The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-13

Sec 70. Traps must be placed as near the
shall be ventilated either by a special vent
pipe of suitable size extending at least TWO
feet above the highest part Of the roof Of
the house Cor into a special pipe erected for
ventilating purposes only, in which case the
area Of the special vent must be increased
as II passes upward SO as to correspond to the
combined area Of all branch vents passing
into il or by some approved automatic vent.
Approved mechanical traps may be substituted
where II Is necessary or advisable, but only
on special permit from the Board Of Health.
sec: Is The vent pipe for each water
closet trap shall be at least two inches in
diameter. and for traps under other fixtures
not less than one and one-half inches. When
more than one water closet; the ventilation
! pipe shall be three, inches with 2-inch branehes'
In all cases vertical vent pipes must be Of
cast or wrought ironsusassF 81
above the highest part of the roof or coping,
the extention stos be mot less. than four inches
or frost except in eases where the use of
smaller pipeseiis permitted by the Board of
Health. These vent pipes must always have
q continuous slope,, to avoid collecting water
by condensation.
Sec. 26. No trap vent pipe shall be used
as a waste or soil pipe.
Sec. q. Overflow pipes from fixtures must
in each case be connected on the inlet side of
the trap Of the same fixture.
Sec. Is. Every safe under any fixture shall
be provided with a waste pipe not less than
one inch in diameter and in no case directly
connected with the sewer pipe. The waste
pipe from refrigerators shall in no case be
directly connected with any soil or waste pipe,
or Win any drain or sewer. or discharge upon
the ground.
Sec. 20. The sediment pipe from kitchen boil
ers may be connected on the inlet side OF. any
trap.
Sec. 30. Water closets must never be placed
in an unventilated room or compartment. In
every case the compartment must be open to
the outer air, or be ventilated by means of
q shaft or air duct.
Sec. 81. All water closets within the house
tanks or cisterns, the water of which is used
Tor no other purpose A group OF closets on
the same floor may be supplied from one tank.
Pan closets and hollow plunger closets are
prohibited.
Sec. 90. Water closets when placed in the
yard, must be so arranged as to be con-
veniently and adequately flushed and their
water supply pipes and traps protected from
1reezlng- The compartment OF such water
closets must be properly ventilated and light
ed.
Sec. 80. Rain water leaders when placed in
side of any building, must be of cast iron
with loaded joints, wrought iron screwed
Joints, or of copper with soldered joints
When outside Of the building and connected
with the drain it must, If Of sheet metal with
slip joints, be trapped beneath the ground or
just inside of the wall, the trap being ar
ranged so as to prevent freezing. In every
case where a leader opens near a window or a
light shaft. it must be properly trapped at its
base The joint between a cast iron leader
and the roof must be made gas and water
tight by means of a brass ferrule and lead
or copper pipe properly connected.
Sec. "a. Rain water leaders must never be
used as soil. waste or vent pipes, nor shall
any soil, waste or vent pipe be used as a
leader.
Sec. So. Nc steam exhaust. blow-of or drip
pipe from a steam boiler shall connect with
the sewer or with any drain, soil pipe or
waste pipe. Such pipes must discharge into
a tank or condenser from which a suitable
outlet to the drain may be provided.
See. So: Every new plumbing system. in
tested by the plumber by the air or water
test. in the presence of the proper officers of
be made tight and other openings made inn
perviouS TO gases Defective pipe must be
removed and replaced by sound pipe.
Sec. 81. Sub-soil drains must be provided
when necessary. and in no case shall these
drains have a direct connection with the sewer
or the drainage system Of any building.
Sec. 50. Yards and open light courts must
always be properly graded, cemented, tagged
or well paved. and properly drained; when
the drain Is connected with the house drain
it must be effectively trapped.
Sanitary Condition of Buildings and
Drainage.
Sec. 80. No person shall hereafter erect, or
cause to be erected, or converted to a new
purpose by alteration, any building or struc-
ture, which, or any part of which, shall be
Inadequate or defective in respect to ventila-
ton, light, drainage or any other usual,
nor shall the builder, lessee, tenant, or occu-
pant OF any such or of any other building or
structure within the right or ability of either
to remedy or prevent the same), cause or allow
any matter or thing to be, or to be done in or
about any such building or structure. dan
gerons OF prejudicial to life or health.
Sec 40. That wherever it shall be decided
by this Board that any building or part there
Of is unfit for human shabitation, by reason
of its being so injected with disease, or BY
reason of its being in a condition dangerous
to health or life, or to be likely to cause
sickness among the occupants, and notice of
such decision shall have been affixed con-
spicuously on the building, or any part there
of, SO decfded~to be unfit for human habita-
ton, and personally served upon the owner,
agent or lessee, if the same can be found in
the State. and, If outside of State. by per-
sonal service or by mail to his last known
Post Office address, requiring all persons
therein to vacate such building. or part there
aforesaid; such building OF part thereof. shall,
within ten days thereafter, be vacated, unless
the time is extended by the Board Of Health.
shorter time as in said notice may be speci-
fed.
Sec. Al. That no premises shall be rented,
lei; leased, or occupied as a tenement house
unless said premises shall have a plentiful
supply of city. water. suitable for domestic
purposes, furnished at one or more places
in such house. 50 that the same may be
adequate and reasonably convenient for the
use of the occupants of said house.
Sec. AZ. That whenever it shall appear to
the Board of Health that any one or all
houses or other buildings AUDITING on streets
in which a sewer is laid or shall be laid.
should be connected with the said sewer by
the owner, agent or lessee of said premises,
notice shall be given by resolution of said
Board, a copy of which shall be served per-
sonally upon said owner, agent or lessee, if
one or any of the said can be found in this
state, that such connection shall be made
within a reasonable time not exceeding thirty
days to be specified in said notice; and that
it is the intention of said Board, in the event
that said owner, agent, or lessee shall fail
TO comply with the requirements of said notice,
to apply to the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of Jersey City to take such ae-
ton in the matter as they are warranted in
doing in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 10T of the Laws of 1896, which is an
Act entitled 'An Act respecting sewers and
sewer connections in cities of this State.t
approved March &c, d. 1886.
Sec. 43. That whenever the Board of Health
shall SO direct the owner, agent or lessee of
any premises abutting on streets in which
there is no sewer shall construct a cesspool
ON said premises, to be built as hereinafter
provided. and connect the houses and other
buildings on said premises with said cess
pool.
Sec. A.. No building or premises will be
allowed to be connected with any sewer, cess
pool or vault unless the permit first obtained
from the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners has been approved by the Board
permits shall be kept on hand during the
progress of the work to which they relate,
and that they shall be exhibited whenever
required by the proper officers of the Board.
The condition Of this permit must be strictly
complied with. This regulation applies to all
sewers, whether on private property or in
public streets or alleys. Before laying the
drain from the building to the sewer, eesspool
or vault, and after the trench is graded. the
bottom of the trench must be carefully
raInmed and in case of soft ground or quick
sand planked to avoid unequal settling Of the
drain. After the pipe is laid. as the trench
is filled, the earth must be tightly rammed
as near as possible to its original compact
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