Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-31

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icss than - inches In diameter.
Pantry and kltchen sinks are 20 ne
provided with an approved grease trap
TO be placed ~ near the sink as IN
practical. but In all cases a grease trap
shall be placed Immediately under
the sink Of every hotel. eating house.
restaurant, market or other public
cooking establishment the form u
said trap to be approved by the Plumb.
ing Inspector.
JOINTS IN TRAPS.
Section 10. All the joints and con.
ncctions In cast iron pipe shall be
packed WIN picked oakum and run
with molten lead and shall be well
calked. joints and connections in lead
pipe shall be made.with wiped joint"
connection Of lead with iron pipe shall
be with brass ring or soldering nip
pie "calked in and wiped joints"
joints In galvanized wrought iron
pipes shall be by screw couplings. the
thread being first covered with lead.
WATER CLOSETS.
Section IA. The use OF pan closets.
hopper closets and plunger closets Is
prohibited, except in isolated out
buildings special permission may re
granted to use the low hopper closet.
The size of the vent pipe to the trap
Of the closet shall not be less than
two inches in diameter, and this must
be increased in size II more than four
closets are vented through one pipe.
All closets or groups of closets must
be supplied with water from tanks
holding not less than four gallons for
each closet flushed, and the flushing
pipe must not be less than IA inches
in diameter to each closet. No water
closet or urinal shall be placed or
maintained in a room in which there
is not a window opening direct to the
external atmosphere. Where the sup.
ply of water is not ample or regular
for the purpose OF flushing of water
closets. the Inspector Of Plumbing
may require the erection of a suitable
tank as a reservoir from which water
may be drawn for this purpose.
All urinals or groups Of urinals 10
be supplied with water for flushing
from automatic flush tanks or continu.
GUS stream. The floors and sides
around the urinal or urinals shall bc
covered with non.corrosive and non.
absorbing material. No safe wastes
are to be used about urinals. Safe
wastes from other fixtures are not to
be connected directly or indirectly
with any sewer.
WASTE PIPE.
Section Is. The last portion of Sec.
ton Is is amended to read as fol.
lows:
The waste pipe from refrigerators
or other receptical in which ,provis-
ions are kept shall not connect direct
T. with the sewer. but II shall be trap
ped and the discharge allowed to
drip into a sink in daily use, or he
convened to the ground away from the
building. The open end OF waste
pipes must in all cases be covered
with metallic screen not easily re-
moved, that has a mesh not exceeding
IA Of a square inch in area.
SINKS. sLoP HoPPERS AND WASH
TRAYS.
Section 16. Sinks, wash trays and
slop hoppers Of wood shall not be per.
mitted. Stop hoppers may be used in |
open courts and yards when they are
made of mortar masonry at least four
inches in thickness and covering
surface at least three feet on all sides |
from the place Of discharge. The sur.
face of floor shall slope at least two
inches to the foot toward the center |
where the discharge pipe is located. |
The outer edges shall be level and |
shall be at least two inches above the |
slope of the floor proper. The whole
surface shall be covered with thick
coat Of mortar made Of one part Port.
land cement and one and one-half
parts Of clean.screened sand, the sur.
face troweled smooth. The discharge |
pipe shall be covered with a heavy |
metal screen at least IA of an inch in |
thickness, the meshes not exceeding |
IA of an inch in diameter, and so
secured in place that 1t cannot be re-
moved The discharge pipe shall be
trapped and the trap vented II within |
Ave feet Of any building. II the In
spector Of Plumbing deem necessary,
an approved dirt.catcher shall be con-
structed upon the sewer side of the |
trap. The dirt catcher shall be CT
iron or mortar masonry, and shall |
be covered with tight fitting iron
cover large enough to afford access
for removing the intercepted dirt and |
properly secured in place. Sinks CT
faucets for supplying water for do.