Show One of Worst Fire FireTraps Traps in Salt Lake o 1 Danger to Boys in Detention Home Cited J 4 tia 1 r 4 1 I- I II I L' L LC C Y k g 1 1 1 j L I It t tc s 4 I 4 I a w 1 i t ai s ur F Ei j 1 e j 0 g 1 t J y L c w w c j L' L J A front and rear view of one of tIe the worst fire traps In the CI city Y the boys boys' detention n home on South State street The section on on the right is where a fr fire broke out a year ago The boys s sleep o on the third f floor r There is no fire escape and in case of fire they would have to jump to almost certain inJury or take chances WI with the e flames on the e narrow winding winding stairs inside The building Is very aId Id and has ew conveniences Ancient and Decaying BuU t ng Has No Means for Escape Dy By FRANK A. A HUNT If a fIre broke broko out in the boys boys' detention home 1957 South Houth State street at night while tile the fifteen to twenty boys were asleep asler they would be caught in a trap and probably burned to death This is the opInion expressed by Professor A. A L. L Deeley Beeley of tile the Uni- Uni of Utah who completed a survey of boy life In Salt Lake on b behalf of tile the Salt Lake Rotary club and ot of Fire Chief Walter Waiter S. S Knight The ancient story four building of brick brick and and decaying timbers has no fire escape nor outsIde stairway which Is tile the from roll roll-i the dormitory on thIrd floor About a year ear ago a fire started In the In the rear and the building was waa In great danger for some time Tills ThIs is only one of the Important important tant matters whIch will be taken up by those a and Individuals I interested In boy life in Salt Lake followIng a meeting Tuesday of the Rotary club boy work corn com NEW HOME URGED All who Ilave laye Investigated the detention home agree that the sug suggestion or of Fred n. n Morgan Morsan or of the court that a home be built out In the country a short distance perhaps somewhere In the neighborhood or of Murray l Is an ex- ex one Perhaps someone mIght donate a tract of land suitable for tile the purpose according to those interested interested inter inter- ested and thus persuade tIle tho county commissIoners that they could afford afford af- af ford the tho new building A modern structure with a suitable gymnasium baseball diamond and garden adjoInIng would cost from to But whether a new building is erected or not tile the boys should not be held in danger of their lives In Inthe Inthe the present structure J. J E. E Salisbury o tile tho superintendent dent keeps the tho old buildIng as aselean clean elean and spotless insIde as any Salt Lake home Iloine but the conditions with whIch he has to struggle are dIscouraging to tIle the most tic Recently he persuaded the commissIoners com com- missIoners to grant him a small piece of adjoIn adjoining Ins ground for fos a garden for the boys bos NOT KEPT LONG I Boys are sent to the tho home while tile the juvenile court consIders each case ca If they are not considered IncorrigIble Incorrigible In- In corrigIble and their home conditions conditions condi- condi are not too bad they are aro pa- pa If a parole I Is considered use l lasa s they aro aro sent to tile the Ogden OSden reform to- to form school A boy lis is seldom kept longer th n three weeks at the home but now new ones onea are arc comIng In all tile the time The budget was cut 1000 this year Salisbury takes every overy tion to guard against fire but to obtain hot ater stoves must be used Heat is supplied from the hospital plant It would take just a spark sparl to tG Ignite Ig- Ig alto nite the old building and the tho boys bos would tr try In vain to get down the narroW old wooden Inside or 05 jump to certain Injury or death from tIle the high vt ow i I |