The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-14
OFFICIAL.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Continued from Fifth Page.

hight, except where walls are faced win
brick in running bond. and in which case the
racing shau be tea with blind headers cut in
diagonally, and the backing tied as above
stated All brick shall be well wet in dry
weather.
,. Where walls are faced with stone. the
facing shall be tied 10 the backing either
with stone headers or with iron crau1s9s. at
least once In every ten square feet OF Surface
All walls are TO be built to a line and carry mn
plumb and straight.
3. All walls shall have foundations Of At
least i've courses high, Of which the foDr
upper courses shall project eight inches and
the lower two courses built plumb. No re-
ceSSes for water or other pines shall he made
in any wall more than one. third OF It's tbic,
ness. and the recess around said pipe or mines
shall be hlled up with solid masonry for
the space OF one foot on the top
and bottom of each story.
1. In all furred walls the course of brick
above the underside and below the ton OF
each tier Of floor beams shall project the
thickness of the furring. to more efectuaIlv
prevent the spread OF fire.
Sec. l3-Mortar.-lhe sand used for NOR
tar shall be free from loan, clean ana Sharn
and to be OF equal quality to standard sam
Piles in office Of building inspector. Lime and
cement must be fresh, of good quality and
not air slaked; cement mortar shall he
made in the proportion ofnot more than three
parts sand and one part cement and shall he
mixed up in small quantities and used before
1t begins to set. Lime mortar shall be made
in proportions of not more than four m rts
sand to one part lime.
:. The tootlngs, foundations and basement
walls up to one foot ABOVE ground level base
ment piers, parapet walls and chimney tops
are to be laid in a cement mortar
Sec: l4.-WaHs to be Anchored.-In every
building walls running parallel with floor
beams are to be anchored with each tier of
beams at intervals OF not more than eight
feet apart, with wrought iron anchors made
OF one and one.hau oy threeeighths bar, to
extend over at least three joists spiked to
same. The wall end to be a star or .'X''
shape of not less than $50 square inches
bearing, or of such other shape as the in
spector OF buildings may approve. The walls
running at right angles TO the beams TO he
anchored at intervals of not over eight feet
with wrought iron bars and crosses as speci
ned above, or with cast iron plates having
Tugs turned down into wall and Tugs on tor
surface with beams notched over same.
2. In no case are wooden bond timhers to be
used.
g. No brick wall OF over eight feet in length
shall be supported on wooden glrder. nor
snail two or more openings having wooden
lintels be built ad Joining unless a brick pier
of sufficient size intervenes.
Sec. l5.-Areas. observations into side.
walks or lanes in front or rear of any building
for areas or vaults shall lie permitted, pro
Vlded such excavations do not extend into
the street or lane to greater distance than
four feet including thickness of retaining
wall and that the sidewalk or roadway be
properly supported with walls of brick or
stone on three sides of such excavation.
All areas must De covered with iron graf
ing, or with iron and glass or with stone in
everycase to be of ample strength and such
grating, etc, to be cut into sidewalk so as to
bring top surface of same flush with side
walk.
3. Openings in the sidewalk except areas
for the admission of coal or light shall not be
larger than four square feet each and covered
with iron covers having rough surface. No
plain surface of glass shall be placed in any
sidewalk where any one glass measures more
than four inches square. When steps are
DulIt In areas for cellar entrance they must
be covered with iron grating hinged and pro.
vided with guard rods to keep the grazing
standing vertical when open.
Sec. l6-Elevator Shafts.-In all buildings
having elevators passing through two or
more stories the hatchways for same shall
either be enclosed in brick walls the opening
of same closed at each story with tireproof
doors, and the shaft extended through the
roof or the hatohways in each floor must he
closed with trap door and surrounded with
suitable railing.
Sec 17.-Chimneys and Flues.-The smoke
hues built for furnace or boiler shall have
lining OF iire-clay tubing throughout their en-
tire hight; all other fues shall be smoothly
pargeted, and no tue shall be built smaller
than sixty square inches area. The backs Of
all chimneys shall not be less than one brick
thick. All smoke tueS shall extend at least
three feet above the roof, and if directly ad-
joining higher building, shall be carried
three feet above roof of such building. All
wooden beams shall be trimmed away from
side face OF fue.
2 All tiues in every building shall be prop,
erly cleaned and all rubbish removed and
the tues left smooth on the inside, upon their
completion.
3. No chimney in a brick building shall be
started or built upon any floor or beam OF
wood, and in no case shall chimney be cor
beled out more than eight inches from the
wall, and in all such cases, the oorUeling
shall consist of at least five courses of brick
4. Where chimneys are supported by piers,
the piers shall start from the foundation on
the same line with the chimney breasts and
shall not be less than twelve inches of the
face, properly bonded into walls.
8. All hearths shall be supported by trim
mer arches or stone or brick, or burnt clay.
at least sixteen inches in width, measured
from the face OF the chimney breast.
.. No chimney in buildings already erected,
or hereafter to be built, shall be cut OF be-
low, in whole or in part, and supported by
wood, but shall be wholly supported by stone,
brick or iron.
I. Chimneys in frame buildings that are
not built up from the ground, shall be sup
ported on iron brides and iron bars hung be-
tween the beams. The size OF iron and OF
beams to be fixed by the inspector OF build
ings for each case.
Sec. Is.-Fire Proof Shutters.-An the win
dows, all doors Of all stores warehouses and
other buildings OF similar character that
front on q lane or street 80 feet or less in
width, shall have fire proof shutters made Of
iron or other fire resisting material, or of
sides and edges with l. G. roofing tin prop
erly cleated. and with double locked Joint
hammered down. and hung so as to COM
pletely protect the wood work of the open.
lngs.
Sec. 19.-Cornices and Gutters-On all
buildings within the fire limits all exterior
CorniceS and cutters shall be made of sheet
metal or other ire proof material, but may
be supported on wooden lookouts.
sec. 20-Roofs.-Jh he roofs OF all buildings
to be covered with metal, slate or other IN
combustible material.
Sec. 2l- Wooden Floor Beams 49, All
wooden beams and tlmbers in the party wall
of any building or entering both sides of any
one wall, shall have the ends separated with
at least four inches of masonry. Every
header of trimmer more than four feet long
in all buildings other than dwellings snail be
suspended in wrought iron stirrups of suit
able size All timber and beams used in any
building shall be OF good sound material free
from any imperfections that may impair its
strength
2. The floor joist, girders, columns. piers
etc, are to be Of sufficient strength to sup.
port safely in addition to the weights of the
material not less than the loads per square
foot as set forth in the following table for the
several character OF buildings
Dwelling houses. .....-........... $50. rs lbs
Office buildings. .....-..-...-.. ........ 100 lbs
Churches aud other places Of public
assembly ..'...-.'. -. ..--s.'.. l@O IDS
Stores and warehouses ............... 200 lbs
The computation for safe loads to be gov.
erned by ''lxidder, " '"rroutwine" or other &C.
cepted formulas.
g. No gas, water or other pipe which may
be introduced into any building shall be let
into the beams. unless the same be placed
within thirty-six inches OF the end or bearing
Of the beam; and In no building shall the
said pipes be let into the teams more than