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All plumbing shafts shall be constructed of non-combustible material. Packing must be of mineral wool or other non-combustible material satisfactory to the inspector; all cutting of timber, headers, trimmers, or walls, must first be approved by the inspector.

The Engineering and Building Record, established in 1877 by its present proprietor and editor, has devoted itself to Municipal and Domestic Engineering and the work closely related to the former, of Improving Rivers and Harbors, while it makes brief reference to progress in other branches. To the engineer interested in River and Harbor Improvements, in Docks, in Bridges and Metal construction, in Sewerage, Water-supply, Pavements, Public Lighting and City Railways, both surface and elevated, and to the architect interested in the problems of Building Construction, Plumbing, Drainage, Heating, Lighting, Ventilation, Elevator and Pneumatic service, this journal should be indispensable. Though giving prominence to practical questions with which the architect and engineer have to deal, it gives every week special Architectural Illustrations, selected by critics and prepared by skilled artists at its own expense, of subjects not elsewhere published, that are intended to be interesting and suggestive to the architectural designer.

Its weekly record of Projected Engineering and Building Undertakings is very complete, covering every portion of the country, secured mainly from special correspondents, and containing important items each week not elsewhere published. Advertisements for proposals regularly appear in its columns from the different departments of the United States Government, and from various municipal and private corporations.

The Engineering And Building Record, Prior to 1887, The Sanitary Engineer, Conducted by Henry C. Meyer.

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The Engineering & Building Record, Prior to 1887, The Sanitary Engineer.

Devoted To Engineering, Architecture, Construction And Sanitation Municipal Engineering A Prominent Feature Published Saturdays At No. 277 Pearl Street, New York, $4 per year. 10 cents per copy. Sold by all newsdealers.

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The above goods are fully illustrated in our Plumbing Catalogue of 1881, and in Catalogues "D" and "E" copies of which will be furnished on application.

Extract From of September 22, 1888.

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