CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 363

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Brote D.

Note D

Considering the

enormous but undetermined

pressure to which roofs are here.

subject in typhoon

typhoon I am

opposed to increasing

between the principals.

stronly

the space

359

woop which have no internal

purpose but are

solezy

used for the

purpose of external effect.

I am of opinion that

the difficulty attending

of

may

be overcome

the

Awe

by

arr

arrangement which will permit of its free expansion and contraction while the tiling and the China fir

on which they rest though

poles

connected with the steel presses

be so i a

may be

will allow of

the

martier

which

necessary free

play (amounting to abait 3/8" is

the length of tiling.

of the truss!.

en each side

The trusses of such a

roof could be 34 at apart with trussed purlins between, it would he far

more durable as it could

not be attacked by white anto

which would sooner

sooner or later fuia

their

way

uito

C

Market and it

would

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