El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-03
THE PLUMBERS ASSOCIATION.
Address ii Letter 70 the Ordinance
Committee of the City Council.
Office OF the Ass jcatlOn
of Ma ter Plumbers.

Office OF the Ass c dtlOn !
of Ma, ter Plumbers.
Ell PASO, Tex, Oct. %, 1897.
To w. Nj. Caldwell, Ed. G. Scott, a. M.
Robinson. Ordinance Committee, City
of Ell PaSo:
Gentlemep:-Noticin in this morn
ing's Times an item beaded, "Of Inter-
esq to Plum bers,' in which the re ords
or tra1sa :tions Of last nights meeting
Of the city cOuucii were glve1 and In
VIII { h it notes that Alderman Caldwell
is after the Plu Ia bers Association. VII Oh
is alluded to as the alleged cOmblne,'
and showing that your committee re-
commented and tt council unauimOuS-
ly passed resolution that an ordinance
be passed relative to plum berS license
and who should be elig be 10 receive
such license, we beg leave TO herewith
prs ssnt few facts with eW OF
showing that the Association OF Mes
ter Plumbers, which covers the who e
of the United States ana Can ada, with
similar associations in England aud
Australia is no. what seems 20 be the
general impress. on IN our honorable
BODY, IL trust or combine, add take this
opportunity of setting you right on tn $
point by lnclo>iug herewith copy OF
Lonight's HERALD, :eprlutlng letter
which [ sent To The City Attorney Judge
Kemp, setting forth the aims and OBJ
Sc curing of perfect sanitation as far
as posi- BILE in plumpiog work and there
by decrease much as possible the
death rate thrOug hO II the whole coun-
try. With that end in view, the assC-
ciation enjOlnS upon every mem Der IN
III pOrtance of working to secure the
passing of ordinances ana laws that
compel relia b e and perfect santa lOI.
It's true the association Is responsible
ha If q hi II u lax
in the State of Texas, aid as an as
sociati is exceedingly pleased of its
achievement in this respect. and II you
will read carefully tee provisions of
the law and its requirements, L am
sure you will agree with US taat, II
carried out property, there VIII be
much higher grade OF sanitation
work done IN the future than has OBJ
tained in the past. In fact, where
1her is 10 state law or city ordina nce
covering this subject, the members OF
the association are rogue sted to draft
a proper SET of rules, such as shOu. d
appe ar in any correct ordinance, cOvel-
il o the subject, and live up 10 Them,
scoring to any but per feet sanitary
work and thus do what they can TO
assist in keeping the death rate as low
as possible. | noted in q late Ell Paso
newspaper EN- that the plumbing law
was the Laughing stock of the who'll
country" There must be some error
about. this. as it is conceded that the
last legisla .ure, which body passed the
law. was composed OF Te XaS citizens
who taken as whole, ha1 no equal IN
the history of the state, and although
not Informed on this point, l dare say
the more than able representative sent
from Ell PasO to that body, cast his
vote in the affirmative. Mr.. Ed Bra
den, the very able secretary Of the as
ISOLATION and also president of the
Southern League of Master Plumbers
was the p ime mOvvr in HAVING the
sui iect pres en- led TO the legislature, and
TO him Is due reat Gre dit for the + &C
c5mplie hment as Texas is the pioneer
among the southern states to pass such
a law, similar enacLments now being
in effect in the District of Column bia,
illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
New York, Ohio, Pennsy lvania and
Washington, while the matter is now
before the proper bodies in several
other states, with excellent prospects
of passing.
In this connection | would state that
there lies before me letter from
Secretary Brade n in which (wEile re-
| ferring to the subject of city ordinances
covering plumb bling busines5l he adyic-
es that his firm made more money be-
| fore the passage in MS city of such au
| ordinance than since, as they were
| forced by the competition they were
| compelled to meet to sl1g ht the work
| in every way possible. Now that they
have an ordnance and strict inspec-
tor, verybouy IS on n equal footing
| and perfect sanitary WORK is all that
will pass, and as consequence better
| work is done and the competition
| among bidders is just as keen as before
as there is no unlawful combination eX-
listing among the association men,
bers.
| There is certain large building
under construction in this city where
an association mem ber's bid Was beaten
by parties not in the association in the
amount of $500 because the association
mem Der based his bids on the provisions
of the present ordinance while the
other dio not, and has put in PIPE moi
| in accordance with the ordinance, anC
as consequence the work is d menace
to public health and should not be al
lowed to remain as it now Is. The
plum bling inspector could be made
and would undoubtedly be very
valuable adjunct 10 the board of health
as he would oe more apt to cone il
contact with nuisarces against the gen
eral health of the city than any Other
member, who would as rule know
only of such nuisances through h S a.
tention being drawn to the matter By
second parties.
The National Association of Mastel
Plumbers Is. organized for sanitary
commercial and social purposes, alo
has for It's special OBJ cts the advance