The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-22
THAT GAS ORDINANCE.
one Proposed Is Designed to Prevent
Accidents.

The proposed ordinance which provides
that the gas company must test all house
connections before natural gas can be
turned on will be introduced at the next
council meeting in all probability. Some
of the important features of the ordi-
nance, as drawn up by Mr.. c. E. Ed
ridge, are as follows
Be It Ordained by the City Council:
That all individuals. firms. partnerships
and corporations authorized by the city
to enter upon any of the streets, roads,
lanes or alleys, to lay pipes for carrying,
supplying or transporting natural gas to
persons firms or corporations. shall be
required to lay any and all pipes used for
such purposes at a depth of not less than
three feet from the top of the pine be-
low the surface of each street, and shall
occupy only such portion of such street
as may be designed by the committee on
natural gas of this council and city civil
An pipes designated and intended for
use in any line shall be wrought iron, and
shall be first tested by the manufacturer
to 500 pounds to the. square inch.
The pressure on high pressure mains
within the city shall in no case exceed Is
pounds per square inch at the city limits
and all such lines entering said city shall
be provided with sets of safety valves of
sufficient capacity to discharge all sur
plus gas through suitable escape pipes.
The character and number of the safety
valves SO to be used shall first be ex-
anlined and approved by said committee
on natural gas and the city civil engi-
neef, ana there sIlail also be provided
such other safety valves with said city
! as shall from time to time be found con
sistent with an adequate supply of gas
to the various consumers.
The maximum pressure allowed on any
and all low pressure mains within the
city limits shall be eight ounces per
square inch provided, however. that in
the event of any corporation, company,
| firm or individual operating under this
OF any ordinance OF said city shall find
1t 1napracticable to operate any portion
Of its plant with the maximum pressure
above mentioned the city civil engineer
shall have power to allow such corpora
ton. company, firm or individual to carry
such additional pressure . I such portion
of said plant as said city engineer NAV
deem safe and necessary; provided, such
additional pressure shall be first petition
ed for in writing by the party or parties
desiring such increased pressure.
After they are laid all pipes for convey
ing or supplying natural gas shall be sub
Ject to the following tests which shall
be made by and at the expense Of the
person or company laying the same:
Ali high pressure and low pressure pipes
shall be subjected to a test of SO pounds
| air pressure per square inch.
Service pipes shall be tested at the same
time (when practically that low pressure
mains are tested, and shall also be sub
jected to a test of 10 pounds air pressure
Service pipes laid after the mains have
been laid, and when said mains are car
rying natural gas, shall be tested with
gas pressure at the maXlfaum pressure
allowed on said main.
All air tests hereinbefore provided shall
/ De applied on the main pipes before gas
is turned into the same, and all mains
and pipes shall be subjected to the said
tests for one hour.
Corporations, firms or individuals sup
plying gas under the provisions of this
! or any other ordinance of said city shall
not connect pipes for domestic cOnsump-
ton with high pressIHe mains, and in
/ said cases gas shall only be supplied to
/ the consumer after the same has been re
/ duced by an automatic regulator and cut
/ off to the maximum pressure allowed on
! low pressure MAINS
| No corporation, company or firm oper-
ating natural gas plant in sssid city
shall be allowed to turn gas into the
/ house connections of any consumer until
1 such corporation, company or firm in
! tending to supply said consumer with nat
ural gas shall have tested said house con-
I a certificate showing that said house con-
/ nectiOns were subjected to the same test
/ hereinbefore required Tor low pressure
mains. Said tests shall be made at the
! expense of the party employed to put in
said house connections, and said house
! connections shall be subjected to 10
/ pounds air pressure per square inch for
/ Gauges showing the amount of pressure
on natural gas lines shall be erected at
/ the expense of such person, corporation
or company, and shall be open at all
at such points as may be directed by said
| committee on natural gas and the city
/ civil engineer.
/ An additional ordinance which provides
] for regulating the manner of connecting
| stoves or other gas heating appliances
i has been prepared by Mr. Eldridge.
It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm. corporation, plumber or gas filter
/ TO connect with or construct any connec=
4 ton for the heating of any building by
natural or artificial gas with what is
/ known as rubber hose. All stoves or 9TH
I er gas heating appliances must be con-
| nected with iron pipes made of good ma
teriaI and free from any defects.
Any owner or agent of any such build
1 ing who shall fail within 80 days after
! receiving notice from the chief of the fire
1 department to construct as herein pro-
! Widnd shall be deemed guilty. OF INSIDE
meanor and a violation of this ordinance
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
1 not less than ton dollars nor more than
l fifty dollars. in the discretion of the
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