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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-06

Section No Is. FLOOR LOADS: Al
floors and structural parts uf every bui!i
ing used for the purpose OF Class Y
shall be so designed as to sustain in ad
mllun to the weight OF floor construction
partitions and permanent mechanism,
that may be set upon the same, liv,
lcad Of not less than one hundred AN,
twenty-five pounds FER square foot o.
lloor Srea. Eve " part Of such buiIdiul
which may he subjected to q greater loa(
shall be Of sufficient strength in all pCrti
To safely sustain the load imposed
section Nc Is. FIRE ESCAPES Ev.p
huldlng Of Class VI, when thee stories
or more in height shall have two stair,
way fire escapes constructed as provide
In Article NIX of this ordinance
,..... ARTICLE x
Provisions FOR CLASS VII BUILD.
Section No. Z. DEFINITION. CIas
WI shah include every building used *.
cluslYely for school purposes
Section No. ?. CONSTRUCTIONS. Al
buildings used wholly for the purposes o.
Class VII hereafter erected shall he con.
sTucted IN accordance with thess proyi.
sions
When the seating capacity is less taar
ioW hundred and the building not ovel
two stories and basement high. ordinary
construction may be us I'd
nen the seating capacity exceeds fOW
huhurcu ana - less than seven hundrCl
ana the building is not oV-r three sturic,
and basement high, SLOW burning on fire.
PROF. construction must he used
school buildings which exceed the above
capacity must be Of fireproof construction
thr' ughoIt
New additions may be made to existing
ouiidirgs but such additions must comps
with the above requirements
Section No. g. DOORS AND WIN
DONS: In all buildings of Glass VII ovei
one story in height and having a floor
area in excess OF twelve hundred square
feet, VIII aro the distance between the DOR.
ana windows on opposite sides OF the al
leNs or courts shall be less than cighteor
foet. or wherever the distance betwccl
such doors and windows and any insid,
lot line Of any lot upon which any such
buildings are erected Is less than ten feet
or wherever such doors and wind Jws uper
upon an alley less than fifteen feet wide
such windows and the glazed portion OF
such doors shall be made Of fire resist
Ing slass, set in frames Of incombustiblt
material
No wall OF any building of Class vi
containing window opening shan he
ncar'r than five feet to any lot Inc Of
adjoining property, street and alley lines
not included
Section No. l. WALL THICKNESS
The thickness of surrounding walls and
dividing walls vhc1 such walls carry the
load Of floors or roof. calculated in Inches
shall conform to the following table:
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the same, and there shall be no openings
either by door or window. uUmD waiter
shafts or otherwise between said bakery
fr said place where fat is boiled in any
/ tenement house or apartment house and
the other parts of the said building
Section No, A.. STORAGE OF IN
FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. All transoms and
window openings into halls from any p1r-
tion of g tenement house or apartment
mouse where paint, OIL spirtuous liquors
or drugs are stored fC, the purpose Of
sale or 9th arNise, shall be glazed with
Nlry glass I'm metal frames or they shall
he removed and the openings shall he
closed up as sOlidy as the rest Of the
wall and all dooTways leading into any
sucl nan from sucl portion OF said house
shall be protected with standard fire
doors
ARTICLE lX,
PROVISIONS FOR CLASS VI BUILD
INGS,
Section No l. DEFINITION. Glass
VI shull include all buildings used 'or
the sale nj retail Of dry goods and other
articles Of general merchandise Known
as department stores
Section No. g CONSTRUCTION.
Buildings used wholly or in part for the
purposes Of Glass VI which are three
stories or less in height may be of ordt-
nary construction.
When more than three ard less than
five stories in height, such buildings shall
be Of SLOW burning min or fireprpof con-
itruCtlon
When more than sixty feet in height
such buildings shall he Of fireprooi con
Stru tion.
Sotcion No . WALL THICKNESS.
The thickness of enclosing walls, Calcu-
lated I'm inches shan conform 10 the fol-
lowing table:
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frame addition 10 Roy lU.IIus shall NU
tnit hereafter within the Fire Limits o.
tho city OF Tulsa. except whore express
provisions are made m This ordinance
therefor
40 existing frame buudue ms.d, tuc
Fire Limits shall bee altered, enlarged or
repaired except boo a.cnriuuc. with the
provisions ut this ordinance,
When Wo-thirds or moro OF tuc 'front.'
age CON huh front u'd side str r9l %,
any uuc-uat t.I block within the t1rr
Limits BE- vacant property oT occupied
10y buildings used fur rcsldtuv. purposes
only, then upon the presentation of "a
petition therefor the Board OF Commits
sioucrs may authorize the building In
spertor to issue permit fog the erection,
ON said Ou,-hiu tal block, of % frame
building tu DE used os private dwelling
only, Provided, tH8t the roof of such
building shall hc covered with frrprooi
For the purposes ~ this Section "a
block shall bee CHl sldcrcd as divided INTO
halves by the alley through the same, coz
II any block is NOT divided hy am ALLEY,
then the dividing llup snail follow. as near
as practicable. the rear line OF the lots
Section No. l. sTucGO ANp VEN
EERED BUILDINGS buildings having
frame walls ycu,crci with four inches
ui brick ur stone or six inches OF tile cog
covered with stuycl, cement plaster ur
inns In ,.rn,r,d huuIiurs tn, .tn., ,r
nri.l, v..rl, shaII r,. s,lrl,nrtad ann . ..1,.
tuuous foundation of CuuUrct, ur masonry
and snail ho properly anchored to tho
frame structure. The No. shit OF ANY such
Nruecrcd building shall not exceed two
sturIcs and attic ,ho,, H.. bas,,urit
S.,tlnr Nr INht,,,I.D rtNN.
pl,u.nINGs. If ,u,, mann. hutII. . ,.ith-
i'm the l5Ir. I.imIt. Shall hrr,,gt,.. he u,m-
aged 10 an amount greater than rtN per
and tear nnd aert,"p "f tbc clrWrpts nr
othcrwis, then m,h bu.Idur sbnu not nr
repaired rehiilf on r,-Inrf,d LIt .nalI
r.' taken down
Section No FRAME BUILDINGS
OIurSIDE THE FI{r IIliITS OutsiJr
In, Ere Limits n snIU 'hr. IgvrYl to. erect
FRAN. BUILDINGS moi cNrrrainr fort, feet
I'm height from sidewalk to tnr highest
point of roof Towers turrrts ann. fu,u-
grets of wood may b. erected fl. a h,irh,
,cu feet pr,ltcr an an tb, rreso H.. ItrI.t
cd Lsi-Lt r,|rn, tLot srI,.s ,,f .''I,'.l'r,
nnv nc ,rcr,r, nr Mood tn N lr.rft ".,
,N,g. dim. ,r,,rty.G,. feet from, th,
grouuJ
Section No IrHttfr glI.B.N,s
CHANGE Fl AR pIU. lI>-GS N-l.r
Franc building usid,.t,, ia, lI...f. .-,
r,utI,l.d ou,,,a .r a.. ..r...I f.I.
purp1se pf us.ut sam, .n, r,,I- or .r,It-
mont PURPOSES or whore .... ..,t..
nIIlirrs shall bn nc,uri,n fn, st,U nm.
n. .,, cnr1 flat Yt suite OF I.YI.r,rf.
r s,I,p huitii o. snail Lr s,ppr,t.d rpu
,ycry other suit. of lpariupuis u such
bu,Idiur hy n N.u nf Iu.o1,hustiI,Ir mn
trriuI "f si,E lim'n.ior, and tJ,i'I,n.s. ,.
+, d. uuirrJ h, AriI,. \Iu ,f mis- nrdi
uan,r
section No rg\Au, RTIlutNGs
.ENIsING. permit ur,, B., rrart,,. D.,
the Euild.ur Insu,rtor for the ru.sir. o.
Iuy jyistiup fran, buiIiiug within or
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.
steel or iron is used as a part Of a found
alton II shall be thoroughly imbedlAd IN
concrete, the ingredients OF which shall
be such that after proper rammiug, tho
interior mass will be free from cavities
/ The steel or iron around the exposed
external metal surface Of such foundu-
ious SHAH have q covering Of approved
cement concrete not less than four Inches
thick
Section No Il WIRING CLAY TILES
ON All burnt 'lby tilo column covering
shall be secured by winding wire around
the columns after the tile has all heou set
The wire shall be wound In such u man
ner that every tile is crossed at least
once Where iron wire is used II snail
bt galvaui2c d. AMI no wire used shall be
less than, Ne ~ gauge.
Section No 10. PROTECTIVE COW
ERlNG In all places where there is
danger Of injury TO fireprof column COW
crlHg from trucking AMI handling ot pack
ages the lower five feet shall be- encnsei
I'm a protective covering Of iron or plank,
which covering shalt bc kept n'good re
pair.
Section no l6. PIPES IN COVERING.
/ Pipes shall not be enclosed I'm the fire
proof covering Of any column or other
structural member except that gas or
electric light couduits not exceeding one
inch In diameter may be ilr rtcd I'm the
outer two inches of the frcprooNug ut
such structural member
Section No. H. SHAFTS. Where a
or wire or anv comhination thereof pasSc.
from one story TO another through an
open hatch or floor opening, an enclosure
or tlrrprluf material shall he built from
floor TO floor around such hatch or floor
Opcniug. In each story above and below
such opening i'm the same manner AS de
sCribod for tirepgoof partitions. The area
of space thus iuclostd, shall not exceed
the area of the hatch or floor opcnln. hy
more than ono hundred pcr centum.
Who're such holes i'm floors ARE not en-
closed as described above. then the open
spaces i'm each floor opcriug not ocru-
pied by pipes conduit cable, dumb wait
en- conyevor wire or an, coulhtuatior
hereof shall be filled solid with fire.
proof material not less than eight inches
thick All such enclosing partitioa. or
walls shall be pI.stered ON the outside
and plastcred or painted en- the irSidc
section No rs. SHAFTS DOORS
WINDOWS. An doors frames sash.
castings. and windows ir partitions or
walls around floor openings. stair and rlr
vatur shafts. shall bc built of ucumbusti-
bile material All glass used I'm such par-
Gto.s or walls shaU b. fire re,istiup
Sheet metal work ureyyed over gshcstos
paper and wood may be used for the doors.
frames, sash and castings ana ion. orou-
ing, i'm such partitions exceut for ole
Nator doors In shaft. ana where the pro-
visions of ris chapt.r REQUIRE aU riCtal
doors
Section No 10 REANfS AND GIpD-
ERS COVERING. All beams and rIrd
,rs Of the interior structural part shall
be covered with one of the fIreproof ma %
trrials Flrrproof covering SO auulicd
shall be quppCrted entirely nv the b, ANS
and pirdcrg covc,ei and shall he held
I'm ulace by the stluport of the Nange
or such heims or pitdcrs ana Inv the ce-
t1art mortar ifepI ifI g.ttiuy N'I,r,
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stone trcads on platforms are ua 'd they
snall nave metal sub tread, or suo- o-ohl-
ITim OF the same weight as II 'he h'NI
alone was used
Nhen platforms nave loor r,h Au.
constructions then the metal suo-p'at-
form may be omitted
section NO y, iNlNIlNit Al slruV,
tul'u metal including th't Nmeh Is uStV
In foundations ana reinforced concrete
work, shall ba clean and free OF ru't or
Ncdlc AT the time OF enclosure or 'uNttlue
V' S"-h WtIt. All metal N.l.h ~ H"'
Hl'lrooi sraH receive at IehSt wv, COATS
"l HrSl class metal protesting pam,
Ht,Voh NO ~. ohlN tlS Az Au"'-
VHW steer ana non Work Hln' pe ~
NV v'eu th"t me d'S'aa-e Iium t"e ''ul''
OF u'e tlNGt mole 10 'he tdEe OF 'h' ""'
tVIla suNl b' not loss 'hdh
: men Tor y men nN'lS
y men Ior : men UNel7
Is l",n LOT = i"'l 'N 70
49, l-'s lHNh Tor ,s lhth IN''7
NHtI NaI p""S'p'e thc "'t ''u'' u"'" '"'
IiNCt hul' 10 lhe tuse OF Ihe "'U''''W
hh"l It tIHl 10 Two lI"H'el''9 'l ."'"
iiNet hole. All nNots Wherever pr",u'H
NC huau he hH'nlh' urlN'h, HNt'N '',
NoH"', 'toH Hh"Ii hr P'Iu'tI".'" any
l!avtu TO Sull l"t stress. ana ''' n'l'u
OF uN''s ShSil never oe less lnNl lhIec
u'H",v'yIS "I u' IiNe'N, nor more 'uan
SIN lhchtS All HoIes shHll be puh'u'u
'nH INe' VIII enter th' ugle WITHOUT
Su"lhHH u't mht'IIlI7 hN uIlLuhg. lh,
lN''N Sh"II llu llt h"lr t""'i,t ,t''N' """
whenever necessary saSsets shaH ne pro
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u"'e inc huI'"tiS OF IINeIS necessary ''
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Nh'le 'e, or IRON tIusSes are ua'd lhel'
ueslEh Sh9l be sl'h lh"t lhe stress IN
vn'i i''einuvl may 3I 1ll',u avg "'S.
I.''' shal ne hV" tFlaN III I1'' 10y
an rI'l'lrht system oI lRirrhl ana sway
u'"''nb euu any In'"'n'I "I Truss sun
Jr,''a l" transverse sT'Ns I'm addition lo
"H',I ''uS'oIl OF V"HII'sH'ou NuAl 4't e
nn' 5tlvS1 causing su,U F'"'h """'" /"
Shg 'lIey' 'u. sSeS coming ON ne Nom
",I' "Lu we l''aI stresses HnoI, IN Iu
'"S' 'Nt''u I'' N'I'S''S lINi''u '"l vi
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stone, Portland cement, concrete. iron. on
steel. or combination ~ these materials.
When reintorca I'd concrete is used I'm
ciair construction II mast conform to the
provisions OF Article XVI of this ordi-
nance, entitled Reinforced Concrete
All stairs shan be designed to carry "a
live load OF one hundred pounds per square
foot on trcads and landings. 0ui every
part within the safe limit OF tiher stress
The hand rails may be OF wood. where
stone trrads on platforms are us 'd they
shall have II metal sub tread, or sub uint-
form OF the same weight as II the metal
alone was used.
When platforms have a floor arch sut-
construction, then the metal sub-p,at-
form may be omitted
Section No, a. PAINTING, An struc-
uUd metal including that which rs used
IN foundations ami reinforced concrete
work. shall ba clean and free OF rust or
scale al the time OF enclosure or GOVERNS
ot such metal All metal watch Is not
urcpruof shall receive at least two coats
uf first class metal protecting paint
Section No. 2S ,RlVETs All suuc-
Wral steel and iron work. shall be so
riyoted that the distance from the center
Of the riyet hole 10 the edge of the ma
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FRAME BUILDINGS AND STRTC-
FrTTREC

Scction No I FOT'NDATI0N AND
BA SEMENT WALLS Foundation and
basement walls for frame houses not more
than two stories and attic high. shall
be Of solid masOrry not less than l2 inches
thick TO the grade line and not less than
e.ght inches thick above the grade line
Section No. 2. PERMITS: Permits tc
build. alter. or raise frame buildings shat.
be given provided such alteration en-
largement. or raising Of such building bc
kept within the limits prescribed ip this
ordinance for frame buildings. ard II the
stresses upon the material thereof are
kept within the safe limit OF stresses
provided in Section 4S ot Article XVII. Of
this ordinance
All provisions ot this ordinance as to
strength and stability ~ timber construc-
tion shall apply 10 the construction Of
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DKDINAEI IONSTETITION.
Section No. DEFINITION. The
term "Ordinsry Construction" when re
'errcd TO IN this ordnance. means the
ordinary system Of construction In which
timber and iron structural parts are not
protected with fir, resisting coverings.
ADTtTI
New Britain herald., 1915-11-03
GRATITUDE.

Because two thousand American citizens whom Uncle Sam helped out of predicament have failed to make reim burseme for money advanced them when the European war was in it's infancy, the Treasury Department hands of a collection agency their names and accounts. It is to be de- plored that there are so many dis honest nephews and nieces of dear old Uncle Sam and the majority of good Americans hope that the govern ment officials with the aid of the professional collectors will be able to bring these "pan-handlers' to bay. In many cases, of course, payment is al- most impossible as some of those who were stranded in Europe at the out break of the war and who had to call for government funds were in sore straights. But that there was a great deal of getting money under false pretenses, without even an idea
 
 fact that more than a thousand fic- titious names and addresses were given to our conSuls abroad. When the government officials paid their party calls last week in the hope of getting back some of Uncle Sans $2,O0O,O00 relief fund, they were greeted in many cases by barren spots of terra frma,-vacant lots. Other beneficiaries were never heard of at the addresses they gave. Even if the national treasury never gets back one-half of what it gave in this work of philanthropy a goodly sum should be spent in bringing the de- frauders to justice, if they can be found. There Is no word in the English language that characterizes the persons who, as most of these rob- bers have done, bite the hand that feeds them.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-03
Then and Now!
(TrOv Timesl

Another illustration of the way in which the wf1irligis of time works re- markable changes. Major Alfred Dreyfus is now in command of one of the forts protecting Paris Twenty one years ago Dreyfus, then q captain Tn the French army, was tried and court-martialed on the charge of communicating important military documents to a foreign government that of Germany-and was found guilty and sentenced to public degra- dation and life imprisonment. The Dreyfus case was one of the most celebrated of it's kind, and convulsed France from center to circumference. The fight to vindicate Dreyfus, who had been imprisoned on Devils Island after the unfortunate officer had gone through years of suffering, finally ended in complete success, though the matter involved agitation extend ing through the terms of office of six cabinets. three presidents and nine ministers of war. Ultimately Dreyfus was restored to the army, and there Is no doubt that despite his harsh ex- periences in Paris, he would, in case of attack, prove himself one of the most gallant and loyal defenders of the French capital.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-03
It's Me.
(Ohio State Journal.) )

Two young ladies passed by and one said to the other, "he thinks it's me who told it'' In all probability, if she had not abbreviated "it is' she would have said "I' instead of me. These shore-cut phrases are the cause of much incorrect speech. If person would quit his don'ts, his isn'ts, his ain'ts, his can'ts, etc, and use the words which they push aside it would improve his grammar It might slow down his speech, but that itself would be blessing. Slow speech, that does not drawl, is a virtue. Rapid speech is a nuisance. There is neither soul nor sense to 1t.
 While We are simplifying spelling, let us simplify speech. There Is no sense in conveying a fact or truth, to make short work of it. The very ut terance has much to do with its sig nificance A thing that is told swiftly goes. If you would make an impress sion, talk as if you meant it. One cannot be forcible and ungrammatlcal at the same time. truth conveyed in disgruntled words and phrases loses half its force on its way. An un- doubted sign of shallow mind is the English question, "doncher know; and there are Americanisms just as lad. So the best thing Is not to CIT cumvent grammatica accuracy, which most of us unhappily have habit of doing.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-03
The Letter "R."
(Indianapolis News.)

There are two words in the Ameri- can language, the pronunciation or which, together with their endearing dtminutives, will determine the part of the country the user thereof may hail from. For considerable number of years the repatriation of the letter r." which began in the Sunny South and soon extended to the Northern Atlantic states, has been spreading over the nation, and has even made progress in the Middle West, where the spoken word is uttered with vigor and freedom that is not accord ed in the civilizations of which Boston and New York are the centers. The letter IT" from the cultured circles of these two great districts is almost as complete an exile as from the Chinese language. The Massachusetts col legette says very prettily, but also very inaccurately, fa-athah and Ma atha, which is even going somewhat Ii ore strongly than in Virginia, where the "r' is dropped with less ostenta- ton.
 Through Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, travellers say, the popular terms for father and mother continue to be, as in the days of the early settlers, pop" and "mom,'' and poppa" and momma," These terms are used by the daughters of the household while the sturdy cons continue to pronounce the terms dad" and man.
 The Southern girl pronounces the word "pa" in way that no Northern girl can initiate, no matter how much time and thought she may give to the attempt By means of her pronuncia- tion of this word the girl from the South at once is differentiated from all other sections. Her word for pa" is rot exactly pay" but about halfway between that and the sound Of 1n "cat"
 But it is to the young ladies or Ne" England that we owe the lnnocuous desuetude of the letter "r' In many parts of this country. Their influence has extended, having been brougn away from summer seaside and noun tain resorts by visitors who admired and initiated. A few days ago a youns lady of this city, who had returned from the East, told one of her fr1end that she was going 10 give little af ternoon party and part Of thu decorations would be "hops," whicl she would trim with autumn leaves "Hops" exclaimed the friends, "youl mamma is such a prohibitionist sh' will never stand for that I die not say 'hOps,'" said the girl from the East 1T said h-a-aw-p-s, muscial em- blems, don't you know"