Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-18

slab, with its structural concrete col l urnns, makes q, solid mass. There is not 2. check nor crack in the whole structure, nor any indication of set uenlent. At the. time of testing the strength Of the reinforced concrete floor slabs, a standing load cf 205 pounds rer square foot was placed, and left for 12 days and only showed l-16 inch defectiOn. This indicated the great strength of the structure the same being 5O per cent more than asked for, by the Architect Charles II. Preston. The estimated weight of the building is 4e00 tons with safety factor of lUOU tons, allowing ample strength for live and dead loads in all cases
 The building has q frontage of 100 feet on Franklin street, and a depth of about tEG feet to the rear, leaving a working space back Of the building of feet, where there are stairs to the basement, iusuring light at all times There are four large stores, with ceilings fl feet in hei2lt above this being 54 offices with average size Of about % feet by 70 feet, and 10 feet $ inches. story heights, this for the three upper floors. Every room has maximum Of light and ventilation On each floor is .. janitor's room, in which will be kept the stores for that floor. On racks above the head room are the meters for each floor, to allow for immediate reading by the electric
 
 and toilets for ladies and gentlemen on each of the four floors.
 To avoid connecting phone and other wires to the building, all wir- ing for phones and lighting enter the building by condUits The lighting wires run to outlets in said con duits, and the phone wires run to lo- cations in the tops of the heavy pic tuTe noulds arranged specially for this use.
  for the Franklin and Bath streets sides is of heavy Pittsburgh plate and over the tops of the store plate
 ass will be 4inches by 1 inches ir-
 descent squares of LuxfeT prisms, i electro plated frames. The balance | the exterior glass is of double thick
 nerican sheet glass All skylight rlass is of FIOrentine wired glass If .nches thick, in whole lights, not 2ieced- The coruiceS are of heavy copper, placed on galvanized iron frames, 24 inches apart. These make strong and durable cornices. The cornices have heavy bracket supports, in copper. The face brick are mot tied buff, large i'll size, laid in buff putty and there are about 10000 face bricks on the building faces, and re- turns. The concrete roof is covered by five ply Bee-hi brand roofing paper, covered with slag, and heavy copper fashings. There is q large chimney stack having q. round heavy fue lining 24 inches in diameter the entire whole height The sidewalks are new and are built of reinforced concrete with 20 pounds per square foot capacity. The walks have CluS- terS of sidewalk bulbs of a new pat tern, easily removed and replaced. Each bulb can be removed, f broken, and a new one placed at q. cost of seven cents per piece, thus insuring easy repairs at all times. Each bulb has q. separate cast iron ring, inn beaded in the cement. There are about 800 square feet of sidewalk light, giving good light to the basement
 Fl of the interior stairWsays are built entirely of steel with decora- tive wrought iron railings and balus- ters, and have oak treads and mould ed oak top rails. There are two runs of separate stairs, one from Bath street and the other from Franklin square, each having wide and proper raiIings, and supports.
 The elevator is all Otis and runs al