The Portland daily press., 1895-03-22
PORTLAND's BUILDING LAWS. n
They Are the Topic at Three's House
Warming.

First Assistant EIdri dge Meets His Friends
Mayor Baxter and Hon. w. w.
Thomas, Jr., Speak.
There was glorious housewarming at
Engine Three's house last evening when
the boys of the company gave a dinner,
mplimentary to First Assistant Engin-
eer Eldridge. Captain A. E. Knight pre-
sided. The ROOMS were prettily decorat-
ed with potted plants, furnished by Mr..
Vickery of the company. Those present
were: J.P. Baxter, F. ii. Little, Charles
+. Dam, John I. Fagan, Nat Haskell,
Charles E. Snow, Jos. Z. Henley, VIM. M.
Marks, Capt. A. e. knight, Charles A.
Strout, il. Barbour. Daniel f. Nash,
Peter S. Nickerson, VIM. H. Dow, N. E.
Redlon, William H. Green, A. e. Hatch,
S. Hodgdon, r. W. jackson. NJ. n. Ell
bridge, Fred H. King, Charles D. Chase,
Francis L. Littlefeld, Z. j. Mcdonald,
Henry S. Payson, B. W. Stover, FL. lis
ley, f. Holland, C.H. Randall, WV.
Thomas, Jr., James A. Paine, Charles P.
Knight of Bath, Alvin Jordan, John
Ham, r. r. Crocker, G, T. Scribner,
Charles A. Higgins, Capt. Samuel j..
Goud, Capt. J NJ. Farnsworth, Capt. Geo.
Jose, Capt. G. E. Jordan, Capt. A. d.
Butler, Charles H. Ross, Samuel ". Joy,
Charles E. Clark, Sylvanus Harmon.
CharlesW LeGrow, Micah S. Ray, Frank
W. Joy, W. H. Hatch, H. L. Skillin, e. A.
Trefethen, r. H. Ball, G. H. Wiggin. Geo.
H. Davis, Jr., Willie L. Daggett, George
W.Lovejoy, Edwin Coolbroth, j. K. Tur-
ner, Stephen W. Place, Warren P.Brown,
A.C. Kinds, M. Wallace, Capt. John B,
Brown, George W Gilchrist, P. Berry,
Merritt, A Kennard, H. B Jordan, Louis
Castelle, Waldo H. Perry, Robert L..
Whitcomb, Charles d. Little, Charles
A. Eaton, S. H. Grau, E. P. Cummings,
Geo. B. Ray, E. Russell Barbour, FL
Morrill,, Chas H. Ray, Alfred Wiggin,
d. S. Ray. E. I. knight, A. Fl. Len
ham. 6 George c. Wiggins, G. A. Johnson,
John F. State, Harry E.. Davis, G, B..
Knight, W. H. Berry, W. j. Driscomb,
Charles A. Gay, James B. Libby, James
II. vickery, W. A. Meserve, and Frank
a.. Davis.
ter was introduced and very cordially
received. He spoke OF the efficiency of
Portland's fire department, which stood
high up on the merit roll of Cities and
made some pleasant remarks about the
needs of the depart ment and his desire
to comply with them so far as he was
able.
Hon. w. W. Thomas, Jr., was received
with applause. After a few humorous
references to his experiences as fireman,
he gave an interesting comparison of in
surance rates and building laws in Stock
holm, where insurance rates are only IS
on $4,000, instead of about 500, as with
us. No house or block is built SO high
that stream Of water cannot be put on
top of IT,; no building occupies over two
thirds OF the lot, thus giving access on
all sides; and finally stairways, beams
and floors are made of iron and tiles in
such a way that few fires occur Mr..
Thomas urged as great care in Portland
as possible in arranging the building
laws SO as to diminish the liability of
fires.
Alderman Randall,in {. much applaud
ed speech, complimented the department
and Alderman Little, who is chairman
of the committee.
Alderman Little, referring to Mr..
Thomas's remarks, referred to the noto-
riDus violations of the building laws;
and wished Mr.. Thomas could lie on the
committee on new buildings one year.
Portland was behind other cities in re-
gard to her building laws Mr.. Little's
advocacy of better laws was cordially re-
ceived.
Alderman Dam is one of the veteran
hremen and was welcome guest on
such occasions. He said that Portland's
ire department was second to none, and
such as gave himself and other citizens
perfect confidence.
Councilmen Henley, a Ilsley, Dow,
Pine, Snow and others responded.
Hon. ". W. Thomas was unable to be
present, but sent pleasant letter of re-
gret.