Reports of the President's Homes Commission Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, Volumes 1-4 |
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Page 30
... sufficient force to secure strong keys and to be well scratched . Plaster all work with second coating of rich brown mortar floated up true and even at all points . Finish with lime putty gauged with best plaster , troweled to smooth ...
... sufficient force to secure strong keys and to be well scratched . Plaster all work with second coating of rich brown mortar floated up true and even at all points . Finish with lime putty gauged with best plaster , troweled to smooth ...
Page 33
... sufficient size . They are light , dry , and are supplied with bathroom and water closet . They are heated by stoves and are provided with a kitchen range , which supplies hot water to the bath and sink ; two of these , however , had no ...
... sufficient size . They are light , dry , and are supplied with bathroom and water closet . They are heated by stoves and are provided with a kitchen range , which supplies hot water to the bath and sink ; two of these , however , had no ...
Page 60
... sufficient numbers for the accommodation of those who are able to pay monthly rentals of twenty - five dollars and upwards . Very many new brick houses containing five or six rooms are being built in various parts of Washington and ...
... sufficient numbers for the accommodation of those who are able to pay monthly rentals of twenty - five dollars and upwards . Very many new brick houses containing five or six rooms are being built in various parts of Washington and ...
Page 68
... sufficient size and properly ventilated . But the investigation shows that in 40 bedrooms the cubic air space for each occupant was less than 200 cubic feet , that it was more than 200 but less than 300 cubic feet in 167 , that it was ...
... sufficient size and properly ventilated . But the investigation shows that in 40 bedrooms the cubic air space for each occupant was less than 200 cubic feet , that it was more than 200 but less than 300 cubic feet in 167 , that it was ...
Page 73
... sufficient to justify it in commencing building operations and in October , 1904 , twenty houses had been completed and were occupied by colored tenants . Seventeen of these houses were on Van Street S. W. ( See Figure 7 ) . The flats ...
... sufficient to justify it in commencing building operations and in October , 1904 , twenty houses had been completed and were occupied by colored tenants . Seventeen of these houses were on Van Street S. W. ( See Figure 7 ) . The flats ...
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Page 196 - ... Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the 'package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package or if...
Page 139 - ... in the case of partial incapacity the weekly payment shall in no case exceed the difference between the amount of the average weekly earnings of the workman before the accident and the average weekly amount...
Page 169 - During the period between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise...
Page 254 - Such register shall be open for inspection to the said commissioners, their officers and agents, on every day, except Sundays and legal holidays, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon.
Page 139 - Any weekly payment may be reviewed at the request either of the employer or of the workman, and on such review may be ended, diminished, or increased, subject to the maximum above provided; and the amount of payment shall, in default of agreement, be settled by arbitration under this act.
Page 165 - Unless the cargo is stowed sufficiently far from the ladder to leave at each rung of the ladder sufficient room for a man's feet.
Page 77 - ... and to carry away the dust arising from or thrown off by such wheels or belts while in operation directly to the outside of the building, or to some receptacle placed so as to receive and confine such...
Page 154 - Act, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his power enforcing the said rules as regulations for the working of the mine, to prevent such contravention or non-compliance.
Page 13 - An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (DC Code, sec.
Page 155 - Whereas the manufacture of electric accumulators has been certified in pursuance of Section 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be dangerous ; I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that Act, make the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all factories and workshops or parts thereof in which electric accumulators are manufactured. Definitions. — In these Regulations ' lead process ' means pasting, casting, lead burning, or any work involving contact...