The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22


 with fre-proof materials. The fronts of each gallery shall be formed of tire-proor materials, excepting the cappng, which may be made of wood. The ceiling under each gallery shall be entirely formed of fire-proof materials. The ceiling of the auditorium shall be formed of fire-proof materials. All lath- ing, wherever used shall be of wire or sheet metal, The partitions in that portion of tho building which contains the auditorium, the entrance Yestibule and every room and pas sage devoted to the use of the audience, shall be constructed of fre-proof materials in- cluding the turing of outside or other walls. None of the walls or ceiling shall be covered with wood sheathing, canvas Or any eombusti- ble materials, but this shall not exclude the use of wood waisooting to a height\not to exceed six feet, which shall be filled in solid between the wainscoting and the wall with fire proof materials. The walls separating the actors dressing room from the stage, and the partitions dividing the dressing rooms, together with partitions of every passageway from the same to the stage, and all other partitions on or about the stage, shall be con- structed of fre-proof material approved by the Inspector Of Buildings. All doors in any of said partitions shall be or iron or of wood covered with tin. All the shelving and cup boards in each and every dressing room, prop erty room or other storage rooms shall be constructed of metal slate or some fire-proof material. Dressing rooms may be placed in the fly galleries, provided that proper exits are secured therefrom to the fre-escapes in the open courts, and that the partitions and other matters pertaining to dressing rooms shall conform to the requirements herein contained but the stairs leading to the same shall be flre-proof. All seats in the auditor
 ium, excepting those contained in boxes shall be firmly secured to the hoor and no seat in the auditorium shall have more than six seats intervening between it and an aisle, on either side, and no stool or seat shall be placed in any aisle. All platforms in gall leries, formed to receive the seats, shall not be more than twenty-one inches in height of riSpr 1psS thrtv innhes In width of platform. All aisles on the respective floors in the auditorium, having seats on both sides of same, shall be not less than three feet wide where they begin, and shall be increased in width towards the exits, in the ratio of one and one-half inches to five running feet. Aisles having seats on one side only shall be not less than two feet wide at their begin ming and increased in width the same as aisles having seats on both sides. The aggre- gate capacity of the foyers, lobbies, cor | riders, passages and rooms for the use of the | audience, not including aisle space between seats shall, on each floor or gallery, be sufficient to contain the entire number to be accommodated on said floor or gallery, in the ratio of one hundred and fifty superficial feet of floor room for every one hundred persons. Gradients or inclined planes shall be employed instead of steps, where possible, to overcome slight differences of level in or between aisles, corridors and passages. Every | theater accommodating three hundred persons shall have at least two exits; when accom-
 
 exits shall be provided, these exits not re- ferring to or including the exits to the open court or courts at the sides of the theater- Doorways of exit or entrance for the use of the public shall not be less than five feet in width, and for every additional one hun- dred persons or portions thereof to be ac- commodated, in excess of five hundred, an aggregate of twenty inches additional exit must be allowed. All doors of exit or en- trance shall open outwardly and be hung | to swing in such a manner as not to become an obstruction in a passage or corridor, and no such doors shall be closed and locked dur- ing is open to the public. Distinct and sep- | arate places of exit and entrance shall be- provided for each gallery above the first. common place of exit and entrance may serve for the main floor of the auditorium and the first gallery. No passage leading to any stairway communicating with any en- l trance or exit shall be less. than four feet | in width in any part thereof. All stairs l within the building shall be constructed of l fire-proof material throughout. Stairways /! serving for the exit of fifty people must be at least four feet wide, between rail- l ings or between walls, and for every ad- l dtional fifty people to be accommodated l six inches must be added to their width. Ia no case shall the risers of any stairs ex- | ceed seven and a half inches in height, nor shall the treads, exclusive of noslngs, be less l than ten and one-half inches wide in straight stairs. No circular Or winding stairs for the | use of the public shall be permitted. Where l the seating capacity is for more than ono | thousand people, there shall be at least two | independent staircases, with direct exterior outlets, provided for each gallery in the auditorium, where there are not more than two galleries, and the same shall be located on opposite sides of said galleries. Where i there are more than two galleries one or | more additional staircases shall be provided, | the outlets from which shaii communicate directly with the principal exit or other ex- 1 terior outlets. All said stairoases shai be 4<k z1+ as elsewhere herein prescribed. Where the l seating capacity is for one thousand people, | or less, two direct lines of staircases only | shall be required, located on opposite sides 1 of the galleries and in both cases shall ex-
 tend from the sidewalk ltAel to the upper | gallery, with outlets from each gallery to each | of said staircases. At least two Independent | staircases, with direct exterior outlets, shall 1 also be provided for the service of the stage l and shall be located on the opposite sides of | the same. All inside stairways leading to the | upper galleries of the auditorium shall be in | closed on both sides with walls of f1re-proof l materials. Stairs leading to ths first or | lower gallery may be left open on one side, | in which case they must be constructed as
 herein provided for similar stairs leading. | from the entrance hall to the main floor of the leading to any gallery be left open on both sides. When stairs return directly on them- | selves, g landing of the full width of both | flights, without any steps, shall be provided. l The outer line or lanulnSS SUdll De cuTV6uy | so as to avoid square angles. Stairs turning at an angle shall have a proper landing with | out winders introduced at said turn. In | stairs, when two side flights connect with one main flight, no winders shall be introduced
 and the width of the main flight shall be at least equal to the aggregate width of the
 side flights. All inclosed stairways shall
 have on both sides strong hand-rails firmly | secured to the wall about three inches dis- | tant therefrom and about three feet above the stairs but said hand-raiIs shall not run on level platforms and landings where the
 same is more in length than the width of the stairs. All staircases seven feet and over in width shall be provided with a center hand
 rail of hard wood or metal not less than two inches in diameter, placed at a height of
 about three feet above the center of the
 treads and supported on wrought-iron or brass
 standards of sufficient strength placed not
 nearer than four feet nor more than six feet
 apart and securely bolted to the treads oI
 rsers of stairs or both. Every steam boiler
 which may be required for heating or other
 purposes shall be located outside of the build
 ing, and the space allotted to the same shall
 be inclosed by walls of masonry on all sides
 and the ceiling of such space shall be con-
 structed of fre-proof materials. All door
 ways in said walls shall have iron doors
 No coil or radiator shall be placed in any
 aisle Or passageway used as an exit; but all
 said coils and radiators shall be placed in
 recesses formed in the wall or partition to re-
 ceiye the same All supply, return or ex-
 haust pipes shall be properly encased and
 protected where passing through floors ol
 near woodwork. Stand pipes of two and one
 half inches diameter shall be provided with
 hose attachments on every floor and gallery