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

VHIUN, galvanized sheet iron or terra cotta or fire
 olay nqe Things, in which case four inches ot prck work may be omitted No wooden casing turing or lath shall be placed against or cover any smoke Hue or metal pipe used to convey hot air or steam. No smoke pipe snail pass through any floor, partition or roof or any building except as hereinafter provided.
 No stove pipe in any building with wooden
 or combustible floors, ceilings or partitions, shall enter any lue unless the said pipe shall
 De at least twelve inches from either the l said floors, ceilings or partitions, unless the same IS properly protected by metal shield,
 in which case the distance shall not be less than six inches. In all cases where stove | pipes pass through stud or wooden partitions
 of any kind, they shall be guarded by either | double collar of metal with at least three
 inches Of air space and holes for ventilation, or py soap-stOne or burnt-cay ring not | less than four inches in thickness and eXtend- | ing through the partition. Where laundry
 stoVes hot water, steam, hot-ar or other
 furnaces are used in any building, the smoke | pipe leading therefrom must be kept not less
 than eighteen inches from the floor beams
 or ceiling unless the same is properly pro-
 tected by a metal shield, when the distance | shall not be less than nine inches. In all | cases where such pipe passes through a wood
 or stud partition 1t shall be protected by a | thimble with eight inches of brick work
 around It, or double collar of metal with
 at least six inches air space and holes for | ventilation. Hot-air pipes in stud partitions
 and horizontal pipes In floors, shall be built
 in the following manner: The pipes shall be
 double, that is, two pipes, one inside the other, | at least one-half inch apart and there shall l be a space of at least three inches between l the pipe and stud or any other timber on l each side; or if single pipe is used, the in
 side face of said studs shall be well lined | with tin plate and the outside faces covered
 with brick. iron lath, or slate, and there ! shall be at least one-half inch air space all | around the said heating pipe Horizontal
 hot-air pipes shall be kept six inches below the floor beams or ceiling, if the floor beams
 or ceiling are plastered and protected by a
 metal shield, then the distance shall not be
 less than three inches. In cases where hot | air pipes pass through wood or stud parti-
 tion, they shall be guarded by either double
 collar of metal, with two inches air space and holes for ventilation, or they shall be sur | rounded by brick work at least four inches
 in thickness. Where the air conveyed through pipes is heated in an ordinary hot-air | furnace, or in any other apparatus by direct ! contact of the air with the fire box, the ma I terial used for these double pipes and register boxes shall be bright tin. Where the air 1 is heated by hot water or steam pipes or in | direct heating stacks, any other sheet metal | may be used for the pipes, and the use of 1 double pipes is not obligatory. All fues in every building shall be properly cleaned and ! all rubbish removed, and the fues left smooth | on the inside upon the completion of all build | ings No chimney shall be started or built
 upon any floor or beam of wood. In no case | shall chimney be corheed out more than l eight inches from the wall, and in all such | cases the corbeing shall consist of at least | five courses of brick. Where chimneys are | supported by piers, the piers shall start from | the foundation on the same line with the | chimney breast. and shall not be less than 1 twelve inches on the face, properly bonded | into the walls. No chimney shall be cut off | below, in whole or in part. and supported by | wood, but shall be wholly supported by stone | brick or iron. All chimneys which shall be
 dangerous in any manner whatsoever shall
 be repaired and made safe, or taken down. | Iron Cupola chimneys of foundries shall eX- | tend at least ten feet above the highest point
 of any roof within a radius of fifty feet of l such cupola, and be covered on top with a
 heavy wire netting. No brick oven, coffee roaster or any other brick structure to con- l tain fire shall be placed on a wooden floor
 Or a floor supported by wooden beams In any building. All smoke houses hereafter erected | or constructed shall be built fre-proof, and | the door and window openings in same shall | be provided with iron or tin covered wooden | doors or shutters. Before any building here after erected Is occupied or used in whole | or in part, for woodworking purposes, and | before any building erected prior to the pas | sage of this act. but not at such time occupied
 or used, in whole or in part, for any aforesaid | purposes, is so occupied or used. flre-proof 1 vault shall be constructed in connection | herewith of sufficient capacity to contain all
 shavings, sawdust, chips and other light comhustibe refuse resulting from such manu- l facture All such combustible refuse shall be | daily removed to the vault, and shall not
 be allowed to accumlateN within or near the 1 building unless stored in the vault to be pro | vided as herein required.
 | Sec. A. No steam pipe shall be placed with | in two inches of any timber or woodwork un-
 less the timber or woodwork is protected by
 metal shield, then the distance shall not be | less than one inch. All steam pipes passing | through floors and ceilings, or ath and plas-
 tered partitions, shall be protected by metal | tube one inch larger in diameter than the /! pipe, and the space shall be filled in with min | eral wool, asbestos or other incombustbe
 material. All brick hot-air furnaces shall have I two covers, with an air space of at least four 1 inches between them; the inner cover of the 1 hot-air chamber shall be either brick arch | or two courses of brick laid on galvanized
 iron or tin supported by iron bars; the out | side cover, which is the top of the furnace
 shall be made of brick or metal supported | by iron bars, and so constructed as to be
 perfectly tight and shall not be less than l four inches below the ceiling or floor beams The walls of the furnace shall be built hol-
 low in the following manner: One inner and
 one outer wall, each four inches in thick ness properly bonded together, with an air | space of not less than three inches between
 them. Furnaces must be built at least four
 inches from all woodwork. All cold air boxes
 shall be made of metal, brick, or other incom-
 bustible material for distance of at least | three feet from the furnace All portable
 hot-air furnaces shal be kept at least two
 feet from any wooden Or combustible parti-
 tion or ceiling unless the partitions and cell
 ings are properly protected by metal shield
 when the distance shall not be less than one
 foot. Wooden floors under any portable fur
 mace shall be protected by a suitable stone
 or course of bricks well laid in mortar
 Said stone or bricks shall extend at least
 two feet beyond the furnace In front of the
 ash-pan All register boxes shall be made
 of tin plate, with fange on the top to fit the groove in the frame, the register to rest
 upon the same; there shall be an open space of two inches on all sides of the register box
 extending from the under side of the border
 to and through the ceiling below, The said
 opening shall be fitted with tight tin casing
 the upper end of which shall be turned under
 the frame. When a register box is placed in
 the floor over a portable furnace, the open
 space on all sides of the register box shall
 not be less than three inches. When only
 one register Is connected with furnace said
 be placed nearer than twenty inches to any
 unprotected woodwork. Floors under al
 stoves shall be protected by covering of in
 combustible material. Where kitchen range Is placed near a wooden stud partition, the
 studs shall be cut away and framed two feet i higher and one foot wider than the range and filled in to line with said stud partition
 with brick or fre-proof blocks and plasteret
 thereon. In cases where hot water, steam
 hot air or other heating appliances or fur
 naces are hereafter placed in any building or fues or fireplaces are changed or enlarged
 due notice shall first be given to the Inspector
 of Buildings by the contractor or inspector
 of said work.
 Sec. 45. No gas, water. or other pipes which
 poav ha iptr into any buildinp hal