| Show 4 AN EXAMPLE NEEDED T THE discoveries made by Sire Fire Chief THE j I Devina during the course of ot his In Investigation in regard to the storing of explosives hes in Salt Lake City mire are to state stale the case c e mildly rather startling The Th chief through his agents has hae learned that little or no attention has ha been paid by Salt Lake dealers to the ordinance limiting the amount of ex cx explosives explosives plosives to be kept at one time in their places of business bu lne In the business district dl he found the legal maximum exceeded many times Umes Salt Lake differs from most cities in inthis Inthis Inthis this business bu of explosives in ha that th t very many more of them are handled d here than in other cities s of relatively the same size stae Large orders order are constantly coming in from the mining camps camp and frequently It is necessary nece sary to lilt fill them with the greatest possible pos dispatch It Itis ItIs ItIs is often very Inconvenient to send out outto outto outto to the magazines for powder dyna dypa dynamite dynamite mite caps cape and other explosives for rush orders and the dealers have therefore grown careless Instead of oC obeying the strict letter of the law they have allowed an wed explosives explosives to accumulate in houses so soa as a to be able to fill fiU orders of almost any size at a moments notice It is high time the wae stopped The TAft convenience of dealers and is 15 worth considering c n of course but it cannot be deferred to when a It question qUestion of public safety fety is involved Chief Devines report shows bows that in several severa of SaW Salt Lakes Lake moat most prominent nt buildings some of them being used WIe for offices eMcee m aa well as OK for busIness bu l fur pur purposes poses enough explosive explosives are stored to blow the structures structure to atoms alon without a moments moment warning ere re would world wo ld be jio JloU time pe Ito the ten te tb save their th lr lives or their Weir chat chattels chattels in the th event of or an Great care is used u ed naturally enough by the dealers in handling their then dynamite dy powder caps cap and cartridges es but it IB Is impossible to absolutely eliminate tl the e danger of o an Rn explosion Besides fa fu familiarity a with explosives Is hi all too atto apt at to breed contempt for them and in the twinkling of an eye a great catastrophe catastrophe phe is brought about The safest arest way both for dealers alers and public is i for the tha former fermer 10 Lo w observe the law la strictly Those who do not should be punished severely The or ordinance ordinance ordinance provides that the guilty nty ones may be fined fumed in lit any sum aunt not exceed exceeding exceedIng ing lag or Imprisoned for a period not note exceeding e days d s or both fine ft e and ancl im he imprisonment may mRY be he Imposed Impo oo Let Chief Devine proceed to make an example out of or somebody at once |
