. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work. Fig. 193. Sin of Store Sash. 171 162 BUILDING SUPERINTENDENCE. The boxes are of various sizes and patterns, and are furnished bythe makers of the chutes. The chutes are required to be in remov-able sections, exposed to view and easily accessible, and they maybe run only in the public hall or corridors of a building. The chutemust be made of metal with a plate glass front, clearly marked withthe insignia of the department, and when installed becomes technic-ally a part of the government mail box below. The require
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work. Fig. 193. Sin of Store Sash. 171 162 BUILDING SUPERINTENDENCE. The boxes are of various sizes and patterns, and are furnished bythe makers of the chutes. The chutes are required to be in remov-able sections, exposed to view and easily accessible, and they maybe run only in the public hall or corridors of a building. The chutemust be made of metal with a plate glass front, clearly marked withthe insignia of the department, and when installed becomes technic-ally a part of the government mail box below. The requirements for support of the chutes are a continuousvertical surface 10^ inches or more in width, carried from the boxbelow to a point not less than 4 feet 6 inches above the top of thehighest floor to be supplied. In front of this vertical run must be set the iron thimbles pro-.:•: ; :.op;.^^^^ .■:-;.• vided by the makers, 3f, inches by 9 inches, thewhole absolutely plumb,with no bends or offsetsanywhere. For wooden Iniildingsa flat casing of wood maybe used, or marble or other costly material may be substitutedwholly or in
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