The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-13


Of business nowadays, and there are
plenty of moneyed men anxious to get
into it, so that your able son would be
just the one they needed to handle the
plumbing and sanitary department Of
the firm. The writer knows two mem
bers of one of the largest plumbing
contracting firms in New York. One
of them, the head, is only thirty-four
years old, and he began as plumbers
helper in a small city when he was
eighteen He is earning thousands OF
dollars a year; but he had to advance
in the way your boy will have to go il
he takes up plumbing. Also there are
various other openings, particularly
with municipalities. which require
plumbing and sanitary inspectors and
superintendent.
The studies referred to, which have
to be accomplished before your son
could get very far toward being SAM
tary engineer, include a wide range Of
subjects. These may be shown, for
example. in the requirements Of an
average examination for plumbers
license In one of the country's large
cities. They run about as follows:
The selection Of fixtures, including
knowledge of simplicity, efficiency,
cleanliness, durability and relative
cost; all about lavatories; kitchen
sinks, strainers, waste pipes, grease
traps. ETC.; bathtubs, merits of diff
ferent makes, advantages Of shower
baths; laundry tubs, material type, and
position; slop sinks; water closets; re.
frigerators; flushing apparatus; water
service pipes, how to connect with
street mains, stop cocks, ETC.; fixture
supply pipes, how to obtain a uniform
supply Of water, how the height Of
column CT water effects pressure;
storage tanks. material, supports, ca.
pacity, connections, precautions; hot
water supply system, boilers, water
backs, piping; designs of pipe fixtures,
uses, material. etc. Of drain, soil,
waste, vent, and water supply pipes;
testing, strength, fittings, ETC.; main
drains, main traps; air inlets; traps;
ventilation pipes; effects of freezing
principles and knowledge of the differ
ent parts of pumps
In addition to all the foregoing,
which are required down to the utter.
most detail, your ambitious boy will
be wise to study the principles of me
chanics, hydromechanics, elementary
chemistry, gas making and distribution,
drainage and sewerage, sources of
water supply, water filtration, cold and
hot water supply, plumbing inspection,
plans and specifications for plumbing,
geometric drawing, reading architects
drawings, steam lifting and its acces-
sories, radiators and coils, heating and
power boilers, principles of heating and
ventilation, steam generation, steam
heating pipe systems, exhaust and va.
cuum systems, hot water heating sys-
TENS, central station heating, hot air
heating, blower systems, drying and
cooking by steam, engine room equip.
ment.
This sounds like a tremendous course
of study for your boy to be graduated
from as the result of night study; but
others who have gone before him have
done 1t. 1t Is necessary, If your 10y
expects to reach the top of the trade
and make it scientific profession to
be anything more than a master plum.
Der Of the old-fashioned little shop
variety, whose days are largely spent
simply in repairing leaks. putting in
new faucet washers, and doing other
jobs of more or less trifing nature
AS in all businesses, liking for the
work is essential for one to reach the
top, and this liking and the application
that the liking brings, should go long
way towards bringing him there. The
day has gone by when he who learns a
trade must always remain tradesman
particularly in the much maligned and
little understood trade Of plumbing
now sanitary engineering.
Copyright, 1910, by the Associated Lit
erary Press.)