The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-01
LITERARY NOTES.

SClII tDore II OlHCuIGy In connection
with horizontal pipes that every builder
faces. aud no one can say be has thor.
oughly conquered. The only remedy lie
the appropriation Of a certain vertical
passage in the house to purposes OF
plumbing, and the confinement OF all
plumbing to that shaft. In the old
Parker house. in Boston, there was q
shaft perhaps twenty feet square-a
great room with brick walls and q sky
light ut the top. which was az many
stories high ss was that wing Of the
hotel. Opening upon this we're the
bath rooms. and in some cases bath
rooms or wash closets were bracketed
out into the shaft like bay windows
from the outer wall Of the house.
Against the walls Of this lofty room all
the upward supply and downward waste
was conducted in vertical pipes, the
horizontal connections being Of the very
shortest, so fur 20 concerned bath rooms,
water clos :ts and the dressing closets
which we're Immediately adjacent to tho
ehaft. This being q public hotel, hori-
zontBl supply and horizontal waste had
20 be furnished to bed rooms at dis
lance from the shaft, That is problem
which is inseparable from hotel plans
and hotel plante. In dwelling house.
however. things are different. Many
builder refuses to have plumbing con-
nection in the rooms above bis decorated
ceilings. and his objection Is perfectly
reasonable. Why should he not carry it
q little further and refuse 10 have bis
vestibule or pantry come down by the
run? II somewhat less expensive, it is
still q serious annoyance that an 10.
definite quantity Of water should be let
loo:e to soak through the flooring and
trickle down between the beams.
Bedrooms not adjacent to this vertical
plumbing shaft would have to be sup
piled with hot and cold water by hand,
and would OF course be limited to the
old.fashioned furniture. makers wash
stand. In England and on the CONT
nent, where the standard Of comfort is,
on the whole. 90 much higher than in
America, even the most luxurious
establishments do not have running
water throughout. Every ono who has
travelled much in England knows how
tho hotels, badly supplied with food
and table appointments, according to
American standards. have yet 10 their
bed rooms a display Of washstands,
basins Of two sizes, overs to match, soap
dishes, sponge cups, cans for hot water
and portable bath tubs. Even more
notable is this display in we'll ap-
pointed English private house. The
wash stand is handsome table four
feet long at least. with . paraput or
bsluster around three sides Of its top, q
shelf sustained by the legs few inches
from tho floor, and two or three draw
9; and every part Of this large piece Of
furniture 10 occupied by the neat and
somewhat elegant piece Of crockery,.
glass and metal supposed to be needed
for tho toilet. The disadvantage OF
such an arrangement is tuat it necessi.
tates more service; but in addition to
the great virtue that it makes possible
the vertical arrangement OF plumbing. it
has one supreme advantage, namely.
cleanliness. No device has yet been in.
vented which makes the fixed basin
with running water at once convenisnt,
inexpensive and cleanly. 1t may, in
deed, be said that no device has yet been
discovered which is simply clearly; at
least the writer has never seen fixed
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