Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-10
FIRE CHIEF LUTz
CALLS ATTENTION
TO LAX CONDITIONS
Tells City Council That Many
Buildings in Wilmington Are
Not Protected.
PARKING OF CARS
UNDER DISCUSSION

City Council last night referred to the
6re committee communication from
William ]. Lutz, chief engineer of the IRE
department, calling attention TO many
schools, apartment houses, factories and
other buildings not equipped with IRE
ESCAPES and criticising the crowded con-
dltion of entrances to moving picture
theatres and the construction OF storm
doors at exits. Mr. Lutz reported that the
6re companies responded to so fires alarms
IN November. He estimated the fire losses
in that month at S64 ,657. All the fire ap-
paratus is in serviceable condition except
ihe Fame combination, which was damag-
ed November IA.
s. y. Van Trump, chief engineer ot the
water department, reported that ne had
inspected 967 FIRE plugs and found them
in good condition.
a communication from Lewis A de
Blois, asking that safety lines - the streets
be repainted white, was referred to the
finance committee.
Council directed the attention OF the
Board of Police Commissioners to the
nightly practice of parking automobiles
without lights, which is dangerous es-
pecislly on stormy nights, and requested
the board to instruct the patrolmen to
sec that the street lights burn all night.
Councilman Mearns said there have been
many complaints about parking auto
mobiles without lights. Councilman Lyon.
criticised the parking of automobiles on
Market street and mentioned an instance
of parked automobiles preventing fre
apparatus going on that street. Councls
man Mearns stated automobiles hned
both sides OF Eleventh street between
Msdison and Monroe during a recent en-
,ertainment in the Auditorium. James |.
f. ~ I,,@fr lfqrtfI
ing Commission, referred to the parkII OF
automobiles on the west side of King
street between Tenth and Eleventh, which
shuts Rodney Square, and suggested that
parked automobiles head in instead OF
heading out.
A communication from the Central
labor Union, proposing public work Tor
the relief of the unemployed, was referred
70 the committee Of the whole Like dis
position was made of a request from the
Public Building Commission for an ap-
preparation OF s.. 500 for increasing the
height of the rail surrounding the rotunda
in the City Building. A communication
from J. Albert Sullivan, city clerk OF
Brockton, Mass, asking Council 70 CO.
operate in obtaining government control
OF the coal supply, was also referred to the
committee Of the whole Mr.. SUI ivan said
hard coal retails in Brockton at SIS to
SIS so per ton and soft coal At SIS per
ton.
Council directed the Board Of Assess
ment to strike the old City Hall from the
assessment.
Council passed and Mayor William
g. Taylor approved an ordinance pro-
riding for the maturity cf Rodney Square
bonds on October in the Years 1858 to
1887.
City Treasurer Charles NJ. Banks re-
ported that Council has funds amount
'ns 70 S7s6. 800 Sc.
Payrolls as follows were passed: Police, /
S9.O5S 90: miscellaneous, 50, SIT. IS: Pub
&c Building Commission, S976 95 gar
hage crematory, s323. So; Council, S295.
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MANUFACTURERS LICENSES.
During brief consideration Of the pro-
posed ordinance providing for the hcen-
sing Of manufacturers James B. Stewart.
a manufacturer Of leather asked that such /
manufacturers be graded according TO /