Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1919 — CITY FIRE HOUSE TO GO [ARTICLE]

CITY FIRE HOUSE TO GO

STATE FIRE MARSHAL CONDEMNS CITY BUILDING AND ISSUES ORDERS. ' Assistant State Fire Marshal - H. N. Styner, of Montmorenci, -vas in Rensselaer this week and issued the following orders: __ * The city fire engine house must be torn down within sixty days. Orders relative to the Leek hitch barn have been suspended for a short time pending the sale of the building. Star Theatre ordered to clear back eaciL——-—— - ——~— —«= Gayety building ordered equipped with spring release doors and the booth ordered changed. All garages of the city to be heated only with steam or hot water. Already the hard hand of the Indiana fire marshal has been felt in Rensselaer and as a result a number of dangerous fire traps have been wrecked. Among them were lhe-.White-..baro T which was used by Kuboske & Walter as a garage; the building occupied by the Fancy Produce Market 1 operated by C. E. Pior, which has been torn down. Kellner & Callahan beat the* fire marshal to it and had their wooden frame building wrecked before the marshal had given them his order. With these dangerous buildings fo’rii down the insurance rates in "this city should: Be lowered and the possibility of fire greatly reduced.