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Show ,1 ThrTimkb has on several Occasions J called attention to the necessity of tire i escapes upon all buildings over Uvo I stories high. There are several high buildings the, upper Btories of which are I occupied by lodgers, whoBo lives would be sacrificed if a lire should break out iu : these structures during tho night. In j some of theso buildings tho stairway winds round the olevator, which is cor- Itainly one of tho most dangerous plans ever conceived by an architect. The stairway and tho elevator should be separate and distant from each othor, thus ofTurding two ways of exit. Iucaso ono is blocked by flumes the othor can be usod. However, no time should be loBt by the city council in passing oil or- dinance compelling tho erection of fire h. oscapos on all high buildings in which . there aro rooms occupied lis sleeping I apartments. To delay this matter is I simply criminal negligence on the part I of the council us woll as upon tho part of the owners of buildincs. |