The Smoke Nuisance

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 31, 14 February 1930, Page 27

The Smoke Nuisance

Are You Guilty? — New York City is waging war on the smoke nuisance, which is not only detrimental to health and vegetation, but costs the tax-payers ninety-six million dollars a year. It has been des finitely discovered that owing to smoke, and the resulting soot and dirt in the atmosphere, New York City receives only about. three-quarters of the sunshine that pours down upon it, and life therefore is not as healthful as it might be. What is true of New York is true of all cities where smoke-producing fuel is used, and in this country a great step forward will be made when electric stoves and water heaters replace coal furnaces and boilers.