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Show VOTE Ff BONDS MEANS REDUCTION OF FIRE INSURANCE RATES IN OGDEN CITY. Board of Fire "Underwriters of the Pacific. Salt Lake City, Aug. 20, 1910. Honorable William Glnsmann, Mayor, Ogden, Utah: Dear Sir With further reference to fire fighting facilities at your city, and In recognition thereof a reduction reduc-tion In Insurance rates, covered under un-der your favor of August 8. and our reply of the Sth Ins'ant. We beg to advise that unJer today's mall there goes forward to San Francisco for presentation to the executive committee commit-tee a new report on conditions at Og den in connection therewith our recommendations rec-ommendations for a reduction in rotes. If tho committer eao see ltd way to consistently adopt our suggestion, sug-gestion, the work rf publishing a new book of rates for Ogden will be taken up at once, and wh'le as we bellevo you will appreciate U will take a month or so to accomplish this, when published such rates will be dated to becorao effective sixty days prior to time of promulgation. It was found by our surveyors upon the'r recent Inspection that your new reservoir Is only partly filled, and the old one is empty. We havo, however, how-ever, based our recommended per cenlage of credit upon the combined storage quantity of these two sup-plica sup-plica We were lnforroel that the new reservoir will be full within the course of a month or six weeka, and that tho old recervolr will be Oiled tarly next spring. The new aerial truck to be pur-j pur-j chased by tho city In the Immediate future has been recognised In the re-I re-I port Wo have also taken Into con- 8lJprat!on new street being cut through your prlnc pal block. The turvcy contemplates the rigid enforcement en-forcement of building laws, explosive aid combustlb'e orJInance. and the strict alherence to National Electrical Electric-al code In nil wlr'ng. At the time of our representatives' vlFlt to the flro station only 55 ' rounis pressure wa3 registered by the device Installed at that plice. This low piessure we were told wa due to lawn sprlnk'lng. It would Bi era essent'al, therefore, that a suit- I fble rlgnal be sounded from the cent- 1 rnl fire station for all alarms, nt. j which timea It shaU be req-ilred tha. oil sprinkling ccae throughout the city. In our report tho pressure has been treated as standard", anJ such condition we do not think can be depended de-pended upon unless reservoirs aro Kept full at all times and ordinance 03 suggested strictly enforced. We have not taken Into consideration considera-tion the improvements contemplated by the proposed ?100.000 bond lasue, viz: duplicate main from reservoirs, and Increased water supply flowing to 6ame. Such facilities would, how-ever, how-ever, be recognized bv further deduction. de-duction. Under present arrangement It Is possible through the breakage of the main conveying water from reservoirs to the distribution system to leave the town without water supply. sup-ply. With two pipe lines simultaneous damage to both would, of course, be highly improbable. An increased water wa-ter supply could also be recognized The computation of Insurance rates. Is as von know, based largely upon possibilities, and the more-, water available , of course, minimizes tho possibility of a shortage. It would te to the cltv's aJvanfage. therefore, not only In other respects, but In the matter of flro Insurance cost as oil If the bonds carry and the Improvements Im-provements are made Trusting we shall be able to cooperate co-operate In this matter. Yours very truly, G. W. LAWRY, DlatrlctSecretary. , |
