Show I. I Hanson I Reports S. S L L. Fire Hazard SURVEY CALLS GAllS EV EVACUATION ACUA TION OF HOTEL NEEDED Inadequate Escapes Given as Reason For Request to City Urging immediate evacuation of ot upper floors Fire Chief LaVere M M. Hanson and other officials Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- reported to the city commission commission commission commis commis- sion discovery of asserted fir fire and structural hazards in a building housing the Savoy hotel at 26 East First South street A letter to the mayor and board of city commissioners filed at the city and county building said gaid an inspection had shown that the building has been allowed to deteriorate deteriorate deteriorate de de- de- de fire and is a potential and structural hazard to life and property The letter was was' signed by Chief Hanson William J. J Goodwin city building inspector and Harris E. E Anderson fire department tor Tells Tells Tells-of of Hazards Although the letter did not list conditions at the building Chief Hanson told The Telegram that there is a light well in the building building building build build- ing reaching to the top stor story The well ell lies between the front of the building and a fire escape atthe at atthe the rear The well is crossed only by narrow pa passageways County tax rolls show the property property property prop prop- erty which includes stores on the ground floor as well as the Savoy hotel upstairs was owned by Louis LouisA A A. A Marks Mrs Sarah E. E Marks East Second South street administratrix of the Marks estate said that the reason the building has not been renovated is that the estate f settled She said a sale is pending and ana fiat the buyers intend to raze the the- top part parl of the building and cut it down to one floor Such work she said would necessitate vacating the upper floors Letter Describes Building The letter which Mayor Ab JEnkins Jenkins Jenkins Jen Jen- kins said was referred to the city law department follows We have this day made an in inspection inspection inspection in- in of the property located at 26 East First South street known as the Savoy hotel This building is is' a story five brick and wood frame construction construction construction tion and is used on the he ground floor by a laundry agency bookstore bookstore book bookstore store and loan Joan office The second third and fourth floors are used as apartments and single rooms for tenants The fifth floor is open and unoccupied Our inspection discloses that this building has been allowed to deteriorate deter deteriorate de de- ter to 10 the extent which in inthe inthe inthe the opinion of the fire chief fire inspector and chief building inspector inspector tor constitutes constitutes' a potential fire and structural hazard to life and property These conditions are such that it is most urgent and necessary that Immediate evacuation evacuation evacuation tion of the second third fourth and fifth floors take place owing to the life hazard to 30 persons who are living there at present and that the building in its entirety entirety entirety en en- be made structurally safe immediately as an an alternative to the demolition of the same |