Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-28
OWNERS Of REAL
ESTATE TOFIGHT
FIRE MANDATE
Rich Professors Threaten to
Garry War Against Sprinkler
Law to Court.

That the fight being vaged by Fire
/ chief w B Cummings and Building
/ Inspector Ed Hayes to enforce the Au-
! tomato FIRE sprinkler ordinance to pro-
tcct Atlanta's 10000 working girls from
the fire peril will bring on a spirited
1 war in the courts was indicated today
by the stand taken by a number Of
rich property owners
These men Of wealth, hurting pep
perry def at the city, declare that a
hardship is being put on them by the
enforcement Of this law and that it
viii cost them thousands of dollars. In
conference with Chief Cummings,
several of the property owners frankly
expressed themselves in this way and
vigorously protested against what they
termed needless agitation Chief
Cummings merely cited them to the law
and informed them they would have
to get busy and comply with its terms
or take the penalty
Chief Cummings today admitted
many property owners are up in arms,
but asserted the crusade for fire pre-
vention viii go on just the same.
Must Be Protected.
with the present perilous conditions
existing in Atlanta kicking will do no
good declared the chief These 49,
600 toling girls are in daily danger
from fire and they must be protected.
The fire laws are ample to protect
them. and must be enforced That's all
there is to it,
The chief declared the inspection Of
the downtown factory lofts and other
buildings, where girls are employed, is
progressing steadily, and that notices
are being served on the owners to com
ply with the law by installing the auto
matte sprinkler service. All owners who
refuse to obey the notices. he says. viii
be arraigned before the recorder and
vigorously prosecuted. The declaration
of the complaining owners that the law
is hardship is taken to mean that the
law will be dehed and the whole mat
ter tested in the courts
chief Cummings says he has been
widely congratulated by business peo
pie and others since the present FIRE
war commenced, and is being urged on
all sides to protect the thousands Of
working girls. He also has received
letters from a number Of prominent
business concerns. which have installed
the sprinkler system, commencing it.
The chief declares it is the greatest
method of fire prevention in existence
in the country today He also urges
that it is a splendid investment as it
saves thousands of dollars in Insur-
ance.
Aids in Getting insurance.
G. Jones. vice president and treas
urer of the J. NJ. High Company, has
sent letter to Chief Cummings. in
which he said
Before we installed this system we
had considerable trouble in getting
enough fire insurance from reputable
companies Very few of them would
place over $4,000 on our risk There
fore we were forced to place consider
able insurance with companies whose
stability was not well established Now
number Of these larger companies
have increased their line from $4,000
to $50 600 In addition to the financial
side Of this proposition we have a
feeling Of security, as we know it is
hardly possible to have fire that
would materially interrupt our bust
ness or entail loss OF life"
M Rich & Bros Company wrote
I'VE installed our sprinkler system
about fve years ago, and have since
then saved quite a sum in excess OF
the cost of the installation by reduc-
lion in our fire insurance rate. which
we received by reason of this instalia-
ton
Hirsch Bros. Place Contract
Hirsch Bros said they have JUS
placed contract for the sprinkler sys-
tenn at a cost Of $500, and added
THE actual saving in insurance
iretes ON our building and stocks per
+ Year win be 81 POO from which might
he deducted interest on the investment
amounting to S469, leaving net saving
per year of 1881"
The Chamberin- johnson DuBose Co
( wrote
In recent fire in the rear Of us our
metal window frames and wire gla SIS
protected us except in one place, where
beat was so great that four sprinklers