Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-04-14 | Page 17 | Building Code Will Provide Fire Escapes

BUILDING CODE WILL PROVIDE FIRE ESCAPES Assurance Given That Safety Provision Will Be Added by Amendment The work of the building code revision revision re reo re- re vision committee which after four years of study brought out a pro- pro new code with no provisions for or lire fire escapes may be finished by bythe bythe bythe the city commission with the addition of sucha such a provision Assurances that the proposed code will vill be be- supplemented m with a fire escape escape es es- es cape section came from two sources Friday after the revision committee Thursday had submitted its efforts and been dismissed Sed with the official thankS hanks of o the city Both sources had held out for or inclusion sion slon o of fire escape provisions and agreed to the proposed code cod being i accepted only after alter it had b been en pointed point point- ed out that additions addition could be made at the discretion of the commission Commissioner George D. D Keyser friday reiterated his contention that fire ire escape provisions should be included in in- n- n eluded and said that in all dalI likelihood an am amendment would be prepared and presented present d to the commission c mm next week t RESTS ON FINCH H He indicated the amendment should be brought up by Commissioner Harry Harry Harry Har Har- ry L. L Finch who as commissioner of ot parks parks' jarks and public property has authority au au- hority over the bureau of ot mechanical cal inspection which would administer adminis- adminis ter er the code The other proponent of fire escapes W. W D. D Pinney building inspector anc and secretary of the revision committee said without reservation Friday that thai there will be a fire tire escape cape nance I He pointed out that metal escapes are highly necessary and are regular parts of apartment buildings in other Continued on Pate Pue Twenty BUILDING CODE Will PROVIDE FIRE ESCAPES Continued from tom Page Pace Seventeen cities Now that the work of ot the committee has been finished the ef city commission has ha a clear cear course cours in taking talc take ing action acton itself itel he said snide Mr Pinney revealed that only three members of the committee favored inclusion in elusion of a fire escape ordinance Besides Be Bc sides side himself himsel there were Fire Chief Walter Waler S. S Knight and W. W C. C A. A A Vissing he said OPPOSITION ARGUMENTS It I was learned leared Friday that among the reasons advanced by various other members of the committee for not favoring escapes were that they would be expensive unsightly dan dangerous erous for tor children especially in winter and might afford prowlers access to apart apart- meats ments The Te proposed code would apply only to buildings constructed after the measure becomes effective Old buildings buildings build build- ings would continue under the present code which requires metal fire escapes escapes es capes on buildings over two stories unless each apartment or room rom has ha both front and rear entrances Meanwhile the proposed code was wa being prepared for public inspection which must be for 10 days before the commission acts act Grant Macfarlane assistant city attorney was directed to draw up an ordinance providing for tor its is effectiveness Other members of the revision committee com corn were Clifford Evans R. R R Klet ting and Hugh C. C Lewis Lwi architects W W. M. M Scott Scot engineer T. T E. E Gaddis realtor realor H. H E. E contractor F. F D. D Winegar city ety electrical inspector tor tar Nephi Stewart Stewart plumbing inspector tor tar and City Attorney Fisher Harris Harri The latter was not an original member member mem memo ber but became one after his appointment appoint ment meat as city attorney The group began work on September Septem ber 25 1928 soon after a lack lock of fire escapes had been discovered following a local apartment house houe fire fre in which two persons died