Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1915 — Fire Marshal Says Gasoline Must Go Underground. [ARTICLE]

Fire Marshal Says Gasoline Must Go Underground.

A general crusade has been undertaken by the state fire marshal department, to put gasoline underground in Indiana. Hundreds of orders have been issued already and the enforcement will be undertaken at once on the expiration of forty days’ time allowed to obey. The penalty provided for each day’s neglect to obey the order is a fine of from $lO to $S°. K . The files in the state.fire marshal department are eloquent in arguments in favor of the underground storage tank. Accidents often fatal in their results are of almost daily occurrence in the state. One of the greatest menaces »to firemen in fighting incipient blazes. is found in gasoline stored in cleaning and tailoring establishments above ground. This class of risks has received special attention. Prosecutions for failure to obey orders will be made under the general fire marshal law of 1913. The storage of gasoline up to ten gallons in an approved safety can is permitted above ground. Greater quantities must be put underground.

The price of wheat has dedined and we are giving you the benefit of same. Monogram Flour >1.75; White Star Flour $1.65. Your money back if you want it.—Bowles A Parker.