New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-02

character and substance Of construc.io,
| and interior nnish. say 20 ~ 7o~s'
Thetoundations and cellar walls 70 b,
started upon two courses of blue stones
of extra size, we'll bedded on the natu
raj ground, and flushed In solid with aoot
cement mortar. All the foundations to q
down To solid natural ground, and wher
ever this or it, equivalent can not be OBJ
tained, recourse must be had to pile fonn-
dations. sd. hLa sag
The basement and cellar walls will bl
built with best blue-stone masonry, laid
in 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 ter 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 re-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 q
layer of hair-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
fire from one story to another. ..s q s..
The floors of lobby and private en-
frances to the upper stores will be laid
with encaustic Eogiish tile, and the rest of
the floors Of this and the upper stories of
best narrow North Carolina piAe.
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
| fre-proof compartments formed by sub.
stantial brick partition walls, but the
minor subdivisions will b. formed by
studded partitions, thoroughly bridged
aud trussed where necessary, all plastered
in, three-coat work with hard finish, pro-
portionate sornices, plaster caps, and CEN
the more prominent rooms.
The outside walls must be stripped and
iathed, preparatory to plastering.
All the windows to have double box
frames aud 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-quarler 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 aud
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-hoes 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 manufGture,
sufficiently strong for the different pur.
poses, aud in elegance graduated tor the
different stories and departments.
Particular attention must be paid to the |
successful aud substantial execution of |
the plumbers work, with galvanized iron |
supply-pipes for Potomac water, sufficient
ly large to feed 6re-plugs for tvo-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 bah room,
or section OF the work, Independently, SO
as to reduce the incon!eniences to the
particular locality where any repairs may
be required hereafter. These aop-cocks
must be connected by tubes with the
waste-pipes, SO as to empty The pipes
without the possibility or injury to the
building All the plumbers fixtures, such
washstands, water-closets, urnaries, and
bath-tubs, must be of the besi and most
patterns and manufacture; all
of them will have Independent large-sized
stink traps, with trap-screws to afford best
for removing any distractions,
All this plumbers work in upper stories
must be set on lined doors. which
must be connected by trapped tubes with
the waste-pipes, so as not II expose the
rooms to any contingencies of overHows
by leaks in the connections OF fixtures
with pipes. All the wash-tays and sinks
to be of soapstone or enaneled iron; the
washstands for principal stories to have
China bowls and coun;ersunk marble
slabs; for basement, entrince story, and
and upper stories, the washstands will
consist of enameled iron.
The public water-closets to have self
acting hopper closets; tie private closets
to be pan-lever pull CLOSETS; all the bath
tubs to be copper planisaed with seamless
bottom, to be set on wll-boxes, let into
the lead-lined floors. The plumbers
work for principal stoy bath-tubs will all
be provided with slyer-plated cocks,
plugs, and chains. Lead lined small
tanks with bells and ball cocks for
The supply OF evoporating pans of the
,ol chambers. so IS to supply moist
ire TO the heated air throughout the
9ouse.
No waste-pipe to be less than two inches,
md no soil pipe to be less than five
inches. interior diameter, and all to be
aud well connected with and
trapped from the main sewer pipes lead
ug to the canal. Three-inch main gas
pipes to be introduced for the supply of
he house, and 10 be properly graduated
throughout all hhe rooms, corridors, and
of the house, stop-cocks 10 be To-
reduced in sufficient number, SO as to
Enable the gas to be shut off Immediately
rom any section of the building where
my alarm of fire may be given. All the
painting through the house, outside and
inside, to be done in four coats, with best