New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-05

PUBLICAN, ITU&duAx.
Wh69c0er tkoy ~ expoC = ~ destru0.
Nv AIkeuby 81 DE e1imentH. WIN be Of cast
or Rrnueht iron, and bronzed. The she'll Of
~ hull ding, refpectivel the substance ana
fin1ih Of 10 exterior being thus clearly
de4aed, We now proceed to specify t0es
character and substance of construction
md interior finish. . -.
I'd The foundations and cellar walls to be
started upon two courses OF blue stones,
q extra size, we'll bedded on the natu-
sst ground, and flushed in solid with good
cement mortar. All the foundations, to 60
down to solid natural ground, and wher-
ever this or its equivalent can not be OBJ
tanned, recourse must be had to pile foun-
dAtions. soae q..n
The basement and cellar walls will be
built with best blue-stone masonry, laid
Ia cement mortar; the floors OF cellars
and basement to consist Of layer OF con-
crete, consisting Of cement, brickbats and
broken stones in due proportions and Of
. proportionate thickness fer the different
purposes. The floors to be laid upon this
substratum OF cement will consist OF
bficke, 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,
floor 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 joists, the intervals between which
will be counter-ceiled and filed in with
layer of bair-mortar two inches thick. All
the wooden floors of the building which
separate the upper stories will be con-
against the progress or communication of
fire from one story to another. r
The floors of lobby and private en-
frances to the upper stories will be laid
with encaustic Eoglish tile, and the rest of
the floors Of this and the upper stories of
best narrow North Carolina pine.
90 AL 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
fife-proof compartments formed by sub
stantial brick partition walls. but the
minor subdivisions will be formed by
studded partitions, thoroughly bIidged
and trussed where necessary. all plastered
in sthree-coat work with hard finish, pro-
portionate sornices, pilasteE caps, and CEN
ire pieces of ornamental stdcco work for
the more Dr0mineot rooms. WEI -'.-
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-quarier inches thick. The
trimmings of windows and doors to con-
sist of heavy and bold mouldings, well
proportioned in width and projections,
and graduated for the different stories.
All the wash-boards to have sub-bases,
screwed to the floors and top holdings.
The roofs and cupola must be framed and
trussed in best and scientific manner. All
the rooms inside the Mansard roof to be
studded out square. Weil-secured and
largest sized sky-ights 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
namental skylights 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 be of
the best American manufacture,
sufficiently strong for the different pur.
poses, and in elegance graduated tor the
different stories and departments.
Particular attention must be paid to the
successful and substantial execution Of
the plumbers work, with galvanized iron
tor Potomac water, sufficient
~ large to feed fre-plugs for two-inch
hose in each and every story. Globe
valves or compression stop-cocks must be
introduced 10 sufficient numbers to shut
off each story, and again, each bath room,
or section of the work, independently, SO
as to reduce the inconveniences to the
particular locality where any repairs may
be required hereafter. These stop-cocks
must be connected by tubes with the
so as to empty the pipes
without the possibility or injury to the
building. All the plumbers fixtures, snch
% stationary wash-trays, ranges, sinks,
water-closets, urinaries, and
bath-tubs, must be of the best and most
approved patterns and manufacture; all
Of them will have Independent, large-sized
stink traps, with trap-screws to afford best
facilities for removing any distractions.
All this plumbers work in upper stories
must be set on lead-ined floors, which
must be connected by trapped tubes with
rooms to any contingencies of overaows
BY leaks in the connections Of fixtures
With pipes All the wash-trays and sinks
o be of soapstone or enameied iron; the |
Tashstands for principal stories to have |
china bowls and ,countersunk marble |
labs; for basement, entrance story, and
md upper stories, the washstands will |
consist of enameled iron.
The public water-closets to have self |
Icting hopper closets; the private closets
% be pan-lever pull closets; all the bath
ubs to be copper planished with seamless
bottom, to be set on well-boxes, let into |
he lined floors, The plumbers
york for principal story bath-tubs will all
70 provided with silver-plated cocks,
Jugs, and chains. Lead lined small |
anks with bells and ball cocks for |
he supply of cooperating pans of the
oil chambers, so as to supply moist
ire to the heated air throughout the
ouse.
No waste-pipe to be less than two inches,
nd no soil pipe to be less than five
inches, interior diameter, and all to be
ecurely aad we'll connected with and
raped from the main sewer pipes lead
ng to the canal. Three-inch main gas