The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-11
Published By Authority.
ORDINANCES No. 30.
Relative 10 Rules and Regulations
For Plumbing and House Drain.
age

conducting plumbing or house draihtg
until he or they shall obtain a license a
such plumber from the village council
and no person or persons shall receiy
such license who shall not have an es
tablished place OF business within tn
township OF Calumet and who shall no
furnish the village council with sati-fac
tory evidence OF his ortheir responsibility
and skill to ply the trade in accordance
with the regulations Of this ordinance.
SECTION ?, 1t shall be the further duty
OF every person or persons obtaining
such license 20 file a bond with the vii
lage cers, signed by two or mOresureties
70 be approved by said village council, 10
the sum of five hundred (S500.00) dol
lars.
SECTION 3. No person or persons shall
dig o -excavate or cause to bedug orexca-
waited within, through orunder any street,
alley or sidewalk or public place with
in the village of Red Jacket for any pur-
pose other than the repairing or removing
ofthecurbing or sidewalk, without first
obtaining permit therefor from the vii
lage clerk, and all permits hereaiterissued
10 dig or excavate in any street, alley or
sidewalk for theipurpose OF laying down
or repairing anyIwater service pipe or
any connection with any public or pri-
vate sewer or drain, shall only authorize
such work to be.done by, or under the
direction and control. OF such person or
persons as shall comply with the pro-
visions Of the preceding section OF this
ordinance.
SECTION 4. All applications for per-
mite provided for IN tue preceding sec
ton, shall be signed by the plumber or
authorized agent OF the plumber desiring
10 make such sewer or water connection,
and shall state in PLAIN terms, the loca-
lions and object OF such permit and the
time OF completion.
SECTION ). All trenches In public
streets or alleys shall be properly pro-
tected at night with substantial barri (
cade at least three feet high and a red !
light shall be placed at each end OF the
trench or obstruction. The.viilsge coun-
ell may, in its discretion, prescribe rules
and conditions TO be followed and per-
formed as may be necessary for the safety
oil the streets, alleys, sidewalks or sewer
through which or with which permit
may be issued to excavate or connect.
SECTION 6, The drain and soil pipe !
must be laid as direct as possible and TO |
a Uniform grade, with a fall OF not less {
than one in iii y ii possible and all ]
changes in direction made with curved |
pipes and all connections to the sewers /
at branches with one-eighth % bends.
The drain pipe must be laid at a sufIic-
lent depth to protect IT, from breaking or /
freezing.
SECTION I. All house drains from a
point five feet outside Of the building
must be OF salt glazed vitriRed stoneware
pipe, which shall be well and
carefully Joined with cement mortar.
made equal parts of good. strong
American natural hydraulic cement and
clean, sharp sand, well ramed into the
JOINT and the joint carefully wiped on
both sides, inside and outside ofpipe. II
shall be well laid so as TO prevent set
Ting All drains and soil pipe within
the building and extending i've feet
outside the foundation walls of the sama
shall be OF cast iron and shall extend and /
form part OF the soil pipe, and extend at
least two feet above the roof or top OF
the highest window. It shall be of nm !
diminished sizes throughout and termin. |
ating with a wire basket. The minimum
size oil any house drain and soil pine shall \
be four inches inside diameter and
me maximum six inches. In all new
WORK when a pipe passes through or
under the walls Of "A building there shall
be relieving arch turned over II 70 nro-
tect 1t from breakage by settlement NJ
the wall Any licensed person or persons
making connections with the villape
sewer shall comply with the following re. !
quirements; he shall provide bag filed
with straw or other light materia, which
will completely close the opening of pine
This bag have a rope. attached, by means
oi which it can be drawn through the
pipe as the work progresses thus draw.
ing out all dirt, sand, stones and Other
matter.
SECTION 8, The iron drain or soil nine
within the building shall be laid in the
trench at unform-grade, or hung on
the wall with ironibrackets or suspended
from the floor timbers by iron hangers
All joints in same shall be well caulked
with hemp and lead packing to be made
in one pouring OF the metal. All iron
soil pipe must be sound, free from holes.
OF uniform thickness, and be what is
known as extra heavy pipe. 1t shall be
coated, while hot inside and outside, with
hot tar. Each house drain shall have an
iron trap Immediately inside or outside
OF the building. This trap shall be read