The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-17

prescribed by this ordinance, and who
shall properly supervise and enforce the
provisions Of this ordinance. under the
direction and control Of the City Engi-
neer.
! Sec. 8. That Section 10 of Ordinance
No. c77, entitled CAR Ordinance Regulat-
ing Plumbing and Drain Layins in the
City of Butte" be amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 10. That portion of the house
drain which is inside of the walls and
three feet outside the area or foundation
walls shall! be constructed of what is
known to commerce as extra heavy cast
iron soil pipe and extra heavy fittings
the weight Of the pipe to be as follows:
inch, pounds per foot.
inch, pounds per foot.
inch, u 1-2 pounds per foot.
inch, Is - pounds per foot.
inch, 10 1-2 pounds per foot.
inch, 26 IL pounds per foot.
8 inch, SO pounds per foot.
10 inch, "A 1-2 pounds per foot.
II inch, SO 1-2 pounds per foot.
! Sec. 4. That Section "a of Ordinance
No. 277 entitled "An Ordinance Regu-
laelng Plumbing and Drain Laying il,
the City of Butte" be amended to read
as follows:
Sec. "a. Ventilatng pipes, when not
lead or cast iron, shall be galvanized
wrought iron.
Vent pipes must he run as straight az.
direct as practicable and with grade 10
avoid trapping of condensa flor. Forty
five drgiee ellis sh III lie used at all times
where practicable. Vents SHALL be run
up separately through the roof in all
buildings more than two st :ieS high,
and shall be increased in size t, at least
four inches from point eighteen inches
below the roof.
In one and two-story buildings, the
vent pipe may be connected With the
main soil pipe at a point not less than
three feet above the highest fixture;
said soil pipe to be increased 'tlIe size
from point where vent enters and to
continue tina. size up to above highest
roint Of roof.
Where vent and soil pipes pierce the
roof. the opening shall be properly
flashed with sheet lead, by either cau!k-
ing into hub of soil pipe at surface of
roof. or in casing pipe at least twelve
inches above roof with sheet lead casing,
made tight at top; flashing to extend at
least nine inches on all sides of pipe.
Connections Of lead pipes with
wrought iron pipes shall be maze with
combination grass ground couplings, or
brass soldering nipples, with properly
wiped joints.
Local vent pipes may be run in, up
or out of heated flue; in such case, the
increase may be omitted
Every sink. bath tub. wash tray, basin.
water closet, urinal, and every fixture
having a waste pipe. shall be separately
and independently trapped with water
sealing trap, placed as near the fixture
as practicable; traps shall be protected
from espionage and air pressure by
special air or vent pipe, Of size rot less
| than waste pipe up to and including
two inch.
Over two inch and not exceeding four
inch, two-inch vents shall be used. Each
vent shall have a trap screw soldered
into it, not more than six inches above
where it connects with the trap. Each
vent shall extend two feet above the
fixture it serves before connecting with
ether vent pipes.
Traps must be placed above floors, or
ir accessible locations.
Wastes from bath tubs and wash trays
to be connected to drum trap, with trap
screws not less than three inches in
diameter, and placed as close to the
fixture as practicable in an accessible
location. Drum traps must be not less
than four inches in diameter and not
less than eight inches high
Where two fixtures connect into one
vent such connection shall he made
with not less than one and One-half-
inch pipe. and from three fixtures, not
less than two-inch: and for water clos
cts not less than twO-inch pipe for forty
feet or less, and two and one-half-inch
Pipe shall be used for an additional
twenty feet; provided. that vent pipes
for three or more fixtures. with waste
three or four inches in diameter, shall
be not less than three inches for twenty
feet or less; over twenty feet, four inches
snail be used.
Sec. 5. That Section p of Ordinance
No. PIT, entitled AN Ordinance Regu-
lating Plumbing and Drain Laying in
the City Of Butte" be amended to read
as follows:
Sec. q. Waste pipes from Kitchen
sinks in any hotel. restaurant. or any
other public cooking establishment, and
in every dwelling house. shall run sep
arate to grease trap in yard, when prac-
ticable: and when same is not Tractic-
able to put in yard. grease trap shall
be placed below such sink. Said gre: y.
trap to be VOLTS enameled cast-iron, or
similar cast irOn or, If made of lead, to
weigh not less than six pounds to the
square foot and to be six inches in
diameter and fourteen inches high.
Grease traps in yards shall be con
s;ructed of eight-inch brick, LAID in
good hydraulic cement mortar, be plas-
tered at least one inch thick. with n.y.
draulic cement mortar, made in pro-
portion of one part cement to two parts
sand.