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

four inches to be of irebrick or Are-olay slabs or blocks lad in fire mortar to the height Of twenty-five feet from the bottom. All smoke fues shall extend at least four feet AppIe nat roof and at least three feet above a peak Toof, and shall be coped with well-burnt terra ootta, stone or oast-iron. All hot air uues ana shafts in brick or stone walls shall nave the walls of the huas or shafts at least elght inches thick, unless lined with tin, galvanized sheet iron or terra cotta or fire cray lue Innings, In which case four inches or brick work may be omitted. No wooden casing, furring or lath shall be placed against or cover any smoke aue or metal pipe used to convey not air or steam. No smoke pipe snail pass through any floor, partition or roof or any building except as hereinafter provided. NO stove pipe In any building with wooden or combustlble floors, ceilings or partitions, snail enter any flue unless the said pipe shall De at least twelve inches from either the said floors, ceilings or partitions unless the same Is properly protected by a metal shield, ln which case the distance shall not be less than six inches. In all cases where stove pipes pass through stud or wooden partitions or any kind, they shall be guarded by either q double collar of metal with at least three inches of air space and holes for ventilation, or by q soap-stone or burnt-clay ring not less than four inches in thickness and extend ing through the partition. Where laundry stoves. hot water, steam hot-air or other furnaces are used in any building the smoke pipe leading therefrom must be kept not less than eighteen inches from the floor beams or ceiling unless the same Is properly pro teeted by metal shield, when the distance shall not be less than nine inches, In all cases where such pipe passes through wood or stud partition it shall be protected by Q thimble with eight inches of brick work around It, or a double collar of metal with at least six inches air space and holes for ventilation. Hot-air pipes in stud partitions, and horizontal pipes In floors, shall be built in the following manner; The pipes shall be double, that is. two pipes, one inside tho other, at least one-half Inch apart, and there shall be space of at least three inches between the pipe and stud or any other timber on each side; or if single pipe is used, the in
 side face of said studs shall be well lined with tin plate and the outside faces covered with brick, Iron lath or slate and there shall be at least ope-helf Inch air space all around the said heating pipe. Horizontal hot-air pipes shall be kept six inches below the floor beams and ceiling If the floor beams or ceiling are plastered and protected by a metal shield, then the distance shall not be less than three inches. In cases where hot air pipes pass through a wood or stud parti- ton, they shall be guarded by either double collar of metal, with two inches air space and holes for ventilation, or they shall be sur- rounded by brick work at least four inches In thickness Where the air conveyed through pipes Is heated in an ordinary hot-air furnace, or in any other apparatus by direct contact of the air with the fire box, the ma- terial used for these double pipes and register boxes shall be bright tin Where the air Is heated by hot water or steam pipes or in direct heating stacks, any other sheet metal may be used for the pipes, and the use of double pipes is not obligatory. All fues in every building shall be properly cleaned and all rubbish removed, and the fues left smooth on the inside upon the completion of all build ings. No chimney shall be started or built upon any floor or beam of wood. In no case shall a chimney be corbeed out more than eight inches from the wall and in all such cases the corbeling shall consist of at least five courses of brick. Where chimneys are supported by piers the piers shall start from the foundation on the same line with the chimney breast and shall not be less than twelve inches on the face, properly bonded into the walls No chimney shall be cut off below, in whole or in part, and supported by wood, but shall be wholly supported by stone brick or iron All chmneys which shall be dangerous in any manner whatsoever shall be repaired and made safe, or taken down. Iron cupoa chimneys of foundres shall eX- tend at least ten feet above the highest point of any roof within radius of fifty feet of such cupola, and be covered on top with a heavy wire netting. No brick oven, coffee | roaster, or any other brick structure to con- tain fire shall be placed on a wooden floor | Or q floor supported by wooden beams in any building. All smoke houses hereafter erected or constructed shall be built fre-proof, and the door and window openings in same shall l be provided with iron or tin covered wooden
  | after erected Is occupied or used in whole | or in part, for wood working purposes, and | before any building erected prior to the pas | sage Of this act, but not at such time occupied | or used, in whole or in part, for any aforesaid | purposes, is so occupied or used, fre-proof | vault shall be constructed in connection | herewith, of sufficient capacity to contain all | shavings. sawdust, chips and other light | combustibe refuse resulting from such manu- | facture All such combustible refuse shall be 1 daily removed to the vault and shall not | be allowed to accumlate within or near the l building unless stored in the vault to be pro | vided as herein required
 | Sec. A. No steam pipe sheii be placed with | in two inches of any timber or woodwork un- | less the timber or woodwork is protected by l a metal shield then the distance shall not be l less than one inch. All steam pipes passing | through floors and ceilings, or lath and plas- | tered partitions, shall be protected by a meta | tube one inch larger in diameter than the l pipe, and the space shall be filled in with min. | eral wool, asbestos or other inoombustiblt l material. All brick hot-air furnaces shall have l two covers, with an air space of at least foul l inches between them; the inner cover of the 1 hot-air chamber shall be either a brick arct | or two courses of brick laid on galvanized
 iron Or tin supported by iron bars the out. | side cover, which is the top of the furnace | shall be made of brick or metal supported | by iron bars, and so constructed as to bt | perfectly tight, and shall not be less thar l four inches below the ceiling or floor beams | The walls of the furnace shall be built hOl | low in the following manner: One inner ant
 one outer wall, each four inches in thick. | ness properly bonded together, with an ail l space of not less than three inches betweer | them. Furnaces must be built at least foul | inches from all woodwork. All cold Lair boxer shall be made of metal, brick or other incom
 bustible material for distance of at leas | three feet from the furnace. All portable | hot-air furnaces shal be kept at least twt | feet from any wooden Or combustible parti
 tion or ceiling unless the partitions and cell
 ings are properly protected by a metal shield
 when the distance shall not be less than ont foot. Wooden floors under any portable fur 1 mace shall be protected by a suitable stonf l or course of bricks well laid in mortar Said stone or bricks shall extend at least two feet beyond the furnace In front of tho
 ash-p All register boxes shall be made | of tin plate. with q fange on the top to fl
 the groove in the frame, the register to res
 upon the same; there shall Do an open space of two inches on all sides of the register box
 extending from the under side of the borde
 to and through the ceiling below. The sait opening shall be fitted with a tight tin easing the upper end of which shall be turned uude
 the frame. When register box Is placed il
 the floor over Q portable furnace, the opsr
 space on all sides of the register box shal | not be less than three inches When oniy
 one register Is connected with furnace sait | register shall have no valve Stoves shall no | be placed nearer than twenty inches to sn! | unprotected woodwork Floors under al
 stoves shall be protected by covering of in combustible material. Where kitchen rang 1 is placed near wooden stud partition, th
 studs shall be cut away and framed two fee
 higher and one foot wider than the range ant