The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-22
coHFFRfHcE OF OIL MEN.
may Protest Against the Pro.
posed Ordnance
provide Substitute Meas.
are Prove Fufiis-To be De-
eiaed Tonight.

RI. question Of oil storage within
- g;tv limits viii be brought Up st the
, :. Of the Common Council to-
-. vhen Chairman Du-ie. Of the
.ss.u,i,tee ON fire and water. will call
sr the finai passage OF the ordinance
ss =, BY him February Is
=. rns,l;c agitation OF this question w&s
..-,, hy the Board OF Trade ~ q
. - held January T., when, upon
-. =, s,gvession Of President Adair, a
. =, OF three was appointed 70
,'rgs upon the city authorities the
-asss.ify OF passing an ordinance
.~s;,ss the indlscrirninate storage OF
a. sad other combustibles within the
s;.x limits BY corporations and indi-
~;suals The Chamber Of Commerce
"a ,se chief the fire department
49,. -. hands with the Board Of Trade
49,. .s,~,nv immediate action. and the
- a. hnssness community was pro-
,,,sa'sssneedIy Ia favor OF such course.
Tbss ave rise 10 the Durie oil-storage
l - over which the oil dealers
o.s nay 20 greatly exercised. When
-. marc submitted the ordinance be
- - that ii should be laid
the table, so that any
% suggestions or amendments
.asx3rr 10 make IL thoroughly effect
= zhiIe not working a hardship
,'.sn any ore. might be introduced
ss;ore il was finally brought up. Up
: last week the proposed ordinance
II quietly upon the table without a
siSgle suggestion. amendment or Oh
;erti0r: TO IFS provisions having been
altered by the men most affected b.
4 and II was ros until last Fridays
pssr.IxrELIIGEycER announced that
he ordinance would likely be brought
m tina. night, that the oil men awofe
10 the fact that their interests were
II stake and bestirred themselps
shout securing more time. In ~
sponse to their request the oFsinarre
vas left on the table for another week
and Mr.. Durie has done all in iis
mower 10 bring about settlement
Thai would prove satisfactory alike 70
the oil men and the Council One OF
the PROPOSITIONS made by Mr. Du-ie
vas that the oil men should bald
their warehouses on block on Man
street. between Third and FoGrh
streets. which il the only eligible ate
within the limits prescribed By te
proposed ordinance. He also triedfo
get owners of lots in It's
block 70 build warehouse
and lease them at reasonable ratest6
the oil men. La both he was upssc-
oesslui. and as last resource. he PR
poses bringing up The oFdinarre,
which will doubtless pass. and then IN
list upon its enforcement.
A reporter attended a conference
held by Agent Cummings OF he
Standard Oil Company and w. X.
wands. president. and Aget
Mallory, Of the Eagle Oh and Refining
Company, yesterday, 90 learn what
reasons they had for obiecfing Ia be
proposed ordinance and the modiiie-
lions of the same suggested by Nr.
Durie. The position Of the oil men :,
briefly told, about n follows.
They claim, in the first place, tist
the whole agitation Is foolish and sE-
necessary, as there is no danger ofa
general CONFEDERATION being caused y
their warehouses as now located. 81
support OF this they cite numerous b
stances where large oil WAREHOUSES
have been burned without a single 4
joining building being injured and n.
over 50 per cent of the OIL IN the war.
house being desty yed They say thu
where oil Is stored in large tanks ca
tanning 81, or more barrels greet
damage has been caused 10 adloinir
property by their bursting and spreas-
ing the fire; bat that with cae
oil this never has occurred and ca
not occur.
As one OF the strongest proofs of TBS
they Show that rates of insurane
upon their warehouses are cheaTT
than upon similar STRUCTURES wha
boots. shoes. clothing and other mr.
chandise is stored. In San Franeiso
several OF the largest oil warehouse
are situated on the gaier front. eide
10 the Southern Pacific depot and %
conflagration has ever been caused h
then. neither is the rate of insnraIe
in adjoining buildings affected BY the
iuxtaposition, In Cleveland. o., th
center OF the oi! business. the oil war
houses are allowed 20 remain unin-
Tested on the shores of the lake, rigt
IN the midst of the large shipping. y
general fire has ever &C CURED heA
from the warehouses, although SORE
OF them have burned
They also ohjees 90 the ordinance
clasr legislation and diseriminatioi
The wholesale liquor houses, say thej
have more liqaor IN their stores tina
oil 4. -
one seggests thatthey be made 10 pr,
vide storage places away from "
eater front or commercial centeriI
Then the soap factories keep lareI
quantities of oils and ereases that al
more intiammahle than coal oil. AM
yet no effort Is made 90 move Their
away from the water 'front.'.
They object 20 the ordinance be
cause they think they cant compia
With its provisions and remain in g
attic. They say there is no place hs
send Eighth street where warehouse
can he built near the railroad traca
and yet be 600 feet k'oyn the wac
'front.', a. provided in the ordinanct
Sey say il is out of the question Z
accept the substitute offered by Mi
"~sNNa tNt<t4e& httts = va N&ft fl1t
erty ask anexorhitant ground rent &
$50 per month for each lot.
In short. the only ordinance thss
VIII suit the OIL men is one proyiiin
that they shall not store oil within tn
nre limits, and as all the warehouse
are nov outside of the limits, such a
ordinance would not change the sisus
ton in the least.
The oil men claim That the passas
and enforcement of the ordinance wi
drlytihefk ont Of the city, that IL
unreasonable in all its provisions an
entirely unealied for by the existin
circumstances.
II Is understood that khe oil me
wi represent their cause at the NEE
lng of the Council tonight, and thal
TIE ordinance passes, they viii COT
lesE IT, validity i'm tile courts.
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