The herald., 1898-07-12
A new PLUMBING LAW
THE OLD ORDINANCE ALTERED
IN MANY DETAILS
Proceedings of the Board Of Health.
Permits to Practice Issued-Re-
ports Of Inspectors

There Is more trouble for householders
and builders caused by the action of the
city board of health last night, but as 1t Is
all in the interest of the well-being OF citi-
zens 1t will probably be well taken, though
with more OF less EXPLANATIONS at the bills
Of the plumbers which will result. The
board adopted new plumbing ordinance,
for though the old ordinance was partly
left in effect the changes were so numerous
and radical that the result is virtually a
new law.
Mayor Snyder was present of course, for
II there is anything in the world that he
enjoys 1t is a meeting of the board of
health, the only drawback about them be-
ing, he says, that he cannot read a book or
play chess while the medicos are expound-
ing their theories about germs and sewer
gas DR.. Salisbury, DIR. Coburn and DIR.
Cowles formed the attendance, DIR. Moore
being absent.
Permits to practice medicine were
granted to DIR. A. L. Russell of the Lanker-
SHIN building, DR.. Elizabeth j. Palmer of
1872 South Spring street and DR.. j. C. Bur-
ton of Second and Main streets.
Meat Inspector F. T. Hughes made his
report for the month of June, showing that
he had made 1865 inspections of meat, fish
condemned four calves. forty chickens and
one sheep.
Milk Inspector G. w. Hooser also pre-
scented his report for the same period,
showing 1S1 inspections of dairles and milk
depots and 1O2 samples of milk tested. Two
complaints had been sworn to and both
resulted in convictions.
Health Inspector Powers then presented
the draft of the amendments to the plumb
Ing ordinance which he had drawn up, and
which had been submitted to the city at
torney and had received his approval.
Section l of the old ordinance is
amended to compel every person who con-
templates any plumbing construction or
change in any house to file drawings of the
work with the superintendent of buildings
and secure permit before such work Is
commenced.
Section is changed so as to present
the details of the routine required to Sc
cure a plumbers permit.
Section Is changed so as to require
sewer connection for every house; for
merly only connection was required FOR
every sixty feet of frontage, but now every
building, Irrespective of frontage, must
have its own connection.
1t also provides that where there are no
sewers there may be cesspools, but these
must be of not less than six feet wide and
eight feet deep.
Section Is to the effect that every
closet or source of waterflow in a building
must be Independently trapped.
Section II is changed so as to give the reg
ulations under which the superintendent
of buildings must act in considering and
granting plumbers certificates and permits
for plumbing work. Among other details
given of purely technical character, it
is laid down that all tanks for closets must
be of not less than four gallons capacity;
that no cesspool, vault or exhaust for an
engine shall be connected with the house
drain on the sewer; no vault or cesspool
shall be permitted on any street or alley
where there is a sewer; and a very import
ant ruling for builders is the one which
states that no building can be used for a
factory or laundry or tenement or lodging
house or for any purpose where human be-
ings work or stay at all, where there is not
at least one water closet for every fifteen
occupants.