The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-17
NOTICETO PUBLIC
Supplement To Rules, Regula-
tions and Ordinances Of
the Board Of Health Of
Jersey City.


Jersey City.
nanees Of the Board Of Health Of Jersey
City, n. j.. to compel. prescribe, regulate and
control the plumbing, ventilation and drain
age OF all buildings. public and private, and
connection thereof with outside sewers, cess
pools or other receptacles, and to require
plans Tor the same, with necessary drawings
or descriptions, to be submitted to said Board
Tor inspection and approval, and to require
all master plumbers to register their names
and addresses at the Office OF the Board.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Health
Of the City Of Jersey City, N. J., as follows:-
Section !. That every person engaged in the
business of master plumber in Jersey City,
shall. within thirty days after the passage
OF this ordinance, appear in person at the
office of the Board of Health and register his
name, residence and place of business 6blank
forms to be furnished for this purpose) and
in case of removal, within ten days thereafter,
shall make change in said register accord
ingly.
Sec. 2. Before any portion Of the plumb
ing and drainage system of any building shall
be constructed, there shall be filed in the office
Of the Board OF Health a plan thereof, signed
by the owner and architect, showing the
said plumbing and drainage system entire, from
its connection with the sewer, cesspool or vault
Throughout the entire building, together with
the location OF all fixtures, traps, ventilating
pipes, etc., said plans shall be drawn to a
| scale.
Said plans must be approved. and the name
OF the plumber, with whom the owner las
contracted, attached thereto before any pof-
ton of the work shall be executed. Before
any changes are made in said plan, tiley
must first be approved by the Board OF Health
or by its officers under its direction, and said
changes made on the original plan on file by
direction of the Board or its duly authorized
officers. This regulation also applies to any
extensions or alterations of existing systems,
with the addition that in such cases a plan
81 oron 5ne 9d ab system. as as vel 81 a as !, plan ne q anne 5ne
of the Board of Health, If required. Drawings
and descriptions of the plumbing and drainage
of buildings erected prior to the passage of
TINS regulation may be placed on file in the
| office of the Board
Sec. 3. When the plan of any plumbing and
drainage system is filed in the office of the
Board of Health a fee Of five dollars must be
paid to defray expenses of inspecting the
plans, of filing and experimenting the testing
of the work. as provided in Section 2 And in
case of any alterations or extensions Of any
plumbing and drainage system in any build
ing, a fee of two dollars must be paid to
defray expenses of inspecting the plans of such
alterations or extensions as filed. of filing and
experimenting the testing of the work. pro-
| vided, however, that in the event that said
alterations or extensions comprehend the re-
newal or replacing of the plumbing and drain
be paid to defray the expenses Of inspecting
of the plans. of filing and experimenting the
testing of work, ETC., etc.
Sec. 4. The Health Officer shall be notified
promptly by the plumber when the plumbing
and drainage work of any building, or any
portion thereof, is completed and ready for
| testing shall be made as soon as possible after
such notification by the Board Of Health or
tenn put in and covered without due notice to
the Board of Health must be uncovered for ex-
animation at the direction Of said Board.
Sec. 5. When the ground is made or filled
in, the drain extending from the sewer, cess
pool or vault to the foundation wall, must be
Of extra heavy cast iron pipe, Of not less than
Sec. s. Where the soil consists Of a natural
bed of loan. sand or rock, the drain may be
| of hard. salt-glazed and cylindrical earthen-
ware pipe between@ the sewer in the street
| to within six feet outside of foundation wall.
laid on a smooth bottom. free from all pro-
| jections of rock. Each section must be wetted
before applying the cement, and the space be-
tween each hub and the small end Of the next
section must be completely and uniformly fill
ed with the best hydraulic cement. Care
must be taken to prevent any cement from
being forced into the drain to become an OBJ
struction. No tempered-up cement shall be
used. A straight edge must be used inside
the pipe. and the different sections must be
laid in perfect line on the bottom and sides.
Sec. Z. Where a building is to be connected
with a sewer, cesspool or vault, it must be
connected by a drain not less than six inches
in diameter, having a fall of not less than
one-quarter of an inch to the foot. Old drains
can be used for new houses only when found
by an Inspector of this Board TO conform in
all respects to the foregoing regulations gov
erning new drains.
Sec. 8. Pipe sewers must not be cut: house
made with Y branches. Where connection is
made with brick sewers, a terra Gotta juno
ton block must be used.
Sec. 9. All horizontal drains within and 10
a distance of six feet beyond the walls Of
buildings shall be Of cast Iron or wrought
iron, and shall be so located as to be readily
| accessible for inspection. The house drain
within buildings shall be securely hung on the
cellar walls or properly suspended from the
cellar ceiling at a uniform grade and provided
in each case with az least one finch brass
screw ferrule inside of the building where
directed, unless this is impracticable, in which
case it must be laid in such a manner as to
admit OF the placing OF at least one finch
brass screw ferrule inside of the building
where directed. The house drain shall have
a fall of at least one-quarter inch 20 the foot,
and more if possible. When a pipe passes
under the wall of a building. there shall be
a relieving arch, to prevent the pipe being
broken by settling OF the foundation.
Sec. 10. A running or one-half S trap must
point Just inside foundation wall. This trap
must be furnished with a hand-pale and a
with cellar floor for convenience in cleansing,
the cover Of which must be properly fitted.
and made gas and air tight with some suit
able cement, properly applied.
Sec. II. Every house drain shall have an
inlet for fresh air. not less tnan Four inches
in diameter, entering on the house side OF the
trap and leading to the outer air. opening on
some place shown on the approved plans, not
less than ten feet from the nearest window.
No cold-air box for a furnace shall be so
placed that it can by any possibility draw
air from this inlet pipe.
Sec. 12. All cast or wrought iron pipes and
| fittings must be sound, free from holes and
| shall be extra heavy. Where the building is
over sixty feet high abovesthe curb. pipes Of
the following weights shall De used, with ex-
ira heavy fttings:-
2 inch...-..... 5s pounds per lineal foot
3 inch........... 99 pounds per lineal foot
4 Mediterranean. 10 pounds per lineal foot
5 Mediterranean II pounds per lineal foot
| s inch......--.. 20 pounds per lineal foot
Z incb........ q pounds per lineal foot
s inch.......... 331s pounds per lineai foot
| 10 inch.........- IS pounds per lineal foot
~ inch.......... 81 pounds per lineal foot
Sec. 12. Ali drain. soil, waste, vent and
supply pipes shall be as direct and concen-
| trated as possible. protected from frost and
readily accessible for convenience in repairing
| and inspection. When necessarily placed with
in partitions or in reeesses in walls, SOIL and
waste pipes must never be covered except
! with Woodwork. said woodwork to be so fas-
tened with screws tnever nails) as to be readily
| removed.