The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
Gttu Advertisements.
NEW BUILDING ORDINANCES.
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penter's shop, paint rooms, store rooms and
 property rooms. proper and sufficient quantity of two and one-half inch hose, not less than fifty feet in length, fitted with regulation couplings of the Fire Department and with nozzles attached thereto, and with hose spanners at each outlet, shall be kept always attached to each hose attachement. There shall also be kept in readiness, for immediate use on the stage, at least four casks full of water, and two buckets to each Cask. Said casks and buckets shall be painted red There shall also be provided hand pumps, or other portable eXtinguishing ap paratus, and at least four axes and two twen- ty-ave feet hooks two fifteen feet hooks and two ten feet hooks. two fifteen feet hooks and 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 we'll and properly lighted during every performance, and the same shall remain lighted until the entire audience hos left the premises. At least two or more oil lamps on each side of the auditorium in each tier, snail 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 8 separate shut-off, located :tl the lobby, and SoiAtiOiieu OuiS III ludI pdIIlCuldT pldCS. 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 the auditorium, or in any part of the building devoted to the public, shall be provided with wire nettiTp underneath No gas or elctric light shall be inserted in the walls, woodwork, ceilings or in any part of the building unless protected by fire-proof materials. All lights in passages and cor rldors 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 strong wire guard or chain placed not less than two feet distant from said foot-lights, and the trough containing said foot-lghts shall be formed of and surrounded by tire-proof materials. All border lights shal be constructed accord 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 stand-pipes, 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 respect thereto are carried out and enforced diagram plan of each tier, gallery or floor, showing distinctly the exits therefrom shall be printed in a legibie manner on the programme of the performance Every exit 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 reviving any ordinance or any part of any ordinance heretofore repealed. adopted by a majority of all Aldermen pres ent and absent
 In Board of Councimen, December 3, 1897, adopted by a majority of all Councilmen present and absent.
 Approved December f, 1897.
 To take effect December 25, 1S97 4 true copy of record
 Attest: RICHARD +. LYON
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