Show STATEMENT OF INSURANCE MAN IS challenged ay MAYOR complaints made that rubbish Is allowed to accumulate in center of business block from saturdays standard earl A scheid manager of the utah district of the board of fire underwriters ventures the prediction that a big conflagration is to sweep over ogdan he makes certain complaints in a letter to the mayor of the city to which answer is made the letter from air and the mayors reply follow scheide ids letter to the honorable william glasmann mayor ogden utah wo have frequently had occasion during the past year to remonstrate with individual property owners concerning accumulations of rubbish and debris in back yards and with only indifferent results and the violations of ordinances covering not only the matter ot rubbish but also of building laws ana prohibition of stove pipes having now become 0 o general as to n ruly alarming conflagration hazard I 1 desire to respectfully call your attention to tho matter with request relief in the report on ogdan now on hie at san francisco it is recorded that ordinances as above are veil enforced I 1 should cry much dislike to report to the contrary as it would doubtless mean a stiffening of ho low rates ogden now enjoys but it present deplorable practices are allowed to continue I 1 simply become derelict in my duty it I 1 fall to do so it is always better to prevent alres than advance rates and I 1 ask your operation cooperation co in behalf of both owners and underwriters by way of convincing you that our consternation Is not unwarranted I 1 beg to call attention to specific instances take tor example the rear of buildings on west side of washington avenue between twenty fourth and twenty fifth streets by this mall I 1 am sending rubbish notices to tenants and property owners ot that block with scarcely a single exception only a personal inspection however can ghe you any idea of the fire breeding conditions that prevail in kitchens of elite and Fal start cafes being N os 2415 and 2425 washington avenue respectively metal stove pipes run up through tops of frame ventilators rs which are literally saturated with grease from ranges below in the rear of no 2152 washington avenue adjoining by porch a frame barn has been recently erected without permit attention of city engineer was called to this some weeks ago et at cate of my visit last week it had not been removed with a fire department inadequate to the needs of your city it Is naturally all the more important that ordinances intended for protection against fire be rigidly enforced fire prevention is after all the best fire protection and I 1 trust you will agree with roe that our protest is timely I 1 can not too emphatically that such action will at once be taken as may be necessary to secure for the general community as well as for the insurance companies involved conditions of comparative safety from sweeping conflagrations flag rations with your city Is threatened awaiting your reply with deep interest yours very truly signed KARL A SCHEID manager mayotte reply karl A scheid manager board fire underwriters salt lake city utah dear sir I 1 have your favor of october 5 and must emphatically protest against the statements ou make first I 1 desire to call bour attention to tho fact that our alre chief visits all these houses once a week and directs that the rubbish in tho back yards and alleys oe cleaned up and he sees that they are cleaned up but the trouble is these stores you refer to do a great business and mako a pile of rubbish every day it we were to let the matter run a month it would pile up mountain high 1 I will send your with a copy ot this letter to our alre chief ao he will thoroughly understand where be is a but I 1 protest against holding the people responsible for tb guilt of individuals second if the cafes you refer to havo stovepipes stove pipes through the op of framo ventilators rs then it is your duty to refuse an further insurance on such buildings and to cancel the policies they now have such discipline would lie third you have no right to insinuate that you would raise the prices of insurance generally in ogden because two oi three persons violate insurance rules or city ordinances fourth 1 will immediately the charge that a frame barn has been erected fire limits if the law has teen violated the guilty will be brought to account fifth I 1 enter a protest against 5 our statement that our fire department is inadequate to me alro needs of our city there ss not a better equipped department n the united states than our alre department for the size of the city and since I 1 have been maior of ogden alt there has been absolutely no losis bv alro on account of the insufficiency of our alre department and I 1 cannot permit such a statement to 09 aiace unchallenged by een the manager of a board of alre underwriters sixth 1 agree with you that alre I 1 prevention after all Is he best alro protection and I 1 shall ba only too pleased p have you operate cooperate co with us in making fires impossible 1 I also object statement that our city is threatened with a sweeping our city isa threatened nothing of me kind seventh I 1 also protest against your statement that we have a low insurance rate you are mistaken 1 our ates are very high already wo have had plans under consideration tending to secure a reduction or the alre insurance rates of athla city 1 I thank you tor calling my attention to so much 0 byoir letter as refers to the ol 01 our city ordinance but I 1 regret thai you found it necessary to draw your imagination in respect to ane other matters above mentioned very respectfully yourn signed WM |