The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-30
Sec. II9. Photographers, Six,
PART Xxx.
FIRE ESCAPES.
Sec. III. Fire Escapes

See. III. Fire Escapes
Every building Except private dwell
fngS), three stories or more in height,
If not of fire proof construction, shall be
| provided with stair fire escapes in the
| following ratio: All buildings of the
warehouse or factory class shall have
at least one fire escape, ard shall be
| provided with one additional fire escape
for every one hundred persons employed
above the first floor. Every public hall
located above the second story shall
have one fire escape for every two thou
sand superficial feet OF area or fraction
thereof contained in said hall Every
hotel, lodging house, fat building and
tenement house containing one or more
families in each story. and being three
stories or more in height, shall have pro-
vided fire escapes.
Provided, however, that if such apart
nent house, tenement house or hotel
has two distinct stairways. one of them
entering from the street, and the other
from the extreme opposite side or rear
of the building, or on the outside in the
rear, the same viii not require a fire
more in height, in which case they shall
be provided with fire escapes as here
tofore described
All fire escapes must be kept in good
repair at all times and free from snow
and Ice, Instructions or membranes
Of any kind whatsoever.
Sec. I22. Platform and Stairs
Platform and stairs of fire escapes
shall be constructed of iron or steel of
perforated pattern. IN no case shall less
than four Stats be used to tread.
StalrWays must be designed, con-
structed and erected to safely sustain
in all their parts a safe load of one
hundred pounds per square foot
Treads shall not be less than six inches
wide and the rise not more than ten
inches. The stairs in all cases must not
be less than twenty-four inches wide.
The platform shall consist of iron bal
comics not less than two feet in width
from the face Of the wall, and four feet
IN length! connected with iron stairways
and provided with drop ladder from the
lowest balcony, where the distance from
the ground shall not exceed eight feet.
StairWays to extend from balcony to bal
cony, and ladder shall extend from the
highest balcony to the roof, where it
shall be securely fastened.
Sec. I23. Ratings
The ratings of the balconies and stairs
must be properly secured to the walls,
balconies and stairs with bolts nuts and
washers, and shall consist of at least
two rails. The outside top railing to ex-
tend around the entire length Of the plat
form and through the wall at each end,
ana shall be properly secured by nuts
and washers or otherwise equally well
braced and bolted The top rail of the
balcony must not be less than one and
one-haf inch pipe iron, or material
not be less than one-inch pipe iron, or
material equally as strong, bolted
through the wall.
Sec I24. Brackets
Brackets supporting the fire escanes
must go clear through the wall and be
ooIted on the inside. Brackets shall be
furnished with washers, bolts and nuts
complete.
Sec. 1875. Stand Pipes
Stand pipes with hose connections must
go TO the top of the roof and be provided
on al buildings five stories or more in