The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-14

lhat snail be menuoIleu III SuCn COin-
plant, notice, resolution or order, as
supposed. to be dangerous or in VIOLA
ton of any of the foregoing ordinances,
and authority is hereby given to the in
spector of buildings to enter upon any
premises in the corporate limits Of the
city of Savannah for that purpose
Second. And if in the opinion of the
inspector of buildings the removal or
repair of such building, wall chimney,
scaffolding or other structure should
be necessary, he shall give immediate
notice to the owner of the property
or his agent to have same removed
or repaired.
Third. And If after a sufficient time,
determined by the character of the
work and the exigence of the case, the
removal or repair are not completed,
the inspector of buildings is hereby
authorized to have such removal or
repair done, and to employ labor and
purchase material for that purpose. and
the expenses incurred in making such
removal or repair shall be assessed
against the property and to be col
lectable as provided for in Sec. IL,
MacDonells Code.
Sec 27.-Arches and Lintels-An
OPENINGS, if segment or circle top,
are to have arches with sufficient abut-
ments, to be not less than two row.
lock courses in hight and one brick
high if bonded. If square top, to be
provided with lintels of timber or iron,
to have not less than 6-inch bearing
on both ends, and to have relieving
archie sat least one brick high turned
over. Wood lintels TO be inches
high for openings three feet wide and.
wider, and to be 2. inches higher for
every increase of one foot in width of
opening. Sizes of iron lintels to be
proportioned to weight and span.
Sec. 2S.-Fire-proof Buildings
Every building hereafter erected, the
hight of which exceeds seventy feet,
shall be built fire-proof: that is to
say shall be constructed with walls
of brick stone, iron or other hard
incombustible materials, in which tim
Der lntels or bond timber shall not
be place and in which the floors and
roofs shall not be placed, and in which
the floors and roofs shall be on ma
terial similar to the walls.
Second. The stairs and staircase land
ings shall be built entirely of brick
stone, iron or other hard incombustible
materials.
Third No woodwork or other inflam-
mable material shall be used in any
of the partitions, furrings or ceilings,
in any such fire-proof buildings, ex-
cepting, however, the doors and win
dows and their frames. the trims,
castings, the interior finish and the
floor boards and sleepers directly there
under, may be made of wood
Fourth. In all 1re-proof buildings
hereafter constructed. the following
rules must be observed:
Rule l. All iron columns shall be
made true and smooth at both ends,
and shall rest on cast iron bed plates,
and have cast iron caps, which shall
also be made true
All iron trimmer beams, headers
and tail beams shall be bly, framed
and connected together, and iron grid
ers, columns, beams, trusses and all
other iron work of all floors and roofs
shall be strapped, bolted anchored and
connected together, and to the walls
in a strong and substantial manner.
Rule 2. Under the ends of all iron
beams. where they rest on the walls,
a stone or cast iron template must be
built into the walls, said templates to
be eight inches wide, in twelve inch
walls, and in all walls of greater thick
ness, to be twelve inches wide. and
such templates, if of stone, shall not,
in any case, be less than two and one
half inches in thickness. and no tenn
plate shall be less than twelve inches
long.
lGule 5. All DITCH OF stone arches
placed between iron floor beams shall
be at least four inches thick and have
a rise of at least one and a quarter
inches to each foot of span between
the beams. Arches over five feet span
shall be properly increased in thick
ness, as required by the inspector of
buildings, or the space between the
beams may be filed in with sectional
hollow of burnt clay or some equally
good fire proof material, having a
depth of not less than one and a quar-
ter inches to each foot of span, a va
riable distance being allowed of not
over six inches in the span between
the beams.
Rule A. The said brick arches shall
be laid to a line on the centers with
close joints, and the brick shall be well
wet, and the joints filled with cement
mortar in proportions of not more than
two of sand to one of cement by meas
ure. The arches shall be well grouted,
and pinned and chinked with slate and
eyed.
Sec. 29.-Steam and Hot Air Pipes
in Partitions, etc.-First. Wherever
metal hot air pipes are placed inside
of stud partitions all timbers, base
boards, etc, that are within four
inches of such pipes are to be covered
with tin, and the plastering over such
hot air pipes to be on wire cloth or
iron lath.
Second. In all cases where hot air
pipes pass through a wood or stud par
tition, they shall be guarded by either
a double collar or metal, with two
inches air space, and holes for venti-
lation, or surrounded by brick work
at least four inches in thickness.
Third. No steam pipe shall be placed
within less than two inches of any
timber or wood work, unless the tim
Der or wood work is protected by a
metal shield, then the distance shall
not be less than one inch.
Fourth. All steam pipes passing
through floors and ceilings or lath and
plastered partitions, shall be protected
by a metal tube two inches larger in
diameter than the pipe.
Fifth. All wooden boxes or castings
inclosing steam pipes and all covers to
recesses shall be lined with tin plate.
Sixth All cold air boxes shall be
made of iron or brick for a distance of
at least three feet from the furnace.
Seventh. All portable hot air fur
naces shall be kept at least three feet
from any wooden or combustible parti-
tions or ceilings, unless the partitions
or ceilings are properly protected by
a metal shield, then the distance shall
not be less than one foot.
Eighth. Wooden floors under any
portable furnace shall be protected by
a suitable stone or course of bricks
well laid in mortar, said stone or brick
shall extend at least two feet beyond
the furnace in front of the ash pan.
Ninth All registers for hot air fur
naces placed in any woodwork or
combustible floors shall have stone Dor
ders firmly set in mortar.