Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-08

apparatus Tor eNtinguishing fires or
guarding against the same shall be
In charge of and under the control
OF the fire department, and the chief
OF said department shall be respons-
ible for the execution and enforce
ment of this regulation.
Gradients or inclined planes shall
be employed instead of steps to ov-
ercome slight difference of level in
or between aisles, corridors, and pas
sages.
Walls separating the actors dress
ing rooms from the stage, and par
titions dividing the dressing rooms,
together with partitions of every
passageway. from the same to the
stage, and all partitions on or about
the stage, shall be constructed of fire.
proof material. All shelving and
cupboards in each and every dressing
room. property room, or storage
room shall be constructed Of fire.
proof material. Dressing rooms may
be placed in the fly galleries, provid-
ed that proper exits are secured there
from to fire escapes In the open
| courts, and that the stairs leading
to the same shall be tireproof. Dress
ing rooms shall have an independent
exit leading directly into an open
court or street, and shall be ven
tilated by windows in the external
wall; and no dressing room shall
be more than one story below street
level. All windows shall be arranged
to open and none of the windows In
outside walls shall have fixed sashes,
iron grills or bars.
II any arrangement or construction
or appliance of any Theater is unsafe
to life, full authority is hereby in
vested in the Building Inspector
and the Chief Engineer OF the Fire
Department. or either of them, to ord
er and enforce such changes or addi-
tlOnS as may pc necessary.
MOVING PICTURE SHOWS.
Section 1OS. Buildings outside the
fire limits used for moving picture
shows and variety entertainment and
which contain no galleries or bal
comics and only small stage and
little or no movable scenery. may be
constructed of corrugated iron with
iron roofs on iron or steel frame.
Every moving picture machine wheth-
er located within or without the fire
limits must be inclosed within fire.
proof booth. 3D.. ...
ELECTRICAL WORK.
Section 109. No electrical wiring
or installation OF electrical apparatus
or appliances for furnishing light.
heat or power shall be introduced in
to or placed In any building or struc-
ture In the City and County of Homo
lulu except in compliance with the
rules and regulations of the National
Board OF Fire Underwriters. known
as the National Electrical Code"
and the said rules and regulations are
hereby made part of the require
ments of this Ordinance.
ELEVATORS.
Section 10. The strength of the
ropes, gearing and all other portions
Of the mechanism of passenger ele-
vators shall be calculated with a
factor of safety of twenty.
For all other elevators ten is to be
used as the factor of safety.
The main suspension ropes or
cables of all elevators used for pas
sengers or freight must be Of steel.
Every elevator shall be provided
with an approved device for prevent
ing the car from falling in case Of
accident.
All freight elevator shafts must be
provided at each floor through which
they pass, with the latest and best
appliance. style and design of auto
matte opening and closing safety
gates.
Doors opening into passenger ele-
vator shafts shall be entirely under
the control of the operator. and shall
be so arranged that they can be open
ed only from the inside.
TENEMENTs.
SECTION III. No tenement house
constructed OF wood shall be more
than two stories In height. In the
rear OF every tenement house there
shall be clear yard extending across
the entire width of the lot, the depth
OF such yard, measured from the ex-
treme rear of the house to the rear
line OF the lot shall never be less than
ten feet, and on the side OF every
tenement, and In at least every one
hundred feet OF every tenement or
abuting tenements over one hundred
feet In length running from the front