The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-23

nishlng light, heat or power which may be introduced into or placed in any building. Said rules and regulations shall as far as practicable, be made to conform to those which now are or hereafter may be prescribed by the New England Insurance Exchange. In no case shall any such wire, appliances and currents be introduced into any building nor shall any of them be used or operated until the Inspector of Buildings shall have first examined into and found that the method of construction location, arrangement, insula- ton and use of such electrical wires, ap- pi!ances and currents are safe and In ac- ocrdance with the rules and regulations made by him as aforesaid,
 Sec. i6. Every building which is more than two stories In height above the curb level, except dwelling houses hotels, schoolhouses and churches, shall have doors, blinds or shutters made of iron, hung to iron hanging frames or to Iron eyes built into the wall, on every window and opening above the first story thereof, excepting on the front openings of buildings fronting on streets or open spaces which are more than thirty feet in width. Or the said doors, blinds or shutters may be constructed of pine or other soft wood of two thicknesses of matched boards at right angles with each other, and securely covered with tin, on both sides and edges, with folded
 lapped joints, the nails for fastening the same being driven inside the lap; the hinges and bolt or latches shall be secured or fastened to the door or shutter after the same has been 
 shall be hung upon an iron frame independent of the woodwork of the windows and doors
 or two iron hinges securely fastened in the masonry; or such frames, if of wood, shall be covered with tin in the same manner as the doors and shutters. All occupants of build ings shall close the said shutters, doors and blinds at the close of the business of each day.
 All shutters opening on flre-escapes, and at least one row, vertically, in every three rows on the front window openings above the first story of any building, shall be so arranged that they can be readily opened from the out side by flremen. All rolling iron or steel shutters hereafter placed in the first story of any building shall be counter-balanced so that said rolling shutters may be readily opened by the fremen. All windows and open iugs above the first story of any building may be exempted from having shutters by the written consent of the Inspector of Buildings Where openings in interior brick walls are fitted with hre-proof doors or shutters to pre- vent the spread of fire between different build
 ings, or between parts of any building, the said doors or shutters shall be closed at the close of the business of each day by the oc- cupant or occupants of the building having
 use or control of the same.
 Sec. AT. In any building in which there
 shall be any hoistway or freight elevator | or well-hole not inclosed in walls constructed of bricl, or other fire-proof material and pro- vided with fire-proof doors, the openings there of through and upon each floor of said build ing shall be provided with and protected by a substantial guard or gate and with such good and sufficient trap-doors, with which to close
 the same, as may be directed and approved by the Inspector of Buildings; and when, in his opinion, automatic trap-doors are required to the floor openings Of any uninclosed freight elevator, the same shall be so constructed as to form a substantial floor surface when clos ed, and so arranged as to open and close by the action of the elevator in it's passage either ascending or descending The said In- l spector shall have exclusive power and au- nr;f, .,, ings of hoistways or hoistway shafts, ee- vators and well-holes in buildings to be in- closed or secured by trap-doors, guards or 1 gates and railings. Such guards or gates shall be kept closed at all times, except when in actual use and the trap-doors shall be closed
 at the close Of the business of each day by the l occupant or occupants of the building having | the use or control of the same. In all build | ngs hereafter erected the roof immediately | over the hoistway elvator or we'll hole, shall | be covered with skyight of suitable size, | glazed with thin sheet glass, so as to allow
 smoke, gases and flame to readily force their way through when fire occurs. The glass in | every such skylght shall have immediately under the same wire netting, unles the glass | contains wire netting within itself, or what ] Is known as wire glass. All elevators here
 after placed in any building except fre-proof | buildings, shall be inclosed in suitable walls
 Of brick, Or with suitable framework of l iron and burnt-clay filling, or of such other | hre-proof material and form of construction as | may be approved by the Inspector of Build 1 ings, If the inclosure walls are of brick, | laid in cement mortar and not used as bearing | walls, they may be eight inches In thickness | for not more than fifty feet of their uppermost | height, and increasing in thickness four inches for each lower fifty feet, portion or part there- | Of. Said walls or construction shall extend | through and at least three feet above the roof. 1 All openings in the same shall be provided
 with fire-proof doors and made solid for three
 feet above the floor level, and with grill open l ings above. Elevators may be put in the 1 well-hole of stairs, in buildings, without such
 brick or fre-proof inclosures, where the stairs | are inclosed in brick or stone wall, and the | stairs are constructed as specified in section l twenty-seYen Of this title Elevators may also | be placed in any stair well or open court
 of any building erected prior to the passage l of this act, under a permit therefor from the | Inspector of Buildings but the frame work l and inclosure of any such elevator shall be | constructed of fire proof materials. The fore | going requirements as to brick or fre-prooi l shafts shall include all dumb walters except
 such do not extend through more than l three stories In dwelling houses. The roofs
 over all inclosed elevators shall be made oi
 fre-proof materials, with a sky-light at least | three-fourths the area of the shaft made
 of thin sheet glass, set in iron frames, as l hereinhefore in this section described, including l wire netting underneath the glass of the
 sky-light or the use of wire glass. Immediate | ly under the machinery at the top of every
 elevator shaft hereafter placed in any build l ing in said City there shall be provided and placed substantial grating or screen of iron | of such construction as shall be approved by | the Inspector of Buildings. The Inspector oi | Buildings shall cause all inspection of pas | senger elevators as often as once year. Any | repairs found necessary upon inspection of any l elevator shall be made without delay by the | owner or person having the care or contro | Of the same, and in case defects are found | to exist which would endanger life by the 1 continued use of such elevator then upor | notice from the Inspector of Buildings the use | of such elevator shall cease, and it shall no | again be used until certificate shall be | first obtained from said Inspector that sucf | elevator has been put in safe order and is fl
 for use. No person shall employ or permit | any person to be iu charge of running any ! passenger elevator who is under eighteen years 1 of age or who does not possess proper quail. | hcations therefor. Every freight elevator oi , lift shall have a notice posted conspicuously i thereon as follows: Persons riding on this | elevator do so at their own risk. Every ee. 1 vator in any building erected to be occupied | or now occupied as a hotel, shall within ! six months after the passage of this act be in.
 closed in suitable walls constructed and ar.
 ranged as in this section required for elevators
 hereafter placed in buildings, unless under the provisions of this section such elevator migh i have been placed in said building without sucI
 inclosing walls
 Sec. 4S In manss"5 or any other roo ! having 8 pitch of over sixty degrees be placed
 on any building, except a wooden building 1 or a dwelling house not exceeding thirty five
 feet in height, it shall be constructed of iror
 rafters and lathed with iron on the inside and