New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-30
URGE REAL PROTECTION
Continued from arst rage

would have sufficient width Of steps 70
remove the danger Of falling ~ two hand
rails were provided
There would naturally be IN ohtec-
ton from owners against this demand
for space but laws should he passed
that would compel them 20 yield There
should Be q restriction ALSO as 70. the
area ~ ? single room, AMI another reg
u,a-ior should prescribs the number Of
persons that could he employed in one
hu,ldine This number should be fixed
nv the possibility Of getting these per
sons out e the building quickly and
easily
IF an owner refused 70 provide
enough fire escapes he would have 70
use his building a a warehouse. and as
this would not pay him in certain els
triots he would make the changes re
o,,red so as to get tenants with 2
larger number ~ employees
Human fe Not an investment.
There are mechanical sprinklers and
other safety devices which merchants
install in their warehouses because they
have goods 70 protect worth many thou
sands of dollars In factories the mar
chandise does not represent high value,
and the human material is not part
~ the investment II II we're all the
safety means employed IN warehouses
WOULD be adopted IN hvldines devoted 10
manufacture
1ohn r.. Alexander. president Of the
National Acadsnlv If Design. com
,oArted yesterday uron the difference be
tween this cit and every other city in
the world in regard 10 fire conditions
Tr m o-her Modern city. h. said Tere
the dangers 81 great IN Nc other civ
were once and apartment buildings 90
hich End in NJ o'her Tss 80 much cf
he ground srase covered
There are apartment houses in Ger
many and Austria and France, hut they
don't 20 I'D irto tbs air Ike ours ne
explained they are low, and yet their
1,als are mu'h thicker than any ne
have here Trev are huilt Of hollow tile
stay You can shut Ut FIRE IN one Of
the rooms +hare ard meyer fear that -
will spread
T lived in Munich -hres Years, end
never sew z FIRE 7 lived IN ITALY Two
years and 50 far as was concerned no
fires happened there during that time ]
lived IN Paris twelve wears. and,th only
eve ever saw IN that citv vas the
! charity Eaz. ar FIRE # several years ago.
That vas te~rthle v!n admit. but that
occurred IL q temporary structure. and
under unpslal circumstances Such 4
FIRE as that Of last SATURDAY might her
4 pen any dav here
uov, rs-is Secures safety
! Practically every block ~ Paris is
houo7. Fl shat 7 mean that there IS &
-o1lrt ~ re centre &c s. around which
the houses are built. and this court g
GENERALLY ~ considerable size ss com
nared With the block evan in The case ~
large buil1inqs Very often there IS q
eerder ~. rhe court quiet and cool as
,h4 COUNT such interior spaces make
IL doublv easy 20 escape in time OF Ere
But roop,e in this country look upon This
as @ waste ~ valuable land. Instead
they prefer 20 have spiderlike FIRE es-
cares running al over the fronts Of their
bundinet Besides being hopelessly ugly
though. their FIRE escapes are usually roo
stAep ard firasv - be q any use.
Not only are the hres here destroyers
~ live. but they also eat NJ enormous
SUMS III properly In the last FIVE years
millions a dollars have been paid ~
mural painters alone IN this country for
decora ting public buildings and banks
and ry,vato houes This revival Of the
art OF mural painting has started de-
r,end among painters for freproof walls
On which 10 place the products OF tAelr
genius, and this demand viii become al