. Engineering and Contracting. batterof 3 ;24; under tlie inside walls they vary from1 to 3 ft. in depth, are 9 ins. wide on top andhave a hatter of 1:12 on each face; all foot- lixil ins., the division walls being capped witha plain square edge (5x11 in. stone, the copeand cap stones ranging in length from 18 4 ft. laid to break bond with the buildingstone. The window sills and lintels are 8x9%ins. by 4 ft. 7 ins. and were made in the sameblock machine, as were also the coping windows of which there were only two aremetal frame swing sash equipped with wireglass. The six doo
. Engineering and Contracting. batterof 3 ;24; under tlie inside walls they vary from1 to 3 ft. in depth, are 9 ins. wide on top andhave a hatter of 1:12 on each face; all foot- lixil ins., the division walls being capped witha plain square edge (5x11 in. stone, the copeand cap stones ranging in length from 18 4 ft. laid to break bond with the buildingstone. The window sills and lintels are 8x9%ins. by 4 ft. 7 ins. and were made in the sameblock machine, as were also the coping windows of which there were only two aremetal frame swing sash equipped with wireglass. The six doors are tin covered (ironclad) fire proof doors, endorsed by the Insur-ance Underwriters, sliding or rolling on a leveltrack, the track being fastened by bolts pass-ing clear through the wall, the door frames,as before mentioned, are made from 8 irons and are fastened to the wall byhook bolts which engage the hollow spaces inthe blocks, three bolts being used on each side;into the back of the top channel was cast the. View of Concrete Block Warehouse at Austell, Ga. ings were carried down to a firm hard redclay. The floors are 4 ins. thick consisting of 2V^ins. of 1:3:6 base and 1% ins. of 1:2% top,for the fop granite screenings w^ere used in-stead of sand. The outside walls are laid up with 8x8x20in. and 24 in. rock face hollow concrete blocksmade of a Hercules block machine, the cor-ners are all panel face return blocks showing20 ins. on one sideand 10 ins. on the other,alternating vertically. Plain face blocks alter-nating 12 ins. and 24 ins. were used at thedoorways, one vertical face edge of each blockbeing slightly recessed, when made in the mold,to permit its entrance into the backs of the 8in. channels that were used for door division walls were built from plain face8,\ in. hollow blocks and were tied into theoutside walls by passing the end block of everysecond course through and showing it on theoutside as a panel face or end, the block above
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