New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-22

character and substance Of construction

character and substance of construction
and interior finish.
The foundations and cellar walls to be
started upon two courses OF blue stones
of extra size, we'll bedded on the natu
raj ground, and flushed in solid with good
cement mortar. All the foundations to &c
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.
The basement and cellar walls will be
built with best blue-stone masonry, laid
in cement mortar; the floors OF cellars
and basement to consist of laSer of con-
crete, consisting of cement, brickbats and
broken stones in due proportions and OF
proportionate thickness for the different
purposes. The floors to be laid upon this
substratum OF cement will consist Of
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,
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-celed and filed in with a
| layer of hair-mortar two inches thick. All
| 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
| fire from one story TO another.
The floors of lobby and private en-
frances to the upper stories will be laid
| with encaustic English 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 of by
what externally shows as pavilions, into
fire-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 three-coat work with hard finish, pro-
portionate sornices, plaster caps, and CEN
tre pieces of ornamental stucco work for
the more prominent rooms.
The outside walls must be stripped and
lathed, preparatory to plasterlng.
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 well as the rear windows to have
boxed inside shutters. Door frames and
modern-styled interior doors to be one
and three-quar'er inches thick. The
trimmings of windows and doors to con-
sist of heavy and bold mouldings, well
proportional 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.
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
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 he 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
ly large to feed fre-plugs for two-inch
hose in each and every story. Globe
valves or compression stop-cocks must be
introduced in sufficient numbers to shut
off each story, and again, each bath room,
or section OF the work, independently, so
as to reduce the Inconvenience to the
particular locality where any repairs may
be required hereafter. These stop-cocks
must be connected by tubes with the
waste-pipes, so as to empty the pipes |
without the possibility Of injury to the |
building. All the plumbers fixtures, such |
as stationary wash-trays, ranges, sinks, |
water-closets, primaries, 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-lined floors. which |
must be connected by trapped tubes with
the waste-pipes, SO as not to expose the
rooms to any contingencies Of over1ows
by leaks in the connections of fixtures
with pipes. All the wash-trays and sinks
10 be of soapstone or enameied iron; the
for principal stories to have
China bowls and countersunk marble
,labS. for basement entranca storp and |
md upper stories, the Wristbands will
consist of enameled iron.
The public water-closets to have self
acting hopper closets; the private closets
% be pan-lever pull closets; all the bath
ubs to be copper planished with seamless
POTION, to be set on well-boxes, let into
he lead lined floors. The plumbers
work 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 and we'll connected with and
raped from the main sewer pipes lead
ng to the canal. Three-inch main gas
ipes to be introduced for the supply of
he house, and to be properly graduated
throughout all the rooms, corridors, and
passages Of the house, stOp-cocks 10 be in-
reduced in sufficient number, so as to
nable the gas to be shut off Immediately
rom auy section of the buildinp where