Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 21, 1912, Page 1

e L THE BEMIDJI | ! ‘ ! VOLUME 9. NUMBER 27 6. KLEIN SUBMITS A MODEL BUILDING CODE FOR GENERAL CONSIDERATION | walls are to be finished with cornices, Was Written By an Insurance Com- pany For Cities of Bemidji ! Class. DECLARED . T0 BE REMEDIAL Intended to Be Beneficial And to Establish Certain Definite Standards. WOULD PREVENT FIRE TRAPS New City Inspector Would Have the Power to Enforce Its Provisions. W. C. Klein, chairman of the fire committee of the council, has re- celved a model building ordinance de- signed for cities of 1,000 to 10,000 population. This ordinance was drawn by the Williamsburg City Fire Insurance company and is recom- mended for adoption for cities of Be- midji’s class. It is said that by hav- ing buildings eretced in accordance to the rules of this ordinance, chanc- es of fire are materially lessened and insurance rates accordingly lowered. Mr. Klein has been in the fire in- surance business for many years and as chairman of the fire committee has been looking over building or- dinances with a view toward intro- ducing one at a future council meet- ing. He believes that he has discov- ereq the right ong, both from the view points of practical building and of insurance. The proposed ordinance follows: TITLE. Section 1. The following provisions shall constitute and be known as THE BUTLDING CODE, and may be cited as such and presumptively provides for all matters concerning, affecting or relat- ing to the construction, equipment, al- teration, or repair of buildings or struc- tures erected or to be erected in the city of Bemidj| Sec. 2. (Building Code a Remedial Ordinance). This ordinance is hereby declared to be remedial, and is intended to secure the beneficial interests and purposes thereof. PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS. (New Buildings to Conform No wall, structure, build- v part thereof, shall hereafter be built or constructed, nor shall the wir- ing of any building, structure or prem- ises, be constructed or altered, in the of Bemidji except in conformity the provisions of this code. (Alterations to Buildings to Conform No building already erected, fter to be built, in said city, shall be raised, altered, moved, or built upon in any manner, that would be in violation of any of the provisions of s code. FOUNDATIONS. (Foundation Walls). Founda- alls shall be built of brick, stone Sec. 4. tion or concrete, and shall be at least four inches thicker than the wall next above them. INDEPENDENT WALLS. (Supporting Walls). For s hereafter erccted in the ware- house class, including store, office, pub- lic assembly, ractory or public build- ing, the minimum_thickness of all in- dependent surrounding or dividing walls in the same, carrying the loads of floors and roofs shall be made in accordance with the following table: (Party Walls). When the above walls are used for party walls in non-fire- proof buildings, the twelve-inch secs tions of. the walls shall have corbeled ledges tq’ carry the ends of the beams, or be increased in thickness to not le than sixteen inches, and the beams en- the walls shall be staggered. If the beams do mot rest on corbeled ledg or are not so staggered, the twelve and sixteen-inch sections of the wall shall be increased to mot less than twenty inches. (Walls Built for Party Walls May be %0 Used). Walls heretofore built for or used as party walls, whose thickness at the time of their erection was in ac- cordance with the mpguirements of the then existing laws, Bat which are not in accordance with the requirements of this code, may be used, if in good con- ditfon, for the ordimary uses of party walls, provided the height of the same be not increased. HEADING COURSES WALLS. . 6. (Heading Courses in Brick n all brick walls every sixth course shall be a hearing course except where walls are faced with brick in running bond. (Pace Brick to be Bonded into th Backing). In which latter case, every sixth course shall be bonded into the backing by splitting the face brick in half and backing the same with a con- tinuous row of headers. (Thickness for -Walls with Face Brick Laid in Running Bond). All bearing walls faced with brick laid in running bond shall be four inches thicker than the walls are reqiured to be under any section of this code. HEIGHT. Sec. 7. (Limiting the Height of Build- ings). No non-fireproof building here- after erected shall exceed fifty-five feet in height. (Height of Stories). The height of stories for all given thicknesses of walls shall not exceed: First story, 16 feet in the clear; second story, 14 feet in the clear; third story, 12 feet in the clear; fourth and upper stories. 11 feet in the cleqr, And if any story exceeds the forego- ing heights, the walls of any such story and all walls below that story shall be increased four inches in thickness. PARAPNT WALLS. Sec. 8, (Parapet Walls). All exter- ior and division or party walls over fif- teen feet high, excepting where such IN BRICK gutters or crown mouldings, shall have parapet walls not less than eight inches | in thickness and carried eighteen inches above the roof. But for warehouses, faetorles, stores nd other buildings used for commer- ial or manufacturing purposes the par- pet walls shall be not less than twelve inches in thickness and eighteen inches in height for two storles or less, and thirty-six inches in height for three stories or over. (To Be Coped). And all such walls shall be coped with stone, terra cotta or cast-iron. ROOFS. Sec. 9. (Roofing—Roof Planking). The planking and sheathing of the roofs of buildings shall not in any cases be extended across the side or party wall thereof, (Material for Roofing). Every build- ing and the tops and sides of every dor- mer-window thereon shall be covered and roofed With brick, tile, slate, tin, copper, iron or fire-resistive composi- tion, (Dormer-Windows). And the outside of the frames of every dormer-window hereafter placed upon any building shall be made of some fire-proof ma- terial. No wood or other building within the city limits, which shall require roofing, shall be roofed with any other roofing or covered except as aforesaid, includ- |} ing the tops and sides of dormer-win- dows. (Repairs of Shingle Roofs). Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro- hibit the repairing of any single roof within or without the fire limits, pro- vided the building is not altered in height, but this shall not be construed to permit the renewal of a shingle roof. LIGHET AND VENT SHAPTS. Sec. 10. (Light and Vent Shafts, to Have Walls of Brick). In every build- ing hereafter erected or altered, all the walls or partitions forming interior light or vent shafts, shall be built of brick, except that when the area of any such shafts does not exceed twenty-five square feet the enclosing walls or par- titions may be of such other fire-proof materials as may be approved by the chief of the fire department. (To Extend Above Roof). The walls of all light and vent shafts, whether exterior or- interior, hereafter erected, shall be carried up not less than thrae feet above the level of the roof. BEAMS AND TIMBERS. sec. 11. (Separation of Beams). All wood beams and other timbers in any wall of a building built of brick, stone, concrete or iron, shall be separated from the beam or timber entering in the opposite side of the wall by at least eight inches-of solid mason work; such separation may ‘be obtained by corbel- ing_or staggering -the beams. (Ends to Rest on Walls or Girders). Eyery wood beam, except header beams, shall rest at one end four inches in the wall, or upon a girder, unless the wall is properly corbeled out four_inches, in Which case, the brickwork or corbelling shall extend to the top of the floor beams. SKYLIGHTS. Sec. 12. (Skylights, Metal Prames and Sashes). All openings in roofs for the admission of light shall have the frames and sash thereof constructed of metal and glazed. (Wired Glass or Protected Glass). All skylights other than over elevator, stair, dumb waiter shafts, and theater stage roofs shall have metal frames and sash, glazed with wired glass not less than one-quarter inch thick, or with glass protected above and below with wire screens, of not less than No. 12 galvan- ized wire, and not more than one-inch mesh. (Wire Netting or Wired Glass). Sky- lights hereafter placed in buildings of a public character over any passageway or room of public resort, shall have im- mediately underneath the glass thereof a wire netting, unless wired glass is used. FLOOR LIGETS. Sec.' 13. (Ploor Lights, Construction for). All openings in floors for trans- mission of lights to floors below shall be covered with floor lights constructed of metal frames and bars, the glass in no case to be less than.three-quarters of an inch in thickness. (Wired Netting or Wired Glass). If ny glass in same measures more than sixteen square inches, the glass shall be provided with strong wire netting un- der the same. OPENINGS IN FLOORS AND ROOPS. Sec. 14 (Unprotectsd Openings in Floors and Roofs. Sold Covering or Inclosure). No opening in any floor or roof shall be without a solid covering or an inclosure, as provided for in this code, to prevent the communication of fire from story to story. ELEVATORS, STAIRWAYS, ETO. Sec. 15. (Inclosures for Mlevator Shafts, Etc., How Constructed). All ele- vator shafts, stairways, light wells or other shafts shall be inclosed in suit- able walls of brick, or with such other fireproof material and form of construc- tion as in the opinion of the chief of the fire department may be equally as good. (In Non-Pireproof Warehouses, Stores and Pactories Exceeding Three Stories in Height). walls in non-fireproof buildings exceed- ing three stories in height and used as ‘warehouses, stores or factories, shall be of solid brickwork. BUILDINGS WITHIN FIRE LIMITS. Sec. 16. (Prohibiting Erection of Frame Buildings). The walls of all buildings within the fire limits of the city of Bemidji, over ten feet in height at highest of roof and (or) having ground area of over 200 square feet shall be of brick or other non-combust- ible materials. (In publishing the code the boundary lines of the fire limits, if already estab- shed, should ho inserted here, other- wise should be established and insert- ed). CHIMNEYS, ETC. Sec. 17. (Chimneys and Plues—Sup. port No chimney shall be started or built upon any floor or beam of wood. (Corbelling). In no case shall a chim- ney be corbelled out more than eight inches from the wall, and in‘aM such cases the corbelling shall constst of at least five courses of brick. (Plers Supporting Chimneys). Where chimneys are supported by piers, the plers shall start from the foundation on the same line with the chimney breast,| and shall be not less than twelve inches on the face, properly bonded into tha walls, 2 (Supports for Chomney Out O Be- 1ow). When a ohimney 1is to be cut oft. below, in whole or in part, it shall be wholly supported by stone, brick, irom or steel '(Unsafe Chimneys). All " chimneys which shall be dangerous in any man- Except that the inclosure | | ner whatever, shall - be repaired and made safe, or taken down. (Smoke Pipes ana Wreechings to be (Continued onPage 2) FIELD--RILEY PROGRAM]: Last Meeting of High School Socie- ties to Be Held on Friday Afternoon. Eugene Field ang James Whitcomb Riley will be studied by. the. Fresh- man-Junior - Literary ociety at the High school tomorrow ‘afternoon at The High school musical or- sing Easter music 2:30. ganizations will under the direction Murray, en: 1. Piano duet—Ruth Riley and Gertrude Grotte. 2. Talk “Eugene Fields”—Esther Fleishman., 8. Paraphrasge, —Elizabeth Titus. 6. Talk—“James ley”—Auna Spain. 7. Clarionet solo—Harry Grin- dall. 8. “Little Orphan Annie”—Lillie Powers. . 9. “Our Hired Girl”—Elsie Kling- er. 10. “The Raggedy Man’—James Nisbet. 11. “The Palms”—Mona and Ma- bel Flesher. 12. 13. ningham. TR BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1912, JUST A FEW LEFT Not many days now until {April 1, Don't get fooled. You may think your paper will come if it is not paid for in advance but it will not, a check or money order and the paper will keep For cash in advance only: This will be the last meet- ing of the year of the High school societies. Parents have been invited, The following program will be- giv- “Twenty- Psalm”—High school sextet. 4. “Seeing’ Things”—Alvin Olson 5. “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” “Knee Deep In June”—Mar- garet Condon. “In the Spring”- i Taft a Close Second. The Mankato Free Press is taking a -trjy vote of presidential possi- bilities and at the last count the vote stood ‘as follows: Roosevelt, 497; Taft, 478; La Follette, 51; Bryan, 36; Debs, 23; Wilson, 7; and Clin- ton H. Howard, 5. . i Augusta’s Day to Celebrate. Augusta, Ga., March 21.—Augusta held a celebration today to call pub- lic attention to the fact that it has handled a half-million bales of the 1911 cotton crop since September 1 last, a record never before attained in the history of the cotton market in this city. The celebration was con- fducted by the Augusta cotton .ex- change and board of trade: . Mail . Forestmen Examined. L. F. Johnson, state fire ranger for this district, held examinations in the city hall this morning for men wishing to be appointed as patrol- men. He said that he thought there would be six vacancies in this dis- trict but that anyone passing the ex- amination would be eligible for ap- pointment elsewhere. The position pays lfbout $75 per month and is open in the dry season only. . Excursion Rates to St. Paul. Reduced' rates to St Paul have been offereq by the railroads for April 9, 10 and 11. The state Sun- day school convention will be held those jdays and the rates are offered to induce delegates to take the trip. According- to figures submitted by Reverend Flesher, there are 1,232 pastors, 2,154 superintendents, 2,500 = county and district officess, 20,125 LR CRCRCRCRCROROR R R R XX R *®* S\TENTATIVE SITE SELECTED|icochers ana 226,755 - scholers in @ THE IDEA OF im; FIRE ¢ tion. © PREVENTION SOCIETY IS TO © © MAKE IT PLAIN TO'THE PEO- © {® PLE THAT THE: POLICY ¢ © HOLDERS ARE THE . ONES ¢ SR © THAT PAY THE COST OF ¢ bt © FIRES, AND THAT THE IN- ¢ © SURANCE COMPANY PRACTICALLY B0 % COLLEOTION AGENCIES ¢ © WHICH GET A PERCENTAGE © @ FOR COLLECTING PREMIUMS. © © THE FIRE 1L0SS IN THE © @ UNITED STATES DURING © © THE MONTH OF ' JANUARY, © © AVERAGED OVER $1,000,000 © © PER DAY. THE PEOPLE PAY ¢ © FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF THIS. © IT IS THE DESIRE TG CRE- © & ATE A NATION-WIDE MOVE- © © MENT TO STOP THIS ENORM- © ©_0US FIRE WASTE, WHICH IS © © A DIRECT LOSS TO THE PEO- © © PLE, @ ¢ EVERY BUSINESS MAN IN ¢ OUR NEW RATES One year $4.00 Six months $2.00 1 Three months $1.00 East Tennessee Teachers. Johnson City, Tenn., March 21.— Members of the East Tennessee Edu- cational Association gathered:at the State Normal school here today for ‘what promises to:be the most profit- able annual meeting ever held by the lorganizstion. . ik Taken, Creamery May Begin Op- { erations in Less Than A Month. idjj iaifi have another cream- robably.-willin" W™ wonth. The commfittee: recently appointed to select a site and arrange for machin- 4 T ; Kan- ery reports that it has anoption on a | tendent James M. Greenwaod of room near the Soo ‘depot. The room {888 CLty, Dr. .3 £, Rall ot the U;i' is 24x44, and has a b ment of 36x]Versity of Tennesgee, Willlam S. Bo-, P i o close-enough" to do away | Vard of the University of Chattanoo- and_ will have a: akers Superin- of Miss. Ethel the cans'from the Soo or N. P. depots, | ¢3t0Ts: The committee states that it is also arranging for the necessary machin- Officials at Cass Lake. ery and that if the deal is completed Cass Lake, March 21.—(Special to at once, the creamery will again be in | the Ploneer)i—Many officials of the operation 'in less than thirty days.|Great Northérn ‘were in Cass Lake It is said' that the farmers favor|yesterdaydiscussing the new man- starting the creamery as soon as pos-| agement policy affecting the yards sible. 2 here. Cass Lake ig now in what is W. J. Hickerson, a merchant at|known as the Lake district of the Island. Lake, has written the commit-| Great Northern system, the change tee that as soon as the creamely 'is{ having just been made. T..E. Can- started it will be furnished the prod | non, formerly division master mech- uet from 200 cows in the Island Lake| anic, is'now general master mechanic country. - With the former creamery | of this district, and yesterday told figures at hanq it is said that the|the local men of the new policies of plant will handle the out output from |the road. The appearance of a Inge_ nearly 800 cows. number of officials here at the same time led to rumors of a new line be- ing pushed north from Cass Lake. x . third Whitcomb Ri- 4 SPLENDID TALKS, WHICH © ¢ WILL MEAN DOLLARS AND © CENTS TO BEMIDJI. THERE IS NO COLLECTION, NO IN- 4 SURANCE ‘TO BE SOLD, SIMP- ©.LY A CONFERENCE FOR THE:- © BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO © PAY FOR FIRE INSURANCE. © MR. BUSINESSMAN, YOU © OWE IT:TO YOURSELF TO BE © PRESENT. ' @ Opened by the King and Q:eel‘:l. London, March 21.—The London - 2 | Museum, - devoted to the display of “Pine Cones for Russia.. ©| many interesting relics and other ex- Jack pine cones to the total of 60,- “®| hibits intimately associated with. the|000 pounds were shipped from Be- ©| history_of the metropolis, was form-midji:yesterday = to Wellsborough, @| ally opened today by King George|New: ,_\York, where they will be put and Queen Mary. through a heating process in order to.take out the sedds. The seeds are to go: to: Russia ‘to be used in refor- estization and the cones will be used in the manufacture of turpentine. The cones were gathered by deal- n ‘Bemidji, Menahga, Park Ra- @vis, LaPorte, Cass Lake and Shevifn. They were shipped to Be- midji and stored in the Lunn ware- house until a carload was gathered. L. F. Johnson acted as agent for the -Olive Cun- POV POPOCOLOOG @ ‘|dred pounds ‘on board the car. The f.mqmr%ii’nfllmmnifii[uuuuun ‘ 4 L o | Grand Rapids, March 21.—In o der - to. get one. ticket to ride from ver to Bemidji, Jake Butler, B " depot at Deer River. negro burning the tickets The.meeting.will.con- { men; bt;we are not talking compsiny; tinue over tmorrowfAana Saturdssibinsurance todsy. with having to use a dray to carry|&® ang g_everal other well-known edu-{ - . | {government and says that the cones ~ cost the government $1.56 per hun= _aged 19, s alleged to havelgyoye gives total of 9,318. stolen=250 tickets from the Great he He is ave burned all the others in [Counties which went for Roosevelt e in the Emerson -hotel at{ang 326 for La Follette. Actual ma- er, Where he was employed | jority will probably run 10,000 to - _Boyd, also employed as a n the hotel, is said to have| TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ENORMOUS WASTE - FROM YEARS' FIRES Figures For Past Decade Make Aver- age For United States of About $250,000,000. INSURANCE RATES HIGH Will Stay So Until Hazards Are Re- duceq and the Great Loss PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT Business Men Are Invited to the Commercial Club to Hear the Experts Talk. “The average fire loss per year in the United States for the past ten years has been about $250,000,000. This is about $2.50 per capita. The per capita loss in the old countries for the same time was about thirty- three cents. We must do something, and do it at once, to cut down this enormous waste. That is why we are in Bemidji today. We are here on a campaign of education. “We will make inspections this af- ternoon and try to have the business men clean up. A reduction of the fire hazards means a reduction of the loss and consequently a reduction of the premiums. The insurance com- panies must collect enough in premi- ums to cover the losses, and rates will not be reduceq until the losses are decreased. We are insurance We are ~ talking’ brevention. I wish that every Be- midji business man could be present at the Commercial club tonight to ‘hear what we have to-say.” ‘W. 0. Chamberlain, one of the vis- iting insurance men, spoke as above to a representative of the -Ploneer this afternoon. Twenty members of the Minnesota Fire Prevention so- ciety came over from Crookston this noon and after dinner at once started the inspections of local business bulldings. Mr. Chamberlain also ad- dressed the students of the High school. . At 8 p. m. this evening, a public meeting will be held in the rooms of the Commercial club and business men have been urged to be present. This meeting will be addressed by Messrs. Chamberlain, King, Colburn, ang Wallace. R. W. Schimmel, vice- president of the Minnesota associa- tion, will preside. Other members. tary; A. M. Wallace, of the state fire marshal’s office; Dan' McNamara; C. W. Cartright; W. M. Higley; E. F. Wirth; H. J. Gibson; C. A. Merritt; W. H. Zingg: H. L. Bruen; D. D. Daly; F. E. Nelson; J. C. Durfee; and L. Fi Daniel. EXTRA Grand Forks, March 21—(Special were pald $1.00 per hundred|,; tno pioneer at 3:30)—1164 out “mm [ e 1t cost $ .56 for drayage and . ‘ R ‘ Wanted to Get Here Badly. o It et S Y el X of 1661 precincts in 45 counties re- port as follows: La Follette, 25,088: Roosevelt, 17,090; Taft 1,176. In lette’s majority estimated 1,820. Ac- tual majority is 7,998, which will ot the 497 -precincts still out, 171 are in. 10,500, the theft from tim and{ Grand_ Forks, March 21.—M. F. me public, resulting|Murphy . % '8 The “colored heaing here today befo TOEY. 2 boy [Granq :Forks by a majority of 9 "lmuris'en NISTORIGAL . " seoIETY. : ‘who are here are Louis L. Law, secre- . four counties not returned, La Fol- -