The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-08
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 8 1896

this means tho chief knows no can de-
PEND on setting water from a hydrant
pcrtant bit OF knowledge, Each man in
turn performs this duty and all the men
pecoine familiar with the location OF the
| nyu,an,s and knows where to find IL
| wheh necessity arises.
| IL
All the buildings In what Is known as
tho fire limit arc visited at least once in
each month by tho assistant chief and II
any dangerous accumulation OF inflam-
mable material Is found in backwards o.,
esewhere the person responsible is noti.
ned To remove 1t within twenty-four hours
or answer 10 tho recorder Several ar
rests nave been made under this ordi-
nance, but as the chief never acts until
ne mas case he has Inspired the belief
IN negligent persons minds that he IL
determined 10 enforce II and II isn't very
oiteh necessary TO proceed to an extreme
step.
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Another ordinance which IL under the
jurisdiction of the chief is that regarding
the construction of chimneys, flues and
roofs of buildings In tho root limits
and, he must approve all permits for
such. Chief Rayell personally sees to
inns matter, ana having once approved "A
permit he sees that it's conditions are car
ried out to the letter. Several instances
OF this have been brought to the attcn-
ton OF the people al different times.
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Chief Ravell has prepared now or
dnance which embraces all the different
ordinances now In force and further pre-
scribes tho method OF building houses
providing for more safeguards against
conflagaratious and against tho causes
OF ilros. With this In effect all the law
bearing on the subject Will be IN compact
form and easily to be found a building
.NlN4l f..Nf and l..
his duty to see that every building erected
ia In accordance with tho permit which
viii only he issued for builoinrs to he
constructed according TO tho most an
proved plnns for prrventing fires and tho
spread Of fires if started
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~ l'Vs'"t i'e iiii's neSln AZ tne ioot
or caroline street on BunalO bayou
thence along Caroline to Prairie. along
prairie 10 sam Jncirto ,i,nr san l,c,ntn
to Rusk, along RUsk TO Milan. Along
Milan to Capitol, along Capitol to Loulsi-
ana. al.ur Iouislnrn 10 prairle al,u,.
rrHiri" io l5unaln hnvou thcnrr aionI
ihe bnvot win ali ,ts ,Icnndcrirys ~ MI
Including block j on Eighth street along
Eirhth Ia Nsilrond nIone Raii,oad ~,
Fourth aloup Fourth toWbitr tnk hnvo,
along White oak and Hurfnlo hovon To-
the point OF bcgtnninr ~
,he cry "o,n,n %.'e,.s tv"''y pS'Son W.
WV wy 'ou'o' uo'N's "lo-proot rootn's
anu preSei'hes UNITS In which same shall
he used on buildings hereafter to be erect
ed
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H' III pruau'ch py the CITY oouhell OF
tho city OF Houston:
Section l. That each and every hniIdlnr
Of any size or kind thnI may hrrrnfirr
be erected ia the city OF Houston within
tho limits hereinafter prcscr.hed shall hayo
roofs thcrcar covered vim ,iIhrf In iruu
pressed distilled asphaltum felt mud gray
cl or slate on other hrc-proof material to
DO approved by chief OF the are depart
nient and city engineer.
500. =. That hereafter no roofs shall he
renewed Withn said limits with any ma
leridl other thnn that specified in section
| of This ordnance. and no roof shnu bp
iopdiicd within sud limits with shingles
or wood without certificate of chief Of
lfc acpariment ana city engineer that said
rel mrs are valued az fcss than % per cent
ot the cost OF new shpgle or wood |
ROOT
Src z. This ordinance shall apply to nll !
.n@t portion or the WY OF Houston within |
aia FOUNDED by The following named
',l,,5iu,. "t'in,e9 anu raiiouas' towili 30
and Uadiev evennc c,,,t ~ nr,,,. ~, WY Nv,
Broadway to International and Great |
Northcrn railway; thonco north TO Texas (
On Tcvns e,'d w, '@ 1rT,g ,nt V, W.,
Galveston. Harrisburg ana san An. |
tonic railway TO silver street;
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,s,,.',"a ', '','ipt' NrhA ~ n"W hiu
,,n ~ n W. 'ayol " 1nur,on street tnehco
v ~, puu a., 70 '2ph ro,lpe street thence
, go o. n9n re1,pe 10 'sntry stree,
Nv, ,' soutn on ton,iE 70 l'l9ley street
az ,nshos ehsl on iiHnlcy 70 Nam street
me proVisohs OF thiH ordnance shali be
liable 70 Il fnrtbcr eno " sio Sor cacb dav
failing to comply with The foregoing
Sec. 3 II shall be the duty OF the city
engineer, when granting n b,iildlng hermit
within the aforesaid prescribed limits, "a
w., ,s, tnerson thn gnaih"ie 81 r9oI
~ made the dutv Of Inc CHIEF OF thcSire
department to cause due enforcement OF
ne foregoing regulations by INSPECTING
hen uen,asnrv 70 ,he ny,,ef. IS NO sontrnc,oS
n both, and causing arrest OF any aud nj
PERSONS failing or refusing to comply with
e n,b %, VIZ , otil,'a''re'
ordinances In connict Win Tho nrovisions
4 this ordinance hc and the same arc I
lerepy repe9lfd, end VA ms or1inance
W ~ ''''' ''V"' "'',' "'''' NO p"''"s''
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