The Washington times., 1910-07-16
COMMISSIONERS NOTICES

ropes 10 each counterweight as well as
two 7oPes 10 the hoist frame Of car
By substituting the words two thousand
two hundred' for the words fifteen hum
Ired. 20 where the latter words occur IN tHe
th1rty-first paragraph o. said section
By adding the following sentence az the
beginning OF the thirty-fOurth paragraph OF
SAID ssrtion-
Hand power elevators must have
pit al least twelve inches deep"
And by substituting the words "All power
driven elevat0rs' FOR the words all ele-
var0rs.'' wherever the latter words occur
IR. said thirty-f0urth paragraph
By substituting FOR the JhsiCy-fifth para
graph Of said section the following
al freight elevators. except those o.
the Dlunser type and carriage ms slS
pended by four cables one at each corner
OF the platform shall be provided Nith
some type Of safety on the bottom OF the
car frame: except that on han1 power
elevators Of L5O0 los capacity OF less the
safeties may be at other points Oh ne ar
frame All freight elevators w1en cp-
Grated by power. whether steam ny 'lLe-
Ec. or electric. shall be pr1Flleu WIN
upper and lower limits. Where electllc
pow CT IS applied. these freight machines
shaf be provided with a slack cable 3e
vice; and all hosting machinery si1alL
rest securely on masonry fot-Illallon ~
on steel or iron or both from the base OF
building. such apparatus viii not De per
United 70 rest on wood hoSrs or Ds So
pended from wood ceiling OF Wooo -i1'-
bans
Bv substituting for the Jhirty-eishth para
Wall climber type OF ran cons ,-l..--
viii be permitted only Tor -dii-D d. l -,
rated at not over Two ALll.e- -,
yo11udg end friction shedYe dumb-EF aiJeFs
mn IN two hundred COO pounds capacity
VII be permitted Dumb-VSaiters o.
atea By electric power shau be elcteoe1t
ana each door opening 70 car sn 4-l =
provided with a switch and lock slIll-1I
20 those required fOT automatic e'0'
n s7.4inr after the thirty-eiEhth paragraph
he
Machine chased drums shall DC U.s. -
All rvues Of elevators. except % manu-
power durnb-waiters that have a. -
platform area OF i've 90 square - -
- and 90 electric dUmb-Wallers OF
two. hundred C2oO pounds 'apaSl's u
- y-,rs.f+,,-fnr the word fourteen 90
fo-- tHe words fourteen and a halt 'l4-el !.
and tia word seven o. IcE I-- Il
ssss-e- and oue-haIf Csiz)'' wherever sc
words occur IN the fortsth ana LoIts IA .
paragraphs OF said section. 49,
Nv substituting for the torty-E-- 1n4 pa4~
rraob Of said section. the following
II passenger elevators shall have
hosting machinery capable q nuns
live load Of sevenry-nFe it71 po-L--s' -
SQUARE foot OF car floor area except a.
+c--af{~ residence elevators. N which q
pounds per square foot VIII r peTli-t-e,,--
The load test for all elevators sh-+i .
made by me elevator contractor lo- 80
Than ffteeu l5l days after the car IS
put 5lto service
Pv ouittiEz from the f0rty-third paragraph
zsI- MESSENGER elevator with such DIVE VIII
not be permitted after January \ lsls-
BY substituting for the fo-ty-fourth para
E-anh OF said section. the following
The uuderside OF all car platforms
shah Be covered with sheet metal. except
those q freight elevators running n
ouen hatchways An open hatcnway
IS deemed as one which IS open 10 the
ceiling on more than one side
CUNO H RUDOLPH
JOHN A JOHNSTON,
WILLIAM Y TUDSGNs
Comruiss.1ners OF the District % Columbia
OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS OF
TIE DISTRICT or COLUMBIA, wash
EnEton d c. July -. 1910 O-iere1- That
the orders 20 regulate the constructed re-
pair. and operation Of elevators IN the Dis
rrict o. Columbia as amended June g 1910
are hereby further amended by substituting
f1r tA- paragraph added after the GstE para
graph u said section therein. the following
1TachI.lt chased drums shall be used on all
types q elevators. except 90 hand power
elevators that have car platform area o.
twenty CD square feet or less and a ca
pacitv of not more than lsteeu hundred
I51cg pounds, where friction sheave with
angle OF not less than IS degrees viii be
permitted and % electric duub-yaiters o.
two hundred t2f91 pounds capacity o. less
CEN0 h RUDOLPH. JOHN A JOHNSTON.
z II MARKHAM acting, Commissioners
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