The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-22

nearest street fire alarm box should
you be unable to reach the fire de-
partment by telephone2
As a Merchant
.FIave you taken due precautiOn for
the handling of gasoline. naphtha, gun
powder, explosives and dangerous oils?
do you allow an open flame for
lighting in the basement which may
set fire to com bustibIe material or may
ignite gas which at times escapes from
the street mains to the basement? As
a general practice gas companies al
low about 6 per cent of the total out
put to escape, it being more economl-
cal than to repair leaks.
DO you permit electric lamp cords,
which frequently short circuit ana
cause fire, in your show window
do you realize the danger of US
ing inflammabIe decorative material
which may be ignited by electric wires
or open lights and spread fire?
do you maintain good aisle space
TO facilitate the work of the firemen,
and do YOU prohibit the piling of your
stock to the ceiling or against win
dows, which would interfere with fire
Have YOU installed fire doors and
fire windows and trapped your eleva-
tor and stairway shafts in order TO
minimize the spread of fire and to give
firemen a fighting chance?
Have you provided reliable chem
ical eltinguisher and water pals?
'sHave you installed fire escapes for the
saving Of lives and for facilitating the
work of firemen?
Have you provided a metal receptacle
for rubbish and do you empty It eaeh
-sDo 1o, realize that accumulated rub
bish frequently originates fire and when
burning even If ignited from another
| source, creates such a dense volume q
building and direct streams on the IRE
! until excessive damage has been done!
As Manufactures.
DO you permit smoking on the prem
/ ises?
( ..Have you provided metal lockers for
1 employees clothing which may be greasy
/ and therefore subject to spontaneous com
, bustion?
do you know that deposits Of grease
! and dust will ignite spontaneously, ana
/ that sawdust, even in Ice houses, mas
! been known to ignite and burn the prem
4 ises2 Excelsior. hay, oatmeal, bran ana
! vegetable substances, if damp and Win
out free air, viii ignite? aa,,,oa -
to the safety of your heating and lighting
apparatus?
tinguishers, fire barrels, sand pals, fire
! axes. standpipe and hose and a night
I Waterman and have yOu posted signs IN
dicating the location of fire apparatus?
is your fire apparatus in good comm
ton and do you have your chemical eX-
! tinguishers re-charged annually
DO YOU appreciate the fact that the
! waterworks system and fire department
! of Topeka are understood for town OF
/ it's size and Importance. and would you
/ help 10 rehabilitate them Iopeka IS 1
! town that needs to encourage investors,
but who wishes to risk financial enter
! prises where the protection is doubtful :
! We should see to it that there IS sun sun
| cient pumping capacity, adequate mains
and necessary fire apparatus completely
equipped and properly manned II we WISH
to coma SorinlIS
/ S w Atkinson, who made an excellent
/ POSTMASTER told briefly of the appalhns
sas. and stated that the ooJec1 o. OF ti Is
Kansas Fire Protection association rs
purely to prevent unnecessary "9'ei ~
fire in the state
Robert stones Address
| Robert stone, who spoke on Fire Pre-
| vention Laws in Foreign Countries, gave
| q strong address. III his preliminary re-
marks he provoked much laus ,Its
| through His Jokes at the expense OF Tom
HeNeal and l.. S. Ferry, VINO came PACK
at him in the same jouy1ng way IN u u
! the remarkable statements made py Adr,
stone was that the buildings burned IN
the United States each year II An nee. "
on both sides of a street "ouiu 81 e'~-'
IRON Ihi Glir has fire loss of S. 100000 an
nually, while the loss in Berlin IS but
S150,O0O and in Paris not nan as S StTa' a.
. that of Chicago said the speaker
1--WE spend lots of money TO pul oul
fires; in Europe they spend money - y
/ prevent IlTeS. w Z COAlS-oCA x
tune: they consider fire a crime. W.
lose fortune every year; they ssNe olIF :
European cities are practically fTepro2soI
THE man who has preventaole AlI'
should he cIassed as a criminal
Two years of fire loss in TINS country
would build the Panama canal, anc
the worst part of it IS that oO per oeA
Of the fires are preventable-
.rThe fire loss of the United states l:
close to s. per capita; OF the slA lAI I 81 ),
> / cities of Europe but 50 cents. IN Aeai'
the loss is but y cents per capita
I'VE talk to the legislature ABOUT low
. arine insurance rates we begln at til'
Irro9e end We should deal with th'
cause instead of the effect we ousnt .
| have a law which would give US STAY
fire marshal; if the fire is unnecessary le
5 the culprit be prosecuted TO the Aui eA
| tnn+ ~ the law l want to see an educa
tional campaign started
> | THE rate of insurance mas peen
| duced in Kansas in the last few years,
| said T. s. Lewis, superintendent OF IN
4 e,,-ance There is growing feellhs
: / among insurance companies in TINS couh
trv that unless the fire loss IS dlihih
isbed rates will have to go up, or many
/ companies go out Of business
Three Million This Year.
THE loss in 1911 in this country vii
o probably be So, 10000, and this is $3.50 Pc
There should be a day set aside as
| clean up day, and Governor Stubbs VII
cooperate to bring about this clean III
4 or general fire protection day
= The speaker emphasized the duty of IN
f citizens to use precautionary measures
e matches are safe to use. and within