. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . side air. Ventila-tion is obtained by means of skylights andventilating ceiling lights. The building isheated by steam throughout, supplied by aplant on the premises. Structurally, the buildings, as far as pos-sible, were made fireproof. The bulkheadshed and ferry house have a light steelframe, filled with terra cotta tile and plas-tered on the inside. The exterior alongWest street and the river end of the ferryhouse is sheathed with copper and allother outside walls are of corrugat
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . side air. Ventila-tion is obtained by means of skylights andventilating ceiling lights. The building isheated by steam throughout, supplied by aplant on the premises. Structurally, the buildings, as far as pos-sible, were made fireproof. The bulkheadshed and ferry house have a light steelframe, filled with terra cotta tile and plas-tered on the inside. The exterior alongWest street and the river end of the ferryhouse is sheathed with copper and allother outside walls are of corrugatedgalvanized iron. Reinforced concrete floorand roof arches are used prevent the spread of flames, firewalls have been run from low watermark to the roof along the north andsouth walls of the ferry house, and atother points. There are no openings inthese walls excepting one where the SandyHook route passageway connects with theferry house. A fire door is provided at thispoint. The entire roof with the exceptionof the promenade portion is covered with afive-plv tarred felt and slag roofing. The. TLoliUp of jIeU) ! Street iEcrnunal, UooUins Cotuarb itlain iyaiting 3^oom 8 €f)c :§>iibucbaii itc promenade portion is five-ply tarred feltwaterproofing and vitrified tile brick pav-ing on top. The entire bulkhead shed andthe inshore fifty feet of the ferry house isover made land. The balance of the ferryhouse is o\cr the water and rests on pilefoundations. This foundation is unusualfor a building of this character, but was nec-essary to meet the Government regulations,which require that the tide should ebb andflow under the structure, thus practicallylimiting the choice of foundations to a piledeck construction, which was built. Thepiles for all column foundations were cut offat low water and concrete piers built up tothe deck. All piles carrying the deck weresawed off at an elevation of eight feet abovelow water and capped with creosoted tim-ber. On top of
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