Show MORE ON THE WIRE QUESTION Our mentions of the bad condition of the city with respect to its electric wlr iUDs as brought forcibly to the public attention by the storm of the J2th instant in-stant have called forth much comment com-ment universally favorable and an explanation planation from the Bell Telephone com any that their overhead wires in the business district are dead and are toe to-e taken down In the discussion of the maltyr we Insisted In-sisted that nn expert electrician should lJe s named as inspector whose duty it should be to fee that electric wirings In buildings were properly and safely put in HO that they would not start fires or mperil the lives or safety of the firemen fire-men In case of a fire alarm On this point we have the following from the insurance side of the question Suit Lal < o City Nov HI UJ03 Editor Tribune My attention Iii i lcallcd 10 your editorial The Vlres and the I Streets In your Issue oC November iSlh Tho underwriters anticipating the rowing hazard of electrical InslalltiUonn I oncludcd to appoint an Inspector for this district and State of Utah who has been uociutcd with this office since Scplem bcr I lib nat While his ditties require approval of wlr hiS T Inside of and touching all buildings r at the wale tine any regulation of street wiring that will remove tire difriciKltt confronting mho fire derailment In handling han-dling llres in high bnlldlnus Is of mutual Interest If he can be of any assistance in the proper authorities In the revision of the city ordinances Jilt services arc at their disposal Yours wary vII v-II E PA ULnST Surveyor It Is good to know thai the Insurance companies arc protecting themselves and to a considerable extent the public in this Inspection which hey 1 have Inaugurated In-augurated The electric companies also harp their t experts who operate In the interests of heir t employer and also In a degree to the protection of the buildings In which the wires are laid this But our idea was different from we think there should be such nn expert ex-pert wholly in the public Interest and not In any way connected either with the wiring companies or the insurance companies The offer of the representative represen-tative of the latter to aid the proper authorities In this matter is both courteous cour-teous and valuable but the city should act for itself on independent lines for the safeguarding of the public and the prevention of accident No doubt the public Inspector would he glad to avail himself of all tlte assistance which the other experts could give him but his effort should be solely for the people and In the public interest And now Is the time to fake the requisite steps for the necessary protection |