The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-26

/ DIT. Alvarez, one OF Honolulu's best !
known physicians. has the following to |
tell OF overcharges on plumbing per-
formed by Gehring & Butzke on a tene-
ment house which he erected the latter
part Of last year on Punchbowl street
above the Mormon church. His bill
shows many glaring Instances OF over
charges and ~ in line with that which
the same firm rendered to w. w. Aha
ma.
a grease trap made OF bricks placed
side upon side and made OF cheap ma
terials cost DIR. Alvarez $40 but jour
neyman plumber says IL is not worth
nj the most over IS including a good
profit.
Last January Gehring & Butzke did
some plumbing work on this house"
said Dr. Alvarez. They placed two
zinc-llned sinks on the edge of the up
per and lower balconies respectively
and connected galvanized iron pipes
direct from the sinks To the cesspooL
on September l received a communal
cation from the Board of Health stat
ing that my premises were In an in
sanitary condition and that was vio-
lating Sections 6. is. II. 10 and Il. Sec
have four-inch cast iron pipe connec-
tlons. Section 10 says all connections
20 cesspools must be Of cast iron. lead
or vitrifIed pipe. Section Il says, AL
waste pipe shall be Of cast iron, lead or
vitrified pipe. III cast iron Is used mol
ten lead must be used for the joints
II was given forty-eight hours TO
make the changes necc ssary to comply
with these plumbing regulations. /
went % Gehring & Butzke and told
them that wanted them To change the
= piping and asking them what IL would
cost one OF them went up there TO
look ~ over and l was then told that
they could not make an estimate of the
cost but would charge me for labor BY
the day and for what material would be
necessary. told them II they would
do Il reasonably they could go ahead
and I would give them other work as
well when sewer connections had to be
put In.
They commenced work with n
plumber and a helper. In the bill they
rendered me they have charged for
!, seven days and three hours labor.
!, went up there on one OF those seven
q days and at II o'clock in the morning
! and neither the plumber or his helper
I. was there. I went To the firm and told
J. them OF u. on another occasion found
, the workmen were not on duty. For
: these seven days and three hours
have been charged SI3.T5. or $40 day.
, They said I would have to have cast
!. iron pipe 90 make the ground connec-
ton with the cesspool. They put that
in. Then I was told that Inspector
Duffy had told the firm that zinc lined
sinks could not be used and these were
torn out and galvanized iron ones sub
stituted. The location Of the sinks was
changed so that the upper one was al
most over the lower one. They tool
out the galvanized pipe and made en-
tire connections with the heavy cas-
Iron pipe. stand pipes for ventilatlne
were also put In. That Is something
. have not been able to understand but
was told positively that they were
compelled 10 use II.
- More cast iron pipe was also laid
from the wash house to connect VIII
the ccsspool twenty-five feet away anC
fifteen feet OF 3-Inch cast iron pipe USED
rs n standpipe. There was very littl'
work about the whole business. Wher'
- the Y was made beneath the two sink
was a mass Of joints. AS the pipe joint
Il In the main connections were I'VE Zee
! apart. cannot figure out how 1
\ Ia that 81 pounds Of solder was nee
essary. and ut IS cents n pound. Thei
again they charge me for eight gallon
OF gasoline 10 melt this material
4. Think Of it-eiEht gallons!
mo, do not intend TO pay II. l will
take the matter into court first and &
so far as TO take the piping apart AM
see whether any one can get lou pound
, Of cauiklng lead out Of a little over 10
feet Of pipe with joints mainly FIVE fee
= apart"
: Following is DIR. Alvarez bill:
Honolulu. n. l.. Sept. -. 1900.
Dr Alvarez.
To GEHRTNG a BUTZKE. DR..
o., Plumbing and Gas Fitting.
M N feet inch cast iron pipe .......S
w 20 feet incn cast iron pipe $500. =
- inch cast iron Us, u.Go; inch
vs.. U.20 ..sss..ss ssssssssss.s
2inch cast iron Tees. si20; Inch
cast iron Tees. SOC ...............-.' -
a. So inch G. 7. t-g Bend. 81: inch
y Y Bend. sifO, sinch "a Bend. Doc.
liz inch C. \. Dbl. Hubs ......... l
- 4 inch G. 7. Running Trap .......s
inch Pipe Straps ....s..s..s''