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BULLETIN 801, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Office space is needed in proportion to tlie size and business of the 

 plant. The office should provide ample vault space for safe-keeping 

 of all records. Tlie character of the vault used should be suited to 

 the possible test it might be subjected to. Usually a vault of 12-inch 

 brick or reinforced concrete walls and roof of reinforced concrete 

 ■with approved steel doors is satisfactory. It is important that the 

 office be in a separate building from the warehouse, since each consti- 

 tutes a hazard to the other when combined. 



A plan for a combined office, classing room, and sample file room 

 is shown by Plate XXX. This plan should fill the requirements for 

 a plant of 10,000 bales capacity. The drawing indicates reinforced 



concrete construc- 

 tion with steel sash. 

 Fire - resistive con- 

 struction is most de- 

 sirable for such a 

 building, and should 

 always be used for 

 protecting records 

 and samples. Such 

 buildings should be 

 detached and well 

 separated from the 

 warehouse. 



HOSE HOUSES. 



Hose, or hydrant, 



Fig. 7. — Design recommended for all hydrants, and espe- l-,rniQPQ cl-innlrl lip 



cially for three and four way hydrants, as the attach- J-l^^Llses snoulCl OQ 



ment of the hose to the side outlets of the hydrant provided at ea,ch 



without any sharp bends is rendered possible. bvrlvant Thp rp- 



quirements for these have been so well worked out and standard- 

 ized b}^ the insurance boards that it is sufficient to state here that de- 

 tailed plans and specifications for hose houses may be secured by ap- 

 plication to the National Board of Fire Underwriters or the National 

 Fire Protection Association. A view of one type of hose house is 

 shown in figure 7. 



PUMP HOUSE. 



If the fire-protective requirements call for a pump house, it should 

 be located in a position well removed from all exterior hazards. 

 Even if the pumps are driven by steam from the boiler, the pump 

 room should be either entirely removed or cut off from the boiler 

 room by a fire wall. The construction of the pump house should be 

 either fire-resistive or slow-burning, the former being the more de- 

 sirable. 



