and he
employe)! engineers, chemists, etc.,
for the Inquiry, which was carried
on during the winter of 1919-20. A
report was turned over to the city
commission In June, 1920.
Industry Is Leading Offender
This report showed that during
the months from October to March
inclusive, the smoke in the city's
atmosphere came from the following
^sources: Industrial, power and large
hentfng plants, 40 per cent; entail
henting plants. 12 per cent; railway
locomotives, 13 per cent; private
.•QsiiSiMfcae^. 2? per cent, and miscel
laneous plants, 8 per cent.
On November 1 , 1920, a smoke
ordinance went into effect. It In
cluded a rode covering the Installa
tion of boiler and heating plants and
specifying the manner In which they
should be operated. In this ordi
nance the Uinglemann chart was
made the test of smoke density de
tfrminatiohs ami any smoke more
dense than No. 3, for a period longer
than one minute, was made a viola
tion of the law. Special provision
was made following the period of
six minutes while fires were being
cleaned and while new fires were
being built.
A new smoke abatement depart
ment was organized which consists of
the following personnel: Chief deputy
strtoke inspector, in charge; one as
sistaljt smoke inspector, two smoke
inspector*, and two smoke observers
and*a^Jerk. The three smoke in
spector^ work in shifts and each is
given a section of the city for which
lulls' held personally responsible.
The’ patrol work consists of instruct
ing firemen in the proper handling of
the plant to’ prevent the production
of dense smoke, and warning them
when smoke is produced. Mr. Clark,
in his report, says:
Firing Methods Shown.
"One rule that was aropte^ early
in the game was to the effect that
no inspector Is to ask any fireman
to do anything the Inspector cannot
do himself. Our Inspectors take tb#
shovel from the hands of the fire
^ewmen and actually demonstrate cor
rect firing methods, often handling
plants half a day, and In some cases
a whole day at a time, to convince
the firemen or plant owners that
their plants can be handled without
•moke.”
An observer Is stationed on the
20th floor of a building during the
entire daylight period. He has a
telephone from which he calls up all
plants when they smoke. He also
keep* * record of all the smoke pro
duced In periods of one minute or
Clark reports, began on January 1.
1321. As the department was or
« ganlzed In the winter time, there was
no available opportunity to get any
alterations or changes made until
the following summer. The onlv
Improvements that could be made
during that first Winter was to
operate the plants better In the con
dition they already were In.
Density Cut in Half.
TUe bureau of mines made a sup
plemental Investigation and found
that the mean smoke density of all
plants operated in Salt Lake City
hod been reduced 46 per cent, de
spite the fact that ho alterations had
been mode in the plants.
During the summer of 1921. lnves
fixations were conducted In 161
plants and data was given each for
changes which would enable them
to operate economically without
violating the smoke ordinance,
more than 100 planks were repaired.
** In the winter of 1921-22, it lie
fame neceasary to rumort to police
court proatrMjtlon In 13 ran#* whorr
the amok* inspector rouM not
cooperation by perauaaive method*.
There w *r* no fine* In Miff* /•«**•«.
tli* ou noia KHNng cofitinunnef* or
suspended sentence* on promise® lo
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Ex-Omahan In Charge of Details
at U. 5. Bureau of Standards <
Norman F. Harriman. Former
\ liion Pacific Employe.
Knows Everything “From
Bugs to Battleships.”
B.v ARCH JACOBS.
Norman F. Harriman, former Onia
han, has been called one of the real
workers in Washington, D. C.. Har
riman is in charge of the detail work
and technical committees *o£ the
bureau of standards.
His title is vice chairman and sec
retary of the federal specification
Board and also a member of the fed
eral purchasing board. He is also
rated as engineer-physicist of the na
tional board of standards.
He was with the Union Pacific
railroad in Omaha from 1902 to 1921.
During this time he was engineer of
tests and chief chemist and had
charge of the testing and research
laboratory.
As a member of the federal pur
chasing board Harriman sees where
the government's money is spent and
how. The magnitude of the pur
chases tnadA l>y the government is
not realized by the public. The total
purchases for 1922 amounted to $260,
000,000. The variety of items pur
chased to pig iron and from hosier^
to hardware.
fifi Technical Committees.
The scope of the work of the fed
ernl specifications board is Indicated
by the 66 technical committees at
work on as many different commodi
ties.
These technical committee were
formed by Harriman because he be
lieved a group of men could handle
purchases and other things connected
with his departments better than one
expert could.
The greatest aggregation of tech
nical and scientific talent to be found
in the country are members of the
federal specification board.
Before the establishment of the
BURROUGHS MEN
ATTEND DINNER
A dinner attended by 40 members
of the local staff of the Burroughs
Adding Machine company, in Hotel
Fontenelle Saturday night,'was one of
a series of functions held simultan
eously In *200 cities of this "country
and 100 cities of foreign countries.
The occasion of this International
victory banquet was the achievement
of the sales organization of the com
pany last year, by surpassing its re
cord of 1923.
M.C. Sanderson, local agency man
ager. presided as toastmaster at the
Omaha banquet.
ZELLER FUNERAL
Funeral services for John Zeller,
60, deputy state food Inspector, who
died suddenly at his home, 1923 South
Tenth street, early Saturday morning,
will he held Monday at 3 p. m., at the
Brailey & Dorrance chapel. Burial
will be in Forest Lawn cemetery.
Mr. Zeller was horn In Cleveland
and came to Omaha when he was a
small boy. He was formerly a cooper
at the Haarmann Pickle company. At
one time he was grain Inspector at
Omaha and an assessor of the First
ward.
He is survived by two sisters. Miss
Mary Zeller and Mrs. Catherine Hoff
of Omaha, and a brother, Matthew.
Old Officers Ousted.
Bridgeport, Neb., Jan. 24.—Math
Schumacher, a member of the board
of control of the North Platte Water
Users' association since Its organi
zation, and James T. Whitehead,
president of the association for 12
years, were both defeated for re elec
tion to positions on the hoard at
the annual election. Willis Jordan
anil C. 1,. Cross were elected to fill
their places.
Retired on Pension.
Peter Rausch, 72. locomotive engi
neer of the Missouri Pacific, Omaha
division, horn November 4, 1852, who
entered the service at Kansas City,
September. 1888, and has been contin
uously employed 36 years to Novem
ber, 1924, *vas retired on a pension on
account of Illness February, 192K.
World Court Meeting.
At a meeting of the Independent
club at Seymour hall on Capitol ave
nue and Sixteenth street, a. public
discussion will he held Monday eve
nlng at 8 on the world court Rnrt the
league of nations. Rev. J. L. Beebe
will Introduce the suhject. The
meeting Is open to the public.
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do better. The percentage reduction
In smoke density over the previous
year was 63 per cent.
It was found that 200 plants still
needed reconstruction work. Of that
number, 118 carried out the wishes
of the department. That next win
ter the Improvement continued and
several plant owners, who were
among the few who disregarded the
friendly and harmonious campaign
conducted by the city authorities
with the hearty endorsement of
business men and the citizens geo
erally, were1 fined.
Soft Foal Fan Be Used.
Some of the Items brought out In
the Salt l.ake City report which are
applicable to Omaha, are:
“It has become an axiom with us
that all heating plants larger than
residences, and all of the larger
residences, ran he so constructed
and Installed that our high volatile
blturnlnnus coal can he burned with
out smoke.
"We have also come to know for
a certainly that the elimination of
smoke results In increased fuel
economy, and tlmt It Is really tin
economical for any one, at any place,
to continue to operate a plant that
produces dense smoke.
“We have also learned that smoko
abatement Is not a hardship on any
one In the community. The cost per
capita Is very low, not exceeding
10 cents per year."
Of questionnaires returned recent
ly from the larger Salt latke City
plants. 69 per rent reported that less
fuel than formerly was being con
sumed, and 10 per cent that more
'was required. The others reported
no change. Klghty nlne per cent
snlil they were satisfied with changes
made In their plants and 6 per reft
were dissatisfied.
jt 'Xi JUf £/ Zftarrzrnart \
federal specifications I ward there was
no central authority for ilie prepara
tion and adoption of standardized
commodity specifications. This state
of affairs Is rapidly being eliminated,
as up tu the present time 250 master
specifications for various commodi
ties have been officially promulgated
by the federal specifications hoard for
the mandatory use of nil departments
and establishments of the federal gov
ernment. These specifications are
rapidly being adopted by many
states. municipalities, associations
and private corporations as a basis
for their purchases, and requests for
these specifications have been re
ceived from England, Czecho-Slovajda,
Canada. Austria, Siam. etc.
The business sagacity of Gen.
Charles (!. Dawes, the first director
of the bureau of the budget, now
vice president-elect of the United
States, is nowhere belter known than
in his selection of Col. if. C. Smither,
U. S. A., ns chief co-ordinator, and in
the establishment of the co ordinating
boards. The chief eo-ordinator and
the boards which function under
him serve as an adjunct to (the direc
tor of) the bnrpnn of the budget, and
they are contributing a large part to
ihe economy program of tlie presi
dent. Colonel Smither says he
knows of no one in the whole gov
ernment service who is doing more
efficient work and promoting econ
omy belter than Is Harriman.
Harriman, although a resident of
Washington, still keeps In communi
cation with his former associates at
the Union Pacific railroad. Among
Ills friends in Omaha is J. Van
Rensselaer. superintendent Union
Pacific district, Pacific Fruit Ex
press company.
Officials of the road who know him
say he was selected for his task at
Washington because of his peculiar
qualification in technical training
and practical experience on the prob
lems facing the bureau of standards.
“Knows I-ivA-ytliing.”
The 6t> committees under him, they
say, know everything from bugs to
battleships. Mrs. Harriman is at
present an Omaha visitor.
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