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Show ZI! FiSElt HAVE EASY TIME SALT LAKK. Sopt. 22. The fire depHrtmont says that no city in the world of Us size can boaa'. of the record made In the city as to con flagratlons of a public nature during the past nln days. Not an alarm of fire has been sounded In the business district of the city since Sept. 13; not evon a rubbish pile burning. The last call ihnt wiis sounded for the headquarters head-quarters was the burning of an automobile auto-mobile at the Torn Uotterlll gara;e. The chemical alone answered. 1'ntll yesterday afternoon there had not l-en a call throughout the entire city for five days. In all cases the loss for a month would not go much over $1,000. The fire department says that the reason for all this is tho wonderful foresight on the part of the mn who made this city and broad avenues and alleys possible. No city In the world, they maintain, could possibly go wlih-ont wlih-ont serious losses as long as this city has during the present period. The business men and dwlier o- also re-j re-j sponfb!e or the orvod record. They keep the street ad al'en clean and l the method in which S;ih Lake Is platted Is also an aid. |