The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . t under wayanu)ng buildings of fire-resistive construc-tion with properly protected window open-ings. Having thus fortified city buildings oneagainst the other, extensive fires within in-dividual structures can be prevented by theuse of the now well-established automaticsprinkler system. The automatic sprinklerapplies the water without the help of hinnanagencies while the fire is still incipient. Itwill operate in a dense smoke as well as ina clear It will not throw ex-cessive deluges of water in wrong places asthe fir
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . t under wayanu)ng buildings of fire-resistive construc-tion with properly protected window open-ings. Having thus fortified city buildings oneagainst the other, extensive fires within in-dividual structures can be prevented by theuse of the now well-established automaticsprinkler system. The automatic sprinklerapplies the water without the help of hinnanagencies while the fire is still incipient. Itwill operate in a dense smoke as well as ina clear It will not throw ex-cessive deluges of water in wrong places asthe fire departnienls ,ire continually forcedto do. With our window openings pro-tected and our buildings equipped with suchexlinguishers, the conflagration liazar<i inmercantile districts will Ik- will then renuin for considerationour innnensi- residence districts constructedalmost wholly of wikmI surrounding themercantile centers, like fagots arounil afiuieral pyre. We can lessen the loss hereby the abolition of the use of wooden•.
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