Bulletin, Issue 254U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 |
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Page 68 - The person so appointed shall be a mechanical engineer, qualified by technical training and experience in the theory and practice of the construction and operation of steam boilers and furnaces and also in the theory and practice of smoke abatement and prevention.
Page 68 - ... including all provisions made for the purpose of securing complete combustion of the fuel or refuse to be used and the manner in which it is to be burned for the purpose of preventing emissions in excess of the limitations established by or under this chapter.
Page 68 - Board, to be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the consent of the City Council, is hereby established.
Page 17 - There is a general agreement among sanitary authorities that polluted air is harmful to health. 2. At the present time there is no accurate method of measuring this harm, nor of determining the relative responsibility of the different elements which enter into the mixture of gases and solids commonly referred to as atmospheric air. 3. The direct effect of smoke or of any of its attributes, including soot, dust, and gases...
Page 17 - The direct effects of smoke or of any of its attributes, including soot, dust and gases, in amounts which may ordinarily pervade the atmosphere of a smoky city, are not shown to be detrimental to persons in normal health. "4. The direct effect of smoke upon those who are ill has been most extensively studied in connection with tuberculosis and pneumonia. It. appears that smoke does not in any way stimulate the onset of the tubercular process nor militate against the rapidity of recovery when once...
Page 90 - CITY for л brief review of this investigation by Mr. Monnett. t Report of Smoke Abatement in Salt Lake City for Three and One-Half Years, by HW Clark. Copies of this report may be had upon application to Salt Lake City. reduced 93 per cent since the winter of 191920. The number of hours during which light or dense smoke conditions existed in the atmosphere, as recorded by the US Weather Bureau, has been reduced 32 per cent and 39 per cent, respectively. The atmosphere of the business district, formerly...
Page 68 - ... shall be erected or maintained in the city until plans and specifications of the same have been filed in the office of and approved by the smoke inspector and a permit issued by him for such erection, reconstruction or maintenance.
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Page 19 - Chicago Association of Commerce. — Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals. Smoke abatement, and electrification of railway terminals in Chicago; report of the Chicago Association of Commerce, Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals.