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Show t'ROTECTINU lliait llUUilllNUS. bland I'lpta and lire ricapei for Structures 3lore lliiu HHr Uct lu llelgtit. At Iho recent meeting of the Klro Chlefi' Convention held lu I,outsvlllo, Ky,, thequoetlonwaa dlaouaaod In paper by Kx Chief Clerk Hendricks '-rjhould not alf bulldlnga over II fly feet In height, whether used for mercantile, mer-cantile, manufacturing or other pur-ner, pur-ner, be furnished with oulaldo stand plpuialdirsand with cutelde couoeo-llona couoeo-llona at each floor for hoiej alio with Imldo conuectlotia and n aufllcient tuautlty of hoao to reach the rear of any building, on each floor thereof aud should not appliances and the construction con-struction thereof bo under tbo cuntrol and direction of the chief uf the fire deattment." All tbe chiefs In attendance at tho convention from the larger cltlia of thu United Htatte were retaliated to write their vlewaou thla question (or tubllcallon In the various llrctuou's Journals throughout the country. Affirmative answers have already txen i ubllshed from tho chiefs of the fire de aittnentl of New Vork, llostou, Denver, Minneapolis, rjt. Louie, Uhlcatiu, Duluth aud Milwaukee. Today To-day Chief tiinntou wrotu A, C Hand-rlcx.aa Hand-rlcx.aa follows ou the same quiatloiit Halt Lakh Cut, Doo. 12, lfc'Ji A, 0. llondrlck, .Sow Haven, Conn t Hear Hlr 111 my opinion aland jiIihm and flreeaeajieaaroof rnoreacrvlco to a lira department than aerial truiks, and luoro eapeolallyn elly llkoSall Luke, as our al lowalka are a) feet from building to curb throughout tho city. Maortty uf ellleihalowalkabut 13 to II feet, 'lhle evil throws our trucka so far lu tho atreet, ami with two acctlousof poloa, ilectrlo light, telophooo ami telcKrapb, onoitheraido next to tho curb, makes It Impoaalbla to rjtch the bulldlnga with our luldera from our aerial trucks on account of the width of our sidewalks ami numerous wlros front tbo electric light and telepholio all t telegraph iioles. In many cusea we would bo cuiujiellod lu run uurtruckauntho eldouralks tobouf any aurvlce to u, nti 1 If It bo a largo Are Mould likely lose them. lu my opinion all buildings, except audi as aro uacd as prhatu residences exclusively, uf thrio storks ortnorolu height, should bo provided with one or inoro nielalllo ladilors or inctJiltlo flro eacaiiesantl stand plpea ixluidlngfrotii the Ural story lo tho upper mtirlea of such bulldlnga, andabototliuroof aud on thu outer walla, vilth cutipllngs thereon tho aaino as that uaod by tbo lire tlepnilinenl undlu suihlotatlon and nuinbora and of auch intiterlal aud conslrut lion aa the In-spoctor In-spoctor of bullillugs and the chief or thn lire depurtinoni may detormlnv, and all bulldlnga inoro thau twoatorlosln bolght used Tor manuraclurlDg purposes about I haveouuuiolallloladtlorforevery twenty-live twenty-live persons or less eiuplood aboe tno second "lory, nud alt audi uroeetapos aliould be kept III good order at all times. Wo aro cnfunlng an ordluaiuo lo this eirect liiuurcliy aud I bau caused over lot) notkoe to be served ou uwuorsof buildings. Yuurs truly, W. A. MTAITOf, Chief Halt Luko l'lro llei srltucnt. |
