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SEC. 20. Every metal column in a brick building shall rest on a square iron plate not less than two inches thick, with lugs or a socket cast on it to hold the end of the column in place, and unless the columns are cast with a large flat-topped head shall have a : similar plate on top, on which the beam or girder which it is to support shall rest. The sides of the bottom plate to be at least two and one-half times the diameter of the column, and the sides of the top plate or cast cap to be at least equal to the width of the beam or girder which it is to support. Wooden columns support- ing girders and floors in such buildings shall rest on, and be capped by, one and one-half inch iron plates with lugs or sockets to re- ceive the ends of the columns. All round wooden columns shall have holes not less than one inch in diameter bored through their centre for their whole length. Metal columns placed one on top of another shall have a plate between them with lugs or sockets on both sides to fit into top and base of columns to prevent slip-
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ping, and all such columns shall have holes bored when and where directed by the Inspector, into and through the shell at right angles to the shaft, so as to show the thickness of the shell. All bearing parts of columns and plates shall be turned or planed to true surfaces. Metal columns in wooden buildings shall have iron foot plates and caps whose width or diameter shall be three times the diameter of the column, or in case of caps at least equal to the width of the beam or girder which is to be supported. They shall be of such thickness as the Inspector may require, but not less than five-eighths inches in any case, and shall have lugs or sockets cast on them to hold the ends of the columns in place. Wooden columns or posts shall have similar foot plates and caps.
FLOOR LOADS.
SEC. 21. All new or renewed floors and stairs shall be so con- structed as to carry safely the weight to which the proposed use of the building may subject them, and every permit granted shall state for what purpose the building is designed to be used; but the least capacity per superficial square foot, exclusive of materials, shall be:
For floors of houses for habitation, sixty pounds.
For office floors and for public rooms of hotels exceeding five hundred square feet, one hundred pounds.
For floors of retail stores and public buildings, except school- houses, one hundred pounds.
For floors of schoolhouses, other than floors of assembly rooms, sixty pounds, and for floors of assembly rooms, one hundred and twenty-five pounds.
For floors of drill rooms, dance halls and riding schools, two hundred pounds.
For floors of warehouses and mercantile buildings, at least two hundred pounds.
For flat roofs, forty pounds.
For stairs, landings, platforms and fire escapes, seventy pounds.
The loads not included in this classification shall be determined by the Inspector.
The full floor load specified in this section shall be included in proportioning all parts of buildings designed for warehouses, or for heavy mercantile and manufacturing purposes. In other buildings, however, reductions may be allowed as follows: for gird- ers carrying more than one hundred square feet of floor, the live load may be reduced ten per cent. For columns, piers, walls and other parts carrying two floors, a reduction of fifteen per cent of the total live load may be made. Where three floors are carried, the total live load may be reduced by twenty per cent; four floors, twenty-five per cent; five floors, thirty per cent; six floors, thirty- five per cent.
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The Inspector may prescribe the maximum loads which may be imposed upon the floors of the existing buildings.
CHIMNEYS AND HEATING APPARATUS.
SEC. 22. All chimneys hereafter erected shall be built from the ground of brick, stone or other fireproof, non-heat-conducting materials, and shall be built plumb, or nearly so, so as to be self- sustaining; provided, however, that brick flues may be securely built into the brick work of the walls of the building to which they are hung, when the walls are not less than twelve inches thick; and provided also, that, upon special permission, first obtained from the Inspector, other forms of support may be used with such special safeguard as he may require, and provided also, that the matter of construction of chimneys in small wooden buildings, other than dwelling houses, not more than one story and one-half in height, shall be left to the decision of the Inspector of Buildings, but must be constructed in accordance with his instructions and to his satisfaction.
SEC. 23. All brick chimneys shall be built of hard burned brick plastered outside below the roofing after having been examined and approved by the Inspector of Buildings, except that exposed portions of said chimneys may be left unplastered upon the outside. Said chimneys shall be topped out with brick or stone, laid in cement, and the topping out shall not have more than two inches projection unless the bricks are covered by a cap of stone or other non-combustible material, in one piece, properly secured, and approved by the Inspector; and in no case shall a nail be driven into the masonry of any flue. All chimneys with exterior walls less than eight inches thick shall be lined with vitrified clay flue-lining.
SEC. 24. No smoke pipe in any building with wooden or com- bustible floors or ceilings shall hereafter enter any flue except at a distance not less than twelve inches from said floor or ceiling; and in all cases where smoke pipes pass through stud or wooden par- titions of any kind, whether the same be plastered or not, they shall be guarded by a soapstone ring having a thickness radial to said pipe of not less than two inches, and extending through said partition, and in cases where smoke pipes pass through wood- work of any kind in such near proximity to the brick work of the flue that the space between said woodwork and flue is inaccessible, said pipe shall be guarded by a soapstone ring or thimble, or its equivalent, having a thickness of at least two inches, and extend- ing from the outer face of said woodwork to a point at least two inches within the brickwork of the flue, in which it shall be firmly set.
SEC. 25. All hearths shall be supported upon trimmer arches of brick or stone, or upon bars of iron supporting a bed of brick-
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work and shall be at least twelve inches longer than the width of the fireplace openings and at least eighteen inches wide in front of the chimney breast. Wooden centering supporting a trimmer arch shall be removed before plastering.
SEC. 26. Brickwork of all grates, fireplaces and ranges shall be not less than eight inches thick, and when it adjoins a wooden or stud partition shall have at least two four-inch walls, with at least two-inch air space between. No woodwork shall be secured to the brickwork of any flue. Open fireplaces shall have fireproof foundations.
SEC. 27. (a) No furnace or range set in masonry shall hereafter be placed, or its location changed in any building, without a per- mit from the Inspector of Buildings, who shall prescribe such. regulations for the setting or placing thereof as in his judgment the public safety may require.
(b) The top of every heating furnace or steam boiler shall be kept at least one foot below the lowest part of the ceiling or floor next above it, and such protective covering shall be placed on such ceiling as the Inspector may require.
(c) All register boxes shall be set in soapstone or similar bor- ders not less than two inches in width and said boxes back of such border shall be surrounded by an open space of not less than one inch in all directions and when required by the Inspector the timbers and flooring surrounding the boxes shall be protected by sheet-metal as he may direct.
(d) All elevator wells and light shafts, unless built of brick, must be filled in flush between the wooden studs with fireproof materials, or lined with metal or plastered on metal lathing, as may be directed by the Inspector, and all woodwork inside of such wells or shafts be lined with tin plate lock-jointed.
(e) Where floor beams rest on partition caps or on girders, wall girts or wooden sills, fill in between such beams, from the caps, girders, girts or sills to four inches above lining floor above, solid with brick and mortar or other fireproof material.
(f) When floor beams in frame buildings rest on ledger boards, fire-stop thoroughly at each floor, with brick and mortar, resting on bridging pieces cut in between the studs, or, where practicable, on the ends of lining floor.
(g) In brick buildings the space between the furring on the out- side walls or brick partitions should be filled flush with mortar for a space of five inches in width above and below the floor beams of each story.
(h) Where basement or other flights of stairs are enclosed by partitions of brick or wood, the spaces between the studs or wall furrings must be so fire-stopped with brick or mortar as to effect- ually prevent any fire from passing up between such studs or fur- ring back of the stair stringers.
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(¿) All flights of stairs between two floors must have two smoke stops built between the stringers and properly constructed.
(j) No pipes for conveying hot air or steam must be placed nearer than one inch to any woodwork unless protected to the satisfaction of the Inspector by suitable guards or casings of in- combustible material.
(k) No wooden flue or air duct of any description can be used for heating or ventilating purposes.
(l) A space of at least one inch to be left between all woodwork and the chimneys, with the exception of floor timbers which shall be not less than two inches from chimneys, also around all hot- air, steam and hot-water pipes; these spaces around chimneys and pipes where they pass through the floors to be stopped with metal or other fireproof material, smoke tight. Steam and hot- water pipes to have metal sleeves and collars.
(m) All channels and pockets for gas, water and soil pipes to be made smoke tight at each floor.
(n) The space around all metal or brick ventilating ducts must be fire-stopped at each floor with metal or other fireproof material as approved by the Inspector.
(o) Where a building is occupied above the first floor for tene- ments or a lodging house and the lower story is occupied for stores, . or other purposes not connected with the upper floors, the stair- ways leading to such upper floors must be enclosed with brick walls or with wooden partitions filled solid with brick laid in mortar, or other fireproof material and plastered on both sides on metallic lathing, and all doors in such partitions covered with tin plate, lock jointed.
SAFEGUARDS DURING BUILDING OPERATIONS.
SEC. 28. Whenever any person is about to erect or alter the exterior walls of a building, within five feet of the line of a street, he shall cause the portion of the site of the building bordering upon the street to be enclosed by a proper fence not less than four feet high and at least five feet from the line of such building; and the fence shall be made as much higher as the Inspector of Buildings shall direct, and the same shall be maintained until all liability to accident from falling material ceases; he shall also maintain a proper walk satisfactory to the Inspector, around said fence, as long as the sidewalk is obstructed, and he shall maintain proper lights, if so required by the Inspector, at both ends of such enclosed space from sunset to sunrise. In erecting any building, no person shall place, deposit or suffer to remain in any street or highway, any lumber or other building material, rubbish, or remains of any old building for a longer period than may be necessary for the work which may be going on; and in case such material, rubbish or remains of an old building shall necessarily remain after dark, a
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sufficient light shall be placed over or near the same, and kept from sunset to sunrise. All rubbish from the erecting or repairing of any building or the removal of an old building, shall be carried away by the person so erecting, repairing or removing such build- ing, at such time as the superintendent of streets may direct; and in case of neglect or refusal so to do, it shall be removed by the superintendent of streets, at the expense of such person. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars.
SEC. 29. All questions as to the intent and meaning of the By- Laws relating to the construction of buildings shall be decided by the Inspector.
SEC. 30. In these By-Laws the following terms shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them :
" Alteration"' means any change or addition.
"Cellar" means a basement or lower story, of which one-half or more of the height of the floor to the ceiling is below the level of the land adjoining.
"Foundation" means that portion of a wall below the level of the street curb, and where the wall is not on a street, that portion of the wall below the level of the highest ground next to the wall; but if under party or partition walls, may be construed by the Inspector to mean that portion below the cellar floor.
"Chimney" shall apply to any permanent or fixed flues or pas- sages built into any building for conveying away the products of combustión from furnaces, stoves, boilers, ranges or fireplaces.
"Inspector" means the Inspector of Buildings of the Town of Arlington.
"Party wall"' means every wall used, or built in order to be used as a separation of two or more buildings.
"Partition wall" means any interior wall of masonry in a building.
"External wall" means every outer wall or vertical enclosure of a building other than a party wall.
"Repairs" means the reconstruction or renewal of any existing part of a building or of its fixtures or appurtenances by which the strength or fire risk is not affected or modified, and not made in the opinion of the Inspector for the purpose of converting the building in whole or in part to a new use.
"Tenement house" means a building, which, or any portion of which, is occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a dwelling by more than three families living independently of one another and doing their cooking upon the premises; or by more than two fam- ilies above the first story, so living and cooking.
"Thickness" of a wall means the minimum of thickness of such wall.
"Persons" shall mean individuals, co-partnerships or corpora- tions.
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SEC. 31. Whoever violates any of the provisions of these By- Laws shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars unless another penalty is specifically provided herein.
SEC. 32. The provisions of these By-Laws shall not apply to buildings and structures owned or occupied by the United States or by the State of Massachusetts, nor to bridges.
Henry S. Adams, for the Committee appointed at the adjourned Town Meeting, March 28, 1910, to investigate and report "how the Town Officers and Police Department, now occupying the lower floor of Town Hall Building"' can best be accommodated, made the report that there was no immediate need for any change. The report was accepted.
Article 13 taken up. (Ratification of Acts of Officials under previous vote.) Voted: By a two-thirds vote, that the vote passed at the adjourned meeting held March 28, 1910, under article 28 of the Warrant, for the last Annual Meeting, be amended, by striking out the words "That the Town borrow forty-eight thousand ($48,000) dollars of said sum and in payment therefor issue sixteen negotiable notes or bonds for the sum of three thou- sand ($3000) dollars each, one payable in the year 1911 and one in each of the fifteen succeeding years; said notes or bonds to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen, and to be designated on the face thereof 'Crosby School Addition Loan',' and substituting therefor the following; "That the Town borrow forty-five thousand ($45,000) dollars for the construction of said addition (not including furnishings) and for this purpose issue forty-five negotiable notes or bonds for the sum of one thousand dollars each, three payable on December 1, in the year 1911 and three on December 1 in each of the fourteen succeeding years; said notes or bonds to be designated on the face thereof, 'Crosby School Addition Loan' and borrow three thousand dollars for the furnishing thereof, and for this purpose issue six negotiable notes or bonds for the sum of five hundred dollars each, one payable on December 1 in the year 1911 and one on December 1 in each of the five succeeding years; said notes or bonds to be designated on the face thereof 'Crosby School Addition Furnishing Loan.' All such notes or bonds to be dated Dec. 1, 1910, signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen," so the vote will read as follows: That the sum of forty-nine thousand six hundred ($49,600) dollars be appropriated for the erection and furnishing of additions to the Crosby School, substantially in accordance with the plans of the Committee appointed by the Town November 23, 1909; that the Town borrow forty-five thousand ($45,000) dollars for the construction of said addition (not including furnishings) and for this purpose issue forty-five negotiable notes or bonds for the sum of one thousand dollars each, three payable on December 1,
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in the year 1911, and three on December 1 in each of the fourteen succeeding years; said notes or bonds to be designated on the face thereof "Crosby School Addition Loan" and borrow three thou- sand ($3000) dollars for the furnishing thereof and for this purpose issue six negotiable notes or bonds for the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars each, one payable on December 1 in the year 1911 and one on December 1 in each of the five succeeding years; said notes or bonds to be designated on the face thereof "Crosby School Addition Furnishing Loan." All such notes or bonds to be dated December 1, 1910, signed by the Treasurer, and countersigned by the Selectmen and to bear interest semi-annually at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum; also that the remaining six- teen hundred ($1600) dollars be raised by general tax in 1910; and that the Committee appointed November 23, 1909, be authorized and empowered to supervise and direct the work of the erection and furnishing of said building and the expenditure of the sum hereby appropriated.
Voted: That the Town ratify the acts of its officers under authority of the vote passed under article 28 of the last Annual Town Meeting.
Article 18 taken up. (Selectmen to petition the General Court as to By-laws.) Voted: That the Town hereby instruct the Selectmen to petition the General Court for such amendments for Chapter 624, Acts of 1910 and other Statutes as will authorize the Town to adopt Statutes and By-laws which will provide for the carrying on of its business properly and legally in substan- tially the manner now in vogue.
Article 22 taken up. (Authority of Town Treasurer to borrow money.) Voted: That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the Town of Arlington, in anticipation of taxes of the municipal year 1911, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow on and after January 1, 1911, from time to time, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, a sum or sums, in the aggregate not exceeding one hundred and fifty thou- sand ($150,000) dollars and to execute and deliver therefor the note or notes of the Town issued in accordance with and conform- ing to the requirements of Chapter 616, Acts of 1910, payable within one year from the time the loan is made. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of said municipal year.
Article 9 taken up. (Taking part of Mount Pleasant Cemetery by County Commissioners.) Voted: That the Town hereby authorize and empower the Cemetery Commissioners to consent in the name and behalf of the Town, to such takings by the County Commissioners of the land of Mount Pleasant Cemetery as may be necessary in connection with the relocation of Medford Street, substantially in accordance with the plan drawn by R. W. Pond, Town Engineer, dated November, 1910.
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Article 8 taken up. (Selectmen to petition County Commis- sioners for relocation of Medford Street.) Voted: That the Town hereby authorize and empower the Selectmen, in the name and behalf of the Town, to petition the County Commissioners under the provisions of Chapter 48 Section 12 of the Revised Laws, to relocate Medford Street, substantially in accordance with the plan drawn by R. W. Pond, Town Engineer, dated November, 1910.
The number of voters attending the meeting, as determined by the returns of the Constables in charge of the turnstiles, was one hundred and forty-five.
All business calling the meeting having been transacted it was voted: That this meeting be now dissolved. Meeting dissolved at nine twenty-five o'clock.
A true record. Attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
The following is a true copy of the approval by the Attorney- General of the Building Laws adopted at this meeting:
Boston, Mass., December 7, 1910.
I approve the foregoing By-laws, except that I do not approve so much of Section 14 as is as follows: "And no such wall shall be over fifty feet in height," and that I do not approve so much of Section 15 as is as follows: " And no such wall shall be over sixty feet in height."
DANA MALONE, Attorney-General.
A true copy. Attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
EXPENSES FOR 1810
Through the courtesy of Mr. Frank F. Russell, grandson of Thomas Russell, Selectman and Town Clerk in 1810, the following is a copy of a report made of the expenses of the Town for the year 1810, and will be interesting to compare with the expenses of the present year 1910, after a lapse of one hundred years:
STATEMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF THE TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE, FROM MAY, 1810, TO MAY, 1811.
POOR.
Amount of Overseers' drafts in favour of Joseph Con- verse and other persons for support of the poor $705.71
SCHOOLS.
School-masters:
Ephraim Randall
$148.50
E. G. Bowdoin
148.50
John Barrett
148.50
John Anderson
148.50
Sundry persons for wood
98.47
$692.47
CONTINGENCIES.
Josiah Whittemore, for moving and repair- ing the Central Schoolhouse
$57 85
Stephen Tufts, for carpenter work on do.
7.00
Joshua Avery, do.
17.56
John Niles, do., and for glazing do.
13.54
Jonathan Butterfield, for carpenter work on do.
13.87
Josiah Mason & Son, for lumber for do.
16.40
Tufts & Adams, for shingles for do.
27.00
Ezekiel Whittemore, for mason work for do.
3.25
Caleb Cole, for stove funnel for do.
10.92
Daniel Adams, for work at the schoolhouses
8.50
Noah Russell, do.
7.00
George Prentiss, for lumber, work and ex-
19.40
pense of moving South Schoolhouse
1.50
Ebenezer Hall, for work on schoolhouse William Hill 3d, do.
3.50
Abner Stearns, for repairing schoolhouse
3.33
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Thomas Russell, for nails and glass for school-
houses, and for groceries and refresh- ment for carpenters when repairing schoolhouses
$17.34
Wyman & Day, for axes and spikes for school- houses
4.75
George Prentiss, for cash paid Jeduthan Wel- lington for land for schoolhouse
36.87
George Prentiss, for expenses as an agent at Cambridge
4.00
S. and J. Butterfield, for work on schoolhouses Thomas Russell, for sundries and refreshment to surveyors of highways
4.75
John Tufts, for refreshment to Selectmen and Committees 4.11
Gardner & Johnson, for sundries and refresh- ment to surveyor of highways
9.63
William Locke & Son, do. 8.94
Ebenezer Thompson, for notifications and warning Town Meetings 11.25
Gersham Swan, for rent of land for pound
3.00
George Prentiss, for notifications and warning Town Meeting
3.00
Assessors, making taxes for 1810
67.50
Do., for stationery
2.50
Jason Belknap, gravel for highways
3.00
Stephen Tufts, for ringing the bell and sweep- ing meeting house for Town Meetings
2.00
Selectmen and Town Clerk, for making state- ment of expenses 4.00
Hilliard and Metcalf, for printing, do.
7.00
Abijah Cutter, for making cartridges
1.25
Benjamin Harrington, do.
1.25
Town Treasurer's salary
10.00
Town Clerk's, do.
10.00
Do., for recording births and deaths from 1807
to 1811, as the law directs 4.56
$445.65
MILITARY STORES, AGREEABLE TO LAW.
E. Withington, for 100 pounds of powder, at 61 cents per pound $61.00
F. C. Wyman, for 50 pounds of powder, at 61 cents per pound 32.50
J. Bradley, for camp kettles 3.33
J. C. Bradford, 200 flints 1.50
14.33
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Thomas Russell, for 190 pounds of balls, at 14 cents per pound $26.60
Do., for 32 pounds of powder, at 60 cents per pound 2.25
$127.18
HIGHWAY.
Samuel Hall, for making the county road from
William Locke's to Lexington line $1,057.50
For repairing and amending the highways 530.40
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