The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-24
|f[L Of NEED
| DF ORDINANCE
n. Chief and Insurance Men
United in Favor Of Wire
Inspector.
|aD WIRING IS CAUSE
OF TOO MANY FIRES
f,dergriter Says Proposed Or
1 finance Should Be Reported
'Favorably.

u. electrical wiring ordinance. WHICH
Z s.mrs the city council, is causing much
-.nt In Salt Lake City, especially
/ .,ns owing TO the disastrous Chicago
r,,.f of the Fire Department w. II.
]. made a statement Friday In which
A ss,l,rad that il seems almost absurd
a, city the size OF salt Lake is with
q wire Inspector Chief Glorc declares
!, al the old buildings OF the city
|os be inspected for imperfect wiring
4, hs GAYS plenty OF it would be found.
|sozc V. Lawry. resident secretary
,se Pacific board of underwriters of
4, Francisco. speaking Friday OF The
: l,tard in Salt Lake City, with espe-
\ reference to the electrical wiring
|-ositioE declared that improperly in
|5.5 electric wiring is the cause of
a many of the fires in this city.
What Fire Chief Says.
|g.rbsing Is what Chief Glore says:
|.N course do not wish TO cause
4, undue alarm. but il is absurd
1 think OF city the size of Salt
y. bang without Il regular wiring in
&.tor. In our past experience in night
sts In Salt Lake City. we have had
|s0s against the disadvantages of i'm
,2r wiring OF buildings. Flames are
|Cnsd along the wires where an mex
.ae.d person wouldn't think such d
ts possible, end then the first thing
q know you have fire scattered
b. huiidinp- tslli,Nc
|tr II will end.
M the light and power wires now
|r,hg through the buildings in Salt
IL stre 10 become suddenly over
t,Esd II is probable that fires would
Isarled al once in every section OF the
Such 2 circumstance isn't pleasant
edtemplate, but ii should be thought
~ BY The city council and those In
[acrily for such u thing. / think,
pi EASILY happen.
Ihu ls no reason TO believe that
Lake CITY can't be destroyed by
! jgst because il has so far been so
rnsie There are very few fireproof
lhgs in the city. Not more than
Z G. Two. for though the newer struc-
y are mostly OF steel and brick con-
ztion the proper attention has not
p paid 10 inciosed stairways and clc-
= shafts. Such details are very i'm
tant in the consideration OF making
EllEgs fireproof
|ll Of the old buildings in the city
st Be Inspected for defective wiring.
NE new buildings he carefully in
ssd as 10 their wiring before the
= Is finished up. This is an inpor-
ratler. and Salt Luke City may
rue the, day that ii did not create
Golce OF wire inspector with
islsnt man in charge Of the work.
Should Make Inspections.
l3asiderins what added safety would
ssaIed by inspection the expense in
~ 10 the maintenance OF the office
practically nil Great conflgra-
nth loss OF life are being reported
gay Salt Lake may be next. We
loI, out IL may be; and Every possi-
F1sutiou and preventive should be
At any rate
saking OF the matter Friday, Mr.,
|y aid:
Y cause of q great many of the
M SAT- Lake City is improperly
80 electric wiring. While the total
~ ot llres occurring in the city has
~ ABNORMAL. the proportion OF
ures which can be ascribed TO
.,ai causes Is entirely too great. In
as percentage is much higher than
~. Diner cities. This Is due TO the
- "a the city has not provided and
proper regulations for wiring.
u'. OF this lack OF supervision by
wy, eectrical contractors have. in
,r.H Jes, been forced by competition
iSsa S.I wiring In the cheapest and most
AZ manner. The city council owes
w. cliizens TO provide proper rules
ipscn9ns, riiS W In practically every
OF any size in the country
- already been attended to with
sun that the number OF electrical
%eh very materially dimin-
In Contact With Wood.
hses @ o The newer buildings in town
~ ,ST@u cGhditlon. but in "A great
Installations wires i'm concealed
IN contact with woodwork. with
aho with each other. Bush
- iiulssing and a large proportion
"ihS are neither soidered nor
= ' ~ NOT be amiss 10 give a short
Kreily souie oi the ways in which
IA isd,uy nay cause fire. Fire may he
zsoss .ey seGy through those electrical
e,bn ,"nlon ulon generate heat in their
t 6esqon saen as light bulbs. sad irons.
iesrt;ts rheostats or those that
su' dug, such as switches. sign
an ias, current motors, when
trity ~.t III contact with or In cloge
ssv ~ ~ com5ustible material The
y son,ca guarding against fires from
- srren.h h 10 provide approved
h. Ana s' stands. cabinets or Gu
laipae ana on certain kinds of portable
s ieo'pilot lamps Of low candle
t,lshce ~ OF Insurance companics
altpmo Hi'eIn To regard electricity as
.ses,IV hRZaTd unless cafe r,,in.s f,,.