The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-30

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Ii any horizontal section Of any part OF any
bearing wall in any building shows more than
twenty-five per cent. area Of hues and open
ihgs. the said wall shall be increased four
inches res IN n thickness fisSnes for he, every ten per ar cent 1
excess OF twenty-five per cent
Sec. All No recess for water sewer or other
pipes shall be made in any wall more than
one-third of its thickness, and the recesses
around said pipes shall be Allied up With
solid masonry for the space of one foot at the
HEIGHT OF BASEMENT AND UPPER
Sec. 4S. The height of any basement used for
dwelling purposes, or for sleeping apartments
Of ceiling of same above grade to be not less
than tpur feet.
No room an any dwelling, Lodging or tene-
ment hereafter built shall be considered hab-
table, or used as a habitatien, unless it is
at least eight feet six inches in height in
CEILINGS or EASEMENTS.
Sec. 40. Ceilings in Easements or cellars in
all buildings shall be lathed with wire lath--
plaster. or covered with any other ~ire-proof
material, approved Of by the Inspector Of
OGDEN BEAMS.
Sec. 50. All wooden beams snail be trim
be a smoke. air or any other fue, the trim
mer to be at least eight inches from the in
side face Of a hue, and the header two inches
from the outside face of the wall. Ends of all
wooden floor or roof beams shall enter the wall
to a depth Of four inches, unless the wall IS
properly eerbeled out four inches, in which
case brick work is to extend to top of beams
in case Of any DETECTION, or breaking, they
NAV fall out without doing much injury to
the brick wall. All beams entering any stone
Or brick wall, shall be spiayed one-quarter
inch to one inch shorter at top edge.
All wooden floor or roof beams shall be
properly bridged with cross bridging. and the
distance between bridging or bridgings and
wall shall not be more than eight feet.
Each tier of beams shall be anchored TO the
side, front. rear OF FIR parry ~, walS a IN nee a !
strong wrought iran anchors. The ends OF
all beams resting on iron girders shall be but
ted together, TO end with wrought, iron straps.
They may lap each other at least twelve
inches. and be well spiked or polted together
when Tapped.
Sec. 51s Every pier and wall, front or rear.
shall be well anchored to the beams with
wrought Iron anchors, which anchors shall
beams in all buildings. brick or frame, shall
not be less than three inches By eight inches,
Corner and centre posts of all frame buildings
over two stories in height. unless balloon
frame. shall not be less than four inches by
'sa; STRENGTH OF FLOORS AND ROOFS.
Sec. 81. Floors shall be of sufficient
strength in al their parts to carry the f e.
weight Of the materials Of which they are
composed, viz, per square foot
apartment Houses and hotels, ~ pounds loads,
On schooihouses, % pounds, hoor and roof.
On office buildings, 70 pounds, floer ane
on churches and theatres. 50 pounds. floor
On public halls. stores and factories, 100 to |
1850 pounds floor and roof.
on drill Rooms and riding schools, 200 to go
Floors Of warehouses and storage houses
shall be proportioned TO the load they are TO
The roofs Of all buildings SHAH be. proper
toned 70 bear safely thirty POUNDS upon every
the weight Of the materials composing the
s a5as OF wallis \ SKELETON
sec. IS. rhe walls and skeleton frame work
Of every building during the erection or al
teratiop thereof, shall be strongly hraced from
the beams OF every story and When required
shall also be braced from me outside until
wall Or walls Of any building be carried up
more than two stories IN advance ef any otheT
wall except by permission from the inspector
. na'a'"1 TEMPORARY SUPPORTS.
see.Nsf. Every temporary support placed nm
aer anS structure wall, girder Or beam during |
the erection. inishiag, alteration or repairing
IF any buikiing or stEps1afs, o. any pant snsrs-
carry the load g 3 ss,lp plafSas thereon.
ssee. as, m all buildings hereafter erected Or
altered where any iron or steel column or
columns are used 10 support q wall OF part
interior wall, the said column OF columns shall
be 50 constructed as may ~ approved w the