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Smoke Nuisance Report Prompts Citywide Reform Talks
The Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania and the Women's Health Protective Association discussed smoke abatement led by Colonel T P Roberts. Key figures including W L Scaife, John A Brashear, and J McGeary weighed steam capacity, stokers, gas usage, and smokeless fuels as Pittsburg and Allegheny consider ordinances and better building flues to reduce both boiler and furnace smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineers’ Society of
Western Pennsylvania
Local Health Protective Association
T P. Roberts
W. I. Scaife
Charles Hyde
John Langley
Daniel Ashworth
T. H. Johnston
A. F. Hunt
Hunt
W. L. Scaife
Colonel Roberts
East End
East Liberty
London
John A. Brashear
Emil Swensson
WS. Clark
Society
Cotton
Grashear
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Aliexnbeng
Wsen
Paris
Indies
England
Franklin
I. Self
Women's Health Protective Association
Allegheny County
Pitburg
Alleghny
Lima
Women’s Health Protective Association
Nuco