The Jersey City news., 1899-01-05

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THICKNESS OF BRICK WALLS.
The thickness of brick walls for dwellings
shall not be less than the number of inches
given below
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2 Stories isl l2l 12i 12i
Stories 20 I2 12 12 I2 [
Stories 20 12 IL 12 12 12
Stories "a 16 l6 12 l2l 12i I2
Stories pa 2O Isl Isl 12 l2 12tsf2i
Z Stories 2S 24 2D Isl 18 l2i l2f I2i 12
8 Stories { 28 pa 26 2A 16 te 16 19 t2 t9l
8 Stories PSI al 20 29t 20l i6 l6 Isl 12i III 12
70 Stories So 4s al 2Ol 2o 90 is is Is i2 a. 12
II any horizontal section OF any part of any
bearing wall in any building shows more than
fMsnty1nve ps m, & PET cent cent area q fues and OPEN
inches in thickness for every ten per cent,
or fraction thereof of fue or opening in
eRECESS
Sec. A. No. recess for water, sewer other
one-third OF it's thickness and the recesses
around said pipes shall be filled, up with
solid soil M masonry m for the space Of one foot at the
HEIGHT OF BASEMENT AND UPPER
ROOMS.
Sec As. The height of any basement used for
dwelling purposes, or for sleeping apartments
to be not less than eight feet and the height
Of ceiling Of same above grade to be not less
than four feet.
No room in any dwelling, lodging or tene-
Inent hereafter built shall be considered hab-
liable, or used habtation, unless it is
at least eight feet six inches in height in
CEILINGS OF EASEMENTS.
Sec 49, Ceilings in Easements or cellars in
all buildings shall be iathed with wire lath-
plaster, or covered with any other fire. proof
material, approved of by the Inspector Of
WOODEN BEAMS.
Sec 30. All wooden beams shall be trim
med away from the hues whether the same
be a. smoke. air or any other fiue the trim
mer to be at least eight inches from the in
side face of a fue, and the header two inches
wooden floor roof beams shall enter the wall
to a depth of four inches unless the wall is
properly .corbeled out four inches, in which
The ends of all beamsu shall be so shaped that
in case of any detection, breaking. they
the brick wall. All beams entering any stone
or brick wall, shall be splayed one-quarter
inch to one inch shorter at top edge,
All wooden floor 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. 4
Each tier of beams shall be anchored to the
side front, party walls al intervals
of not more than eight feet apart with good,
all beams resting on iron girders shall be but
ted together, to end witt, wrought iron straps
They may lap each other at least twelve
inches and be we'll spiked or bolted together
when Tapped
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
~ STRENGTH OF FLOORS AND ROOFS.
Sec. So. Floors shall be of sufficient
strength in all their parts to carry the fol-
lowing superimposed loads, in addition to the
weight of the materials of which they are
composed, viz, per square foot
dwellings,, tenement houses, lodging houses
app rtment houses and hotels, 10 pounds loads,
OH schoolhouses, rs pounds, floor and roof.
on office buildings, 70 pounds, floor and
on churches and theatres, 50 pounds, floor
On public halls, stores and factories, 100 to
$50 pounds. floor and roof.
On drill rooms and riding schools, 200 to 25O
pounds. floor and roof.
Floors Of warehouses and storage houses
shall be proportioned to the load they are to
rbe roofs Of all buildings shall be propor-
toned to bear safely thirty pounds uponsevefy
superficial foot Of their surface rxsasliti0n TO
the weight of the materials composing tho
BRAc1NG Is5'ls OF WALLS. AMI sKELmT0N
FRAMES.
Sec 53 The walls and skeleton frame work
of every building during the erection or all
teration thereof, shall be strongly braeed from
the beams Of every story & ai,d when REQUIRED
the building is enclosed Hn no case shall any
wall or walls of any building pc carried up
more than two stories in advance of any other
wall except by permission from the Inspector
q i'u''' TEMPORARY SUPPORTS.
Sec 54 Every temporary support placed un-
der any structure wall, girder or beam during
the erection, finishing, alteration or repairing
OF any building or structure, or any part there
Of shall be of sufficient strength to safely
carry the load to be PLACED thereon.
COLUMNS.
Sec IS. In all buildings hereafter erected or
altered where any iron or steel column or
columns are used to support wall or part
thereof whether the same be an exterior or
Interior wall, the said COLUMN or columns shall
be SO constructed as may be approved by the
Inspector OF Buildings. Iron posts or columns,
with one or more open sides or backs, shall
have solid iron plates on top OF each, to pre-
vent the passage of fire, or smoke, through
them from one story to another; excepting
where pierced for the passage of pipes. All cast
iron wrought iron and steel columns shall have
their bearings faced smooth and straight angles
to the axis OF the columns, and when one
column rests upon another column they shall
be securely bolted together. eWooden columns
supporting wooden girders and wooden floor
and roof beams, in all buildings more than two
stories high, shall have iron caps and base
plates not less than one inch thick. or iron
isI sIINTELs. BRACKETS AND GTRDERs.
Sec Sc. Cast iron used in the shape of lntels
or brackets shall be so proportioRed that the
compression stress upon the same shall not ex-
ceed 1850 pounds per square inch, and that
the teHsiI stress shah not exceed 5000 pounds
See S7.@ All girders beams, brackets and
that the maximum fibre stress viii not exceed
16, 900 pounds per square inch, or that. II made
Of iron, the maximum fibre stress shah not ex-
TANKS ON ROOFS.
Sec So. Any person or persons placing wates
any any building, where said tanks are to hold
more than i've hundred gallons Of water for