New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-21

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 go
down to solid natural ground, and wher-
ever thisur itgequivsleHt ean-noe % ODD
taiued, recourse must be had to pile feun-
dations. - =. L.
The basement and cellar walls will be
built With best blue-stone masonry, laid
in cement mortar; the floors yot cellars
and basement to consist OF o layer Of con-
crete, consisting Of cement, Cbrtckbats ana
broken stones in due proportions ana OF
aproportionate thickness tor the dlnerent
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, vlhsbe con-
structed fre-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, theintervals between which
will be counter-ceiled aud filed in with q
layer of bairsmortar 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
fire from one story to another.
The floors OF lobby and private en-
frances to the upper st0rieswiu be laid
with encaustic English tile, and the rest Of
the floors of-this and the upper stories OF
best narrow North Carolina pine. os.. C..
4 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. zen f''
The upper stories will be divided off by
what externally shows as pavilions,y into
fire. proof compartments formed by SUBJ
stantial brick partition i 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, pilastsr.caps, and CEN
ire pieces of ornamental stucco work for
the more prominent rooms. -45f
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 well rs the rear windows to have
boxed inside shutters. Door frames and
modera-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
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. 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 SKY lights On top of well-holes of
stairs will also serve for this purpose.
Ornaments! 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
supply-pipes for Potomac water, sufficient
ly large to feed fre-plags 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,
washstands, 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
the waste-pipes, so as not to expose the
rooms to any contingencies of overHows
by leaks in the connections of fixtures
with pipes. All the wash-trays and sinks
to be of soapstone or enameled iron; the
wristbands for principal stories to have
China bowls and countersunk marble
slabs; for basement, entrance story, and
and upper stories, the washstands will
consist Of enameled iron. /
The public water-closets to have self
acting hopper closets; the private closets
to be pan-lever pull closets; all the bath
tubs to be copper planished with seamless
bottom, to be set on well-boxes, let into
the lead-lined floors. The plumbers
work for principal story bath-tubs will all
be provided with silver-plated cocks,
plugs, and chains. Lead lined small
tanks with bells and ball cocks for
the supply of cooperating pans Of the
coil chambers, so as to supply moist
ure TO the heated air throughout the
house.
No waste-pipeto be less than two inches,
and no soil pipe to be less than five
inches, interior diameter, and all to be
securely and we'll connected with and
trapped from the main sewer pipes lead
ing to the canal. Three-inch main gas
pipes to be introduced for the supply of
the house, and to be properly graduated
throughout all the rooms, corridors, and
passages of the house, stop-cocks to be in-
troduced in sufficient number, so as to
enable the gas to be shut off Immediately
from any section of the building where
any alarm of fire may be given. All the