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

make rules and regulations governing the method of construction, operation, location, arrangement, insulation and use of all elec- trleal wires appliances or currents for fur nishing light, heat or power which may be Introduced into or placed in any building. Said rules and regulations shall, as fur as practicable, be made to conform to thosa which now are or hereafter may be prescribed by the New England Insurance Exchange. In DO 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, tnsula- tion and use of such electrical wires, ap- pl!ances and currents are safe and in ac- ooTdance with the rules and regulatiVnk made by him as aforesaid.
 Sec. 46. 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 covered with the tin, and such doors or shutters 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 Hre-escapes, and at least one TOW, 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 fremen. 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 1remen. All windows and open
 ings 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 fire-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. 47. In any building in which there
 shall be any hostway or freight elevator
 or well-hole not inclosed in walls constructed
 of brick or other tire-proof material. and pro-
 yided with fre-proof doors, the openings there
 of through and upon each floor of said build
 ing shall be provided with and protected by
 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 unnclosed freight
 elevator the same shal 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 its passage
 either ascending or descending. The said ln
 spector shall have exclusive power and au-
 thority within said City to require the open
 ings of hoistways or hoistway shafts, ele-
 vators and well-hoes in buildings to be in-
 closed or secured by trap-doors, guards or
 gates and raiings, Such guards or gates shall
 be kept closed at all times, except when in
 actual use, and the trap-ooors shall be closed
 at the close of the business of each day by the
 occupant or occupants of the building having
 the use or control of the same. In all build
 ings hereafter erected the roof immediately
 over the holstway, elyator or well-hole, shall
 be covered with q skylight 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 skylight 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 fire-proof
 buildings, shall be inclosed in suitable walls
 of brick, or with suitable framework Of
 iron and burnt-clay filling, or of such other
 1re-proof material and form of construction as may be approved by the Inspector of Build 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 upperm0st 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 All openings in the same shall be provided with fre-proof doors and made solid for three feet above the floor level, and with grill open ngs above. Elevators may be put In the 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 twenty seven of this title. Elevators may also be placed in any stair well or open court of any building erected prior to the passage of this act, under permit therefor from the Inspector of Buildings, but the frame work and incosure of any such elevator shall be constructed of fire-proof materials. The fore | going requirements as to brick or fire-proof shafts shall include all dumb walters except
 such as do not extend through more than | three stories In dweltng-house The roofs 1 over all inclosed elevators shall be made of l fire 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 herenbefOre in this section described, including | 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 | 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 of | Buildings shall cause an 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 1 owner or person having the care or control | of the same, and in case defects are found | to exist which would endanger life by the l continued use of such elevator, then upon | notice from the Inspector of Buildings, the use | of such elevator shall cease, and 1t shall not again be used until a certificate shall be l first obtained from said Inspector that such | elevator has been put in safe order and is fit | for use. No person shall employ or permit | any person to be In charge of running any | messenger elevator who fig under eighteen years | of age or who does not possess proper cual- | hcattons therefor. Every freight elevator or | lift shall have notice posted conspicuously | thereon as follows: Persons riding on this i elevator do so at their own risk. Every ele- | vator in any building erected to be occupied, 1 or now occupied as a hotel, shall, within l six months after the passage of this act be in- l closed in suitable walls constructed and ar 1 ranged as in this section required for elevators l hereafter placed in buildings, unless under the 1 provisions of this section such elevator might | have been placed In said building without such l inclosing walls.
 i Sec. IS. In a mansard or any ether roof 1 having a pitch of over sixty degrees be placed | on any building, except a wooden building, | or a dwelling house not exceeding thirty-hve | feet In height, 1t shall be constructed of iron | raftsrs and lathed with iron on the inside and