The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21

any building or part thereof, shall be
equal in strength 10 the permanent sup
port required Tor such construction
Sec 90 BE 1T further ordained That
any opening or doorway cut through
party wall of brick or stone build
ing shall have top, bottom and sides of
stone, brick or iron; and shall be closed
BY two sets of tire-proof doors separated
by the thickness of the valid hung to
rabbetted iron frames, or TO iron hinges
IN brick or stone rabbets; and shall not
exceed ten Q0) feet in height by eight
90 feet in width, and every opening
other than a doorway shall be protected
N a similar manner
Sec. 49, Be it further ordained, That
40 tmbers except lathing strips, bond
timbers and wood brick, shall be used
IN any wall of any brick or stone build
ing except arch forms for interior arch
openings.
Sec. 40. Be it further ordained, That
all walls of a brick or stone building on
which the ends of beams rest shall be
anchored at each tier. of beams with
good, strong wrought iron anchors at
least one-half inch by one and one-half
inches or three-auarter inch round iron,
well built into the walls and fastened
at the side one-third from the bot
tom; and where the beams are supported
by girders the ends of the beams resting
on the Orders shall be butted together,
end TO end, and strapped with wrought
iron straps or tie irons, and shall be well
fastened
Sec. Al. Be it further ordained, That
all piers shall be built of the beet quality
of stone or of good, well burnt hard
brick laid in cement and sand mortar.
and well wet when laid in warm, dry
weather.
Sec. AZ. Be it further ordained. That
hripE Or sfOna Diers ry7der Initials cir.
ders or columns of brick or stone build
ngs, over one story high, shall have a
cap of iron, at least one and one-ha1f
01z) inches thick, the full size OF the
pier.
Sec. 49. Be it further ordained, That
brick or stone piers and buttresses shall
be bonded with thorough courses, level
and bedded each course, and where their
foundations rest piles a sufficient
number shall be driven to insure a
proper support.
Sec. Al. Be it further ordained, That
every metal column in brick or stone
building shall rest on an iron plate OF
not less thickness than two inches.
Wooden columns supporting Orders and
floors in such buildings shall set on one
and one-half-nch iron plates with Tugs
or ribs.
Sec. 40. Be 1t further ordained. That
the backing of any iron front that is not
wholly SelI-SuppOfllnS Sndl ne treated
independent wall If the iron Is
self-supporting, then the party wall shall
be extended to meet the outer thickness
of iron, and all vacancies shall be filled
with grout to insure a complete separa-
ton of adjoining buildings.
Sec. as Be it further ordained That
no uncovered tar. composition. rosin, felt
or woodwork shall in any way be ex-
posed on any roof or appendices within
the fire limits.
Sec. A. Be it further ordained. That
glass in all skylights If not 'prismatic
lights" wire or ribbed glass" shall be
protected by screens made of No 10 Tor
heavier wire), with meshes not exceed
ing one inch; such screens to be secured
TO the sash and kept at least four inches
above the glass.
Sec. 49, BE it further ordained. That
all buildings now or hereafter erected
shall be kept provided with securely fas-
tened metallic leaders. with sufficient ca
pacitv to conduct the water from the
roof to the ground, sewer or street gut
ter in such a manner as shall protect
the walls and foundations from dam
age: and in no case shall the water from
such leaders. or otherwise, be allowed to
flow upon the sidewalk. but shall be
conducted by drain pipes to the street
gutter or sewer.
Sec 49, Be it further ordained, That
all cornices, cutters, caves and parapets
and other projections or appendages
which project over the sidewalk, above
the first story of business buildings, and
above thirty feet from grade OF side
walk on all other buildings, shall be
made of incombustibIe materials.
Secs3 So Be it further ardained, Ihat
all roofs. except the feofsz9of dweiting
houses, shall be so constructed as tone
reached by a scuttle, or by iron steps
fastened to the outside of the outer wall
If by scuttle, the same shall be at least
twenty inches by thirty inches, tne
frame and lid covered with metal ana
shall have a stationary laoaer coHiiu-
nicating with such scuttle.
Sec 81. Be it further ordained, That
all business buildings more than nity-
six feet high. covering an area OF more
than 5000 superficial feet. also all ouiia-
ings exceeding eighty feet in helgnt,
shall have three-inch Cor larger metal
lie stand pipe within or near the front
wall. extending above the roof and ar
ranged so that engine hose can be at
tached from the street: said stand pipe
to have a two and one-half-inch nose
coupling on each floor and ON the ROOF.
There shall be a two-way AUTOMATIC
at the bottom of said stand pipe
so that two steam fire engines may be
attached thereto without interfering with
each other. Said siamese shall be with
in easy reaching distance from the side
walk and shall be securely anchored to
the wall of the building. All hose coup
lings shall conform to the size and pat
tern adopted by the fire department of
the city of Birmingham, used now or
hereafter, and such couplings shall be
approved by the chief of said fire de-
partment.
Sec. %. Be 1t further ordained, That
all floor beams, iosts and headers shall
be Kept at least two inches clear of any
wall enclosing a fire 1ue or chimney
breast, and the space left between the
framing and such 1ue shall he filed
solid with gagged mortar a heavy coat
OF plastering shall he put on the outside
face of the fues before any other wood
work shall be placed against It,
Sec. SO. Be 1t further ordained. That
all floors shall be constructed to bear
safe weight per superficial foot, exclu-
sive of materials. follows: For
dwellings. tenement or lodging houses.
not less than seventy pounds: for stores
houses and warehouses; not less than
one hundred and seventy-five pounds:
machine shops. armories and drill rooms.
not less than two hundred and fifty
pounds; for light mechanical purposes.
not less than one hundred and twenty
pounds. In all calculations for the
strength of the materials to be used in
any building. the proportion between the
safe weight and the breaking weight
shall be as one to four for all beams.
Orders and other pieces subjected to