Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-22
INFLAM MABLE OILS
NEW REGULATION AS TO THEIR
STORAGE ADOPTED.
Prepared by the Fire Marshal - Com
missioner Macfarland's In
dorsement Thereon.

with a view to minimizing the danger to
life and property from infammable OILS,
and especially gasoline. Commissioner Mac
farland this morning approved recon-
incubation of Fire Marshal Sidney Bieber,
that a new amendment to the police regu-
lations. governing the storage OF infiam-
mable oils be adopted. The regulation was
prepared by Fire Marshal Bieber after con-
SITUATIONS with Commissioner Mcfarland,
representatives of the board of fire under
writer's and others. and 1t will he adopted
as Section 3. Article 2 of the District police
regulations.
The text of the new regulation Is as fol-
lows:
mo license will he granted for the stor-
ing or keeping of said articles, or any of
them. unless the be stored or kept
In an iron or steel tank of design and con-
struction approved by the building in
spector. said tank to be buried under
ground with the top at least three feet be-
meath the surface and at least six feet out
side and away from the nearest wall of any
building, and the maximum amount stored
therein shall not exceed fifty gallons and
not more than one tank shall be permitted
upon the same premises"
Mr.. Bieber's Statement.
In his recommendation on the matter,
Fire Marshal Beber mentions that the new
regulation only provides against the storage
or infiammable oils above the cellar, and
OFFERS no restrictions whatever for its
storage In cellars. Continuing. he says:
The present regulation on this subject not
only allows the storage of nfiammable oils
In buildings occupied In whole or in part
Tor dwelling purposeS-a condition this of
nee has repeatedly complained of-but it
allows the storage of the same In cellars
without restriction at all 1t is often the
case that this office is compelled to state
70 the assessor that the applicant for per-
init TO store and sell infiammable oils has
complied with the law, when II Is cOnscien-
tousiy believed that the storage would be
hazardous and 80 states to the vender but
there Is no law whereby a permit car he
denied In such cases.
MIR. Bieber states that It would be almost
Impossible to restrict the storage OF in
nammabls oils to such an extent that there
would De no danger in their storage, but
he believes the new regulation will reduce
TO minimum the liability Of fire from the
storage of oils
Mr.. Macfarland's Endorsement.
Commissioner Macfarland's Endorsement
on the papers Is as follows: with a view
to minimizing the danger to life and prop
er'y from infiammable oils. and especially
gasoline l move the approval of the fire
,Haisiaai recommendation after 1t shall
nave been sent to the corpora ton counsel
ana It's form approved by him 1 feel that
there Is great need for the Improvement of
tne regulations in this respect"
Ihere mas been considerable agitation
WITHIN the past few years to secure the
adoption of a law to more adequately pro
tect life and property from danger incident
TO the storage and sale of gasoline. The
preparation and adoption of a regulation
10 govern the matter has been under CON
slderation by the authorities for a long
time and 1t is believed the new regulatfnn
viii operate to reduce fire risks