Show PROTECTION PlUg PIKE If It the thc lesson of better belter care of oC apparatus apparatus appa appa- rat ratus s shall result Jesuit from the Templeton building building- lire 1110 of or Saturday the serious damage pu that o occasion caslon will wUl not be wholly a los losH loss If H there Is an any merit in the time counsel to prepare for tor forwar forwar war In time of peace then there surely is Is' If warrant for rOl carefully watching watching- and amid frequently testing hose and other othel devices e for Cor the lighting of or fire In big buildings s. s S We Vo fancy n II C that a good many owners nn and 1 managers or of office structures III Salt Lako Lake employed a t large se portion of the Sabbath I da day looking over their buildings and arranging arranging ar nr- ar- ar ranging for fOJ a perfect t system of fire ine prevention I There Thereas was as warrant for such action certainly It is hs the easiest thing in the world to neglect these ordinary precautions Hose and 1 standpipes arc aIO provided In In iii the first place and amid then for Cor years cars the they are arc left to rest In inaction and totally undisturbed Tho The result Is that when the tire comes and the tho sudden pressing need is upon them they are aIO found foulI 1 defective Not ot a weakness In their construction on or ur a difficulty In their handling could have havo escaped scrutiny If those In charge of oC the thc building had taken talen the pains to Investigate ate In times of or quiet And n there is only one way to determine whether a n will viiI carry water That Is to put pUl om on the tho pressure an and t try it it There Is only one way in which certainly to determine deter mine whether rubber ho hose e have lost their theft strength tren th and that Is to 1111 fIll them an and give them the pressure they will have to withstand in Iii case of a fire These things arc aie done Much money has been invested 1 in preventing fire devices of various vailous kinds s And the tue money Is wasted sted if no trials are arc made In times limes of 01 peace Then Themi there Is the consideration n of peril to tu ucc occupants pants of oC tho ho structure and the thc certainty of or damage e to their property There is an obligation atlon on all owners to prudently pru pru- dently examine their fire lIre apparatus and know that It is ready If a lire fire should come como It H Is not nut a matter mattei- that solely concerns the Templeton Temple Temple- ton tun owners and their manager It is a warning that runs to all owners of big buildings In the time ell city The rhe law provides lo for fOI the taking of precaution an and 1 he the law is In terms complied with But DUl it Jo is doubtful If a single big building In the city has been kept constantly In readiness for for tile the tire fire that may mar come S Ten Ten thousand dollars damage amage constitutes a rather emphatic warning Tenants and have a right to hope hupe that the warning will hereafter be heeded |