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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1913

Page

10

Public Theater Safety Code Provisions Open to Theatres

Detailed fire and structural requirements for theaters and public amusements including entrances open courts corridors balconies stairs fireproof construction and egress standards. Regulations mandate fire department approval, fireproof doors windows and walls, clear exits in all tiers, and separation of stage from auditorium with brick walls and fireproof curtains and fittings.

Avery Dave Rei Comonce

Theater Fire Safety Code Excerpt Details Curtain and Exit Rules

The text outlines stage curtain construction with reinforced asbestos material, weighted bottom bar, and emergency release via a floor level check rope. It prescribes iron or steel fly galleries, noncombustible finishes, ventilation, and fire doors. Dressing rooms, exits, and stairs must meet strict fireproof standards, with clear width, handrails, and separate egress for galleries.

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Fire safety requirements for theater stage and exits

Special notice outlines fireproof construction standards for a theater including automatic sliding fire doors, standpipes with five thousand gallon gravity and additional supply options, sprinklers, and extensive lighting and gas electric controls. It mandates Siamese connections, dedicated hose and pail provisions, extinguishers, axes, hooks, and chief of fire department approval, plus illuminated EXIT signage and printed exit diagrams on programs.

Auatorium Eeter Additin Fire Department National Board of Fire Underwriters Soc

Unsafe Buildings Section 122 Power to Condemn and Repair

The Building Inspector may declare any dangerous building unsafe for reasons like walls, construction, or fire risk. The owner must promptly repair or secure it. a conspicuous notice may be posted and licenses can be revoked for noncompliance. In urgent cases the Inspector may enter and secure or demolish at the owner's expense with fire department assistance.

Fire Department

Enforcement duties under city ordinance defined

Section 123 assigns primary enforcement to the Building Inspector with police health and fire departments sharing enforcement duties. The text specifies which city offices bear responsibility and how enforcement is to be carried out.

Departments of Police, Health and Fire

Building Inspection Provisions And Enforcement Rules

The ordinance outlines actions by the Building Inspector to pursue civil proceedings with the City Solicitor for violations, while preserving criminal penalties. It authorizes the City Solicitor to sue in the city's name, and confirms non-exclusion of criminal prosecutions. A Board of Appeal may review inspector decisions, with three qualified members and defined procedures. Violations carry misdemeanor penalties from five to two hundred dollars or more, with separate offenses for continued violations and for certain construction personnel aiding violations.

Cnly Board of Apeal Board of Appeal Fire Department

Fees for permits in San Antonio 1913 ordinance

The City of San Antonio outlines permit fees for building work from thresholds under 25 to over 5000 dollars with a 0.1 percent cap on large projects, all fees payable to the City Treasurer monthly. Also repeals and supplements prior ordinances, posting dates January 13 1913.

City of San Antonio Douereis Cks Wesc Escevens vsheeOe Domats Cos Denver Boulevard Tex South Hackberry St Mittman Clinton G. Brown Fred Fries Phat Alans

San Antonio School Bonds Election Notice and Details

A long notice from 1913 outlines the San Antonio Independent School District bond election set for July 18 1913. It lists ward locations for polling, voting rules, bond amount of 300 000 dollars at five percent interest, a 40 year term with a 20 year call option, and a three cent tax levy. It also names officials Frederick Terrell and E G LeStourgeon and provides official proclamation language and witness signatures.

Texas Bexar San Antonio Exar County Board of Trustees San Antonio Independent Board of San Antonio Independent School District Vodiie’s Tin Shop Trevino Military Plaza Hillyer- Deutsch-Jarratt Lumber Yard Flores St Flores and Cassiano Sts Lamm Avenue E Austin St Schneider's Corner Ave Newell Ave Hauger’s Chestnut and Dawson Sts Mason Calhoun St Keiff's Lamarr St Brackenridge N. Centre Hackberry Sts Lafitte St Indiana St Pine and Montana Sts Cuney Santa Clara St Brackenridge High School Alamo St Mission Garden Stricker’s Place S. Presa St Riverside Park A. D Albert Meyer Vodine’s Tin Shop Edwin Routledge Hillyer-Deutsch-Jarratt Lumber Co J. May Cansiano Sts Applewhite Lamm’s Place, 2807 8. Flores S1. “Ward 2: Val Mechiler Pecos St E. Braggs Colima Brazos Sts Richard Craig Prospect Hill L. V. Fest S. Medina W. R. Camp Cameron St Irving M. Dietz West End Lumber Co Joe Carle Jr Morin’s W. Commerce St Douglas Cater Lopez and Colorado Sts Dave A. Meyer West End Bandera St Paul Meerscheidt San Pedro Ave Frank Hicks Emerson's Main Ave Tarver Bee H. T. Cunningham Luter’s Corner N Agarita Ave Sar Eldridge Brooklyn Ave J. K. Boles Main Avenue Gustave Frasch Louis W. Degen George Caen J. T. Raybold Hauger’s Meat Market J. M. Kincaid Mason St Otto Kreter Thos, McGee Keiff’s Lamar St Max Rotter Brackenridge Colored School Hackberry Wm. Jonas Lafitte W. H. Kennon Indiana P. L. Ripley Corner Aug D. Heubaum Cuney Colored School O. B. Black H. J. Huppertz Wm. Ruppersberg Frederick Terrell E. G. Lestourgeon San Antonio Independent School San Antonio School Board

City Hack Stand Adopts New Number 753

City Hack Stand announces a new phone line 753 for emergencies and rides day or night. The old Crockett 263 line remains available.

Crockett Broad Ave Laurel Heights

Help Wanted Ads Across San Antonio Area

A dense clash of classified help wanted notices listing opportunities in bookkeeping shorthand typing auto school massaging wood cutting sheet metal baking barbering blacksmith and hotel porter roles plus early deadline for late ads with hour limits and telephone submission options.

San Antonio Business College Alamo Plasa Colorado Ave Indianapolis Ind Harlandale Bath House Eagle Employment CO W. Houston St New 421 Eagle Sheet Metal Works E. Commerce St ER. H. Doyle Rosanky Tex Chicago International Auto School E. Houston St San Antonio

Positions For All Kinds In Situation Wanted Ads

Classified notices show various help wanted and rental ads. Entries list tasks such as pastry cook and domestic work, a small girl for morning duties, and a colored woman for cooking and laundry, with contact addresses in San Antonio area and notes on advertising rates.

Matthews Losoya W. Quincy G. A. Duerler Mfg. Co W. Commerce W. Woodlawn Bandera St West End Qld Crockett Leonard Baker King William St Magnolia Ave

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