The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-22
CITY ORDINANCES.

| tne lnlrty-third line. after the eighth
 word Insert Tor steel"
 Sec. lN2, Ese of Wooden Beams- All wooden beams or other tlmbers in
 mo party wall of every building built |
 or stone, brick or iron. shall be separat- eu from the beam or timber entering 1 n me opposite side of the wall by at | 1 least Tour Inches of solid mason work, NO wooden floor beams nor wooden roof
 beams used in any building, exceeding
 d9fee stories In height hereafter erect | cl, shhll Dc of less thickness than
 three inches, All wooden trimmer and h
 header beams shall not be less than
 one Inch thicker than the floor or roof
 beams on the same tier. where ths
 and where the header is four feet an,i
 not less than fifteen feet in length, tho
 trimmer and header beams shall be at
 least double the thickness of tho floor
 or root beams, or shall each be made
 of two beams forming such thickness
 properly spiked or bolted together, and
 when the header is more than fifteen
 feet in length, wrought iroN Hitch plates
 of proper thickness and depth shall
 DO piaced between two wooden
 through the Iron plates in constructing the trimmer and header beams; or
 wrought Iron or rolled steel beams o6X
 sufficient strength may be used. EveryX
 beams. shall rest at one end four
 inches in the wall, or upon a grder as authorized by this title Ali woodenN
 floor and wooden roof beams shall be
 properly bridged with cross bridging
 and the distance between bridging or
 between bridging and walls shall no5
 exceed eight feet Every wooden head
 CT or trimmer more than four feet long.
 used In any building. shall be hung in/
 strrup-irons of suitable thickness for1
 the size of the timbers or joist hangersj
 approved by the Inspector of Buildings
 No timber shall be used in any wall
 Of any building where stone. brick or
 Iron Is commonly used. except lintels
 as herelnbefore provided. The ends o1
 all wooden floor and roof beams wherd
 they rest on brick walls, shall be cut j to bevel of three inches on thciiL depth. SO that In case of fire they may
 fall without Injury to walls. Al
 wooden beams shall be trimmed awa,
 from the flues. whether the same bd smoke, air, or any other flue, thdI
 trimmer beam to he eight inches iron the inside face of the fiue in a straigh way and four inches from the outsidJ | of chimney breast, and the heade, two inches from the outside face of thu flue.
 Each tier of beams shall be anchored to the side. front. rear or party wall . at intervals of not more than six fee apart. with good. strong wrought iroi , anchors of not less than one and 3 half inches by three-eighths of an incl in size, we'll fastened to the top o|
 sides of the beams by two or nor
 nails made of wrought iron at leas
 one-fourth of an inch in diameter The ends of beams resting upon gird CTS shall be butted together. end 8 end. and strapped by wrought fro straps of the same size and distanc| apart. and in the same beams as th|
 wall anchors, and shall be fastened !; the same manner as said wall anchor ' or they may lap each other at least B inches and be well spiked or bolted td
 gether where Tapped. Where tho beam
 are supported by girders. the girdef e shall be anchored to the walls an = fastened to each other by suitable fro e straps. Every pier and wall. front # rear, shall be well anchored to tf E beams of each story, with the sam n size anchors as are required for sit q walls, which anchors shall hook ovt y the fourth joist, and the joists to q q steadied with scantlings, not Jess tha . two inches by four inches cut in b{ r tween the same. Each tier of beam ,, front and rear, opposite each tie u shall have hard wood or Georgia pin n anchor strips dovetailed into the bean l. diagonally, which strips shall cover e i. least four beams. and be one ind n thick and four inches wide, but Il Q such anchor strips shall be let in witt p T in four feet of the center line of tA|
 beams; and wooden strips shall
 nailed on the top of the beams all
 kept In place until the floors are bejl|
 laid. Wooden columns supporti1t
 wooden girders and wooden floor beaH .o' and wooden roof beams, in all builE 10 ings more than two stories in heigH }; shall each have cap and base plates ,rr iron or steel of suitable thickness, ai l. d of proper size and shape. Said wood n, columns, when placed one over anoths shall not bear upon any wooden girdi = but shall bear directly upon each otht or shall have between the iron or stt K plates suitable iron dowels passil d through the girders. All timbefys a
 wood beams used in any bullding\ shI N be of good, sound material, free fEd
 rot large and loose knots, shakes, " any imperfectlon whereby the streng Ie may be impaired, and be of such si
 and dimensions as the purposes U which the building is intended requiI d Sec 1S3. The last sentence 's read No frame or wood e dwelling house hereafter erect IS shall exceed three stories or s- feet in height" so that said sectf ,I as amended shall read as follows: E ,se Sec. 1S3. Wooden buildings outsl ,- before prescribed herein, buildings
 frame or wood may be erected, but s frame building, to be occupied or u$ 's as a stable workshop or manufactoE m shall be built more than two stor3 s. CT 20 feet in height, nor shall al s; wooden tower or spire be built or ,i built to greater height than 60 f@ ,h "No frame or wooden dwelling hog ot hereafter erected shall exceed thu af stories or 37 feet in height.'
 " Sec. 1S4. Fourteenth line 10 read d 'underpinning walls of frame or wos ~, ~, en buildings" etc., so that said sectf er as amended shall read as follows. De Sec. 1s4. General Restrictions X a- Wooden Buildings. When two or m& go houses, mentioned in the precedf ld section are built contiguous, the paS I'd or division studdng shall be not E of than four inches thick and filled | no solidly with brickwork. or the dlviS or walls may be of brick not less tlS ed eight inches above th2 foundatt n wall; and ends of the floor beams sH ve hn so sonarated that four ,,ches he "' so , , l \ CT brlck VIII pc between the DedHls VII " +ha,y ,oet or id ua1lc All fro n, oe