Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-23
WHY THE PIPEs FREEZE.
A Plumbers observations on the Sub.
tect-EOrgetfulness a Lack of
Common Sense Generally the Cause
How the Pipes Can be Protected.

ject-EOrgetfulness or a s,acN of
Common Sense Generally the Cause
How the Pipes Can be Protected.
''We have been kept on the run ever since
the real cold weather set in" said a prominent
plumber to STAR reporter. complaints come
in from all parts OF the city OF bursted water pipes
and there is no rest for the plumber until every
thing Is in working order again. Then when our
bill comes in they grOan but 1t can't be helped. 1t
is an expensive thing 10 burst water pipes, and
usually we have but little trouble about the bills"
HOW do the pipes come to freeze up?" asked the
reporter.
"By exposure to the cold of course" replied the
plumber Very few houses here are built Tor very
cold weather. and when 1t comes, there is but little
prevention against 1t. Then. too. in many houses
there are no furnaces, and the heat is from
latrobes. This leaves the halls cold and of course
the bath room and the water pipes in the addition
parts OF the house are left unprotected The water
''HOw can it be prevented?"
"There are different ways of doing this" was
the reply 1.-The vicinity OF the pipes can be kept
warm and then 1t VIII be Impossible for the water
to freeze Then the water may be turned off from
the pipes and the water remaining in run out Of
the Faucets. But the trouble is that people re-
member TO turn off the water, but forget to let it
run from the faucets and they might Just as well
have forgotten ali about the water pipes Then
makes the worst and most expensive burst of all.
very good plan but contrary TO the water regu-
laonS Is 10 turn the faucets that the water will
flow drop by drop, and thus keep up movement.
1t is not necessary 10 turn 1t on in any sense OF
that word. A dropping is all that is needed to
sit is so easy to prevent freezing, I shouldn't
think there would be many bursted pipes, o.
served the listener.
lone would not suppose so either" replied the
philosopnic plumber, but people forget and peo-
pie lack common sense. Perhaps the latter more
than the former. Then again, it IS only when the
temperature approaches zero that there is any
serious trouble with the water pipes But when
II gets down In that neghborhOod everything
freezes I'D tight. People living IN this latitude are
not accustomed to such extremes. l believe that
last winter we had no such real cold weather as
have had In the past few days"
Transfers of Real Estate.
Deeds in fee have been recorded as follows:
III. Holmes 10 L. g. Thompson, lots AZ ana 43, So.
367; $. L. g. Thompson 10 G. T. Spear, same
property; $1,000. E. j. Waring to W. Waring, lots
Waggaman, lois 80 and 40, res 10; 500; John Reed
to E. Green lot b. sub So. ST. $3.50 Bank OF Wash
tngton 10 John Burns. lots 2 and 8. SO. $780, $.
John Burns to F. E; and 9. E. springman, pit. same
property $500. F. Beall to Caroline L. Roth lot
49, So ABS; 5000. ]. w. Early TO Somerset Robin
son, pit. .. 81. 800; $50. $. Caldwell to W. F.
trustees, to R j. Collins, lot and pit S, So 1908;
4, So. S1S 1900. X. W. Cant to T. G. Dorsey same
property; 600 Elvira F. Adams to And. schwartz,
PIT 10. So 1sos7; $50 Alex. Riley TO d. c. Turner,
H. y 8, SO. 656 and pts e., and 2, So SIS all in
terest; $50. National Metropolitan Bank to Au-
justine Falmont, lot g.. So ai2; 81 200 Lucinda H.
garet Harmon to d. p. Harmon, pit. Is. so. l, S.
Louise NJ. Keith ct al. to George New, AZ acres on
a2Go rGos and e s ss5 ae to
dian Hill; si,o6a.9O. H. D. G. Nancude to T. T.
Houston lots, So. 20, tall INTEREST,"; 5. J. sher-
block 20, Columbia Heights; s2,711.25 Betty Cans
TO John Noonan, pit II, old Georgetown; 900.
W H. Keltholtz to Elf abeth Woln, pit. 50. 1,ols;
$3.50 John Brown to I. Z. Waggaman, lot 49, So.
$50; 8. 4. ii. Neumeyer ct al. TO L. Neumeyer,
pit 9, SCI 227; s., 1855 T. II. G. Todd to Aug. A.
tee, to same, pit same sd; 1895 Anna T. Tracey to
Harriet s. Tracey lots So and So, so. 5l3 $1,000 c.
Lemar to Levna l. Lewis, lot 81, SO. $780, So GOO.
q. +. Dawson ct al, trustees, TO Antonio b. Mad
den, lot g. SUBJ So 335; 81, 225 f. II. Case to Ada b.
and Ida L Case, lot II, So IN &C. 200. Clarence NJ.
E. T. Knox TO Mary E. Fletcher, part 10, 50. 1914;
s.5. G. III. Fickling ct al, trustees, to Cornelia
Deyendor, lot "a. So 1874; 5000 Celia James to +.
To Emma *. Lundy, lot a. So 9S9; 800; part 2 So
92;; $4,000. and lot 1s and part H. So 49, George
20, SO. sc; $3.50.
THE FASTEST RAILROAD TRENT W. B. LIE Van
read paper before the Franklin institute in Phil
adelphia last week, on modern railway facilities,
In which he said that in this country the fastest
short distance run is made on the Baltimore and
Ohio, between Baltimore and Washington. The
distance Is 40 miles, and Is made in As minutes the
speed averaging So $40 miles per hour. This is
equal to the best short run abroad. On the Bound
Brook route the q miles between Trenton junction
ana Bound BROOK, y. j., Is made in 81 minutes, or
at the rate OF 80 miles per hour The PENNSYLVANIA
railroad runs a train between Germantown Juno
JtTseg Clty at the OF ~ 4-lO miles
Eour though having no less than 80 curves In that
distance. But In long distance runs the Pennsylva-
MA stands first In the world The Chicago limited
travels 92 miles in 264 hours, including Is minutes
In stops, an average OF 30 2-10 miles per hour
Mrs. JENKM THOMAS WILI--The will Of the late
Ann <. Thomas was filed with Register Ramsdeil
Yesterday Tor probate. She bequeathS to her hus-
pand, Jenkin Thomas. house and lot on Gay
street. West Washington, as long as he desires TO
reside In the same. In the event OF his remarrisge
or removing from the premises and renting it, it
snail pass TO her children. To Ann A. Meem she
leaves $40 and her silverware
TIE LAWS SEMrNARY.-The term examinations
OF the Laws Seminary were held during last week.
closing on Friday, when number OF visitors were
present, including the secretary, Rev. Henry Scott
ana the Rev. VIM H. Phillips, OF Arkansas, who
spoke In approval OF the WORK done by the Rev. DIR.
Laws and Miss Ida NJ. Lewis The public rhetori-
ca exercises, consisting OF determinations, essays,
SOLOS ana discussion, viii be held at the Virginia
avenue Baptist church tonight
SLIGHT FIREs.-A wardrobe In house No 2O7 X
street northeast, belonging to Julian Nottingham,
was Destroyed by fire yesterday morning; damage,
s2a-ln the house OF B. II. Addison 1910 H street,
lace curtain took IRE from gas jet last evening,
and was DESTROYED. The IRE was extinguished BY
the inmates. with loss OF $s6