Show THE COST OF FIRES S A great deal of building is going on in thi this city Most fost of it is good work but not all Some of the structures are arc flimsy affairs built evidently to be rented and ana dangerous to the neighbors In Iii this connection con COll- it must be bo kept in mind that fires in iu France Franc cost annually 25 cents per capita of the people in the time United States they thoy cost 3 per capita Every year the loss through fires exceeds in amount all the time value of the tho gold and silver produced produced produced pro pro- and aud it has been repeatedly proven that our called so-called proof fire-proof buildings will not resist a great volume of flame coming coining from the time outside This is true especially of stone buildings Steel frames are much better with the careful interior work that thatis is bestowed upon them But the great losses Josses come when some worthless structures are fired on a windy 11 day or night and with that starter attack more substantial structures No man has a rj right ht to put up UJ a flimsy structure in the midst of a city |