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

l bers when solid earth or rock is not obtain NDIG Tor foundations, Piles Intended Tor wal per or post 10 rest upon shall not pc | JOSS than six inches In diameter at the | smallest end, and shall be spaced not more | than thirty six inches on centeIS, or nearer 1 IT required by the Inspector of Buildings, | ana silii! De driven to q solid bearing, No | pile shall be weighted with u load exceed, i4S forty thousand pounds The tops of all Rlles sh3il be cut on below the lowest water line, When required, concrete shall be ram med down In the iEteISpacCs between the | headS or the piles to q depth and thickness | or not less than twelve inrheS and for one l IOoJ Tn width outside of the piles Where ranging and capplng timbers are laid on l piles for foundations, they shall be of hard | wood, not less than six inches thick, and properly joined together and their tops laid or iron or steel are used below the water level, the same shall be entirely coated With coal tar, parattine yarnish or other suitable | preparation, before being placed In position. l When footlngS of iron or steel for columns are placed below the water level, they shall be similarly coated for preservation against | rust. Foundation walls shall be construed to include all walls and piers built below | the curb level or nearest tier of beams to the curb, to serve as supports for walls piers, columns, girders, posts or beams, Foundation walls shall be built of stone or l brick. If built of stone, they shall be at least eight inches thicker than the wall next above them to a depth of twelve feet below the curb level; and for every addl- tlonal ten feet, or part thereof, deeper, they shall be increased four inches in thickness. 1T built of brick, they shall be at least Tour | inches thicker than the wall next above them to depth of twelve feet below the curb level: and for every additional ten feet, or part thereof, deeper, they shall be h. | creased four inches In thickness. The foot Ing or base course shall be of stone or con crete, or both. or of concrete and Stepped-up | brick work, of sufficient thickness and area to safely bear the weight to be imposed thereon; If the footing or base course be of l concrete, the concrete shall not be less than twelve inches thick; if of stone, the stones shall not be less than two by three feet. and at least eight inches in thickness for | walls and at least twelve inches wider than the bottom width of said walls and not less than ten inches in thickness if under piers, columns or posts, and at least twelve inches wider on aIl sides than the bottom width | of said piers, columns or posts. All base stones shall be well bedded and laid cross wise, edge to edge, If stepped-up footings of brick are used in place of, stone, above 1 the concrete, the offsets, if laid in single courses, shall each not exceed one and one half inches, or if laid in double courses shall | not exceed three inches, starting with the patchwork covering the entire width of the concrete, so as to properly distribute the load to be imposed thereon. lf in place of 6 continuous foundation wall, Isolated piers are to be built to support the superstruc. l ture, where the nature of the ground and the character of the building make it neces-
 sary, inverted arches shall be turned be tween the piers, at least twelve inches thick and of the full width of the piers, and rest ing upon q continuous bed of concrete of sui hclent area, and at least eighteen inches thick; or two footing courses of large stone may be used, the bottom course to be laid l croSswise, edge to edge, and che top course laid lengthwise end to end or one course of concrete and one course of stone The stone shall not be less than ten inches thick in each course, and the concrete shall not be less than eighteen inches thick, and the area
 or the lower course shall be equal to the area of the base course that would be re quired under continuous wall. and the out
 side pier shall be secured to the second piers with suitable iron rods and plates. All stone walls twenty four inches or less in thickness shall have nt least one header eN- tending through the wall in every three feet in height from the bottom of the wall, and
 in every four feet in length, and, if over one header for every six superficial feet on
 both sides of the wall, laid on top of each
 other to bond together, and running into the wall at least two feet All headers shall be at least eighteen inches in width and eight inches in thickness and consist of good flat stones No stone shall be laid in such walls bed. Before the walls of buildings are car. ried up above the foundation walls, the eel
 lars shall be connected with the street sew CTS: Should there be no sewer in the street, or If the cellars are below water, or below
 the sewer level, then provision shall be made by the owner to prevent water accll-
 mulating in the cellars to the injury of the foundations.
 EoGC III buildings WueIP 1np space uIl-
 der the sidewalk Is utilized, q sufficient
 stone or brick wall shall be built to retain the roadway of the street, and the side,
 end or party walls of such builuing shali extend under the sidewalk of sufficient l thickness to such wall. The roofs of all
 vaults shall be of uncomfortable material. Openings in the roofs of vaults for the ad-
 mission of coal or light shall be covered
 with glass to measure not more than four l square inches each, set in iron frames or
 with iron covers. having a rough surface, and rabbetted flush with the sidewalk. | When areas are covered over iron, or iron and glass combined stone, or other incom- bustible material shall be used, and suifi- cient strength in such covering shall be pro
 vided t0 insure safety to persons walking on the same, and to carry the loads which may be placed thereon, Open areas shall be properly protected with suitable raillngs
 Sec. 23. The walls of all dwelling houses, whether called tenement house, apartment houses, flats, hotels or other buildings which are to be used for residence purposes, and also school buildings. twenty-six feet or less in width between bearing walls, shall not be less in thickness than the number of inches given in the following table
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