The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-23
Gttu Advertisements.
NEW BUILDING ORDINANCES.
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pumps, or other portable extingulshing ap- paratus and at least four axes, and two twen1 ty-hVe feet hooks, two fifteen feet hooks aha
 two ten feet hooks on each tier or uoor or the stage. Every portion of the building devoted to the uses or accommodation of the public, also all outlets leading to the streets, and including the open courts and corridors, shall be well and properly lighted during every performance, and the same shall remain lighted until the entire audience has lett the premises. At least two or more oil lamps on each side of the auditorium, in each tier, shall be provided on fixed brackets, not less than seven feet above the floor. Said lamps shall be filled with whale or lard oil, and shall be kept lighted during each performance or in place of said lamps, candles shall be provided. All gas or electric lights in the halls, corridors, lobby, or any other part of said building used by the audience, ex- cept the auditorium, must be controlled by separate shut-off located n the lobby, and controlled only in that particular place. Gas mains supplying the building shall have independent connections for the auditorium and the stage and provision shall be made for shutting off the gas from the outside Of the building. When interior gas lights are not
 lighted by electricity other suitable appli-- ances, to be approved by the Inspector of
 Buildings, shall be provided. All suspended or bracket lights surrounded by glass. in tho
 auditorium, or in any part of the building
 devoted to the public shall be provided
 with proper wire netting underneath. No
 gas or elctric light shall be inserted in the
 walls woodwork, ceilings, or in any part of the building unless protected by fre-proof
 materials All lights in passages and cor
 riders in said buildings, and wherever deem-
 ed necessary by the Inspector of Buildings, shall be protected with proper wire network.
 The footlights in addition to the wire net
 work shall be protected by 6 strong wire
 guard or chain placed not less than two feet
 distant from said foot-lights and the trough containing said foot-lights shall be formed of and surrounded by fre-proof materials. All b9r6ar liphtS chal ha constructed apoord- ing to the best known methods, subject to the approval of the Inspector of Buildings, and shall be suspended for ten feet by wire rope. All ducts or shafts used for conducting heated air from the main chandelier or from any other light or lights, shall be constructed of metal and made double, with an air space between. All stage lights shall have strong metal wire guards or screens. not less than ten inches in diameter, so constructed that any material in contact herewith shall be out of reach of the flames of said stage lights, and shall be soldered to the fixture in all cases. The standpipes, gas pipes, electric wires, hose, and all apparatus for the extinguishing of fire or guarding against the same, as in this section specified, shall be in charge and un- der control of the Fire Department, and the Commissioners of said Department are hereby {! directed to see that the arrangements in 1 respect thereto are carried out and enforced. A diagram or plan of each tier, gallery or
 floor, showing distinctly the exits therefrom,
 shall be printed in legib1e manner on the | programme OI the peTlUIuduCe. LNely ext
 shall have over the same on the inside the
 word EXIT, painted in legible letters not less than eight inches high
 | Sec. 57. This ordinance is hereby declared to be a remedial ordinance, and is to be
 construed literally to secure the beneficial
 interests and purposes thereof.
 Sec. 5S. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage and publication.
 Sec. 59. All ordinances and parts of ordin- | ances inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed. No repeal hereby enacted shall have the effect of revving any ordinance or any part of any ordinance heretofore repealed. In Board of Aldermen, November %, 1S97
 adopted by majority of all Aldermen pres
 ent and absent.
 | In Board of Counciimen December 3, 1897,
 adopted by majority of all Councilmen present and absent
 | Approved December 1. 1897.
 | To take effect December 25, 1897. f A true copy of record.
 | Attest: RICHARD +. LYON,
 d22 St City Clerk