Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-03
HOUSE REPORT.
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that for protection of the publc?'
gSection - provides that there shall
le a fire eXtnguisher on each floor
II there anything unreasonable in chat
lSovision?
&Section % provides as follows:
Section Is. on the inside of every
building 10 be hereafter erected or re-
modelled for use as hotel, inn or
lodging liouse, four or more stories
in height, containing 80 or more sleep
ing rooms, and not already supplied
with two standpipes three inches in
diameter. there shall be at least two
standpipes, Hnder water pressure, Of
ndt less thanS four inches in diameter,
equipped Win long bend fittings and
connected directly with the street
main. Such standpipes shall be locat-
ed in such parts of the Railways as ara
not in close proximity 10 elevator
SHIFTS or starwoys, shall be so spaced
that fire in any room can be quickly
reached by at least one first aid fire
stream. and on each floor shall have
two hose valves and connections, one for
one and one haR inch hose and an
other conforming do the size of the
hose threads ;narchangeab With
those Of the said. fire department.
There shall at all times bc attached
to standppes on each floor. at least one
linen hose one and 'ane-half inches in
diameter and of sufficient length to
reach any room on the floor where it
is attached: provided,that no hose SO
used shall exceed 50 feet in length. F,V-
= cry such hose shall be provided with
brass coupling and with asesn1posi-
i zion metal nozzle, at least eight inches
4 in length and tapering to discharge
3enrifice ef not less than onf-half nor
more than three quartersSW an incn
in diameter Every such hose shall be
attached TO valves at the standpipe and
stored on hose racks acknowledgement
in position and SO designed Thar the
water can be turned on without dis
durbing the hoseeor preventing ~ FROM
being pulled off and laid with4s,t fur
ther attention to the eoftreilinS
NqJvC."
TQ,s does moi applxsto hotels at pres
ont erected and not remodeled. but it
dees expressly appNwto buildings here
after, erected or. remodcled. So that II
submit there is not q great hardship
ia heteIs which are at the present time
dongA business.
Section &c provides for fire escapes,
CURES. Ne have a Law in this State
now, which requires hotels and pub
lie buildings, as | understand il, to
build and maintain proper fire escapes
and that they shall be unobstructed
This as understand it. is the present
law. Section % further provides:
And every such hotel. inn or lndg-
ing houses Tess than four stories high
and havne< less than Is sleeping rooms
on The third finor, shall have Railways
pIacarded to indicate all stairways' and
exits and shaltRecp five-eghths inch
knotted rope Of sufficient length to
reach tire ground In eaen outside room
above the ground\hoor. Such rope shall
be fastened six Sect above the floor
near Il window and in such a substan-
tial manner that il shall be able to sus-
: IA at least 500 paahds weight"
ssetion 81 provides that every no.
tel, inn or lodging house containing
so rooms or more shall employ and
keep at Ieastaone competent watch
man. II tioesnot say that the watch
man shall not be the night clerk but
il says they shall keep at least one
competent Waterman whose duty it
shall be]ito watch and guard against
fire such hotel or lodging house.
Section rs provides for inspection
of the hotel, and Section 20 provides
for the penalty; and the following
sections provide for the execution of
the act.
81 Now | submit to you, gentlemen,
whether YOU are causing a hardship
upon any existing hotel proprietor OF
the State of Maine by passing this
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further. for the information of the
House, That this bill was subject 10
no criticism or objection before your
g committee, with one exception; and
that was on the part of the gentleman
who has just retired from the man
agement of the Hotel North in this
city, and | believe he did object TO II
for some reasons. but before the
hearing before the committee was
over he had practically signified his
satisfaction with the bill. Hotel men
were here from all over the State of
Maine and. as I say the committee
beard no objection to the bill. The
thing went along as many other mat
ters have in this House, TO its en-
grossment. and upon a certain after
noon when the temper of the House
was just right ii was indefinitely post
poned. That is the history of this
bill. ta4o, ,d ,..,
Now | submit TO you that this bill
is unanimously desired by the com
mercial men of Maine; it is pract-
cally unanimously desired by the
keepers of the better class of hotels n
the State of Maine, and | believe Il
is unanimously desired by the keep
crs of the ordinary country hotels III
Maine who thoroughly understand the
bills and hope for these reasons that
my motion to recede and concur with
the Senate will prevail
Mr.. MITCHELL of Kittery. Mr.
Speaker, labor under the disadvan-
tage of sitting behind the gentleman
:. from Phillips tMr. Austin) and not
being able to hear all that he said IN
regard to this BILL but 1t has not
changed since it went over into the
ether branch of the Legislature. / 90
not object to the bill from personal
3 stanApoint but I do object TO it from