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


 below the top of each tier of floor beams i, shall project the thickness of the furflhs. Sr studs, to more elfeotually prevent tne ap1 spread of fire. The walls and piers 9l sni nii idly put together with, close 1olnts niieu iiea with mortar. They shall be built to Ir Mhe ana De carried up plumb ana SLr'lSutth, tho frII walls of each story shall be built up tne iua' thickness to the top of the DeNMs Anpve; All brick laid in n-freezlng wentner sna,i sn5 be well wet immediately before being iaiu, The brick. used In all buildings rs shais sonS pe good hard wel-hurnf b6irgs pTedi lss sbal I''l be clean, sharp sand, and shall not pe nner than the standard samples kept in the ol. flee of the Inspector of Buildings, cement mortar shall be made of sand and cement in the proportion of not more than three parts of sand to one part of cement, ana shall be used immediately after being mix ed. Lime mortar shall be made of not more than four parts of sand to one part or lime and shall not be used until thoroughly slah- ed, Cement and lime mortar shall be made of one part of lime, one part Of cement ana al three parts of sand to each Concrete TOT foundations shall be made of one part r3l 4l cement, two parts of sand and hVe paIiIss of small, clean, broken stone, or one-nalii of the i've parts may be clean gravea gao aaiT aii the other half small, clean, broken stone' all
 Sec. 2T. Every building hereafter aiterea aiti,9 to be occupied as T hotel, and every putiu- nar ing hereafter erected or altered to oe . oeSu pied as lodging house, ana every cS,nr ,en1 hnuse house, apartment house and dweiiiug ont nount five stories In height or having pasennem' enIinr and four stories in height apoye acSrinj cS,iuij hereafter erected or altered, 10 pc occupiVu by one or more families on any noof apoIe the first, shall have the first floor aDoVe tns cellar or lowest story constructed hfe-prool with iron or steel beams and brlck arcnes. The stairs from the cellar or lower story t9 the fire-proof floor next above. when placed within any such building, shall be inclosed seq with brick walls. The opening through the brick wal of such lnclosure into the lowest story shall have an iron door or tln-cov- cred wooden door constructed, as herein after described in section thirty of this IL tle and shall be self closing Every such building which exceeds five stories in height, or having basement and five stories ID as in this section before described, and shail also have the halls and stairs incloseu Witl tweve-inch brick walls. Eight-incn brlck walls not exceeding fifty feet in their verti, cal measurement may inclose said halls and stairs, and be used as bearing Waiis Wnere the distance between the outside bearing walls does not exceed thirty-three rect anu the area between the said brick lnclosure walls does not exceed two hundred super ficial feet The floors, stairs ana ceillngs III said halls and stairways shall De made of iron, brick, stone or other hard lncombustl- ble materials, excepting that the hoor1ng and sleepers underneath the same may pc of wood and the treads and handrails or the stairs may be of hard wood, provided that where wooden treads are used the un derside of the stairs shall be entirely lathed with iron or wire lath and plastered thereon or covered with metal. At least one night of such stairs in each of said buildings small extend to the roof and be inclosed in bulkhead built of fre-proof materials When the said halls and stairways are placed cen trally in or back from the front line Of the building, connecting fire-proof hallway In closed with brick walls shall be provided on the first story and extend to the street. In every building hereafter erected, all the walls or partitions forming interior light or vent shafts shall be built of brick or such other fire proof materials as may be approv- ed by the Inspector of Buildings. The walls of all light or vent shafts, whether exterior or interior. hereafter erected. shall be car ried up not less than three feet above the level of the roof. Eightinch brick and six inch and fourinch hollow tile partition walls of hard-burnt clay or porous terra cot ta may be built, not exceeding In their yer tical portion measurement or nfty, thirty six and twenty-four feet respectively, and in their horizontal measurement a length not exceeding seventy five feet, unless strengthened by proper cross walls, piers or buttresses bonded into same. All such walls shall be carried on proper foundations or on iron girders, or on Iron girders and columns or piers of masonry One line of fore and aft partitions in the cellar or lowest story. supporting stud partitions above, In all buildings over eighteen feet between bear ing walls in the cellar or lowest story, here after erected, shall be constructed of brick not less than eight inches thick, or piers of brick with openings arched over below the underside of the first tier of beams, or piers of brick, or iron columns with wooden grders when the first tier Of floor beams are of wood, or iron or steel girders when the floor beams are of iron or steel, or roll ed iron or steel beams of sufficient strength to span the entire width for the first tier of beams may be used, and the stairs shall be inclosed by suitable brick wall carried up to the top of the tier of beams nearest the curb line. Fore and aft stud partitions and such other main stud partitions as may be required by the Inspector Of Buildings story of any building, shall have good selid stone or brick foundation walls under the same, which shall be built up to the top of the floor beams or sleepers, and the slls of
 suitable hard wood; but if the walls are built five inches higher of brick than the top of the floor beams or sleepers, any wooden sill may be used on which the studs shall rest directly over each other shall run through the wooden floor beams and rest on the plate of the partition below. All girders supporting the first tier of wooden beams in buildings shall be supported by brick piers, or iron, locust or other suitable hard wood posts of sufficient strength on proper found ations. The floor of the cellar or lowest story in every dwelling. house, tenement hotel, hereafter erected shall be brick pay ed or concreted with suitable materials not less than three inches thick. The ceiling over every cellar or lowest floor In dwelling houses more than three stories in height, when the beams are of wood shall be lath- cd with metal lath and plastered thereon with heavy coat of brown mortar of good materials. When wood wainscoting Is used in any building hereafter erected the sur face of the wall or partition behind such wainscoting shall be plastered down to the floor line. and any intervening space be- tween the said clustering and wainScoting shall be filled in solid with incombustble material.
 Sec. 2S. All buildings in the Fire District hereafter built shall have fire stops of in cOmbustibe material at each floor, from the bottom of the floor joists to three inches above the top of the same. Said fire stops
 at each floor shall All the space full be- tween all of the studdlng, and between all furring on external walls of the building and throughout the interior wherever the floor joists have a bearing. All buildings outside the Fire District hereafter built shall have fire stop similar to the above at the first floor, and at each floor above the first shall have a smoke stop of wood the full width of studding and not less than two inches thick. An incombustible fire stop shall be put around all vertical piping at each floor ill all buildings All ventila- tlon ducts or pipes shall be of incombusti- bic material in all buildings. All buildings three stories in height and over, occupied as tenements, flats, apartments, hotels, or for residence purposes over q store or stores, shall have the whole space of the second story floor over said store or stores protect ed by an annroved fire-proof material. or a layer at least one inch thick of tile, brick. terra cotta or like fire-made material; plas- ter, cement, cnder, or ashes. or q conb bina- ton of the same, laid between the under. the upper flooring or between the joists.
 See. %. Openings for doors and windows in all buildings. except as otherwise proyid. ed, shall have good and sufficient arrhas cf