Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-25
FIRE PREVENTION ASSO-
CATION.
An Excellent Meeting Held in Nauseu
at Castle Hall on Thursday Evening.

Last Thursday the State Fire Pre-
vention association of Wisconsin, met
in this city. There were present
from outside of the city, the follow
ing fire inspectors, all experts in their
line of business: Geo. Gray, w. E.
Mccullough, J. E. Florin, j. E. Ken
nedy, E. A. Pademacher, A. I. Mills,
B. B. Ellis, Montgomery Clark, r. H.
d. o. Steine, +. B. Barnes, e. O.
Basse, F. H. Della Hunt and III. l..
Dalton. These gentlemen, during
the day, inspected many of our pub
lie buildings and in the evening were
given banquet at Castle hall.
About 100 of our citizens sat down to
supper gotten up by the ladies of
the Baptist church.
Addresses were made after supper,
mayor John Ringle presiding.
The meeting opened with an adj
dress on the "Objects of the Associa-
tion" by Geo. Grey, president of the
association. During his talk Mr..
Grey pointed out the electrical de-
fects found in our high school build
ing.
w. E. Mccullough, secretary of the
association who told Of the great loss
in this county annually; that it
figures up to 1895, 100000. He took
up some of the large fires and went
into details. In speaking of our city
he gave table of what was found
here by the inspectors, saying:
''In your city today, our inspectors
found conditions in fairly good shape;
but there is still much to be done
by the aid of your citizens in correc-
tion of serious defects which might
at any time cause serious loss of prop
erty. j give you herewith the list of
classes of defects and the number of
each:
Poor Electric Wiring. g................44 A
Rubbish in Basement. ..............21
Rubbish in Rear. 8
Oven in Bakery poorly protected. :. d. l
Grease Kettle in Bakery poorly pro-
tected ................ i
Ashes in Wooden Receptacles. ..... 3
Belt in contact with wood. d..........2
Wood under and back of stove not
protected. ........... .........,,..... %
Old dilapidated buildings. ...........1 Il
Dangerous oil soaked floors. .....3 3
Defective stove pipes. .
Poor moving picture booths. ....... 2
Swinging gas jets unprotected. $3.50. 2
Improper clearance to smoke stack. i
Excessive storage of dynamite .. 2
Unsafe handling of gasoline. .....1
Buildings in poor repair r........ %
Oily waste improperly cared for. 49,. i
Excessive gasoline poorly protected. .3
]. E. Florin, assistant State Fire
Marshall, spoke upon Ordinances. "
He went after our ordinances, sug-
gesting that our fire alarm headquar-
ters be removed to fire proof build
ing; that all overhead electric wires
be placed underground in conduits;
that tile manufacture, sale storage
and transportation Of explosives be
attended TO; that there be regular
and frequent inspections that steps
be taken to secure some conveyance
for the chief of the fire department
so that he can respond TO all alarms
thSt our combination hose and chem
ical wagon be drawn by three horse:
instead of two; that Washington anc
Scott streets should be repaired al
once; that all four iEch mains be dis
placed by six inch; extend the water
mains to factory districts; that un
safe wiring be removed and made
safe; that all buildings should be in
spected during construction and h,
gave much more valuable information
Among our home people who spok,
were G. d. Jones, NJ. c. Ewing anC
S. b. Tobey.
The days work proved very yalu
able to Waussu and its citizens.