Rupert,
You remain the wizard of the computer search!
Thanks for the link to this new find about Smoke Abatement in Chicago. I
have printed out and read the first 33 pages of the study today. Some
early conclusions that may not be accurate in their totality include that this
study was a preliminary study to the previously cited Smoke Abatement
Study of 1915 and it seems to lay the political groundwork for the more in
depth study of the Smoke Abatement Study of 1915. This study seems early on
to
point out that while the smoke generated by the steam locomotives
entering, leaving or working within the city limits caused a significant
amount of
smoke. However, the smoke produced by stationary power plants and tug and
steamship power plants was far greater especially for tugs which created
more smoke per ton of coal than the other sources being studied. It was
pointed out that stationary steam boilers could be engineered to burn coal
more
efficiently at less cost than steam locomotive boilers.
One of the early charts presented was a chart showing the leading causes of
death per 1,000 people in Chicago. Interestingly enough violence
remained pretty consistent as a leading cause of death (number 5) from
1878-1907,
while pneumonia and consumption related deaths rose steadily in the three
decades recorded from 1878 until 1907 with pneumonia jumping from the number
five cause of death to number one in that time span.
Lots more here to read and digest in the future. My initial conclusions
might change somewhat over the course of reading the remaining 400 pages but
this is certainly another interesting addition to one's understanding of
the life and lore of the "Toddling Town" of Chicago, "...the city of big
shoulders...", "... player with railroads and freight handler of the nation."
Thanks again for this link and another source of pleasurable, fact filled
reading. It will be a nice companion aside the 1915 Smoke Abatement Study.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
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