Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
HARRISON TO BLAME.
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ratings and supports and stanchiOns
thereon. as also all sheavcs and pull
leys. shall he of iron or steel. All
woodwork. including the under side
of floor boards. and also all scenery
used on or about the stage. shall he
coated with fircproof paint. which
shall he submitted and approved by
the Commissioner of Buildings
The lropuois used iron framing. 1t
admits violating the law In regard to
wood used in the lofts and to using
wooden instead of iron ratings. pulleys
and other machinery. The law was
violated. but. to guard against fire.
the management declares that 1t sub.
sti,uted wood which had been soaked
In IN asbestos preparation.
This burned like u fash after being
kiln-dricd in a temperature of 40 for
u short time. 1t was the rapid COM
bustion of this material and the seen
cry of the "Mr. Bluebcard" Company.
which. it Is charged. was not coated
with fircproof paint and was never III
spectcd thoroughly. that sounded like
an explosion.
Had the prosccnium wall been of
iron lath instead of brick" says a
prominent city official. nearly every.
body In the orchestra pit would have
been killed. The force of the com.
bustion would have blown one of
those patent walls permitted by the
amended ordinance clear out the front
of the building"
Section 1S4-Flue Pipe Over Stage.
There shall he over the stage of ev.
cry building of class V. u fiue pipe of
sheet metal construction extending not
less than fifteen feet above the high.
est part of the roof over the stage of
such building--flue pipe shall have an
area of at least Onc.thirtieth of the
| total area of the stage. The hampers
for the fiue shall he made Of metal
and opened by a close-circuit battery.
u switch to he placed In the ticket
office and one placed near the clec.
trician's station Oh the stage. each Ia
have Il sign with these words printed
on It: "Nlove switch to left In case of
fire to get smoke out of building"
DID NOT HAVE FLUE.
The lroquois Theatcr had no such
flue. Only one theater. Powers. has
one. Instead the lrOQuOis had a big
ventilator near the back Of the house
| which served to make draft wien
the stage doors We're opened. and help
I'd draw the flames and smoke throup,
the house. This draft. according ,o
one story. caused the asbestos curtain
to buckle" and stick.
Section 1Sj-AutOmatic Sprinkler
In every building OF Class V. u sys
tenn of automatic sprinklers to l.,
supplied with water from a tank To-
Gated not less than twenty feet abov,
the highest part of the roof of the
building. Sprinklcrs shall he placed
above ana below the stage: also III
paint room. store room. property room
ana dressing rooms. Tank not to b,
connected with standpipe and ladder
system. but TO have separate pipe fol
filling from fire pump and three
inch iron pipe extending from tanl
to outside OF building with Slamps,
connections for Fire Department use
The Iroluols rheatcr had no sucl
system. The inspectors did not men
ton this violation.
Section lW-EmplOymcnt of Fire
men in Class Wit shall he the du;,
OF the owner. agent, lessee or occ,i
pant of any building of Class Y. wit!
accommodations for 1000 or nor,
persons. to employ one or more com
petent, experienced frcmcn. approve q,
by the fire marshal, to he on duty u
such theater during the wnolr tim
1t Is open to the public: such nrcmcl
To report to ana be subject to the or
,lers of the fire marshal. ana shall b.
In uniform and shall see that all fir
apparatus required Is In It's prope
place and In efficient ana ready work
ing order.
~6A
Canadian progress has recently be
gun to keep step with that OF tn
United States, the southern partne
In the ownership Of continent. tn
Dominion has about One-fourteent
the population Of this country. AbOu
eighty thousand immigrants settle
there during the fiscal year recent
closed. or One-tenth as many us cam
to the United States. The smalle
number means more to our nOrther
neighbOr than the larger one does I
the United States. for the immigrant
to Canada are occupying practical
new country ana blazing the way
IL one may use the figure of the fOres
In writing OF treeless regiOn-fO
the thousands who are to come afte
them to make the prairies Of til
north blossom rs the plantations q
the south. The new populate Is SCI
Ting in the wheat-grOwing ana cattl,
raising regions. where land Is chea
and plentiful enough to supply adjoil
ing farms for the sons of the larges
family In Europe or America. 81
tween five and ten million acres g
Land have been sold by private con
panies within the past three year.
and many hundred thousand acre
more have been disposed of by tn
government under the homestea
laws. The effect of the influx of POI
ulation Is shown In the crop report,
The farmers of Manitoba produce
more than fifty million bushels q
: | ,rhnnt i'm 1An1 wbnrnns tho x,inll n