The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-16
PLANT OF PLUMBERS
HEARD IN COMMITTEE
DESIRED CHANGES IN BOARD OF
HEALTH REGULATIONS
DISCUSSED.
Extra Heavy VS.. Standard Waste Pipe,
Also a Contest Between Cast Iron
and Vitrified for Underground
Representatives Not a Unit

The grievances of the plumbers II
the city against some regulations OF
the board of health mad an airing yes
| terday afternoon before committee
| of that body. While nothing, in the
nature of things, could have been def
nitely done there was a good deal ~
| ia 4 that did not hurt anybody in par
ticular One thing, however. was very
clearly established in the course If
the meeting and that is that the plum
bers are so far from being a unit IN
their demands as to be in fact hope
lessly divided.
The plumbers in accepting the inyi-
tation of the board to the conference
held preliminary meeting of their
own at which only eight of the thir-
teen in the city were present. These
decided to appoint a committee con-
sisting OF c. H Brown. E. K. Bath and
Mr.. Sellars. to talk to the board Of
health people The latter was also a
committee and consisted of Executive
officer ] S. BsPratt, Plumbing In
spector c. E Moore and Plumbing
Expert Edwards. At 2 o'clock the rep
resentatives got together and the dis
cussion quickly followed.
The first matter was a contention II
Mr.. Bath about waste pipes from the
upper stories of buildings. He made
an argument to the effect that such
pines down to the ground floor con-
uection need not be of more than
standard thickness-that is light
trade of pipe. He held that there IS
interior of tho
pipe because in fact nothing but air
is contained therein. He said II the
water or other drainage matter should
back up it would show itself in the
ground floor baths and closets. and
anv danger of breakage could there
fore be averted BIZ the fact of such
warming
DR. Brown took another view of the
mater He said that sometimes
waste pipes from Upper stories run
under the upper floors horizontally and
are liable to become cIogged. and IN
that event 10 burst at the joints and
otherwise He said the standard pipe
is often but an eighth of an inch in
thickness. and even sometimes il is
almost porous vita pinholes- He
argued that only extra heavy pipe
should be used and the builders Of the
CITY are invariably in favor of IT. He
said that in Chicago and Seattle aud
other cities of which he was informed
only the extra heavy is allowed
On another matter OF contention the
plumbers were also in plain division
Mr. Brown wants the regulation for
cast iron pipe underground done away
with and vitrifed pipe used in its
stead He claims il is far more dura-
BILE and all experience proves it. The
regulations permit vitrified pipe with
in few feet OF houses underground.
out under the houses themselves cast
iron must be used Mr. Brown said
this was ridiculous The answer 70
this as put forward was that roots get
through the vitriied pipe. Mr. Brown
asked If there is danger of roots pene-
trating them under houses WHY the
same difficulty ala rot exist out Of
doors where there are roots galore
Mr. Bath took issue with Mr. Brown,
sayo-ing the cast iron pipes. Gr. Sell
lars took the same view with the pro-
viso that the cast iron pipes should
he extra heavy. With this unanimous
voice OF enlightenment the meeting
broke up and the board OF health will
be in position 10 act accordingly