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from horizontal or vertical deflection or the bucitling or shear of the members. <br />, <br />The eccentric load in a columin, if provided for and properly taken up may <br />be regarded as uniformly distributed ovei• its base. . <br />Seca94. SAFE ZOADS ON SOILS. Good, sound natural earth shall not be loaded <br />to more than the.following in tons per square foot: <br />(1) Gravel and coarse sand well cemented, or rock or hard shale, vnexposed to the <br />action of air, frost or water........e.=..a.........e.o ..............8 tons <br />(2), Dry, hard clay or fine sand, coinpact and, tivell cehnentedo.. . o.... .. e......4 tons <br />'(3) iVloderatelv dry clay or clean, dry sandm.........ooo...oe. .... ....e.2 tons <br />(4) Soft, wet sa.nd.m0v.........o...o.....?......m....o.e......,o..e....o.....1 ton <br />(5) Quicksand or alluvial soils.......a.....a.....o...e.•:.•••0•-.••••••a•••1/2ton <br />(6) Tlze sand underlying the City of Cleveland above the lake level commonly called <br />"quicksand40, Lvhen drained of its ground wa-ter without puddling or disturbing the <br />foundation may be loadedo...o..s,.......m..o?.....e....,...e.e .............._3 tons <br />Vr'hen a doubt arises as to the safe sustaining povaer of the earth upon which <br />a buildir?g is to be erected the Inepector may order borings to be ma.de or direct <br />the sustaining power of the soil to be tested by and at the expense of the ovvmer <br />of th.e proposed building. Secv95o IMSONRY---SqIE ZOAD. AllorJable safe load ii1 tons per square foot: <br /> <br />LAID IN 1IORTAR <br />Lime <br />I,ime and Cement. . Portland <br />Corrunon kiln run _ 6 <br />Common selected hard 8 <br />Hard pressed hydraulic or vitrified. <br />shale or paving 10 <br />Stone, ashlar or block vrith fu.ll beds, 9 <br />Concrete: cernent 1, sand 2, stone 4 <br />Concrete: cement 1, sand 2,,stone 5. <br />g 13 <br />16 16 <br />12 18 <br />12 . 20 <br /> 16 <br /> la <br />The aggregate to consist of stone passing through a three-quarter (3114) <br />inch ring, or else ai rnixed sizesv <br />Sec.96o TERRA. COT1^A. Terra cotta building blocks built in a vrall facing <br />may be loaded five (5) tons per sqoft..measured,on the beds, when filled solid <br />with brick vrork or concreteo <br />Seco97. hOLLOW BRICKS, BU3LDINCT TII,ES AND.BLOCKSo Z"(hen.hard hollow bricks <br />are used a,s the inner facing of a hard selected.bri.ck wall, the.?rall shall be es- <br />timated as if laid up in kiln ru.n brick. ?,fhere hollorr tile'blocks are used for <br />building pa.rtition9, or as enclosing walls, the joints shall be we11 filled ti7ith <br />,(,,mortar, and the effective bearing parts of the tiles shall not be loaded more than <br />80 pounds to the sq. ine for hara fire clay tiles9 nor more than 60 pounds to the <br />-sq..in, for hard ordinary clay tiles, nor more than 40 -ooundsto the sq. in..For <br />porus tiles. ,. , <br />Hollow brick er building blocks ha.ving a vertical web thickness of not less <br />than 20 per cent of their height, the spacing of slzch vrebs to be not rqore than four