Show CHIEF BYWATERS GREAT SHOWING ALONG THE LINE OF FIRE LOSSES I According to the August Au report of Wit Wil William Witham Ham liam H Bywater chief of the fire de department department Salt Lake City etty has had fires this your year with actual losses of ah of pf which only was not covered by b insurance The Tha amount of I property involved was Dl covered The amount of in i C nc paid pl d was Vas August had 31 fires entailing an actual hoes lo of 2631 21 of which 5 was not covered bj by b in insurance insurance Insurance The water pressure for the first seven months of the year averaged pounds to the square inch with ith a max maximum maxImum maximum of 1 and a minimum of 75 The Thep pressure pleasure p re fell feU off measurably In August A gust when the average was 66 00 6 pounds with a maximum of ot 10 and a minimum of 11 I Chief Bywater believes there should be beno beno beno no alarm concerning fires tires even during the period of low water The Capitol I hilt hill reservoir has an emergency supply of 2 gallons stored away which can be made available for fire purposes in a avery avery avery very few minutes A valve vale at the head I of Main street would turn this water into the mains of the business district before a fire could gain great headway I The city is in Jn better shape than it was this time last year says a s Chief By water We e now have three good steam steamers ors ers and the pressure although it drops low at times never nover gets below belo for more than a few minutes at a time With our steamer equipment this is suf set sufficient suffIcient to give good protection to build buildings ings Inga In s In addition to this and in antic antici anticipation pation of low water pressure we have hae equipped everything we have in the shape shap of a chemical and we have in readiness enough chemicals to alone put out a fire tire I of more than average magnitude Our fire showing is so much better than most other cities that there should be b TO 10 I alarm on the part of insurance companies or business b sID men here lere OJ t |