Inspections in Bloomington
Chief Henry Mayer, of Bloomington, Ill., and the captains of the department have been making the annual inspection of business buildings in the city to ascertain whether State law and city ordinances as to fire protection facilities are being observed. To facilitate the work of inspection the city was divided into five districts with the company captains in charge of their respective districts. Chief Mayer said that already 1,011 buildings have been inspected and the majority of these have been found to be up to requirements. When the inspectors find a building that is not up to the standard the matter is reported to Chief Mayer and he mails a notice to the owner or occupant, who is requested to visit the fire chief at his office and the owner or occupant is instructed to put the building in the proper condition. In a reasonable length of time second inspections are made on buildings that have been reported to be in need of attention, to see whether or not the orders of the fire chief have been obeyed. One or two business houses in making ready for the corn show week started to decorate their buildings with corn fodder and ear corn. Mayor Jones and Fire Chief Mayer called upon the local merchants and urged that material of this character should not be used, as it is very inflammable and a conflagration in the business district might be started in this manner. The local merchants agreed with Mayor Jones and Chief Mayer that the undertaking is a hazardous one and were content to look to other decorative features.
Chief Henry Mayer, of Bloomington, Ill., and the captains of the department have been making the annual inspection of business buildings in the city to ascertain whether State law and city ordinances as to fire protection facilities are being observed. To facilitate the work of inspection the city was divided into five districts with the company captains in charge of their respective districts. Chief Mayer said that already 1,011 buildings have been inspected and the majority of these have been found to be up to requirements. When the inspectors find a building that is not up to the standard the matter is reported to Chief Mayer and he mails a notice to the owner or occupant, who is requested to visit the fire chief at his office and the owner or occupant is instructed to put the building in the proper condition. In a reasonable length of time second inspections are made on buildings that have been reported to be in need of attention, to see whether or not the orders of the fire chief have been obeyed. One or two business houses in making ready for the corn show week started to decorate their buildings with corn fodder and ear corn. Mayor Jones and Fire Chief Mayer called upon the local merchants and urged that material of this character should not be used, as it is very inflammable and a conflagration in the business district might be started in this manner. The local merchants agreed with Mayor Jones and Chief Mayer that the undertaking is a hazardous one and were content to look to other decorative features.
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