The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-14
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workshop hospital, asylum or institu-
ton for the care, or treatment of .indi-
viduals, and every building. in, whole
or in part, occupied or used as a school
or place of instruction or assembly,
shall be provided with such good and
sufficient fire escapes, or other means
of egress in case or fire, as shall be di-
rected by the inspector of buildings,
and said inspector of buildings shall
require such, and as many means of
egress to be provided in each case as
will sufficiently provide for the great
est probable number of occupants.
Second. The owner or owners of any
building upon which any fire escapes
now are or may hereafter be erected,
shall keep the same in good repair and
well painted, and no person shall at
any time place any incumbrance of
any kind whatsoever before or upon
any fire escape from any building.
Third. 1t shall be the duty of all
firemen, policemen, or any officer of
the city, who shall discover any fire
| escape incumbered in any way to
forthwith verbally notify and require
the occupants of the premises or
| apartments. to which the said fire es-
! cape. balcony or ladder is attached,
| and for whose use the same is proVid-
! ed, to remove said incumbrance and
| keep the same clear. ,..
Fourth Failure to remove any in
| cumbrance or obstruction to a fire es-
cape, after notice, is hereby declared
| to be misdemeanor, and upon con-
! viction. every person found guilty of
| same shall be fined not less than 81 or
more than $50.
| Rec 81. Plumbing Regulations. Ev-
| cry building located within 300 feet of
city sewer used as dwelling, store
| house or factory or in which one or
| more persons are employed, is to be
| provided with at least one water
closet, and with such other additional
! plumbing fixtures as are usual and
necessary to the purposes for which
such buildings are used.
| Sec. 80. Every branch sewer 800 feet
| or more in length, which shall have
! been constructed and paid for by pri-
vate parties, is hereby construed and
declared to be city sewer. Provided
| that 800 feet or more of the length of
| the same shall have been laid in the
| public streets or lanes of the city.
| Sec. a. In the event Of a branch
sewer being in the opinion Of the build
| ing inspector too small to permit fur
| ther connections, he shall require a
new branch sewer to be laid, and the
/ cost of laying same to be paid for by
adjoining property owners as provided
| for in Sec. 35.
| C6C. %. LII the event Oh q connection
| being made with a branch sewer, laid
and paid for by private parties, the
| party making such connections shall
pay to the owners of the property al
| ready connected to such sewer such
pro rata of the original cost as VIII be
determined by the building inspector.
Second. In the event Of new
branch sewer being required, as pro-
vided for in section "a, the cost of lay
| ina hn Car,ND uhaI1 ha fnfv ~
the owners of the property on each
side of the same, and in such case ev-
| cry thirty feet or frontage which is not
already provided with sewer, sewer
| connection shall be assessed as one
| part.
Third. The assessment for sewer
work shall be collectable as provided
fors in Sec. IS, MacDonnen's Code.
Sec. SO. First. All sewers laid outside
of building walls shall be OF salt glazed
terra Gotta pipe or of all hard brick
| laid in cement. All joints in terra
Gotta pipe to be cemented perfectly
tight The trenches in every case are
| to be graded to a uniform pitch and
to be well rammed. All changes of di-
rection to be made with bends.
Second. There are to be branches
| inserted in every terra Gotta sewer to
be one to each 30 feet OF property at
some point opposite same.
Sec. 81. First. The sizes of branch
sewers to be as follows:
| For a length of 100 feet or less 8
! inches.
For a length of 200 feet or less, 10
inches.
For length of 300 feet or less, ~
| inches.
And to increase 2 inches in diameter
for additional 100 feet in length.
| Second. The house drain connecting
4 branch ha Of
pipe if used for one dwelling only, If
the drains of two dwellings connect in
one pipe, the pipe is to be 5 inches.
Third. Storehouses, factories, etc,
| that contain not more than four water
closets may have house drains of s
| inches pipe, provided that the roof sur
face of the building does not exceed
5000 square feet and to increase inch
| in diameter for every additional 5000
| square feet of roof surface. Provided,
| however, that the size of the house
drain in no case must exceed that of
| branch sewer to which it is connected.
Sec. IS. The conductor pipes of every
building are to be connected directly
| into the house drains through one
length of cast iron pipe If they teTmi-
nate above the windows Of top story.
| The conductor pipes of verandas and
| any that terminate below the windows
Of a habtable room or attic are not
| to be connected to house drain.
| Sec. 49, First Where the house
drains pass through brick walls, arched
| openings are to be provided of suffi-
| Client size to prevent any possibility of
pressures on the pipes being caused by
| settling of walls.
Second. The upper end of every
house drain is to have a running trap
same size of drain, with hand holes,
and to have fresh air inlet on house
| side of trap, of 4-inch cast iron pipe,
| to project at least two inches above
| ground and end turned down.
Sec. 40. First. Soil and waste pipes
! are to be run as direct as possible, and
! fixtures placed over each other wher-
| ever possible. In no case shall a waste
| pipe connect into a rainwater conduc-
| tor nor a rain water conductor be con-
| nected to a soil pipe. Waste pipes from
| wash basins, sinks and bath tubs shall
| he not less than II inches in dame
| ter and from wash trays and urinals
| not less than IL inches in diameter.
| Horizontal waste pipes of not over two
| inches in diameter may be of lead and
| shall have not less than the following
weights per foot:
1-inch .........2 pounds. OF.
IA inch .........2 pounds .......s or.
| 1h-inch. .........3 pounds. ........S OF.
pinch .........4 pounds. oz.
Lead bends and traps for water
closets shall not be less than one-eighth
inch thick. rts
Section Al. Lead supply pipes shall
not be less than the following weights
| per foot:
X inch, lib p ozI1A inches, Abs 70 OF
| ..,Nf 4s.nN