New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

this system of nreproof window construction. Tbs
The glass was four inches square. and was held
The e OF the he fe heat me@g Pe Was 81
hour The glass was then subjected to a stream of
were much warped and twisted in the inside. as
they were not let into the brickwork. but outside
second test The most vigorous Il impact i Of the
Water Ialed 10 break through the glass in any OF
supervision Of Professor Charles l. Norton.
seen at the St Regis Hotel where the windows are
bronze and brass covered "HecIa."
FIREPROOF STAIRS
stairways Of 'Hecla" are perfectly fire safe
Gimber Pudding Philadeiphia with twenty dVe
fights OF stairs. have their treads constructed of
Hecla material has decided advantages over mar
9 9e stone ana slate Not only s II lighter but It
ders iron midway support unnecessary. This nom
possessed by either marble Stone or slate Tem mem
having heretofore lost their lives by the giving way
them to ooTs Below Ths lesson Is so %e 2earha
mat the code calls for iron auxiliary construc-
uon, with bars not more than four inches apart
under such treads.
FIREPROOF FLOORS
Floors OF Hecla material. twenty to twenty-five
b FfaT used 9i on END ca4s e. arch ta
made slab one and one-sixteenth inches thick and
in the centre only pesxteenths of an inch uner
the weight Of load $50 pounds TO the square foot
moved It is clear, therefore that in addition to
us other virtues the Hecla material possesses that
OF economy II imposes less weight upon the
foundation and therefore requires less structural
concrete weighs on an $780, ooI oi @ cement
material weighs but twenty to sixty pounds per
Unlike other hreproof floors which require beam
supports air space flooring above and metal lath-
part or the building, stands by its strength,
ana requires no space consuming adjuncts So that
II a he
with Hecla material can give the same headroom
70 but ten constructed with other hreproof mate
riais; This marvellous economy Is an important
OK reliability, strength, non-conductiv!ty and in
the slabs their freedom from aW Ws u and tb OF
actitude with which they he moulded to AT any
fore unrivalled from a sanitary standpoint.
The BROOKLYN Institute has $3.50 feet OF Hecla
SEAMLESS OPERATING ROOMS
This claim 10 seamlessness has led eminent sur
geons and bacterioogists support the idea OF
using aeeis as the structural lining Of the operat-
the flooring. stairs. seats. walls and every other
is certain that where there arr no rra, s9F IL
minute gaps between material there can be no
face such as Hecla presents may be relied upon TO
give germ-proof results.
FIREPROOF ROOFS
,, The lightness. strength md durability OF the
that have s Peemgas may be seen IN NewYork
weather OF this trying climate for five years or
more. and look none the worse for tbs test be-
yohd' possibly slight meliowing TO color.
THEATRE CURTAINS.
The latest @p2lic@ton Of the Heoa system is to
models. that the audience can by the mere Dushin ?
the stage, and although hery furnace may rage on
Ire stage side the temperature will not be ap-
PIeciaoly raised In the auditorium.
FIRE RESISTING RESIDENCES
remarks: according TO George EtheIhert Walsh
writing in The Architects and Builders Magazine
Sltg houses are being demanded and more by
views follow: II has always been SUPPOSED tb ,sh
single single family occupying private house was safe
In hotels and apartment houses But IN tbs raIf
Few years disastrous losses Of life and property in
some or our handsomest New-York residences have
caused feeling Of insecurity that is rapidly Gre
a Ta demand for new kinds of houses The de-
recognized factors OF the day In building circiss
being made TO design them so that they can he coz
struggled within reasonable limits old methods ~
putting up an oice strnctnr e methods employed In
cause OF the dneTSnee in the thickness OF the walls
walls OF and brick and it is esmd ihan IT., the
from 10 20 ~ per cent more space is obtained in the
important In city where land sells so high as in
ORR ana tne gain obtained In this way adds
as we'll as architects and builders are Sill,
punt. Nearly All tne partitions though
winner than the wooden ones. are practicaI Nv
soundproot' ana noises seldom penetrate from one
10 another. Not foot Of woodwork NOR e.
absolutely necessary is used and metal abonnds
ooth as an ornament and as a NECESSITY ,Tht.
however. does not In any way detract from the pen
eraI erect Tor metal is to-day used for rterior
moro and more ''ASi HialeIlaI
The Hsca material can be used with pecuI,arlv
nappy erect In the homes. Not only docs ~ e. ~,
10 TO 20 per cent In space of the partitions but the
same as In ONCE buildings IT saves in head rooDN
100 me Hecla material itself forms the doorIns,
end needs no concrete backing or speciaI beams ~
Mold and support II. 1t forms an integral Dor3 90
DII abors e. cheap ana practically everlasting
system. so fully equipped to meet ali the redure
ments or modern hreproof construction that Pr0-
lessor Woolson's assertion that 'ft is pSssbla 70
make houses. offices. public buildings and o1be1
means at their disposal is fully supported ~ the