The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
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within me Iass yeaf q Tires story and
haeernent bfiok building was allowed 10 ~
constructed With walls sn thin tha, they
are q menaor 10 public safety. The fore.
going violations are said 10 have been
detected and reported ny the inspectors,
hut their deciaiona we're overrlled by the
board. The present force NJ building In.
spectorp 10 inadequate IN cover the territory
In anything like a thorough manner Only
one theatre In the city conforms 10 the laws'
About N per cent. n all the buildings
In the city and M per cent 81 those In the
BUSINESS section were Of frame construction,
and the committee. for that reason. chased
san Francisco a. a wooden city Under the
head 81 local conditions the report said
careful inspection n the entire conRested
value district, which consists of ioi blocks,
containing 2.ose separate buildings, shows
the following types Of construction
Titsprooi .....,.. per cent. Of he whole
Frame. .....,.,... sB per cent. OF he whole,
OF the hreproof construction ?sp per cent,
/ as floor areas exceeding 10000 square feet,
the largest being a twelve story ONCE build
ing, area "a, Coz square feet. and a twelve and
q half story hotel. area l.aHO square feet,
There IL a two-seven sto'y building OF fire
proof construction to the fourth and slow
burning above. occupied on the lower floors
as a large department store and as ofices
above. which has the largest area In the bust
ness section-ss 400 square feet. The high
est f~reproof building is a nineteen story
once building Of medium area.
or the mill construction none was found In
the blocks inspected. and what exists else
where IL of a non standard type.
OF the joisted construction STA per cent.
consists Of buildings more than 5000 square
feet In area. the largest two being IS. 400 square
feet, a seven story hotel and a two-seven story
part ~lreproof and joisted department store
and Office building of same area. Thirteen
building as. all unsprinklered. exceed 10000
square feet In area. Eighty-fve exceed 10000
square feet in area and laS buildings, or 1873
per cent. Of the joisted construction. eK-
coed four stories in height The greatest
height Of non-freproof buildings Is eight
stories. OF which there are several instances.
OF the frame construction the larsest two
are / 5000 square feet. a four story lodging
house and concert ball, andl 800 square feet.
a hotel occupied In first story as stores. The
highest building is Ave stories. a large room
ing house. The amount of frame within the
congested value district is unusually lar &c and
about 20 per cent. of the areas exceed 5000
square feet.
In the congested value district there lie but
one sprinkler equipment and IL is practically
All Of the freproof building s have win
dows unprotected and In many cases are badly
About so per cent. Of the ioisted
brick buildin gs ha We furred and wood sheathed
walls and wood sheathed ceilings rs. With the
Of a small per cent. Of the fra mes
and a few of the bricks In the older part OF
town, the buildings inspected are in generally
to good repair with walls intact and free
from cracks or apparent weakness. In a
number Of the wholesale and tenant manu-.
buildings the upper floors are over.
loaded by the installation Of heavy machinery
and stock. Large. open light wells are numer-
BUS and conspicuously prominent on account
Of their size and lumber. Several of the
hotels are literally perforated with
them. Skylights with little variation con-
form to requirements in the code, and roof
are generally metal clad.
The enforcement Of the fire escape and
standpipe ordinance is highly commendable
and not one violation was noticed. The es-
are largely Of the vertical ladder and
balcony type. although the stair and balcony
type is used extensively on hotels, theatres.
&c. Standpipes are built in conjunction with.
but independently Of, FIRE escapes.
The committees only reference to earth
in it's comments on local conditions
was:
Slight earthquake shocks are not I'M
but their effect On walls is not
noticeable and reported to be Of little con-
sequence"