New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-24
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY, JUNE a. 1870
character and substance of construction
and interior finish.

o character and substance of constructio
and interior finish.
!, The foundations and cellar walls to b
IS started upon two courses of blue stone.
q OF extra size, we'll bedded on the natu
raj ground, and flushed in solid with goo
g cement mortar. All the foundations to e
9 down to solid natural ground, and whel
!, ever this or its equivalent can not be oh
); tanned, recourse must be had to pile foun
:, dations.
+ The basement and cellar walls will b.
built with best blue-stone masonry, lai,
. IN cement mortar; the floors OF CELLAR
l and basement to consist of layer of con
crete, consisting of cement, brickbats ant
. broken stones in due proportions and O
aproportlonate thickness for the differen
purposes. The floors to be laid upon thi:
substratum OF cement will consist O
bricks, pure cement or wooden flooring,
as the considerations of safety, health and
comfort OF the occupants will require.
, The ceiling of the cellar, or, rather,
hoor OF the entrance story, will be con.
structed fire-proof, of rolled iron beams
with Intermediate brick arches wherever
any remote danger may be appre-
hended, but those sections between the
stores and their cellars will be laid with
wooden Jolsts, the intervals between which
Will be counter-ceiled and filled in with a
layer OF halr-mortar two inches thick. ALI
the wooden floors of the building which
separate the upper stories will be con-
structed with these same precautions
against the progress or communication of
nre from one story to another.
The floors Of lobby and private en-
frances to the upper stories will be laid
with encanstlc Eoglish tile, and the rest of
the floors of this and the upper stories of
best narrow North Carolina pine.
| All the principal partitions of entrance
story to be constructed OF brick work,
| The fronts of the stores to consist
mainly OF French plate glass of first quail
| ty, set in hardwood finish.
The upper stories will be divided off by
what externally shows as pavilions, into
flre-proof compartments formed by SUBJ
stantial brick partition walls, but the
minor subdivisions will be formed by
studded partitions, thoroughly bridged
and trussed where necessary, all plastered
IN three-coat work with hard finish. pro-
portlonate sornices, plaster caps, and CEN
ire pieces OF ornamental stuccO work for
the more prominent rooms.
The outside walls must be stripped and
lathed, preparatory to plastering.
All the windows to have double box
frames and one and three inch thick sash |
All the sash of fronts to be in imitation |
OF French sash, to be glazed with best |
crystal sheet-glass of double thickness, |
they, as we'll as the rear windows to have |
boxed inside shutters. Door frames and |
modern-styled interior doors to be one |
and three-quarer inches thick. The |
trimmings of windows and doors to con-
sist OF heavy and bold mouldings, well |!
proportloned in width and projections,
and graduated for the different stories,
ALI the wash-boards to have sub-bases,
screwed to the floors and top holdings.
Inc roots and cupola must be framed and
trussed in best and scientific manner. All
the rooms inside the Mansard roof to be
studded out square. Well-secured and
largest sized sky-lights will run for the
whole length of the longitudinal corridors,
so as to introduce an abundance of light
and ventilation by means of shafts. Or
sk3lights on top of well-holes of
stairs will also serve for this purpose.
Ornamental and heavy marble mantels ,
for all the principle rooms. All the
hardware required will he of /
The best American manufacture, s
sufficiently strong for the different pur. {
poses, aud in elegance graduated Tor the |
different stories and departments. '
Particular attention must be paid to the T
uccessful and substantial execution of q
he plumbers work, with galvanized iron y
upply.pipes tor Potomac water, sufficient a
: large to feed fre-plugs for two-inch b
ose in each and every story. Globe t,
alves or compression stop-cocks must be s
Introduced IN sufficient numbers to shut d
# each story, and again, each bath room,
section of the work, independently, so D
to reduce the Inconvenience to the s,
articular locality where any repairs may %
9 required hereafter. These stop-cocks c,
lust be connected by tubes with the S
aste-pipes, so as to empty the pipes n
ithout the possibility Of injury to the %
nilding. All the plumbers fixtures, such St
stationary wash-trays, ranges, sinks,
assistants, water-closets, primaries, and So
ath-tubs, must be of the best aud most W
oproved patterns and manufacture: all in
them will have Independent, larg sized N
ink traps, with trap-screws to afford best su
cllties for removing any distractions. in
Ii this plumbers work in upper stories az
ust be set on lead-ined floors. which or
ust be connected by trapped tubes with tn
e waste-pipes, so as not to expose the su
oms to any contingencies of overhows Sc
: leaks in the connections of fixtures G.
tn pipes. All the wash-trays and sinks th
be OF soapstone or enameled iron; the alb
'shstands for principal stories to have tn,
INA bowls and countersunk marble to
lbs; for basement, entrance story, and ms
d upper stories, the washstands will flo
INSIST of enameled iron.
The public water-closets to have self ma
ing hopper closets; the private closets be-
be pan-lever pull closets; all the bath be.
os to be copper planished with seamless aft
tom, to be set on weEl-boxes. let into the
lead-lined floors. The plumbers of
TX for principal story bath-tubs will all orr
provided with silver-plated cocks, ira
gs, and chains. Lead lined small fro
ks with bells and bail cocks for lai,
supply of cooperating pans of the {
chambers, so as to supply moist SGT
to the heated air throughout the sha
lse. mo-
70 waste-pipe to be less than two inches, lar
no soil pipe to be less than five sec
hes, interior diameter, and all to be dis
urely and well connected with and all
oped from the main sewer pipes lead to
to the canal. Three-inch main gas VIII,
es to be introduced for the supply of
house, and to be properly graduated n
oughout all the roo ms, corridors. and 49,
sages OF the house, stOp-cocks 10 be ill., XwL
iuced IN sufficient number, SO as to 49,
BILE the gas to be shut off Immediately :. w.
any section of the building where y0r
alarm of fire. NAV he orivap All +bo | Wei