the outer wall to be protected by bushing the same as required for electric light and power service wires. 3. The wire from the point of entrance to the Protector to be run in accordance with rules for high potential wires; i. e., free of contact with building, and supported on non-combustible insulators. 4. The ground wire shall be insulated, not smaller than No. 16 B. & S. gauge. This ground wire shall be kept at least three (3) inches from all conductors, and shall never be secured by uninsulated double-pointed tacks. 5. The ground wire shall be attached to a water pipe if possible; otherwise may be attached to a gas pipe. The ground wire shall be carried to and attached to the pipe outside of the first joint or coupling inside the foundation walls, and the connection shall be made by soldering, if possible. In the absence of other good ground, the ground shall be made by means of a metallic plate or a bunch of wires buried in a permanently moist earth. MATERIALS: The following are given as a list of NON-COMBUSTIBLE, NON-ABSORPTIVE, INSULATING materials, and are listed here for the benefit of those who might consider hard rubber, fibre, wood, and the like as fulfilling the above requirements. Any other substance, which it is claimed should be accepted, must be forwarded for testing before being put on the market :1. Thoroughly vitrified and glazed Porcelain. 2. Glass. 3. Slate without metal veins. 4. Pure Sheet Mica. 5. Marble (filled). 6. Lava (certain kinds of). 7. Alberene Stone. WIRES: The following list of wires have been tested, and found to comply with the requirements for an approved insulation under Rule 10 (a), Rule 12 (d), and Rule 18 (a): Acme. Ajax. Americanite. Bishop. Canvasite. Clark. Columbia. Crescent. Crown. Edison Machine. Globe. Grimshaw (white core). Habirshaw (red core.) Kerite. National India Rubber Co. (N. I. R.). Okonite. Paranite. Raven Core. Requa white core Safety Insulated Safety black core Salamander (rubber covered). Simplex (caoutchouc). U. S. (General Elec. Co.) None of the above wires to be used unless protected with a substantial braided outer covering. THE UNIFORM CONTRACT. FORM OF CONTRACT ADOPTED AND RECOM MENDED FOR GENERAL USE BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS. THIS AGREEMENT, made the.. day of........ in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety.. and between... .by party of the first part (hereinafter designated the Contractor), and... party of the second part (hereinafter designated the Owner), WITNESSETH that the Contractor, in consideration of the fulfillment of the agreements herein made by the Owner, agrees with the said Owner, as follows: ARTICLE I. The Contractor under the direction and to the satisfaction of.... Architects, acting for the purposes of this contract as agents of the said Owner, shall and will provide all the materials and perform all the work mentioned in the specifications and shown on the drawings prepared by the said Architects for the..... which drawings and specifications are identified by the signatures of the parties hereto. ART. II. The Architects shall furnish to the Contractor such further drawings or explanations as may be necessary to detail and illustrate the work to be done, and the Contractor shall conform to the same as part of this contract so far as they may be consistent with the original drawings and specifications referred to and identified, as provided in Art. 1. It is mutually understood and agreed that all drawings and specifications are and remain the property of the Architects. ART. III. No alterations shall be made in the work shown or described by the |