The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-04
bOWRON SPEAKS ID REAL ESTATE MEN ON
 SMALL INDUSTRIES
Exchange Starts Movement to Reduce Fire Hazard. Sends Out Circulars
 With Questions

James Bowron, president of the Gulf States Steel company, yesterday addressed the Birmingham Real Estate exchange at its weekly luncheon at the Tutwiler on the kind of small industries that would l flourish in Birmingham under existing conditions as to raw materials. railroad rates and industrial power 1 Mir. Bowron enumerated a long list of such industries and showed the real estate men just how each one would find in this district an ideal location for its plant from every viewpoint The real estate men of a city are recognized as probably its most potent factor in reaching out and 1 interesting outsiders in local industrial sites, for such is the very nature of their business, and MT. Bowron's talk was re- ceived with much interest. The Real Estate exchange is making ar | engagements for organizing a party among it's members to go to the San Francisco exposition. to leave Birmingham June 15. and indications are that a good sized party of local real estate men will make tho trip.
 The exchange has started a movement also to aid in reducing fire insurance rates in Birmingham by promoting more care among householders and factory owners in regard to accumulation of trash and similar material which increases fire hazard. The following circulars have been distributed to all members of the associa- ton who in turn are sending them to all of their customers and friends:
 ITO Property Owners, Landlords and Ten
 ants of Birmingham:
 We are endeavoring to help the Fire Insurance Underwriters association of Birmingham in their efforts to cut down Birminghams frightful fire record, and as consequence get cheaper insurance
 When you go home tonight call youl wife, children and servants together anc ask them the following questions.
 If you own a store or factory, have a general meeting and ask your men the same questions. It's all a matter of house keeping, anyhow, and you've got to help. BIRMINGHAM REAL ESTATE EEK.
 CHANGE.
 T. Is your basement kept In order, witt kindlins and coal piled on opposite sid, os room from the furnace?
 '2. Are your packing boxes a safe dls tance from the furnace2
 "3. Have you safe place for keepinl your cleaning rags?
 '4. Are you having your ashes taker out every day, or do you allow your ser wants to follow the line of least resis tanee and dump them in barrels benin, your furnace?
 "5. Before you make your first fire in the fall do you ever burn out YOU chimneys by holding up them, as ia as you can, a burning torch, during hard shower when the roof is wet? r "6. What kind of matches do vo, use old time parlor matches or safcss matches? "7. Do you know that rats are fire bugs, and eat parlor matches?
 IS. Do you ever have your furnace in spected?
 "9. When you have a big fire, doe, the woodwork around the chimney ge hot?
 "1o. Have you thought whether oui curtains were hung they couldn' How near the grate or on the eai jet?
 II. Have you ever been on your roo l and examined your flue to see whether : or not the bricks are separating? "i2. Has your roof assumed tha jack straw appearance? : "13. If you've never been on you t roof, have you ever sent your brick  1t with a view to safety? "14 Do you own a $6 or $S fire ex tinguisher, and do you know that eacl y member of your family can operate it
 "15. Do you maintain the same gen eral order in your basement and at
 tic 9 you do in your parlor and draw ing room?
 "16. Do you talk of fire prevention | in the evenings to your family?
 "1i Do you inspect your servants quarters often?
 "1S Have you ever been up In you attick on a hot summer day and fe
 the heat, and do you know a mighty small blaze will start something? "19 If you own factory or store f have you ever talked with your mei Q about fire prevention?
 go Do you inspect your store O. a plant yourself?
 "21 Do you keep fire extinguisher
 in every room in your plant?