Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-03
VOLUME XXXXX
Probably the Ind OF 1t

regular meeting of the board Of
education was held Wednesday even
ing.
Chief OF Police H. C. Block was
reappointed truancy office for the
ensuing year.
The report of the master plumbers
engaged to examine the plumbing in
Lincoln School was made as was also
a report Of the committee on build
ingS and grounds of the board of educa-
ton, covering the same matter.
Messrs. e. A Kersten and H.
Schlueter, the two plumbers who
made charges of unsanitary plumbing
at Lincoln School, were present and
aired their views. Otto Biefeld, who
is putting in the work, was also
present and was heard as was also
l.. w Claude of Madison, the archi-
tect The plumbers, Kersten and
Schlueter, made verbal report of the
matter. After a discussion of the
merits of the case the following re-
ports were unanimously adopted and
this will probably end the matter:
Madison, Wis, Nov II, 19O9-Mr.
James w. Moore, President of Board
Of Education, Watertown, Wis.
Dear Strive, the undersigned Ii
censed plumbers of the city of Madi-
son, have, at the request Of Messrs.
Claude & Starck, architects, inspected
the plumbing in the Lincoln School in
Watertown and beg to report as fol
lows: The piping has been installed
in a substantial and WOrkmanlike man
ner; the arrangement of wastes, traps
and vents Gs proper, sanitary and
according to good plumbing practice.
The plans and specifications have been
fully complied with in all essential par
ticuIars 1t is true that some slight
deviations have been made from the
specifications, but they are matters of
no Importance and in no wise affect
the sanitary conditions of the plumb
ing system as a whole.
Yours respectfully,
Anton Metz,
w. ]. HyIand.
To the Honorable Board of Education:
Gentlemen: In view of the charges
made by Messrs. Kersten and Schlueter
in the public press of this city at
tacking the sanitary condition of the
plumbing of the new Lincoln School
house, your committee on buildings
and grounds requested the architect,
Mr. l.. w. Claude, and Messrs. Hyland
and Metz, two master plumbers of
Madison, Wis, to fully and thoroughly
investigate same.
Mr. Hyland appeared here on OctO-
Der %, and made a thorough eXamina-
tion of the matter complained of by
the two local plumbers. Mr. Metz, in
company with the majority of the
members of the board of education
and the mayor of this city, made the
same thorough investigation on No
vember 8.
The change from a two inch iron
pipe to a one and one-half inch gal
vanized iron pipe, the matter particu-
larly complained of, was made by
autority of the architect and your com
mittee and other members of the board
and in no wise detracts from the sani-
tary condition of the building as it
uIdluS OILY ClSdI WdCSI lIOIIl the III lin
ing fountains, besides being properly
trapped.
The certificate of the master
plumbers from Madison, Messrs. w.
]. Hyland and Anton Metz, is here
with submitted and made q part of
this report.
1t is to be hoped that this certificate
will stop all further agitation in the
matter and more particularly allay
any doubt which may exist to the
sanitary plumbing of the Lincoln
School house. Respectfully,
Charles e. Frey,
f. B. Weber,
G. A. Vaughan.