The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-16
THE COMMERCE.
Fine Arrangements and D.
Plumbing.

erected BY Lawrence and Godhs
now nearly completed, is anon. :
finest and moss substantial st,ua,.
OF the city, and has peen const,n''''
and furnished according to the O'1
modern designs. The system Of ~
plying the interior with water =,
carrying of that which has been ~
in the wash basins and for flnsS;
the closets and urinals, is "a na..
complete az il 10 possible to be- =.
A HKRALD reporter visited the o. ~
MERGE yesterday, and was 30 st,"a
with the excellence of the srrsDa
ments. for maintaining q good v.ss
supply In it and for ket ping tonI y
from entering at all. that he tbonos'
a brief description would be of int.
est to those who contemplate buiIdir.
In the yard a large cesspool has h.l
sunk, into which all refuse slops ~
film from the closets and wash hssi.
is carried by means OF a large NJ.
but before reaching which il n r
through q trap, or seal, always 6iis;
with water, at one aide Of which il -
escape pipe for the foul air from ~
cesspool. and at the other there j, ~
opening for sucking in fresh air
current of which Is continually us,s
ing in while he foul 10 being carrie
out. In the Easements are to besesr
the pipes. and is seemed to us ths,a
Were miles Of it, 40 each eunU,t
ment has its conveyor of aqus 5u,s
as we'll az its waste Esis,
conductors. The water piBa hs,.
are all below freezing depth, md
besides are furnished with StM
cocks, by the use of which 1.-THE flow
can be shut off, the pipes emptied
and protected above freezing depth
from frost. All the water pipes in
the building are boxed in, packed
in saWdust. and the cover screwed
on, so that in cSse of leakage or
accident of any kind, they are easily
got at.
Upstairs the rear suits Of rooms
are fitted up with d wa5h-baSia
of them or the first floor
and ore on the upper level The
fixtures under these are models
of skill: Thev consist of a seat
a ventllatiGg pipe and stop cock fol
regulating the force and volume 0
water in the supply pipe Z; the pipinG
Is all lead and the joints are al
well made and wiped. AT the ex
IRENE rear are couple of closets,
uriDal and slop sink, all cOmpactl
put together and fed from separat
cisterns. and have all independen
OverfiOws and vent pipes cOnnectin
with the main ones. The floor in tn
close. is double, the underneath on
being lead covering TIE flush O
the urinal is operated by an autOm
attic dip tank-a new intrOductiO
here-Which can be regulated t
run and empty itself every fifteen
twenty or thirty minutes, keepini
the receptacle clean and sweet. Tn
top-tioor clOses is an automatic, sell
acting one; the bowl and tap ar
combined and made o. earthen war
and work satisfactorily.
On the roof NAV be seen the pro
tops of the vent pipes, tW
'Oul-air cesSpool VentilatOrs, which
bring up and scatter in high air tn
fumes from the soil or waste pipes
which empty themselves in the bacl
yard. And herein is the theory O
the ventilating. The foul air is no
permitted even to enter the build
ing, it being conveyed in separat
pipes, like overfiows, from its owl
source into the main vent
tors and out through the roo
while fresh air is in turl
being sucked and taken in by othe
pipes, keeping up a continual cur
rent of fresh air chasing out tn
foul. -Four other smaller vents ar
here to be seen, which bring from
the crowns of the traps under tn
fixtures CT the wash basins below
all impure air and distribute it in
the realms of space above the SpheTe
on which we mortals move. Tb
whole of this work has been put
by Messrs. Midgley & Sons, supG
intended by Mr.. J. K. Coulson,
their foreman, and speaks loudly
for the Improvements in modern
sanitary appliances for large Ouitd-
ings.