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Show Savings To Home Owners Many people are alert to money saving possibilities in these days to repair and remodel their property pro-perty at low cost. As a result, numerous places have been improved im-proved in appearance, convenience and comfort. Oftentimes living conditions become safer, too. To aid employment, the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce in Pawtucket, R. I., appointed a committee to encourage citizens to modernize and repair their premises. Money was donated to finance publicity to inform people of the program Men from construction and repair re-pair companies were enlisted to solicit home owners and interest them in the project. So successful were they that three-quarters of a million dollars were employed in betterment of dwellings and home owners were saved much money. Other communities could profit by following this plan. The greater safety resulting from proper repairing and remodeling re-modeling of buildings should not be overlooked, for it is of the utmost ut-most importance. The National Board of Fire Underwriters, which is well informed in-formed as to conditions, reports that fire losses in dwellings increased in-creased 50 per cent from 1924 tc 1930, and that this loss in 1930 $159,853,023, was 31 per cent of the nation's total fire loss. This waste of material wealth can be reduced by programs of home betterment, particularly when improvements include fire-stops fire-stops in walls to retard spread o! flames, fire-resistive ceilings (cement (ce-ment on metal lath), cleaning and repairing of heating plants, smoke pipes and chimreys, replacement of worn parts and moving smoKc pipes a safe distance from all burnaMe material. Electric wiring and fixtures should also be Inspected In-spected and made to conform to safety requirements of the National Nation-al Electric f ode Cleaning up and painting removes many common fire hazard The program for improvement of dwellings, v.i'xh has the sanction sanc-tion of Secretary of the Treasury Mills, is also bringing about aaf?r conditions in hemes. |