Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-01-10 | Page 4 | Local News

the legislature ure ot of maine has passed aia a law w w which lit h la Is in effect in somi some eastern cities making it compulsory for the municipal officers in every city and town to hold an inquest on every fire th that 3 t occurs it Is their duty to summon witnesses and they are obliged to make a report repart to the city or tow town n clerk of 0 their investigations A good thought the insurance companies ought to favor that kind of IL a law aw the city authorities genera generally ily ought ou to tavor favor it because it would be a test ot of the integrity of 0 the people burned out it would be a 11 test of the efficiency of 0 the fire department for instance no fire chief ahlet or fireman could remain in office after an inquiry had decided two or three times that ho was not competent to handle acif a fire re it Is a good thought and might be with profit adopted in other places especially in towns of 0 over inhabitants