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RECORD   AND   GUIDE





February 10, 1912





LAST WORD IN FIRE PROTECTION.





As   Exemplified    in    an   Office    Buiiding
Planned for 42d Street.

Towering ahove its neghbors, there will
rise in Times Square beloi'e another year
comes an investment monument to the
builder ot a great business enterprise ot
the South.

Asa G. Candler, of Atlanta, Georgia, has
entered the field of real estate investment
in New York, and will build in 42d street
a great office and loft huilding which will
be one of the distinctive landmarks of
■New York, and which will, it is contem¬
plated, become the home of many of tho
leading Southern firms having headquar¬
ters in the city.

Believing that this district is one of
Now York's great centers of business ac-
tivitv, and as a result of a wide experi¬
ence in the erection of successful build¬
ings in various parts of the country, Mr,
Candler, with a singleness of purpose and
full faith in his project, has determined to
build a twenty-four story offlce and loft
structure, forming a tower in 42d street
78x100 ft., and having a sixteen story ex¬
tension through to 41st street, where ship¬
ping facilities will be amply provided.

The exterior will be of marble and terra
cotta. All four sides of the main building
will be treated alike with terra cotta
ashlar and ornament carried to the roof,
which will be of tile surmounted by a steel
staff about 350 feet from the ground. Th©
main structure will thus form a massive
tower worthy to take its place by that
near neighbor which gives name to the
district,  the Times Building.









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fire a greater measure of safety for its
occupants than any similar structure yet
erected in New York.

The open loft floors of the 41st Street
extension wil! bo divided from the simi¬
lar space in the 42d Street section by
means of a fireproof partition containing
self-clu.sing metal doors. In case of flre
in the contents ot any open floor or loft
the flame and smoke M'ill be confined to
Ihat part of the floor in which it origi¬
nated, and ample time will be given the
occupants to escape by means of stair¬
ways and elevators from which all smoke
and flame arc completely cut off.

In addition, another unusual device is
employed. For the entire height of the
main building a lire tower will be con-
strticted, consisting of ah iron stairway
enclosed in masonry walls and having no
connection with the .interior fioors ex¬
cept by means of a balcony, in the open
air, with doors entering the fire tower at
each floor level well away trom the walls
of the building.

These devices will give the most ad¬
vanced type of flre protection yet pro-
\-ided for a loft and oflice structure and
will carry out the best recommendation
of experts who have investigated the sub¬
ject anew, in consequence of recent dis¬
astrous  fires  in  New  York City,

The sprinkler installation will cover all
oflices, corridors and stair halls as well
as loft spaces. Among other special fea¬
tures will he the use of plate glass as a
continuous face from top to bottom of
the three central bays on the 42d Street
front, as well as for all windows in the
side and rear walls. The plans include
a complete power plant for light, heat
and power. It is Intended to divide the
show room and offlce floors fo meet the
requirements of tenants.

The contract for construction has been
awarded to the Cauldwell-Wingate Com¬
panv which has already commenced to
dem"olish. The building when completed
will be in the hands of O D. & H. V.
Dike .which firm has represented Mr.
Candler in the consummation of the pres¬
ent project.





NEW BUiLDING RULES.





t12<1  Sli-&;l.       \vm;iu.--i-.   Shape  i  Breaily,   Arc-h,';.
CANDLER BUII-DING.

The architects, Messrs. "Willauer, Shape
& Bready, have used iarge scale archi¬
tectural motifs or units for the exterior,
treated in a style wbicb is an adaptation
of the Spanish Renaissance. The pur¬
pose of the design is to attain the maxi-
bium of glass and lighting surface on all
sides so essential to Ioft floors combined
with the dignity and impressivcncss ex¬
pected of an office building, which latter
the building in reality is, so far as the
upper floors are concerned.

The future may see it wholly devoted
to offices as Times Square becomes more
and more the actual center of New York,
therefore express provision is made in
the plans for such development.

"Within the lower floors will be lofts
of a gross area of 10,000 sq. ft. Above,
several floors will be divided into show¬
rooms and large office spaces, while the
upper eight flooi-s will be arranged for
offlces and suites.

It is in the feature of flre protection
that the Candler Building will express
the last word. The building will be not
only of tbe most advanced flreproof con¬
struction but will also provide, m case of





Where stairs lead to yard, proper exits
must be provided leading to street with¬
out re-entering the building, except
through   flreproof   passage.

Kvery exit must be Indicated by a red
iiglit placed on the Inside and by a sign
with tlic word "EXIT" painted thereon
in legible letters not less than eight
Inches lilgh.

6. No cinematograph or other appa¬
ratus for projecting moving pictures shall
1)0 set up for use or used In any building,
place or puhlic assembly or entertain¬
ment, unless such apparatus shall be en¬
closed in a fireproof booth built in con¬
formity with the requirements of Chapter
756, Laws of 1911.

IN^OTE.—In addition to the above re¬
quirements, in the Borough of Manhat¬
tan, dance halls, dancing academies, etc.,
wil be prohibited in frame buildings above
Ihe first floor.

RUDOLPH P.  MILLER.
Superintendent of Buildings.

Dated,  January  Sth,   1912.





For    Dancing   Academies    and    Concert
Halls—Hollow Tile Building Blocks.
The   several  Superintendents   of  Build¬
ings of the Citv of New York,  in confer¬
ence,  adopted  this  week  important  rules
for the erection, convei'sion  or alteration
of dance halls  and  public dancing acad¬
emies for which licenses are required un¬
der Chapter 547, Laws of 1910,  and also
governing    the    construction,    conversion
or    alteration    of    concert    halls,    music
halls   and   other   places   of   public   enter¬
tainment   not   governed   by   the   require¬
ments   of   Section   109    of    the    Building
Code.     These   rules  are  the    first    to    be
framed and promulgated this year and in
the  IHanhattan  Bureau  of  Buildings will
he known as "Bulletin Number One, 191:^."
Also promulgated this week were rules
and regulations governing the use of hol¬
low   tile   building  blocks,   which   can  now
be    used    for    buildings    not    more    than
ihirtv-flve   feet   high   within   the   bounds
iif Greater New York, as well as for floors
and   partitions   in   flreproof   construction.
Thev   will   constitute  one  more  rival  for
liuilding   bricks   in    addition    to   marble,
stone, concrete and terra cotta. New rules
were  also promulgated  for top   floor  par¬
iitions in flreproof buildings, and for the
use  of lime  in cement mortar.     The  four
imllelins   are  as follws:

Oiiuee   Halls,    Gouci-rt   Halls,   etc.

Bulletin No. 1, 1S13.—The several Supei--
intendenls of Buildings ol" the C'Jy of
New York, in conference, adopted the
following rules governing the erection,
conversion or alteration of dance halls
and public dancing academies for wluch
licenses arc required under Chapter a-li.
Laws of 1910, and concert halls, music
halls and other places of public entertain¬
ment not governed by the requirements ot
Section 109 of the Building Code.

1.,Proper plans must be filed showing
arrangements of seats, exits and stage tit
any), also bearing capacity of floors (at
least 90 lbs. per square foot), also state¬
ment of estimated number of persons to
he   accommodated.

2.     No Dancing School or Academy or
Dance Hall will be allowed above the sec¬
ond floor in any non-fireproof building,
the ground floor being considered the first
floor.

3.     All rooms must be properly venti¬
lated.

4.     Adequate toilet accommodations
separate  for  sexes must  be provided.

5.     EXITS: The number and width of
exits must conform with the requirements
of  Section   lOS   of  the   Building  Code.

All exit doors must open outward and
in case of doors opening on outside bal¬
conies they must be hung to swing flat
asrainst the walk

No windows will be considered as exits.

Outside balconies must be of iron or
steel, at least four feet in width with
stairs  leading  to  ground.





Toit Floor Parlltlua» Id Fireproof
Buildings.

Bulletin No. 2, 1912.—In flreproof build¬
ings where the roof beams are sloped, and
there is a hung ceiling in the top story,
the flreproof partitions, except those en¬
closing stair halls or elevators, in the
top story need hot be carried higher than
the hung ceiling. This applies to the top
story of the building only, it Jieing under¬
stood that a so-called pent house, if used
for other purposes than the enclosure of
elevator machinery, tanks, or forming the
bulkhead of stairs, is considered a story
of   the   building.

RUDOLPH  P.   MILLER.
Superintendent of Buildings.

Dated,   January   Sth,   1S12.

Lime  In   Cement  Hortar.

Bulletin No, 3, 1912.—The use of lime
putty or hydrated lime in cement mortar
to the extent of not more than ten per
cent, is permitted in any case where ce¬
ment mortar is required by a building
permit or by the Building Code, unless
the approved application or any amend¬
ment thereto calls for pure cement mor¬
tar, and provided that no lime of anv
kind shall be used in cement mortar for
foundations or foundation walls.
RUDOLPH P. MILLER.
Superintendent  of  Buildings.

Dated,    January    23rd,    1912.

Rules nod  Regulations  Coverlns the  Use
of   Hollow   Tile   Building   Blocks.

Bulletin No. 4, 1912.—Hollow tile build¬
ing blocks may be used for buildings not
more than thirty-five feet in height un¬
der the following conditions: Hollow tile
blocks shall be true and square and be of
uniform shape and thickness when laid in
courses.

No such blocks shall be used until
complete and satisfactory tests have been
made by the manufacturer under the- di¬
rection of the Superintendent of Build¬
ings and until an approval for the use of
-■iuch   blocks   has   been   obtained.

No blocks shall be approved that do not
develop a compressive strength of at least
2,000 pounds per square inch of net sec¬
tion. In no case shail the hollow spaces
of any such blocks exceed 50 per cent.
The thickness of walls or webs of such
blocks shall not be less than one inch.
The thickness of walls for any building
where hoUow tile blocks are used shall
not be less than is required by the Build¬
ing Code for brick walls. All such walls
shall be laiil in Portland cement mortar.
All outside walls below grade must be
filled in solid with Portland cement con¬
crete.

No wail composed of hollow tile blocks
shall be loaded in excess of one hundred
pounds per square Inch of the gross sec¬
tion of the wall; i. e., no deduction being
made for hollow spaces in figuring the
area.

Where wood beams or girders rest on
such walls suitable templates of either
iron, continuous tile, or stone, shall be
provided under tlieir ends, or the blocks
undpj-   tliem   shall   be   solid.

Hollow tile lintels spanning an opening
over three feet six inches wide shall be
reinforced  with   cement  and  steel   bars.

All wails of hollow tile blocks, and
beams used in same, must be anchored
in accordance with .Sections 41 and 60 of
th?   Building   Code.

No walls constructed of hollow terra
cotta blocks sliail be broken to receive
pipes. but must be recessed when
moulded.

Every block must have stamped there¬
on the name of the manufacturer or man¬
ufacturers' mark.

RUDOLPH   P.   MILLER.
Superintendent of Buildings.
Dated,  January  2ath,   1912.





Mechanics   and Traders Exchange.

At the annual meeting of the Mechanics
and Traders Exchange held January 25th.
at 30 West 33d street, the following were
elected as officers, trustees and repre¬
sentatives on the Board of Examiners of
the   Building   Department:

President, Francis N. Howland; vice
president, Frank E. Conover; treasurer,
Isaac A. Hopper; secretary, Charles E.
Cheney; trustees, Alfonzo E. Pelham, Au¬
gustus Meyers, John J. Roberts, Edwin
Outwatei", Lewis Harding, Prancis M.
Weeks, Donald Taylor; representative on
Board of Examiners, Bldg. Dept., Lewis
Harding,   William   Crawford.