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GEER'S HARTFORD CITY DIRECTORY.
E. TAYLOR & SONS,
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
Lumber, Timber, Shingles, and Lath,
At Steam Planing Mill, 335 SHELDON ST., Colt's Dyke, Hartford, Conn.
ALWAYS ON HAND :- Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Flooring, Ceiling, Mouldings, Whitewood, Maple, Mahogany, Oak, Black Walnut, Ash, Butternut, Quartered Oak. Southern Pine a Specialty.
H. A. FRENCH,
MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, Etc.
No. 162 MAIN STREET, Hartford, Conn. Fine Custom and Hard Wood Work a Specialty ..
NIMS, WHITNEY & COMPANY, Successors to J. H. Goodell, and R. H. Gridley. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
Doors, Windows and Blinds,
Fine Inside Shutters and Blinds. Hard Wood Work a Specialty. Also, Plate and Window Glass, Putty, Etc. No. 572 MAIN STREET, Hartford, Conn. FACTORY AT KEENE, N. H.
GEO. E. DENISON,
Contractor Builder.
Estimates Given on All Classes of Work. Plans and Specifications Furnished.
Office, 190 PEARL ST., Hartford, Conn. Telephone, 125-2.
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which case the walls may be four inches outside the lining. Where chimneys are built in outside walls, the tile shall start not less than two feet below the under- side of the first floor joists, at fire-places the tile to begin within two feet of the throat of the chimney; when chimneys are built inside without fire-places, they shall be built plumb from the foundation and the tiles shall start at the cellar floor, or the chimney shall be built with eight-inch walls. Ventilating flues or ducts may by special permission of the inspector be built with four-inch walls, if the outside wall be eight inches thick, in which case they need not be tiled, and may be topped out as chimneys. Smoke pipe holes shall have thimbles of iron or terra-cotta; no tile shall be used for chimney unless enclosed with four inches of brick-work; all chimneys shall be topped out at least four feet above the highest point of contact with roof; no nail shall be driven into the masonry of any chimney; flues of ranges, or heating boilers and other similar flues, shall have the outside exposed to the height of the ceiling, or be plastered directly upon the brick.
SECTION X. SMOKE PIPES.
No smokepipe in any building with wooden or combus- tible floor or ceilings, shall enter any flue, unless the pipe shall be at least eight inches from either the floors, ceil- ings, or partitions; and where smoke-pipes pass through a stud or wooden partitions or floors of any kind, whether plastered or not, they shall be protected by a double collar of metal with two inches of air space and holes for ventilation, or by a terra-cotta thimble with four inches of brick-work around for the full thickness of the studding; where the wood work is protected by a shield of metal a less distance may be allowed, but not less than four inches.
SECTION XI. FURNACES AND HOT AIR PIPES.
Brick set hot air furnaces shall have two covers with air space of four inches between them; the inner cover of the hot-air chamber shall be a brick arch, or two courses of brick, laid on galvanized iron or tin, sup- ported by iron bars. The outside cover or top of fur- nace shall be made of brick or metal supported by iron bars, and constructed so as to be perfectly tight. The walls of furnaces shall be built hollow, viz., one inner and one outer wall, each four inches thick. properly bonded together, with air space of not less than two inches between them. All furnaces shall be built at least four inches from any woodwork. Cold air boxes shall be of metal or brick for a distance of three feet from the furnace. Portable hot air furnaces shall be kept at least sixteen inches from any woodwork or ceiling unless they are protected by a metal shield, in which case they may be kept not less than eight inches from said woodwork or ceiling. Wooden floors under any portable furnace shall be protected by a course of brick laid in mortar, said brick to extend twenty inches at least in front of the ash-pan. Registers over a brick furnace shall be supported by a brick shaft from cover of furnace, with a metal pipe inside. Registers placed in any wood floor shall have either stone or iron bor- ders. Register boxes shall be made of tin, with a flange on top to fit in the rabbet in the border, and the register shall rest upon the same; there shall be not less than one inch open space on all sides of box; where but one register is connected to a furnace, said register shall have no valves. Horizontal pipes, and hot-air pipes in floors or stud partitions, shall have the wood- work lined with tin plate, and the outside faces covered with metal or slate. "Horizontal pipes shall be kept six inches below the floor beams or ceiling, unless plas- tered or protected by a metal shield, in which case the distance shall be not less than three inches; where hot- air pipes pass through stud or any wooden partitions,
they shall be protected by a double collar of metal, with one-inch in space and holes for ventilation, or surrounded by four inches of brick-work.
SECTION XII.
STEAM BOILERS, HOT WATER HEATERS AND PIPES.
No steam boiler or boilers shall be installed for heat- ing purposes in or under any public building or place of public assembly. nor in any hotel, building for offices. nor apartment building, without the approval of the Building Inspector; and the steam pressure allowed on such boilers shall in no case exceed ten pounds per square inch. Hot water systems shall be provided with open tanks; or if closed system is used, safety valves shall, be provided; said valves to be set at a pressure not exceeding five pounds above the water pressure at the boiler, and in no case shall the expan- sion of any system be provided for by back pressure into the city water mains. In buildings where bollers are used for elevators or ventilators, a permit for the installation of a steam boiler or boilers must first be obtained from the Building Inspector; but the pressure of steam per square inch allowed must be regulated and limited by an inspector authorized under the laws of this state to make inspections of steam boilers. All boilers used in the buildings hereinbefore named must be thoroughly inspected at least once in each year. No boiler used for steam heat or motive power, nor say hot-water heater, shall be placed on any floor above the cellar floor, unless the same is set on fire-proof beams and arches, and in no case without a permit from the inspector. No steam pipe shall be placed within one and a half inches of any wood work or tim- ber unless the wood work or timber is protected by a metal shield. All steam pipes passing through floors or ceilings, or lath and plaster partitions, shall be pro- tected by a metal tube with an air space between. "All wooden boxes enclosing steam pipes or radiators, and all covers to recesses, shall be lined with metal; all steam and hot water pipes shall be supported by iron brackets or hangers.
SECTION XIII. GAB AND WATER PIPES.
No gas, water, or other pipes, shall be let into the beams or joists unless the same be placed within thirty- six inches of the end of beam or joists; nor shall the pipes be let into the beams or joists more than two Inches in depth. All buildings used as factories, hotels, churches, theaters, school-houses, jails, or for public assemblies, in which gas or steam is used for lighting or heating, shall have the supply pipes leading from the street mains provided each with a stop-cock placed in the sidewalk at or near the curb. All gas brackets shall be placed at least two feet below any ceiling or wood work, unless the same is protected by a shield; in which case the distance shall not be less than eighteen inches. Swinging or folding gas brackets placed against any stud, partition, or wood work, and gas- lights placed near window curtains or other combusti- ble material, shall be protected by proper shield.
SECTION XIV. WOODEN FLOORS.
All buildings shall have floors of sufficient strength in all parts to bear safely upon each superficial fo- surface, in addition to the weight of the material which the floors are composed, at least the follow loads, viz .: Dwelling houses, fifty pounds; offices, hundred pounds; public assemblies, one hundred twenty pounds; stores, warehouses, workshops, buildings used for manufacturing or commercial i poses, one hundred and twenty-five pounds. Rool all buildings shall be proportioned to bear safely f pounds upon every superficial foot of their surface addition to the weight of the material composing 1 Continued on page 464.
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X. X. PECK,
- DEALER IN - . PINE, HEMLOCK, SPRUCE, AND HARDWOOD
LUMBER.
SHINGLES, LATH, Etc. always on hand. A FULL STOCK OF SPRUCE TIMBER, WHITEWOOD, FLOORING, CEILING, CLAPBOADS, Etc.
MILL WORK DONE at SHORT NOTICE.
p"Connected by Telephone.
Office and Yard, Rear 32 CHURCH ST., Hartford, Conn.
ANDREWS & PECK,
Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
DOORS, WINDOWS AND BLINDS.
JAND IN EVERY WAY SUPERIOR TO SCOTCH, CEMENT, OR GLAZED PIPE|
IMPORTED and AMERICAN Window Glass and Putty. THIS PIPE IS IMPERMEABLE, STRONGER,
P.TRAP
ANG
TRAP
Zimmerman's Patent
S
ELBOW
SOCKET PIPE
& Blind or Shutter Adjuster. NEW ENGLAND ACENTS FOR
T BRANCH
Vitrified, Salt-Glazed Sewer Pipe.
All Sizes and Connections constantly on hand.
ELBOW
RINGJOINT
RING
RING
PIPE
Y BRANCH
FOR SEWERS, HOUSE CONNECTIONS ETC.
Plate and Ornamental Glass. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FURNISHING
No. 88 MARKET STREET, Hartford, Conn. Local Mills, 286 to 292 Sheldon Street. Lumber at Wholesale. FLUE LINING AND WALL COPING.
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same. Every column, post, or other vertical support shall be of sufficient strength to bear safely the weight of material and load of the portion of each and every floor depending upon it for support. No cast-iron col- umn shall be less than three-fourth of an inch in thick- ness. Columns where placed over one another shall not bear upon a wooden girder, but directly upon each other, or have iron dowels or pintals between the cap and base plates. Wooden columns supporting wooden girders or beams shall have cap and base plates of cast iron not less than one inch thick. All beams or joists shall be free from any imperfection whereby the strength may be impaired, and of such dimensions and material as the purpose for which the building is used requires. No bridging shall exceed eight feet from end of beam or joists or between each row of bridging. Stirrup irons of proper size shall be used at all head- ers where the opening exceeds four feet; dwelling houses may be excepted, where, in the opinion of the inspector, they are not required. The ends of all beams and joists in brick walls shall be beveled, so that no level portion of the top shall enter the walls. All beams and joists shall rest not less than four inches on the walls or other supports. Buildings may have floors of the size and spacing shown in the following table, when, in the opinion of the inspector, the size is suffi- cient for the load imposed thereon :
ATTIC FLOORS.
Greatest distance
Least No.
Greatest
length.
Least size.
rows of on centers. bridging.
12 feet
2 by 7
16 inches
one
14 feet 2 by 8
16 inches
one
OTHER FLOORS.
12 feet
2 by 8
16 inches
one
14 feet
2 by 9
16 inches
one
16 feet
2 by 10
16 inchos
one
18 feet
2 by 12
16 inches
two
20 feet
24 by 12
12 inches
two
22 feet
8 by 12
12 inches
two
24 feet
23 by 14
12 inches
two
The foregoing table is based on the use of spruce timber.
At each floor the joists are to be doubled and spiked together under all partitions, and for trimmers, and headers around all openings, and where the span is long, there shall be a suitable truss, framed in the par- tition; all door openings are to be properly trussed, two by four inch sills and plates are to be placed at all partitions not resting upon girder beams, or where the studding does not pass down on to the plate of the par- tition below. All bearing partitions shall have at least one row of bridging of the full width of the studs. The studding of outside walls of all wooden structures three stories in height to the plate shall not be less than two by five inches, set not more than sixteen inches on centers. The studding of outside walls under three stories in height to plate may be two by four inches; the studs of all bearing partitions shall not be less than two by four inches, set the four-inch way, all to be set not more than sixteen inches on centers. The sills of all wooden structures shall be not less than four by six inches. Any wooden building built within one foot of the line of an adjoining lot, shall have the outside ad- joining wall built of brick of the thickness specified in "Section VII, except in special cases to be approved by the inspector. Where the larger number of floor joists are of a given size according to the ordinance, and there are some of the joists over the given length, the distance on centers may be reduced, or the joists in- creasd in thickness, so that the strength shall remain the same.
SECTION XV. FIRE STOPS.
. Every interior iron column supporting a partition or other brick wall or pier shall be fire-proofed by being properly encased in brick or terra cotta, or by & coat-
ing of plaster one inch thick on wire or metal lathing, or other fire-proof materials. Inside the fire limite, every furred wall or partition of stone, brick or other like material, shall be provided with fire stops, at each story, said stop to consist of brick, mortar, or other fire- proof materials. Stud-bearing partitions shall be pro- vided with fire stops at each story, which may be of the same material as partition, but no stop of wood shall be less than two inches thick, by the full width of partition. Where mortar stops are used, wooden strips two inches thick may be used as supports. The spaces between the floor joists, where they rest upon the bear- ing partitions, shall be stopped. The stop can be the same material as the partition. but no stop shall be less than two inches thick. The spaces between the stair strings and the joists of the landings, unless unceiled, shall be stopped at three places in each story ; stops can be wood not less than two inches thick. Out- side the fire limits, all buildings three stories in height or over shall be provided with fire stops as above in each story. In every building there shall be at least one line of fire stops which shall be set at the base of all walls and partitions.
In all buildings, without regard to the number of stories, including all rooms finished off in the space enclosed by the roof, in what is termed the attic, all outside walls and all inside partitions shall be plas- tered down to the floor, and back all bases and wain- scoting in each story.
SECTION XVI. STAIRWAYS, SCUTTLES, ROOFS AND CORNICKS.
Every building (other than a dwelling house occu- pied by not more than one family) shall have to each story two means of egress to the ground, either inside or outside the building, not including elevators. And such means shall be kept free from obstruction at all times, and shall be accessible from each room in each story. All buildings over two stories in height shall have a permanent access to the roof from the inside. The opening of said access shall be not less than eighteen by thirty inches in the clear.
The planking and sheathing of the roof of every building hereafter erected or built inside the fire limits shall in no case be extended across the party wall thereof, and every such roof shall be covered with slate, tin, copper, iron or other fire-proof materials. And all the party walls, except as provided in Section 7, in all buildings shall be carried up at least one foot above the roof, and shall be capped with tile, tin, stone or other fire-proof materials. Every cornice within the fire limits, except in isolated buildings used as dwellings only, shall be wholly of brick, iron, terra cotta, stone, or other incombustible material.
SECTION XVII. RAISING AND ENLARGING BUILDINGS.
In case any building is so altered as to add to the height thereof, such altered building shall be so con- structed as to comply with all the provisions and limi- tations of this ordinance applicable to the class.of build- ing to which such altered structure belongs.
SECTION XVIII. DAMAGED BUILDINGS.
Every building that may be damaged by fire or other- wise before a permit is issued to repair or replace the same shall be examined by the inspector, and such parts of sald buildings as, in his opinion, are unsafe, or damaged to an extent that will impair the safety of the reconstructed building shall be taken down.
SECTION XIX. ELECTRIC WIRING.
All light, heat, power, burglar alarm, telephone, or. other wires leading into any building, and all electric Continued on page 466.
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ASSOCIATE
DENTISTS,
405 MAIN STREET,
HARTFORD, CONN.
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Opposite Brown, Thomson & Co.
EXTRACTING, 25 Cents. GAS, 25 Cents. Office Open Evenings.
ALBERT ENTRESS, Architectural Sculptor,
Plaster Models for Stucco Work, Stone and Wood Carving. Artistic Mantle and Cabinet Work from Special Designs. REAR No. 187 MAIN STREET, · HARTFORD, CONN.
KARL J. BEIJ,
MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN
Marble and Granite Monuments, Statues, Tablets, Curbings, Posts and Markers. Office and Works, 275 PARK STREET, HARTFORD, CONN.
ANDREW BRABAZON, STONE CUTTING AND MASONRY OF ALL KINDS. YARDS AND OFFICE,-
GARDEN STREET, Corner LIBERTY STREET. House, 455 Garden Street, Hartford, Conn.
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wires placed inside of any building, whether connected with aerial or underground wires, shall be installed under the rules of the Hartford Board of Fire Under- writers, and subject to the approval of the building in- spector, and no wires, currents of appliances shall hereafter be introduced into or placed in any building in said city, unless the same be done in compliance with the requirements of said rules.
SECTION XX. THEATERS AND ASSEMBLY HALLS.
In every building hereafter so built or altered as to contain an audience or assembly hall, capable of hold- ing eight hundred persons or more, and used for theat- rical purposes, such audience or assembly hall shall be on the first floor of such building. The audience hall and each gallery of every such building shall have at least two independent exits, so placed as to pro- vide the safest possible egress. Every such exit shall have a width of at least twenty inches for every one hundred persons which the hall and galleries from which it leads is capable of containing; but none of the exits above required shall be less than five feet wide. Every building intended to be used for theatrical or operatic or other such purposes hereafter built shall have a frontage as wide as the widest part of the audi- torium or assembly hall, including side passages or lobbies, the whole width and height of which frontage shall be upon a street, court, passageway, or area at least thirty feet wide opposite the entire frontage. Such court, passageway, or area shall have an unobstructed way at least thirty feet wide to the public street. There shall be at least one exit on this front, which shall be in no case less than five feet in width, and of such greater width, in proportion with the seating capacity of the hall, as an allowance of twenty inches for each one hundred persons will in the aggregate require. There shall be other independent exits of the same aggregate capacity. All doors shall open outwards, and shall not be placed to reduce the passage above required. There shall be open courts on the sides not less than ten feet wide with an exit or corridor from the court to the street. All aisles, stairways, and passages shall be of even or increasing width towards the exit, with a ceiling at least seven feet high throughout, with- out obstructions, properly arranged for the easy exit of the audience, as computed by the above rule. No aisle or passage in such buildings, rising towards its exit ex- cept stairs from story to story and necessary steps in galleries and balconies, shall have a gradient within the auditorium of more than two in ten, or elsewhere of more than one in ten. All seats in the auditorium except those contained in boxes, shall be firmly secured to the floor, and no seat in the auditorium shall have more than six seats intervening between it and an aisle on either side, and no stool or seat shall be placed in an aisle. The cut of stair stringers shall not exceed seven and one-half inches rise, nor less than ten inches tread. No winders shall be less than seven inches wide at the narrowest part. There shall be no flights of more than fifteen or less than three steps between landings. Every landing shall be at least four feet wide from step to step. All stairs and landings shall have hand-rails on both sides firmly secured to walls, or to strong posts and balusters. Stairways twelve feet or more wide shall have one or more intermediate rails properly sup- ported. No boiler, or heating apparatus, except steam or hot-air pipes, or hot-water pipes and radiators, shall be located under the auditorium nor under any passage or stairway or any exit. The lights for the rear of the auditorium, and for all passages and stairways of exits, shall be independent of the lights of the rest of the auditorium, and of the platform or stage, and shall be so arranged that they cannot be turned down or off' from the platform or stage. If electricity is used for lighting there shall be provided suitable arrangements for promptly lighting gas jets in case of failure of the
electric current, or such other suitable device for such an emergency as shall be approved by the inspector. All exits from the building shall be opened at the close of every performance and whenever necessary, and shall have fastenings on the inside only. Every exit shall have over the same, on the inside, the word EXIT painted in legible letters, not less than eight inches high. Plans showing the exits and stairways shall be printed on every programme or playbill. No tempo- rary seats or other obstruction shall be allowed in any aisle, passageway, or stairway, and no person shall be aNowed to remain in any aisle or stairway during any performance. The stage shall be separated from the auditorium by a brick wall sixteen inches thick, which wall shall extend the entire width and height of the building, and two and one-half feet above the highest roof. The top of said wall is to be covered with cop- ing or some fire-proof material like a party wall. There shall be no openings through this wall, except the curtain opening, and not more than two others, which shall be at or below the level of the stage; these latter openings shall not exceed twenty-one superficial feet each, and shall have tinned wood self-closing doors securely hung to rabbeted iron frames or rabbets in the brick work. The proscenium opening shall be spanned by an iron girder covered with fire-proof ma- terials to protect it from the heat, with a relieving arch over the same, the intervening space to be filled with brick the full thickness of the wall. Wire or me- tallic lathing shall be used throughout the building for plastering. The finish or decorative features around the curtain opening shall be of fire-proof material well secured to the masonry. All the scenery, curtains, and woodwork of the stage shall be thoroughly covered with fire-proof material. No fixed portion of the stage, except the floor, shall be of wood. There shall be ample passageway adjoining each division of the auditorium. The proscenium or curtain opening shall have a fire- proof curtain, reinforced by wire netting, or otherwise strengthened. If of iron, or similar heavy material, and made to lower from the top, it shall be so contrived as to be stopped securely at a height of seven feet above the stage floor, the remaining opening being closed by a curtain or valance of fire-proof fabric. Such cur- tain shall be raised at the beginning and lowered at the end of each and every performance, and shall be ope- rated by approved machinery for that purpose, and the curtain shall be at least three feet distant from the footlights at the nearest point. All carpenter or prop- erty shops and wardrobes shall be separated from the stage, auditorium, and dressing room divisions, by solid brick walls, with no openings to the auditorium or dressing room divisions, and shall have tinned wood self-closing doors securely hung torabbets in the brick work. All rooms in theaters for the use of persons employed therein shall have two independent exits. All stage and dressing room gaslightshall be protected by proper nettings. There shall be one or more venti- lators near the center and above the highest portion of the stage, equal in combined area of opening to one- tenth of the area of the stage floor. Every such ven- tilator shall have a valve or lever so counterbalanced as to open automatically, and shall be kept closed when not in use, by a cord accessible to the stage. Such cord shall be of combustible material, and so ar- ranged that if it is severed the ventilator will open automatically. There shall be at least two two-ir high service stand-pipes on the stage, with Ample 1 vision of hose and nozzles at each level of the stage each side, and the water shall be kept turned on duri occupation of the building, by any audience. TI said pipes shall have two gates, one above the othe with a proper test or waste valve, the lower gate to L kept open at all times. The proscenium opening sha be provided with a two and one-half inch perforate iron pipe or equivalent equipment of automatic or oper sprinklers, as inspector may direct, so constructed as to form when in operation a complete water curtain f Concluded on page 468.
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