The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-15
REGULATING OIL sTuRlGf.
The Proposed Ordinance To Be
Acted Upon Tonight.
The sszaAsrd Oh Co. wm Not Gem.
ply VIVA Iss Frevisssas -osher
csmp.sf~s VIM.

A0~ESxD1 - tsae AseG<gEE 0f the fSgT
EoaneiI the osI-ss8rars ordinance i'm
s<oduced By Mr. Dur5e Al the meeting
81 February Is viii be brought % for
passage
When Mr.. Durss introduced the or
ainanee he asked that il shOula be
laid on tie table. SO that zny sugg@s-
sions, changes and amendments 10 lis
provisions might &c made before sts
passage. the object being 70 make the
ordinance thoroughly effective while
working haSdsh1p upon no corpora
ton or individual. A n8ouih has
passed and no suggestions, changes or
amendments have been Offered,
although the ordinance has been psak-
lished In full and bro8ght prominently
before the parties who will be most
&eepky affected BY its passage.
The Standard Oh c0snpAns has rirtz-
ally announced It's intention Of not
complying with the ordinance il il is
PASSED The managers oS that rompa-
ny say they are satisfied wi1h their
present quarters and intend 10 stay
there If fiaey remain IN Seattle.
This, said councilman. yesterday.
IS considered q blrff BY the members
of the council and will 10 40 arise deter
taaem from supporting the ordinance
A reporter called al the Standard oil
Company's works yesterday TO learn
whns the company proposed 10 do If
The ordinance should pass Mr.. Cum
usIEgs. the local manager. hal gone 70
Tacoma. but tke foreman oil The ware
house volunteered the inE0rIuafioss
that the company would give up its
va eAoIse here ana supply dealers
froHl some other point rather than
c3Elpiy with tie ordinance.
There Is no danger 81 all from oar
Hresenf quarters Said he. We ONLY
Eaage asSoat 300 eases Of coal oiI and
perhaps 800 eases OK lubrIcatsng oil on
hand and il is ali foogi-hness TO talk
about that being the probable or ever
possible cause OF general eon1agra-
ton IL the warehouse Was TO catch
on IRE the Standard til Company
would be rhe heaviest loser Where
could q warehouse be built 10 comply
with the ordinance in being back 0f
Eighth street and n % feet or more from
tile water frcntg Why il would make
a. build out near s6e race tGack or on
the hills. and don I think from what
! have heard the managers say. that
the company viii 60 either We can
Stag where we are or 90 elsewhere,
where they won { bother as with any
such foolish restrictions
The Eagle Oh Company has . large
amount OF OH stored in the old strues
ure known as the GOOD Luck iodg-
ing house, back Of the old p0stoftiee
building, on Y%sier ayenne The
place was also used as a blacksmith
shop. and wisen Fire Marshal Murphy
discovered = several da-s ago, q IRE
was burning in the blacksmith forge
not over IS feet from 80 cases of oil.
From that moment. BY order of Mar
shall Murphy The place ceased 10 be q
blacksmith shop, and the Eagle Oil
Company was instructed to find an
other storage place.
w. X. Wands, president OF the
Eagle Oil Company. who Is now in the
city. was seen by reporter yesterday.
We intend TO comply with the or
dinance IL il is passed, provided the
Standard Oil Company viii allow Us
10 do so, said Mr.. XaBds- In fact
We have already commenced building
warehouse III compliance with the
provisions OF the proposed ordinance,
but we wish % keep It's location secret
until we get possession. Our ware
house is 40 by so feet in size and we
will try and comply with the orai-
nance. although we deal almost alto
gether IN lsibriea;ing oils, which are
almost non-eombustible.
Several merchants who are large
handlers of oils have announced their
readiness 10 comply with the ordi-
nance IL i; Is passed, and the Chamber
OF Commerce and Board Of Trade sse
COMMITTEES g. il BY their own actions