Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-20
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r. alley wall the Chapman
amply dropped, leaving some
--ruan iOiSts still sticking in
* Laing wall, as they
i'm fact after the accident
Hs OF the Chapman building
med. and the second story
Wall was unusually hard
The lower story was not
-aseny- Mr.. Giesey. did YOU
old wall, on which new
90 be put which was not
Yes, sir, We have a case
s.aseuy- Since this accident?
no: We have a job where
Hulel 20 increase the height
and We insisted on putting
m it, The owner objected
. now he is very glad those
FRI. We cut clear through
g. and built in new piers.
r.. B. FrauZhCin was next
ra had no connection with
either ON the HutCbiSsOn or
buildings.
...rl-I viii ask you, as an
what ought to be the thick
wall. uve stories high and
Ions.
...-5 ~ WHEELING.
Id the city of Wheeling?
I've viii ignore the To-
-r.-e yCu were TO put up
..g I'm Asia, -Syhat would
the walls?
would be governed by
.a use Of the building. and
weights to be carried
-. .....rl-l Ignoring the questions
be- carried. and cOnceiving
..."-- lo simply stand, carrying
a-htt
don't think any one would
building under those cOndi-
.uly 20 carry its own weight
1ua further questioning, wit
for a fye-stOry building, fig
carry q possible weight Of 200
nor square foot of floor space,
should be thirty inches in
n. lover floor, twenty-three above
.... and further up eighteen and Jhlr-
zen u.ras I'm the opinion or Wit
lass I joist holes in an old wall
- Do fued with brick laid in
r.-.r# cement and forced in. III this
us done. the strength of the wall
-r PM. imDroved. "The primary
Of the accident was the desire
b. .rTa n Wheeling 70 build too
r.- They want an attractive
front and when they get the cost they
r-r. tho front and at once attack the
strength OF the building. l can Slen-
NON dozen instances in which this
. rs been the case The immediate
causes of the accident were many,
and leading one was prob
ably the collapse Of the alley
NAH The floors We're probably too
4 heavily loaded for the wall and being
defective wall il let so, and the re-
rg pun on joists and tie rods
pulled the party wall with IT,
A great number OF
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS
i we're put to Mr.. Fr0nzheim, as an eX-
peri. bearing on the probable VeSults
i Of various sources Of weakness and the
i results which would probably follow
O. giving way In one or another local
iy. On the question Of the weight,
An -he HuJchiss1u building, he said:
OF would most certainly say IL was
Overweigb-ed and only Providence
could hold it mp. Even if the wall
were plumb. If only thirteen inches, /
would not want To load it in that
v1v
Iu reply 10 a question MS TO what
would result had the Hutchisson
building carried approximately the
same weight it had at the time of the
dent for three years previously,
and an additional story been placed on
-Ha party wall. Mr.. Franzhe'm said if
3D.. weight was constant for the three
years. and the building collapsed after
addition 10 the party wall and that
sail had been cut for new iois,s, ne
would modify his view as the cause
might Dee the additional weight ou the
Civil Engineer Gilmore Browne was
Questioned as to the proper thick
walls i'm q building of the die
ions o. the Hutchisson and Chap
-.l Buildings, five stories high. with
On. r.-ud 10 weights to- be carried. Ina
... .. -Iff tho FIRST story Oupht DOf
r..s r1aD twentv-fonr inches nj
r...rr, ana nrobablv ought to he
A. The ion of me second
aror. to be- tyentv-four inches.
mo- stories eighteen inches.
lon Story thirteen inches. Per
fonf .btnr- any brick wall
r,rfra inches"
.....-.a+ir9I cres ne tn walls and
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