Mayor William Voisine Asks for Mill Study Ordinances
January 1955
Mayor William W. Voisine Adds Ecorse to Cities Asking Mill Study Ordinances
Great Lakes Steel officials this week will be asked to study model smoke ordinances drafted for use by cities plagued with smoke and fly ash blown into the atmosphere from large industrial furnaces.
Mayor William W. Voisine last Wednesday instructed City Attorney Victor T. Mitea to forward the ordinances to company officials asking for an opinion regarding them – one in general use throughout the nation and another adopted by Pittsburgh. They will be used as guides in the drafting of a smoke ordinance to be adopted by Ecorse within the next two weeks.
“Cooperation with the mill should result in our drafting one of the best smoke ordinances in the country,” Voisine said, “one that will prove workable for the steel mill and still give the people of Ecorse the protection to which they are entitled.
“Although Number Two Bessemer has been closed down, the smoke laden air from the other furnace is still creating a bad situation. Something must be done to correct this and we have hopes the mill will take steps to remedy the condition.”
Last month council passed a resolution ordering the steel company to take steps to curb dust, soot and dirt emanating from its furnaces.
Mayor William W. Voisine Adds Ecorse to Cities Asking Mill Study Ordinances
Great Lakes Steel officials this week will be asked to study model smoke ordinances drafted for use by cities plagued with smoke and fly ash blown into the atmosphere from large industrial furnaces.
Mayor William W. Voisine last Wednesday instructed City Attorney Victor T. Mitea to forward the ordinances to company officials asking for an opinion regarding them – one in general use throughout the nation and another adopted by Pittsburgh. They will be used as guides in the drafting of a smoke ordinance to be adopted by Ecorse within the next two weeks.
“Cooperation with the mill should result in our drafting one of the best smoke ordinances in the country,” Voisine said, “one that will prove workable for the steel mill and still give the people of Ecorse the protection to which they are entitled.
“Although Number Two Bessemer has been closed down, the smoke laden air from the other furnace is still creating a bad situation. Something must be done to correct this and we have hopes the mill will take steps to remedy the condition.”
Last month council passed a resolution ordering the steel company to take steps to curb dust, soot and dirt emanating from its furnaces.