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Show WILL INSIST UPON JPRINI! Electrical Contractors Must Conform to National Code in Their Work. COST WILL BE INCREASED, BUT KATES MAY BE LOWER Sixty Days of Grace Given to Permit of Disposal of Stocks. Hereafter all electrical wiring In Salt Lake must be done j.i accordance with the nntlonal electrical code in order to pass Inspection by the board of fire underwriters. un-derwriters. This information, of great Interest to all Salt Lake contractors and builders, was conveyed in a letter .sent by the local office or the hoard of lire underwriters un-derwriters to each member of tho Electrical Elec-trical Contractors' asHOclnllon Thurslay. The electrical contractors have voted to co-operate with the Jlro underwriters In bringing about tho observance of the regulations, and the contractors have also been tussured of the co-operation ot the Utah Light and Railway company, through the .superintendent of the lighting light-ing department. The enforcement of this regulation will mean an advanco of L'5 lo 50 per cent In Ihc cost of interior electric wiring In Sail Lake, but the. lessening of tho fire hazard, and In some Instances lower lire Insurance rales, It Is declared, will make up tho difference to tho property owner. The letter lo the electrical contractors says that the Inspectors will accept for sixty days tho use of plain knobs and tic wires smaller than No. S, In order to give the contractors an opportunity to dispose of their stocks on hand. After April 1, however, split knobs with screws must be used and all taped joints must be covered with approved moisture-proof paint. |