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

tue DulIulQS small not DC on 8 nlBner leVel from the sidekalk than four steps, unless ap-
 proved by the Inspector of Buildings To over
 come any difference of level existing between
 exits from the parquets into courts and the
 level of the said corridors, gradients shall be employed of not over one foot in ten feet, with no perpendicular risers. From the auditorium
 opening Into the said open courts, or on the
 side street, there shall be not Tess than two eX-
 its on each side, in each tier from and in-
 cluding the parquet and each and every gall
 lery. Each exit shall be at least five feet in
 width in the clear, and provided with doors of iron, or wooden doors covered with tin on both
 sides and edges. All of said doors shall open
 outwardly, and must be fastened with nov
 able bolts, the bolts to be kept drawn during
 performances. There shall be balconies not
 less than four feet in width In the said open
 court or courts, at each level or tier above the parquet, on each side of the auditorium, of sufficient length to embrace the two exits, and
 from said balconies there shall be staroases
 extending to the ground level, with rise of
 not over eight and one-half inches to @ step,
 and not less than nine inches tread exclusive of
 the nosng, The staircase, from the upper
 balcony to the next below shall not be less
 than thirty inches in width in the clear, and
 from the first balcony to the ground three feet
 in width in the clear, where the seating capac-
 ity of the auditorium is one for one thousand
 people or less, three feet and six inches i'll the clear where above one thousand and not more than eighteen hundred people, and four feet in
 the clear where above eighteen hundred people and not moro than twenty-five hundred people,
 and not over four feet six inches in the clear
 where above twenty-five hundred people. All
 the before mentioned balconies and staircases
 shall be constructed of iron throughout, in-
 cluding the floors, and of amle strength to sus-
 tain the load to be carried by them, and they
 shall be covered with a metal hood or awning,
 to be constructed in such manner as shall be
 satisfactory to the Inspector of Buildings.
 Where one side of the building borders on a
 street, there shall be baloonies and staircases
 on;t, hapnr ,ay,ti ,a1
 but said staircases shall end at a balcony
 placed not less than seven feet above the level
 of the ground, and from said balcony to the ground there shall be arranged hinged iron
 ladder. When located on a corner lot that por-
 tion of the premises bordering on the side street and not required for the uses of the the
 ater may if such portion be not more than
 twenty-five feet in width, be used for ofhces
 stores or apartments, provided the walls sepa-
 rating this portion from the theater proper are carried up solidly to and through the roof,
 and that flre-proof exit is provided for the
 theater, on each tier, equal to the combined
 width of exits opening on opposite sides of each tier communicating with balconies and staircases leading to the street, in manner pro- vided elsewhere in this section; said exit pas sages shall be entirely cut off by brick walls from said offices, stores or apartments and the floors and ceilings in each tier shall be fire proof Nothing herein contained shall prevent a roof garden, art gallery, or rooms for similar purposes being placed above theater or pub lie building, provided the floor of the same forming the roof over such theater or building shall be constructed of iron or steel and fire proof materials, and that said floor shall have
 no covering boards or sleepers of wood but be of tile or cement. Every roof over said gar- den or rooms shall have all supports and raf- ters of iron or steel, and be covered with glass
 or fre-proof materials, or both, but no such roof garden, art gallery or room for any public purpose shall be placed over or above that por- tion of any theater or other building which is oI N.- 1.,l,, rt%r, eral property room shall be allowed above the auditorium or stage, or under the same or in any of the fly galleries. All of said rooms or shops may be located in the rear or at the side of the stage, but in such cases they shall l be separated from the stage by a brick wall, ] and the openings leading into said portions | shall have fre-proof doors on each side of the openings, hung to iron eyes built into the wall. l No portion of any building hereafter erected or | altered, used or intended to be used for the- | atrical or other purposes as in this section specified, shall be occupied or used as a hotel, | boarding or lodging house, factory, workshop | Or manufactory or for storage purposes, ex- cept as may be hereafter specially provided for. Said restriction relates not only to that portion | of the building which contains the auditorium
 and the stage, but applies also to the entire l structure in conjunction herewith. No store
 or room contained in the building or the of | fces stores or apartments adjoining. as afore- 1 said, shall be let or used for carrying on any | business dealing in articles designated as es- pecially hazardous in the classification of the | New England Insurance Exchange, or for man. , ufacturing purposes. No lodging accommo- dation shall be allowed in any part of the | building communicating with the auditorium. | Interior walls built of fire-proof materials l shall separate the auditorium from the en- l trance vestibule, and from any room or rooms | over the same, also from any lobbles, corri- | dors, refreshment Or other rooms. All stair l cases for the use of the audience shall he in-
 closed with walls of brick, or of fire-proof ma terials approved by the Inspector of Buildings, l in the stories through which they pass, and l the openings to said staircases from each tier | shall be the full width of such staircase. A 1 fre-wall, built Of brick shall separate the 1 auditorium from the stage, and the same shall l extend at least four feet above the stage roof
 or the auditorium roof if the latter be the | higher, and shall be coped. Above the prosce- | nium opening there shall be an iron | girder of sufficient strength to safely support | the brick wall above, and covered with fire
 proof materials to protect it from the heat | Should there be constructed an orchestra over | the stage, above the proscenium opening the | said orchestra shall be placed on the auditori- | um side of the proscenium f1re-wall and shall | be entered only from the auditorium side oi 1 the wall. The nodded frame around the pros | cenium opening shall be formed entirely oi | fire-proof materials; If metal be used the | metal shall be filled in solid with non- combus- tib,e material and securely anchored to tTe
 wall with iron. The proscenium opening shai 1 be provided with ire-proof metal curtain, ol curtain of asbestos, or other fire proof mate. | rial approved by the Inspector of Buildings | sliding at each end within iron grooves or oth.
 CT approved devices, securely fastened to the brick wall, and extending beyond the opening not less than six inches on each side, Said ire-proof curtain shall be raised at ts.e com mencement of each performance and lowered | at the close of said performance, and be op.
 erated by approved machinery for that pur. pose. The proscenium curtains shall be placed at least three feet distant from the foot-lights
 at the nearest point. All doorways or open ings through the prosoenium wall, from tn,
 auditorium in every tier. shall have doors O
 iron, or tin covered wooden doors, on eacl
 face of the wall, and the doors hung so as tt
 be opened from either side at all times. Ther
 shall be no openings in the proscenium fire
 wall above the level of the auditorium ceiling
 Direct access to these doors shall be provided
 on both sides, and the same shall always b. | kept free from any incumbrance Iron lad
 ders or stairs, securely fixed to the wall ol
 the stage side, shall be provided to overcom
 any difference of level existing between tn
 floor or galleries on the stage side of the fire
 wall and those on the side of the auditorium
 There shall be provided over the stage, meta
 skyghts of an area or combined area of a
 least one-twelfth the area of said stage. fitteC
 up with sliding sash and glazed with double
 thick sheet glass, not exceeding one-eighth O
 an inch thick, and each pane thereof measur
 ing not less than three hundred square inches
 and the whole of which skylight shall be s
 constructed as to open instantly on the cut ting of or burning Of a hempen cord whiol
 shall be arranged to hold said skylights closed
 or some other equally simple approved devic
 for opening them may be provided. Immedi
 ately under the glass of said skylights ther
 shall be a wire netting. unless the glass con
 tains a wire netting within itself. All tha