Daily globe., 1883-06-28

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Sec. 35. All business buildings being
more than fifty six feet high, covering an
area of more than five thousand superficial
feet; also, all buildings exceeding eighty
feet in heigth, shall have a two and one
half inch Tor larger) metallic stand pipe
within or near the front wall, extending
above the roof, and arranged SO that
engine hose can be attached from the
street. All hose couplings shall conform
to the size and pattern adopted by the
fire department.
Sec. Sc. All buildings having an area
exceeding ten thousand superficial feet,
and more than forty feet high; also, all
buildings having an area exceeding six
thousand superficial feet, and being more
than ffty-six feet high shall have all their
floors deadened with mortar or its equiva-
lent, spread at least one inch thick.
Sec. 81. All floor beams, joists and
headers shall be kept at least two inches
clear of any wall enclosing a fire fue or
chimney breast, and the space left between
the framing and such fue shall be filled
solid with gagged mortar, to be a heavy
coat of plastering put on the walls of such
tiues before any other wood work shall be
placSQ against It
Sec. 80. All hearths, for ordinary fire
places, shall rest on timber arches, the
header kept at least eighteen inches from
face of chimney b reast. The back of all
fire places shall be not less than eight inches
thick; all stove pipe holes to have proper
thimbles and shoppers.
Sec. 80. Ends of ioists or beams en-
tering brick wall shall be cut so as not
to disturb the brick work by any detection
or breaking of the ioists or beams.
All such joists or timbers entering a
party or division wall from opposite sides
shall have at least four inches of solid
brick work between the ends of such tim.
bers or ioists. All buildings for residence
and business purposes shall have the brick
project not less than one and one-hall
inches inside of the face of the wall, be
tween the joists of each floor and ceiling
| joists.
Sec. 40. Joists and girder5 in any
building shall be of proper dimensions
| to sustain the load designed to be placed
upon them; girders may rest upon pier:
of brick or stone, or upon colums of wooG
or iron of proper dimension
All floor joists shall be properly bridged
with cross bridging. All headers in fiool
framing of business buildings that are
placed at a greater distance than two
feet from the end of a trimmer shall be
fixed in proper iron stirrups.
Wooden ceilings in shops, stores and
store houses are prohibited.
Sec. Al. Plank or board partitions in
any one story shall not aggregate more
than three hundred and fifty
superficial feet. Partitions in
hotel buildings and tenement houses, made
of scantling to be lathed and plastered,
shall be filled in with brick work eight
inches high, in best manner. Scantling
partitions shall not be employed as sup
porters of any floor or roof Except dwell
ing houses.)
Sec. AZ. Stairways shall not be enclos-
ed with partitions made of plank. boards,
both sides, or covered with metal.
Sec. 43. Hoistway openings shall have
trap doors covered with metals on the
under side) on all floors except where ele-
vators are used, with sufficient guards for
protection during the hours of business
and said doors shall be kept closed at all
other times.
Sec. A. All stores, storehouses, mills
and manufactures that may hereafter be
erected in st. Paul, which are more than
two stories high, shall have doors, blinds,
or shutters, made of fre-p,oof metal, on
every window and entrance where the
same do not open on a street, or are with
IN fifty feet of any opposite building
When in any such buildings the shutters,
blinds or doors cannot be put on the out
side. they shall be put on the inside and
hung upon iron eyes or frames independ-
ent of any wood work; shutters above the
first story to be arranged so that they can
be opened from the outside. Prlsmatic
lights IN iron frames shall be regarded as
an equivalent to iron shutters.
Sec. 45 All buildings, except sucn as
are used for private residences exclusively,
in the city of st. Paul of three or more
stories in height, shall be provided with
one or more metallic ladders, or metallic
fire escapes, extending from the first story
to the upper stories of such building, and
above the roof and on the outer walls
thereof, in such location and numbers, and
of such material AMI construction as the
inspector of buildings may determine.
After such determination by said inspec-
tor of buildings, he may at
any time by notice in writing served up
on the owner, lessee or occupant of any
such building, by leaving with such owner,
lessee or occupant, or at his or their resi-
dence or place of business, copy of such
notice, require such owner, lessee or occu-
pant, or either of them, to cause such
metallic ladder or fire escape to, be placed
upon such building within thirty days
after the service of such notice. Provided,
holceUer, that all buildings more than two
stories high, used for manufacturing pur-
poses, shall have one metallic ladder for
every twenty-five persons, or less, employ
ed above the second story, or a fire. proof
stairway.
Sec. 46. In case such owner, lessee or
occupant, or either Of them so served with
notice as aforesaid, shall not, within thirty
days after the service of such notice upon
him or them, place, or cause to be placed
such metallic ladder, or fire escape upon
such building, as required by this article
and the terms of such notice, he or they
shall be subject to fine of not less than
ten or more than one hundred dollars, and
to further fine Cf fifty dollars for each
week of such neglect to comply with such
notice after the service of the same.
Sec. ~. The egre5s openings, and stair
ways of theatres or other rooms wherein
crowds of people occasionally assemble.
or wherein large numbers of employees