The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-09
MUST USE
SAFETY COCKS
IN BUILDING

Chief Joseph J. Feeley of the Gary
fire department and his officers today |
began the work of serving notices on
property owners that they must at
once install safety cocks gas APP
planes theatres, hotels. office
buildings business blocks and public
buildings of every character The
safety devices are to protect life and
property from fire and explosion during
fires. BY means OF il firemen will be
able to shut off the gas supply from the
outside oe a building.
The ordinance is as follows
Section l. Be II Ordained by the
common council of the city of Gary. in
the county of Lake. state of Indiana:
That it shall be the duty of the Chief Of
the fire department, of the city OF Gary.
TO require the owner, agent or person
in charge of every pubic building. fac
tory. store, hotel. theater, tenement or
other building, except private residence
in the fire limits of the city of Gary
in which gas is used for illuminating
or heating or other purposes. to equip
said building or buildings with an
automatic gas-cock, valve appliance
by means Of which. in case or fire ac-
cident other necessity the supply of
gas may be shut off from said building
or buildings, without requiring fire.
men or other persons to enter said
building or buildings for said purpose.
Section ,. That all such safety
cocks. valves or APPLIANCES as herein
provided for shall be of such design.
quality workmanship as to be rea-
sonably certain to perform the work
required to be done thereby, and shall
be approved by and installed under the
Isl nd # ho ci.
Eineer. chief of fire department and
one member of the council 70 be ap-
pointed by the mayor of the city Of
Gary and when then installed in any
building shall continue to be and re-
main under their supervision and con-
troll
Section 3 That from and after the
time of taking effect of this ordinance
any owner, agent person, incontroi
of any building or buildings, within
the requirements hereof, who shall fail
neglect or refuse to comply with the
requirements hereof, shall be served by
the chief of the firt department OF the
ity of Gary with a notice to comply
with the terms hereof with thirty (3o)
days from the date of said notice and
if at the expiration of the said time
said building or buildings are not
cQulpPed do NiuGus lOE nerel0, the n
said owner, agent or person in control
shall be upon conviction. subject to a
fine of not more than fifty $4,000 dol
lars for each offense. And upon such
conviction of such owner, agent or per-
son in control of any building or build
ings, 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm or corporation to supply gas
to such building buildings for 4
longer period of time than thirty f30)
days next succeeding such conviction
until such building buildings have
been equipper provided for herein.
Section 4. That when such device is
installed and approved it shall be un-
lawful for any person TO wfllfully dis
turb, destroy, NEEDLE or tamper will
any such device in any way. and any
person who so willfully disturbs, de
stroys or hampers with such devic.
shall be subject upon conviction to
fine of not less than fifty (s5o00) dol
lars for each offense.
Section 5. This ordinance shall b.
in force from and after its passage ap
proval and publication according t,
awi.
Passed this 4th day of November
1912"