Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-21

CONSTRUCTED IN lHE BUnOUul1
OF EAGLES MERE AND ALSO PRO
VIDING FOR THE CONNECTING
HEREWITH BY THE OWNERS OF
PROPERTY FRONTING UPON OR
~ ADJACENT ANY SEWER OR
STREETS ALONG AND THROUGH
WHICH TIL SAME Is CONSTRUCT-
ED AND THE MANNER IN WHICH
SUCH CONNECTIONS SHALL BE
MADE; ALSO FIXING THE AMOUNT
OF THE TAPPAGE FEES TO BE
CHARGED FOR SUCH CONNEC-
TIONS.
Be it enacted and ordained by the bur-
CESS and town council Of the Borough OF
Eagles Mere, in general council assembl-
ed, as follows:
Section |. That whenever any portion
Of the sewers of this Borough shall be re-
ported by the engineer aud sewer com
mittee as being completed the council
shall, by resolution declare the same open
for public use and connection herewith.
Section 2. That no connection with
said sewer shall be made by any person
in any other manner than as provided bv
this ordinance, and the same shall be un-
der and subject to the direction and CON
trol OF the borough engineer and sewer
committee.
Section 3. When the sewer committee
of the council shall deem any privy, cess
pool or house drain located on property
fronting on any or adjacent any sewer or
street on which a public sewer shall be
open tor use, to be a nuisance. or danger
to the health of the inmates OF the house
or of others, the said committee shall
direct the borough engineer or sewer COM
mittee to cause written notice to be given
to the owner or agent having charge of
the property, or tenant, forbiding the
further use of said privy, cesspool or house
drain and requiring the same to be drain.
ed by connection with the public sewers
in accordance with the provisions of this
ordinance, and upon default Of said owner,
agent or tenant after thirty days from the
service of such notice, he shall pay pen
atty of not less than $500 for each days
default.
Section 4. 1t shall be unlawful to con
struct and use any sesspool on property
fronting on any street, alley or court or
any portion thereof, on which public sew
ers has been laid, or are adjacent, after
the same shall have been opened for pub
lie use. And all private sewers construct
ed within the limits of the borough con
Meeting with any Of the sewers of the
borough, shall be under the supervision
and control of the borough engineer and
sewer committe. and all connections with
any private sewer shall be subject to same
regulations and tappage fees as into the
main sewer.
Section 5. The following regulations
shall govern the planning OF all house
drainage; and house connections with
sewers:
|. All connections with the public
sewers shall be made by junction with
the main pipe by means OF four-inch salt
glazed, vitritied pipe, or larger size if so
directed by engineer and sewer committee,
which shall extend to not nearer than
three feet from the outer wall Of the house
or building, from thence the house drain
shall be tour-inch plain or enamelled
heavy cast iron pipe, or asphalt coated
wrought iron pipe, and shall extend under
or through the wall, and from thence up.
wards as soil pipe at least two feet
above the highest part OF the roof, open at
the top, accessible for inspection its entire
length, with loaded Joints.
Traps shall be placed under all open
ings for discharge into the sewers, between
the opening and the soil pipe as close to
the opening as practicable. All traps or
trap ii so directed by engineer to he pro
vided with an air inlet pipe OF
diameter of not less than one inch and
a half and side inlet pipe may be OF
lead or iron and shall be carried to the
open air above the root. or it NAV he
connected with the soil pipe at a point
above all other houses connections with
the same; provided however that in case
wherever the fixtures or receptacles to be
used to be drained into said sewers. and
the pipes within the house connected
Herewith, shall have been constructed
before the passage of this ordinance, the
soil pipe shall not be required TO be car
rled above the roofas aforesaid, but in all
such cases, in place thereof, the house
drain shall be provided with a running
trap and with ventilating tour-inch pipe
of iron as aforesaid, from the sewer side
OF running trap, extending upwards out
side OF the walls of the house or building
to point at least four feet above the caves
of the roof and as remote as practicable
from any window.
2. Every sink drain shall have good and
effective grease trap. Or one large grease
trap outside of wall in a convenient place
for cleaning out, approved 10y the engi
neer
Where connection is to he made to
said sewers through private courts or al
leys, or across private grounds the boro
ugh engineer or sewer committee may
permit pipe of the same diameter as the
service pipe to he laid through the same
for the attachment of more than one
house drain as aforesaid thereto.
4. The arrangement and connection of
soil and waste pipes shall be as direct
as possible, and the drain. soil and waste
pipes and the traps shall be left so that
they may at all times be readily examined
and repaired.
5. All water closets, bath tubs, wash
basins and other fixed receptacles drain
ing into the sewer shall be etfectually safe.
Section 6. All privies and drains