The record-union., 1893-01-16
DEFECTIVE PLUMBING.
The City Board of Health Says /
Must Be Stopped.
a Statement That Some Plumbers Pay
Little or No Regard to the
Law on the Subject.


journed meeting on Saturday night for
the consideration of the reports of the
Sanitary and Plumbing Inspectors, which
We're laid over at the preceding meeting.
Sanitary Inspector G.. w. Nichols ex-
planned some things in his report which
he had since specified more distinctly,
and explained the difficulty he some
times labored under in getting specific
information.
lie was ordered to inspect the premises
at Tenth and n streets, which had been
complained OF.
/ The Plumbing Inspectors report was
accepted.
/ The Chairman stated that recently some
complaints had been made against the
Plumbing Inspector with regard to the
State House Hotel plumbing, the ale
CATION being that it was not done accord
ing to law.
William Land appeared before the
| board and stated that when he bought the
I property it was in very bad shape. He
had three plans made for its improve
ment, but had finally concluded to let il
run lor the present and overhaul it thor
| oughly after while. He had ,Ut in
little new pipe, but not much. When
| oId property IS bought it often needs
| everything torn out, but he had only
! hXed 1t up To suit the convenience OF the
| tenant. lie was aware that in putting up
a new building the plumbing must be
! done IN accordance with the law, but the
| plumber had told him that in fixing old
| work II was not necessary. Ills tenant
was not willing to give up the lease
and threatened him with damages If he
| tore out the pipes or ne would probably
have torn all the plumbing out ana put
in new.
Plumbing Inspector Mahoney stated
/ that the plumbing was nearly all old
| work, and that he understood from MIR.
| Land that the work was all to be of tenn
| porary character. He was in the habit of
inspecting all work done The closet
| pipes could not siphon out He had
/ understood the work was being done to
remain only during the winter.
/ A discussion OF various parts of the
plumbing followed, and the sense of the
/ board was expressed as being that vent
pipes should be attached TO closets. as it
was stated that sewer-gas would other
wise permeate twelve inches of water
and escape.
! one OF the board thought that. although
some OF theework was old, the most of it
was new and should be treated as such.
Another member thought that in re-
pair work if the Plumbing Inspector is
III doubt he should notify the Secretary of
the board and let him determine the
point.
it was stated that if the work was not
done in accordance with plans and speci-
/ tications the plumber could be prose-
cuted.
The board ordered that the Secretary
and Plumbing Inspector visitJ A. Sead-
Ter, the architect, and ascertain if there
are any plans for repairs and plumbing.
also that the recent plumbing in the State
House, as 1t now stands, be condemned.
The general sentiment OF the board was
that MIR. Land had done and was willing
to do whatever was right and lust, so far
as he knew what was required, and that
they did not wish to put him to unneces-
sary expense.
1t was suggested to the Plumbing In
spector that 1t would be well for him to
remind the master plumbers that it was
their duty to report to him what they are
doing.
The Plumbing Inspector said that
building on |, between Second and Third
was finished three months before the
plumbing was put in, and when the
plumbing was done he was not notified
of it.
1t was decided that the board would in
sist on the City Trustees putting in a
sewer in the alley between. J and X.
Twentieth and Twenty-first Streets, and
in the alley between 0 and p, Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets, and connect them
with the nearest sewer.
In regard to the wash basin complained
of at the Convent, Plumbing Inspector
Mahoney stated that the pipes with which
they were connected had vents and were
all right