The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-02-19
ORDINANCES
UNDER CONSIDERATION
Council Spends Time Discussing Pro-
visions of Flue and Building
Statutes.
From Tuesdays Daily Press)

(From Tuesday Daily PreSs)
Last nights meeting of the city
council was devoted to discussion and
consideration of two ordinances, one
specifying the character of flues that
may be built in the city, and the 9TH
er providing for permits for all build
ing improvements where the cost of
the improvement is as much as $25.
The flue ordinance was introduced
several months ago but members of
the council disagreed over some of it's
provisions. Last night steps were
taken to eliminate the Objectionable
features and the ordinance was re-
ferred back to the ordinance commit
tee to be redrawn and submitted to
the council at the meeting to be held
on Monday, March l.
Mayor Jackson had read a copy OF
a building ordinance and urged the
Importance of it's passage. The ordi-
nance is a copy of the building ordi-
nance now in force in Mariana. 1t
provides that before any new building
or Improvement costing as much as
l$25 be undertaken the party contem-
plating the improvement must submit
to the city clerk plans and specifica-
tions. These are turned over to the
building committee of the council
who pass upon the Improvement. II
the building conforms to the rules
and regulations contained in the
building ordinances of the city OF
those adopted by the building com
mittee a permit for the erection OF
the building is to be issued by the
city clerk. A fee of fifty cents is
charged for all permits.
Two important ends served by this
ordinance are that the committee will
see that the fire hazard is minimized
and the city will at all times have a
complete inventory of the amount and
character of improvement work go.
ing on.
D. r. Campbell, chief of the fire
department, urged the necessity OF
better building laws and a more rigid
inspection of buildings in the city. He
said in the recent fire here the de-
partment could have easily saved
Hopkins drug store and Lackner's
iewelry store had it been known the
fire wall between Hopkins and Jo-
seph's was insecure. 1t had been
contended all the time that this was a
good fire wall, and for this reason the
company devoted its efforts to putting
out the fire in the Joseph grocery de-
partment, depending on the wall tC
protect Hopkins. 1t developed the
wall was far from fireprOof and as
result the flames penetrated into
the ceiling of the Hopkins store and
spread to Lacknef's.
Mr.. Campbell further suggested
that when the new water works sys-
TEN is established in West and South
Paragould a small building be erected
on the ground occupied by the stand
pipe and a hose cart and reel of hose
kept in this house for use in the west
and south ends. II is his idea to or
ganize an auxiliary fire department
that can respond to alarms turned III
from this section. OF course the reg
ulr department will also respond, but
on account of the great distance tC
fires in West and South Paragould
Mr.. Campbell believes much property
can be saved by having a hose com
pany located in the heart of that dis.
trict who will be able to reach fires
more rapidly than the regular de,
partment.
The cemetery committee was in
structed to employ a surveyor anG
lay off some new lots in the addition
south of the old cemetery.
Other matters discussed were the
creation of a street sprinkling dis
trict and the passage of an ordinance
regulating traffic within the city linn
| it's.
WATER PROTESTS FILED.