OCR Text |
Show Flrmage Report Ridiculed ltcnl Reason For Statement Urlcflr Explained. "Tho local theatres aro nothing but flro traps," satd Mr, Flrmago at tho last session of tho City Council. At first being unnblo to understand why Mr, Flrmage should mnko such a simple, utterly absurd, unreasonable stntomont, I begun to mako inqulrlos nnd learned that ho wns acting and speaking under tho spell of qulto natural nnrrow-mlndcdncss, owing to a personal grievance, toward Mr. h. W, Nielsen, who, by tho way, is affiliated affili-ated with tho Orient ThentTO. Mr. - Flrmago has shown hs mollco sov oral tlmeu In tho past. On ono occasion occa-sion ho called a meeting of tho flro-men, flro-men, requesting a voto to drop Mr. Nlolsou from thnt organization but tho boys absolutely refused to consider consid-er his childish whim. When the fact of tho wholo matter was explained in its trua light to two of our City Councllmon who woro r pointed for tho Investigation, t! could readily understand that Mr. Fi mngo had no ground for his groaol. false statemont. It wbb pointed out to tho Flro Department committee that tho Oriont Theatre was absolutely abso-lutely flro proof. That Mr. Ashby, its architcot, took special pains In this particular. First, that tho boiler room bo completed (stairs, wall and floor) or solid concrete con-crete Tho operating room nlso is of solid concrete tho thentro floor solid concrete, etc., etc. Tho Orient Thentro has moro alslos and exit spaco than any othor theatre In tho stnto of its size Its ventilation ventila-tion system is perfect. Wo know thnt our patrons nppre clato our modorn up-to-dnto conveniences, conven-iences, and would advlso at this tlmo that Mr. Flrmago stroke his furrow, od brow and think twlco beforo he attacks tho lntorosts of on incorporated incorpor-ated legitimate business outerprlso, or ho will qulto llkoly awako from hh spoil and And himsolf confronted with sorlous troublo. (Adv.) C. 0. PURRINOTON. "0 |