The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-23
CITY ORDINANCES.

the thlrty-thlrd line, after the eighth word Insert Tor steel"
 Sec lS2, Use of Wooden Beams-- All wooden beams or other tlmbers In lhe party wall of every building built or stone, brick or iron, shall be separat- cd from the beam or timber entering m the opposite side of the wall by at | least Tour inches of solid mason work. NO wooden floor beams nor wooden roof beams used in any building exceeding three stories in height, hereafter erect cd, shall he of less thickness than three inches, All wooden trimmer and header beams shall not be less than one Inch thicker than the floor or roof beams on the same tier. where the header Is four feet or less in length; and where the header Is four feet ani trimmer and header beams shall he at least double the thickness of the floor or roof beams or shall each be made of two beams forming such thickness when the header Is more than fifteen feet In length, wrought iron fitch plates of proper thickness and depth shall be placed between two wooden beams suitably boited together to and through the iron plates in constructing the trimmer and header beams: or wrought Iron or rolled steel beams of sufficient strength may be used. Every wooden beam except header and tail beams. shall rest at one end four authorized by this title. All wooden floor and wooden roof beams shall be properly bridged with cross bridging. and the distance between bridging or between bridging and walls shall not exceed, eight feet. Every wooden head CT or trimmer more than four feet long, used in any building. shall be hung in stirrup-irons of suitable thickness for the size of the tlmbers or joist hangers 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 hereinbefore provided. The ends of ali wooden floor and roof beams, where they rest on brick walls, shall be cut to bevel of three inches on their depth. so that in case of fire they may fall without injury to walls. All wooden beams shall be trimmed away from the fues, whether the same be smoke, air. or any other flue, the trimmer beam to be eight inches from the inside face of the flue in a straight way and four inches from the outside of chimney breast, and the header two inches from the outside face of the flue.
 Each tier of beams shall be anchored to the side, front, rear or party walls at intervals of not more than six feet apart, with good. strong wrought Iron anchors of not less than one and half inches by three-eighths of an inch in size, well fastened to the top or sides of the beams by two or more nails made of wrought iron at least one-fourth of an inch in diameter. The ends of beams resting upon gird- CTS shall be butted together, end to end, and strapped by wrought iron straps of the same size and distance apart, and in the same beams as the wall anchors, and shall be fastened In the same manner as said wall anchors, or they may lap each other at least 13 inches and be well spiked or bolted to- gether where tapped. Where the beams are supported by girders, the girders shall be anchored to the walls and fastened to each other by suitable iron straps. Every pier and wall, front or rear, shall be well anchored to tho beams of each story, with the same size anchors as are required for side
 
 the fourth joist, and the joists to be steadied with scantlngs not less than two inches by four inches cut in be- tween the same. Each tier of beams, front and rear, opposite each tier. shall have hard wood or Georgia pine anchor strips dovetailed into the beams diagonally, which strips shall cover at least four beams. and be one inch thick and four inches wide, but no such anchor strips shall be let in with in four feet of the center line of the beams; and wooden strips shall be nailed on the top of the beams and kept in place until the floors are being | laid. Wooden columns supporting wooden girders and wooden floor beams and wooden roof beams, in all build- l ings more than two stories in height, shall each have cap and base plates of iron or steel of suitable thickness, and of proper size and shape. Said wooden columns, when placed one over another. shall not bear upon any wooden girder. but shall bear directly upon each other, or shall have between the iron or steel plates suitable iron dowels passing through the girders. All timbers and wood beams used in any building shall be of good. sound material, free from rot large and loose knots, shakes. oNl any imperfection whereby the strength | may be impaired, and be of such size and dimensions as the purposes for | which the building is intended require.
 Sec. 1S3. The last sentence to read No frame or wooden dwelling house hereafter erected shall exceed three stories or 37l feet in height" so that said sectionI as amended shall read as follows:
 Sec. 1S3 Wooden buildings outsdeI fire district. Outside of the fire distrlctl before prescribed herein, buildings of frame or wood may be erected, but nok frame building, to be occupied or useda as stable, workshop or manufactoryk shall be built more than two stories CT 25 feet in height, nor shall anyH wooden tower or spire be built or rel built to greater height than 50 feet.
 "No frame or wooden dwelling houssH hereafter erected shall exceed threa4 stories>or 37 feet in height"
 | Sec. 1S4. Fourteenth line to read 'allI3 'underpinning' walls of frame or wood en buildings etc., so that said section3 as amended shall read as folows
 Sec. 1S4. General Restrictions for Wooden Buildings. When two or more houses, mentioned in the preceding section, are built contiguous, the party or division studding shall be not lesd than four inches thick and filled in solidly with brickwork, or the divisio1 walls may be of brick not less than eight Inches above the foundation wall and ends of the floor beams shal be so separated that four inches of brick will be between the beams whereT they rest on said walls. All frame od5