The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-19
New Fire Ordinance
 Passed by Council

Councilman Callahan having re turned from the Outside il was pOSsi- ble on Friday night to get a full meeting Of the city council for the first time in several months As most of the members. however. were anxious to attend the businessmen's meeting ill the courthouse the busi- ness was hurried through and about the only thing done was the pass ing of the fire ordinance.
 This ordinance, which is given in full below. was fully discussed and then placed on it's final passage and adopted. Following this the council discussed the feasibility of con demning a strip for an alleyway in the middle of the block bounded by First and Second. and Cushman- and Lacy and Mayor Nordale appoint ed committee consisting of Council men Gardner, Gordcn and Driscon to confer with some of the owners of the property with a view to finding on what terms the necessary property could be acquired
 The chief of police was instructed to enforce the ordinance in regard to the cleaning of the roadways of snow which has ben piled on the sides of the street, making it impos- sible for teams to pull up at the curbs.
 It was decided to meet again next Tuesday evening to clean up the equalization work.
 The fire ordinance adopted was as follows:
 An Ordinance providing for the construction, alteration and repair of buildings within the fire limits of the town of Fairbanks
 Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the Town of Fairbanks Alaska;
 Section 1. That all buildings here after constructed, altered or repair ed, within the fire limits of the town as designated by the General Ordinances, shall be constructed in the following manner that is to say: all outside walls and main partitions shall have placed at intervals of not less than four (4) feet, measuring from the ground, fire blocks con structed by placing a block securely between each pair of upright tim bers of such wall or main partition such blocks to be cut from the same sized timber as the uprights and so placed that the same will be se- curely sealed by the covering of the wall or partition. All walls where the same join onto a building al ready constructed shall be built solid from the ground up and all such walls and main partitions shall be boarded up solid; all outside walls must be built so that any part of any one wall, where not cut by gable roof, will be of an equal height All main partitions shall be con structed from the floor to the roof of the building and securely at tached and sealed to the roof.
 Sec. ?. All walls, main partitions and ceilings hereafter constructed. altered or repaired shall be covered, the outside walls on the Inside and the ceilings with boards and as- bestos paper and the main partitions shall be boarded up on both sides and covered with asbestos paper se- curely placed thereon and fastened in such manner as will securely seal the same from the floor to the roof of the building; and all outside walls, where the same join a build ing already constructed shall be covered with boards and asbestos paper from the ground up
 Sec. 3. All buildings now con- structed or which may be hereafter constructed within that portion bounded by the following streets. to-wit: Commencing at the corner of First avenue and Noble street, thence to Second avenue, thence to Lacy street, thence to Fourth avenue, thence to Cushman street, thence to