The morning times., 1896-10-10
PLUMBING AND SEWERAGE
Annua. Reports of the Two In
spectors Submitted.
Recent Act of Congress VIII Cause
the Laying OF Many sewers
Into Houses.

Inspector Charles B. Ball, In charge OF
the bureau OF plumbing inspection under
the Distfict govefDneAi, notes in the lour'
teenth annual report that the extension
OF the operations Of his office since iis cs-
tablisnneDt Is shown blythe increase IN the
recorded inspections rfon 956 performed
during the irst year, 10 s,677 in the past
year, representing the work OF chief
inspector and five assistants.
An increase Is made in eacn class OF the
Inspections over the record OF the pre-
cedIng year, and one item, inspections OF
lead water service, is oil woIkpcver ncreto-
fore performed under the department.
ut seems probabldii Mr. Ball says,
that the operation Of the act of Congress,
approved May 10, 1876, giving The Com
nlissioners authority tos compel the con-.
nection of undrained or unsc wered prem
ises with the public sewers, Will result in
| the laying OF many house ewers, the
supervision of which will add materially
to the labor OF the asSistaDts."
Mr.. Ball ailudes TO .'a-tcw cases"wtere
"upregis ,ered plumbersilave been employed
tomakerepairs and ex tensions, and furnished
for record the names or Ieputed licensed
plumbers, but such evasion OF the require
menIs are usually detected under tile
office metlIods.'
Superin ,endent D. f. McComb, of the Dis
trict engineer force, in charge OF sewers, in
recent report made to the head OF the
depar tment, called attention TO tie eincreas-
ing difficulty experienced in tie Disposal
OF refuse removed from receiving basins.
The disposals of nfIse Is le-
coming more troublesome each
year, hc says, as tie public
dumps become fewer, and the construction
and occupancy of dwellings in the vicinity
| OF dumps causes complain s of tie deposits.
/ "Tte complaints arise from the Lelief that
ft,a G thn inst Of
being road detritns and street wasiings.
Improvement in methods OF removal and
| transportation of materials from sewers
and catch basins was given consideration
| and some progress made.''
| Nit. Aco oniu T,ga,Ls the assessment sys-
| TEN applied to sewers as In many instances
inequitable. He says tlat under that sys-
TEN the amount charged against the abut-
| lins property IL divided III proportion 10
their lineal frontage. In view Of the fact
| Hat practically equal benefit Is given If
| sewer abuts five OF one hundred feet upon
a lot. the rule, he thinks, is not good, and
| he reconiIleuas tnattne law be Changed 50
| that the amount assessed may lie divided
m"rG ahu,tinp lots in proportion TO their
superficial extent.
| ~ his siioNinS of the amount of work
performed under his supervision Mr. Nc
'"mh presents, among others, items as
follows:
Luuer the appropriation for cleaning
and repairing sewers, leo, ,0s6 linear feet
II pipe sewers, 8 SIS feet OF brick sewers.
lo,2o1 manhules and 1910 receiving
basins were cleaned, from which were re-
moved 1909 cubic yards of sediment.
Under the appropriation for relief sewers
and replacing ohstructed bewers, 3,7OI.26
linear feet Of pipe sewers; by day labor
S,5Sl feet Of pipe sewers, and 1928
linear fect OF 6-inch lateral Connection,
| were constructed.
The work performed under the permit
system Included the Construction by day
labor of $3.50 linear feet OF pipe sewers,
and Al maihules, and under the assess.
mept system, by DAY labor, 2S,Ob7 linen,
Feet OF pipe sewers, lT2 manboles, and =
receiving basins.