Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-17

be laid not less than three (3) feet
below the permanent surface OF the
ground, on good solid bottom; ano
, in case the nature of the earth and
| the character of the building should
require 1t. on bottom of driven piles
or laid timber, of proper kind and suffi
| cient size and thickness, or such othel
approved foundation as the Inspector
of Buildings may require for the pur-
pose of keeping and maintaining the
said walls firm and secure.
| Sec. 142.-All piers, columns or posts
resting on the earth shall be set upor
| a solid bottom, in the same manner as
required for foundation walls.
Sec. 143.-Whenever any grade Is
| lowered, the foundational supports
shall be also carried down to the depth
above prescribed. except in the. case OF
adjacent excavations as hereinbefore
provided
Sec. 144.-The footing or base course
under all foundation walls and under
all piers. columns or posts resting on
| the earth, shall be of stone or concrete
and If under foundation wall shall be
tom width of the wall; and if under
piers, columns or posts, shall be at
least six inches wider on all sides than
the outside bottom lines of said piers
columns or posts, provided, however,
that in case of dwellings where a good
gravel or rock bottom exists, the foot
ing or base course may be only four
90 inches wider instead of six 90
Sec. 145-The thickness of wall foot
ing courses shah not be less than one
third of their width, but no concrete
footing course shall be less than eight
(S) inches thick for brick buildings,
nor six (6) inches thick for frame
buildings.
Sec. 146.-All base stones shall be
well bedded, and laid crosswise, edge
to edge.
Sec 147.-All foundations below
grade shall be laid in good cement
mortar mixed with sharp sand, and
shall have such base, courses as may
be necessary to comply with this code
as determined by the Inspector.
ARTICLE XII
Heavy Construction. Warehouses,
Stores and Factories.
Sec 151, outside Walls of Ware
houses. Etc.-In case of outside or party
walls of warehouses, stores and fac
tories, twenty-five feet or less in width
between walls or bearings, the mini
mum thickness of independent sur
rounding or dividing walls in the same
carrying the loads of floors or roofs
shall be in accordance with the follow
ing table:
BRICK AND HOLLOW TILE
Cellar 1st stt End Srd 4th 5th
Two story LIP" 121 -"
Three story ...16" 10" 12" 12"
Four story -. 20" 16" -" 12" 12r
Fiye yeo story 2a4 2On 16I p2r d2r w Viz IL
Warehouses, etc.-Where pilasters are
used in warehouse walls. the same
shall be of sufficient size to carry all
loads. Curtain walls shall not be less
than eight inches thick and shall not
be allowed any bearing value. Com
plete data of floor loads, sizes, etc,
must be filed with the plans and speci-
fications when this type of construc-
tion is used
Sec 1853. Thickness Warehouse Walls.
When bearing walls are less than
twenty five feet apart, or are inter-
sected by cross walls, or strengthened
by piers of sufficient size, the, Inspec-
tor Of Buildings may permit 4 reduc-
tion of the thickness of interior walls
in just proportion to such added
strength. except on walls less than
forty (40) feet in height.
Sec. 154, Size Supporting wallis
Where the clear span exceeds twenty
five (25) feet in any part of the build
ing, the walls supporting such span
shall be four (4) inches more. in thick
ness than above specified for every
fraction thereof, that said span ex-
ceeds twenty-five feet
Sec, 1856, Spacing Walls or Girderss-
In all warehouses. stores and factories
over twenty (20) feet in width between
walls, in which there shall be brick
partition walls or girders. supported
on iron or wooden columns or piers of
masonry. the said partition walls or
twenty (20) feet apart on the longi-
tudinal centers and the columns, gir-
ders or piers shall be of sufficient
strength and size to bear safely any
them and be covered by fireproof mate
| rial as required in Section 120.
ARTICLE XIII.
Walls.
| Sec. 161, Cellar or Basement Walls
| All cellar or basement walls for frame
buildings not over two stories II
| height shall be not less than eight (S)
| inches thick if Of brick, tile or con-
the grade, and not less than eighteen
(S) inches thick If of stone For any
building more than two stories in
height, add four inches thickness for
cellar wall for every additional story
in height.
Sec. 162-Any building for residential
purpose not more than three stories ir
height may be built of brick, cement
blocks or hollow tile No. /; basement OF
cellar walls shall be to height
be laid in cement mortar to depth o.
four "a feet below the grade, and shall
be not less than twelve inches or.
,, thick for buildings not over two storie!
inches G6") thick II three stories il
height. Stories shall not be over ter
| GO) feet in height. The walls of the
| first story shall not be less than twelv,
story not less than eight lS") inches
thick. If three stories in height, th'
first and second stories shall be in
creased four t4") inches in thickness
and the top story shall be not less THAI
eight (S") inches thick. There shall b.
two courses of brick under all beam
and rafters, or the two courses unde
beams and rafter shall be filled SOLE
with concrete if hollow tile or cemen
blocks are used so as to get a soli'