Show X CB ' THE OGDEN J STANDARD-EXAMINE- OGDEN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 21-295- v AT F E V-- 7--: V J R - TX U R PAGE E V 4 i Be pot uppty Jr 'i ' T I 3 1 i " ' x' v : it- v V 1 It 'J t in' Km -- ii I Ik 4 HAZARDOUS — Back yards like this have many of the elements which can help a fire off to a good start Firemen Kenneth Farr standing and Mont Hales take a lArtV at a frah filled hnv in the cluttered back vard of an unoceunied house (approxi well-kep- t mately in the center of Ogden near a church a school and a number of ui vuiiiud uiu muiiu GweilingS— voiail pnoio uy icu n Firemen Find Annual' Checkups Cuf Down Rat e of Fire Loss iZ£f'J!F ' A -- ' iTi ' STARTED Li- -- -- " f I I j V v-"- l I ''- -' W WATCH THIS — Even though your basement is crowd-- i ' j TJUKW" ed don't let empty cartons and other inflammable material stack up against the furnace or furnace pipes LeRoy Turpin assistant fire chief left shows such a condition Fireman Kenneth Farr right notes an wiring Poorly done unusually bad bit of "home-made- " cause of fires a are wiring jobs frequent - A ' f l' - -'' N r f ' ? ' i V W " -- 'V— - J —''V — -- & $ 4 : ' '' fc 1 ONLY THIS IN THE BEGINNING Og-de- n The campaign started last Monday and will continue about seven weeks more or is long as is necessary to contact each home in the city Three companies of 12 to 15 men each will work five hours Monday (through Saturday during that time In casas where owners of a home are away when firemen call they may call one of the fire itation$ and an inspection team will return at !a later date Some of the most often found fire hazards Chief Peterson said are defective electric wiring rubbish not properly taken care of roof covering in poor condition Improper use of extension cords combustibles too close to stoves or furnaces improper outside burning and' fire hazards on grounds and in outbuildings ! sJ On Sept 15 the handful of people who have been at MONDAY OILY RAGS - ' -- ' By CLIFF THOMPSON off each year in fewer runs being necessary by fire fighting equipment according to Clyde L Peterson city fire chief Homes which have been inspected have only about half as many fires as do those which are not checked by jthe firemen Chief Peterson said' The inspection is entirely voluntary and firemen only make recommendations on! fire hazards they see Elimination of the condition is up to the home owner During the full campaign last summer 5856 homes were checked by the fire department members During the first four days of the campaign this summer 697 homes were inspected and recommendations made 5 - j i - 1 - ' ''"5 " - " ' v Long-Tim- the Utah General Depot since its activation in 1941 will be honored at a special program ais the depot celebrates its 14th birthday The birthday party will also honor the former depot By RAY MIGHT The annual home inspection commanders and the group of Ogden citizens who had the foresight to make up a $100000 deficit in the congressioncompaign conducted! by the City fire department pays al appropriation for purchase of the depot site 1 I ' o Party Will Honor Workers Former Commanders HELP YOU PREVENT FIRES! v - - ' - n a r— r'- ' yyy -- ' - I© Obs ere 3 " J I The history of the depot dates only to Sept 15 1941 but in that short period it has become an integral part of the sprawling d U S Army sup' ply system It also provides employment for about 2200 Northern Utah residents its annual payroll boosting the area's economy by about 10 million dollars Acquisition cost of the depot and its improvements is estimated at 60 million dollars The huge inventories of army supplies and equipment stored in its numerous warehouses and open storage areas are valued even higher The depot site was selected by a man who like the depot has grown in stature and im when Capt K L portance the 1678 acres selected Hastings for the depot in late 1940 he was well on his way in a career that is now being climaxed with a tour as a major general and the quartermaster general of the Army The site selected is located on of the the original which Pacific railroad Central in 1869 was linked with the Union Pacific giving the country its many-tentacle- right-of-wa- y first transcontinental system railway RUMORS HEARD There have been rumors since it was built and especially since the end of the Korean conflict that the depot was to be sold or otherwise discontinued However the closest Ogden has come to losing the UGD was before the first building was start ed — even before the site was bought had appropriated $410174 for purchase of the land which was about $100000 short of the selling price A group of Ogden citizens heard about it Headed by Frank M Browning chairman of the Chamber of Commerce military affairs committee this group went into a room closed the door and didn't come out until the $100000 deficit had been pledged Probably no military installation in the United States ever started life with more private citizens' having a stake in the There was a lot of farmland It was bought by the federal government and the people of Ogden Bulldozers and carpenters huge cranes and bricklayers went to work and turned it into the 1600-acr- e plus Utah General Depot Congress enterprise This is one reason advanced why visiting officials are surprised at the relationship between the depot and the community "I've never seen a depot where an adjoining community knew so much about what was going on" is an inevitable comment A news report back in December 1940 listed the prime purpose of the depot was to serve the Ogden Arsenal and Hill Field and Army posts west of Chicago SERVES WIDE AREA Today the mission of this class II installation is the receipt stor- age and issue of supplies and equipment to Army activities in Arizona California Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Washington Wyoming Utah and Army forces' in the Pacific Far East ' and Alaska The distribution of supplies is greatly facilitated by its location at the largest rail center west of Kansas and Chicago In addition to the transportation facilities there exists a great potential for storage privileges in-tran- During 1953 about 25 per cent of the more than XV million dollars savings realized in the Sixth Army area were made at the Utah General Depot Today the depot has "40 modern warehouses with a storage capacity of 5348000 square feet five open sheds where heavy duty equipment is stored in a area a centrally operated flammable storage unit of 73300 square feet and 19000 square feet of magazine storage facilities In addition there are 610000 square feet of open improved storage areas and 10000000 square feet of open storage space There are four modern shop facilities to house the maintenance and repair operations of quartermaster items heavy duty engineer equipment transportation rail stock and depot operating equipment 44 MILES OF TRACK Transportation facilities include 44 miles of railroad trackage and 56 miles of roads with rail dock space capable of spotting 500 cars at one time and truck dock space for 250 vehicles These facilities represent an acquisition value of approximately $60300000 in American taxes The value of inventories excluding operation supplies exceeds a half billion dollars The funds administered and spent at in-tran- ( 934000-square-fo- ot T semi-improve- d j the depot last year including peak personnel load of 7672 ocfunds controlled and distributed curred in February 1943 The to activities in the mission area peajk work load was two years totaled more than a quarter mil- later when 1850118 tons of suplion dollars were plies and equipment ' In addition to its payroll an handled j Forty-twcivilian employes average of $500000 a month was expended for purchase of items have been at the depot since it essential to depot' operation dur- was activated Among these are ing the last half year Approxi- the first two— a pair of guards mately 25 per cent was spent in Counting prisoners of war and cent spent in military personnel there were Ogden and 34 per the Salt Lake City area j 12177 people at the depot at V The depot has set an enviable one time record for efficiency and economy The depot can store V million among the Army's supply bases gallons of water in its water sysIt has been the pilot installation tem It has handled 800 rail cart in testing several new procedures In one day There is enough field ! and methods communications wire store in the'V Section to stretch CIVILIANS GET CREDIT j Signal Supply around the world a couple of ' Depot officials attribute this times record to the civilian work force BIRTHDAY PARTY These employes are drawn from The birthday party opens with labor a briefing at 11 am for special the nation's market as indicated by Utah guests followed bya 1230 lunchBoard of Education statistics eon Thj! governor and congresshav been invited which ranks' Utah first among all men " An open house will be held the states in the percentage of from 12:30 to 4 pm Each activadults having college educations ity will offer displays depicting" Gen Hall says - the depot major functions of their operav workers show unusual ability In tions' A special program will be held coping with problems that crop at 3 pm This is the program operations up in honoring employes and as commanders means At 7 the cash such former Through awards for money saving sugges- pm a baiquet will be held jgn tions management engineering the Hotel Ben Lomond as a the tribute to the citizen cooperation and work measurements depot saved lxi million dollars with the depot The birthday party will end last year the a dance at 9 pm a with few Here are interesting White ballroom items concerning the depot The City -- j j o j - top-quali- ty j- -- day-to-da- ! y old-tim- e Jt i 3IOPS Other hazards commonly found are oily rags and mops not in metal containers inflammable liquids not properly stored stoves and furnaces not properly installed matches not in a safe place and fuse boxfs which are overfused A city ordinance requires a permit for all outside burning Chief Peterson said and j enforcement of that ordinance has helped a lot in recent years in cutting down grass fires and fires which may start in outbuildings or against the sides pf dwellings when winds or children carry the burning materials to danger spots Permits for outside burning are not issued in the districts Outside burning in old tuh oil drums or similar devices is not permitted BLIGHTED AREAS Many dwellings !in blighted areas of the city are are perennial fire hazards Some of these places have had several small fires during the course of a few years Owners of such buildings allow them to become rundown inside and out so that roofs easily catch fire from chimney sparks chimney flues are defective and may allow sparks to come into contact with walls and roofs trash accumulates in closets and in yards and dry grass in yards i$j allowed to remain In better dwellings one of the more common hazards found is overloading of wall! plugs Surprisingly this is often found in new homes where j "plenty" of outlets supposedly have been provided However occupants tend to group lamps radios electric clocks and other devices in one area and run several extension cords from one outlet CREATE HAZARDS hobbyists also sometimes create fire hazards by putting too heavy power machinery on light wiring or by accumulating inflammable materials in closets or odd corners of the house and garage j j t llrf"' j ILLEGAL — Burning trash in your backyard in a tub or oil drum is forbidden as Fireman Mont Hales points out Of course you can make the situation even worse by building your trash fire close to a shed chock-ful- l of paper and other inflammable trash j ': — :"'-v" ' — f ' K if ) I builders put into your home but as far as Fire Chief Clyde L Peterson is concernedit is only a wide-opeinvitation to a fire from an overloaded electrical circuit Let some of your other service outlets carry part of the load! n ' high-valu- e "Do-it-yourse- LOADED — This looks like efficient use of what the v j A r so-call- ed t 0tW m- -i rf TiCUr- J0 '"'0' w e stir y v— aar - twm- jr -- jar jr u s j '- vs - s " ' " - 4 ''4 "''"f s-- i y-- lf Firemen handling the inspec- tions are constantly in touch with their stations by radio in case they are needed j -- AND NOW THIS $60 MILLION PLANT rhis picture taken 14 years later shows the 60 million dollar depot as it looks from a helicopter today Brig Gen Herbert A Hall has announced a huge birthday party Sept 14 commemorating the 14th anniversary of the military installation Sines tl& ground-breakin- ceremonies the depot has had many ups and downs It has had to meet many problems and make many adjustments on its way to its present status — a permanent key depot in the Army's supply system far-flun- g g v Htm |