The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-29
INSPECTION
PUTSCITY IN
GLASS FOUR
One half Class Better Rating
Than BefOre-Many Rec
concentrations Made

The city of Bismarck is now grad
ed as class 4, from the standpoint Of
the General Inspection Bureau Of
Minneapolis, which fixes fire insur-
ance rates for Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, whereas the city's pre-
vious grading was class 4 IL. This
information is contained in letter
just received by City Auditor NJ. II.
Atkinson from the Inspection Bur-
eau, following the inspection made
here during October.
"lf the fire department is brought
up to an efficiency corresponding
with the water department, the town
can be passed to the next class" the
letter states. I'VE would suggest,
however, that all the recommended
tions made should be carried out as
soon as possible, in order to give the
, town Il better standing, even though
it should still be in the next better
! class, 3 or ) l2."
General Summary
The general summary of the bur
! cau's inspection here reads as fol-
lows:
"Under the standard grading
schedule, the waterworks OF Bis
marck grades 9Th class, the fire de-
partment grades 9th class, fire alarm
i ath class, building law and other or
| dlnances 9Th class, and structural
| conditions 9Th class, the town as Il
whole falling into 7th class CORE
| spending to 4th class in the former
bureau method of grading.
"Bismarck is the capital Of North
Dakota and has varying population,
several good sized hotels and num-
ber of public buildings. Water sup
ply is good from Missouri river, a
modern filter and pumping plant
having been put in service recently
Fire department is on "call basis"
with one paid driver on duty for the
one auto hose truck. Equipment and
manning Of fire department are very
inadequate. Laws and ordinances
| are in need of revision and codi-
fication. Streets are fairly level
and mostly 80 feet wide, paved in
P. NJ. d."
After describing in detail the city
in general, it's principal industries,
! transportation facilities, structural
conditions, fire fighting facilities
fire department, fire alarm system
and ordinances, the Inspection Bur
eau makes the following recommen-
dations:
Waterw0rks Department
Additional feeders from Avenue c
! to Main, so as to connect mercantile
district with large mains on Rosser
and Avenue c.
Provide gates in branch connec.
tions to all hydrants on large a/er-
ial mains.
Complete connections through
from Avenue c to Main with not less
than 6-inch pipe on First Street
j Mandan Avenue and Washington
| Avenue.
Complete connection between 6.
inch and 8-inch mains at Main and
Ninth.
Connect up dead, ends.
Electric supply should be provid-
ed at pump station to operate all
| motors.
Fire Department
Provide fire department with COM
bination pumper' and hose truck and
with motorized ladder truck in add-
tion to present truck. "a proper
equipment would be two, bumpers
and an aerial ladder truck, keeping
| serve).
/ PoIu AiACHCU OL luiA IIaHC
sufficient to take out apparatus on
first. alarm. Gull complement of
men for two bumpers and aerial lad
der would be 18 men days and "a
nights.)
Heavy stream apparatus such as
turret nozzle, deluge set, cellar
pipes, ETC., should be provided as
we'll as 1-8 and IA inch nozzles
for single lines.
A modern telegraph fire alarm
system should be provided with box
es so distributed that every build
ing in the mercantile district will
be within 500 feet Of a box.
The proposed building law should
be passed with provision for enforc-
ing same, as we'll as electrical or
dinance.
Hazards. such as storage Of gaso-
line, carbide, films and dry cleaning
shops should be regulated by ordin'
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