COTTON WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 7 



reduced to 25 cents per $100. This would represent an enormous 

 annual saving. Many of the inferior buildings now in use should be 

 discarded entirely, and new warehouses, located with reference to 

 the probable demands for storage, should be built. It would be 

 possible also to remodel man}^ of the poorly constructed buildings 

 which are well located, so as to increase their efficiency and effect a 

 great saving in the cost of insurance. 



EXPLANATION OF THE TERM " STANDARD " AS APPLIED TO COTTON 



WAREHOUSES. 



An endeavor has been made to give reliable information in regard 

 to types of warehouses and insurance rates. A person who is pre- 

 paring to build will get better results, especially in insurance rates, 

 by following the suggestions given here, but, as previously stated, 

 the types of warehouses described are not to be regarded as "Govern- 

 ment standards " in any sense. They are the standards recommended 

 by the fire insurance underwriters' associations. Buildings erected 

 in accordance with these standards command a much lower rate of 

 insurance than those that do not conform to them. While endeavors 

 have been made in this bulletin to give definite information about 

 insurance rates, no responsibility is assumed by the writer as to the 

 correctness of the rates quoted, or the accuracy of the descriptions 

 of the different types of storage houses. Anyone planning to build 

 should have specifications drawn by an architect (many carpenters 

 can make satisfactory plans) and submitted for approval to the 

 underwriters having jurisdiction. This plan usually will save the 

 prospective builder a great deal of money, especially in insurance 

 rates. 



TYPES OF STANDARD WAREHOUSES. 



STANDARD I.— CLOSED COTTON WAREHOUSE (DETACHED), COMPARTMENTS LIMITED 



TO 600 BALES' CAPACITY. 



The standard for the closed warehouse of two or more compart- 

 ments requires that it should not be exposed by other buildings 

 within 100 feet, and that no compartment should have a capacity 

 exceeding 600 bales. To be most effective, this warehouse should 

 be a low, one-story structure. In figure 1 is shown the proper size 

 and arrangement of the compartments composing such a warehouse. 

 The bales of cotton should be stored on end, only one bale deep, and 

 at least one passageway with a minimum width of 4 feet should 

 extend through the compartment the longest way, leading to a door 

 at each end. (See fig. 12.) Such a passageway facilitates handling 

 cotton during the transaction of ordinary business and is a necessity 

 in properly controlling a fire. 



