Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-06
PLAN EXTENSIVE FIRE
HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS
Many Alterations at Old Phoe-
nix and Washington Com
panies' Homes.

Directors of the Department OF Pub
lie Safety yesterday afternoon. opened
20 bids ,for the contract TO remodel
the house of Engine Co. No. !, the old
Friendship property. Tatnall street,
above Delaware avenue, but no action
was taken toward the awarding of
the contract. The directors will not
consider tho matter today because
President 5. X. Smith will be out Of
town and cannot attend the meeting
but the bids will be taken up again
tomorrow afternoon and the contract
probably awarded at that time. 1t
WAC said the estimates were all about
what the board had expected as TO
the price.
The directors are now having pre-
pared, plans for extensive alterations
TO the fire houses of the old Phoenix
and Washington companies. Both
these are 10 be used as double COM
Nony houses aid considerable work
VIII have TO no done at each. Just
when the plans will he ready is in
definite AT this time and no bids II
bc asked until all the drawings have
been completed.
Yesterday afternoon, about $50
o'clock. the men OF Engine Co. No. ..
in command of Lieutenant Townsend.
were summoned 10 the home of Har-
Ney II. Wolf, in Eden Park Gardens.
by telephone message. TO the effect
that the house was on fire. Someone
hal seen smoke coming from the
chimney. When the firemen arrived
h.a ONLY Gs... -, IL
the one in the stove. They did not
have TO 70 into service.
Fire Marshal l.. Morton Ainscov
this morning, while speaking about
the number of fires caused by de-
tective nues and the number of such
chimneys about the city. stated that
the best way to clean n chimney is
10 fire three or four shots from a re-
volNer loaded with blank cartridges
UP the chimney and the conclusion
Will clean IL of all SCOT and dust thcr-
orshly. another remedy for such a
, hue is 10 burn zinc I'm the stove or
furnace. and third mentioned lv
him is 20 tie a brick TO a clothes line
ana drag II up and down on tbs in
SIDE of the chimney.
FIRE Marshal Anscow today issued
The following warning 10 residents re-
! gardinS the danger of thawing oIt
frozen water pipes:
Now that cold weather is comm,
on, there will be a considerable anoun,
OF thawing OF frozen pipes done. In
order TO do this safely, it is recon.
inended by the chief engineer. and fire
marshal of the Bureau Of Fire. that
bags. rags, etc, be placed around
pipes that are frozen, and scaldins
hot water poured over the bags. etc.
Do not under any condition use open
haines Tor this purpose. Tapping
pipes with a hammer. lightly. also Will
IN many cases serve this purpose
He also called attention to the law
relating 10 fires caused by defective
iiues, as follows:
II any inhabltant OF this city shall
cause or suffer his or her chimney 10
take fre, so that the same shall blaze
out at the top. every such person
shay forfeit and pay the sum of five
dollars. II any chimney shall take
fire so as 10 blaze out of the ton
within 80 days after the same shall
have been swept. the sweeper thereof
! II he is his own master or the maste,
II he has one, shall forfeit and pay III.
sum of one dollar
No stove pipes in any buildiugs
With combustible floors and ceilings
/ shall hereafter enter any fue nearer
than u inches from the floor or cell.
ing, and in all cases when smoke pipes
Pass through the stud or wooden par
tiions, floors or roof. whether plaster.
ed or not. they shall be guarded b,
either double collar of metal. with al
least two inches % air space all around
and holes for circulation of air. O,
by soapstone ring or solid castins
/ OF plaster Of i"His, nos less than thre,
inches ~ thickness, and extendins
through the partition, or by an earth.
enware ring one inch from the pipe
AT every joint. No smoke pipe. or
stove pipe shall pass through any win
dow"
I Mrs. Helen Reese Of 7o4 West Sixtt
street. at whose home The fremen
yesterday. Is stated in Every Evening
4 had their first real test under the new
order of things. said today that tn,
iirernen worked splend:dlv. Il Ger.
tainly appreciate the manner in which
/ they handled the fire." she said
Through the good work of the flrerner
the blaze cas- confined 20 q small area
and the damage was very materially
lessened.
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