The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-11-14


uty State Fire Marshals Horace
Sykes. Geo. W. Stokes and James s.
Gleason has been submitted to State
Fire Marshal A. c. Barber at Salem,
ana the same approved by him and
submitted to the Klamath Falls city
cOuncil:
s'very material Improvement has
been made in the general conditions
Of the city since the former survey.
The fire chief has been active In in
spegtion work and the results Of his
efforts are very apparent. The city
Is quite free from the hazard Of rub
bish and housekeeping conditions In
yeaerai are found to be better. The
general conflagration hazard has
also been somewhat reduced owing to
the removal of q number OF frame
buildings. Many have been burned.
others torn down and removed. The
hazard has been reduced at least ten
per cent.
Improvement has also been made in
the electrical wiring. Many houses
have been rewired in an approved
manner. The inspection. however,
revealed the practice Of bridging fuse
plags in great many places. in fact
TO such an extent as to make the cleo
trie hazard bad
Dry Grass Menace
One condition noted which con-
stitutes a serious hazard and which
should be remedied. is the growth OF
dry grass and weeds allowed to re-
main ON vacant lots and premises
near to infiammable buildings. 1t
would be very easy matter for fire
TO start In these places from sparks
OF cigarette stubs and be the cause
or serious fire in buildings. This
eoadition should not be permitted.
water System and Sounce Of supply
The source Of the water supply is
the same as at the time Of the orig
inal survey OF the city of klamath
Falls. There have been several i'm
provements made to the water sys-
TEN, viz: The pumping plant has
been housed In new cement block
house with cement floor and CORFU
gated iron roof. The G. w. Price,
centrifugal pump. and the Gould tri-
plex pump which are the pumps that
were In operation at the time OF the
former survey. have been overhauled
and reset ON new foundations. In
addition a new Byron Jackson CEN
trifugal pump OF 1900 gallons per-
minute capacity. has been installed.
II has an eight-inch intake and out
let. II is operated by a Westing-
house motor Of 1875 horse power, di-
rect connected.
LEAK In reservoir
Two Booster pumps have been in
stalled to force the water to the CEN
trail and east reservoirs. These pumps
are connected at some distance below
the reservoirs on by passes from the
oains and are automatically operat-
ed BY floats In the reservoirs. SO that
thAy keep the reservoirs filled at all
times. These two reservoirs were
found to be filled and In apparent
good condition. The other reservoir
located on the opposite side Of the
river was found to be but one-third
fall and leaking.
Hydrants in Poor Condition
There has been no. change or i'm
prevement In the water mains or
hydFants. The mains are of such
snail size and great length that the
1rictional loss is quite serious and
the inspection Of the hydrants
showed many of them to be leaking
aad in need Of repair.
Many Of the hydrants in the
business portion OF the city were
found to be in leaky condition.
The following test at 9Th and
Main streets. using two One-inch
nosxles on hydrants gave the fol-
loving reading. One nozzle go
pounds. 22s gallons per minute.
Two nozsles open 2os gallons per
minute. A static gauge on hyd-
rants at 6th and Main showed a
drop of five pounds with the flow
from the two nozzies.
Fire Department and Equipment
There has been an addition OF
one paid fireman to the department
since the survey of 1919.
The only improvement in the fire
equipment is the addition of 1000
fsst Of standard az inch hose.
'9s3t recommendations
We recommend that the city en-