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roof is flat; having a covering of several layers of tar and roofing felt, with copper metalwork used for skylights, flashings and ventilators. This construction reduces substantially the hazard to life by fire, as exemplified by the experience of the "Newlaw" tenements in New York City, where, in a quarter of a century's experience in thousands of buildings, scarcely a single life has so far been lost by fire.

In the interior, the finish is substantial and attractive. The floors are double thickness, the top or finished flooring being of oak throughout the apartments, except in the bathrooms and