Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-07-12
EXAMINATIONS
FOR PLUMBERS
Beard of HssIth Emands
Code Last hight--hust
Pass Certain Tests.
ALL MASTER PLUMBERS
Necessary for Licsnss--
Nuisance Cases Acted on
--Report nosquito Work

An amendment, relative to the IL
censes of master plum bers in this
city, was offered by Commissioner ?.
n. Kennedy at the meeting Of the
Health Board last night, and passed
on the first reading. The amendment
is to the subsection Of section l Of
Article 13 of the plumbing code. The
amendment is as follows:
"All the applicants for the license
Of master plumber in the corporate
limits of Perth AmbOy, must pass
the following examination. First,
the applicant must take practical
test, such as wiping, etc. Second,
the applicant will receive a paper.
containing twenty questions, which
he is supposed to answer. Third,
he must draw a complete plan show
ing all waste and vent pipes; also,
fixtures, traps, etc. His average
must be at least seventy-five per
cent, before he can qualify before an
Examining Board, composed of three
or five plumbers approved by the
Board of Health for that purpose. In
case of failure to pass the foregoing
test the first time, the applicant may
/ again make application for license
within a year Moreover. he must
be a citizen Of the United States, and
| comply in all other respects with the
provisions Of the board"
Nuisance Cases Discussed.
1t was decided to have the hours of
Clerk Gluck from until u, and
to on week days, while on Satur-
| day from to 12. Communications
| from Boynton Brothers and Co., re-
! garding the alleged nuisances at 1916
and 398 State street, and from Fras-
er Bros, as to reported nuisance
at Smith street, were laid over. The
case of Hyman Friedman, Of 286
Smith street, regarding an alleged
nuisance, was referred to the judic
iary committee. Mr.. Friedman no
putting in an appearance. Likewist
with the case of Mrs. Erickson, o
Tottenville, who owns property II
Stockton street, in this city. George
Evans, Of Smith street, was given un
til August 5 to abate the nuisance
at his property, at 283 State street
Julius Miller, of 357 State street, wa!
granted until September l to abatt
a nuisance at asa Division street
wheTA he keeps a COW and unsal ny:
lcond-Fion=1 exist. A Mr.. ,-B5rf. repre
lsasrrqfrYng Mr.. RechnityT- was granite
two weeks ter gTsaxsanitaries at 81
Watson aveIfe touche
Abatement of Nuisances.
The sanitation committee reportet
nuisances abated at 100 Fayett,
street, and that the nuisance at
Smith street would be abated by the
eighteenth of the month. Nuisances
at 234 Brighton avenue and 604
Elizabeth street, were also reported
abated The committee decided tC
refer the case of Mr.. Carlton, o.
Hartford street, to Recorder Kehoe
fnasmuch as nothing had been done
in regard to his nuisance.
Permits Granted.
A special license was granted tc
the Pardee Works, to construct 6
cesspool fifteen feet deep, subject tc
the provisions of the code. A re-
quest for special plumbing at PIG
Rector street was laid over until
| permission was obtained from the
property owners. A special permit
for cellar plumbing was granted for {
house at 208 Broad street. The ap-
plications of Edward Stiff, of 147
Brighton avenue, and Manney Haber
of Ashley street, for milk licenses
were granted.
A communication from Mrs W. K
Bassford, of Market street, in regard
to her garbage not being removed
was received and referred to the
! Board of Aldermen.
Letter From State Board.
A letter from the register Of the
| State Board OF Health was read. II
was in regard to the case of Michael
| Zylka, a local undertaken, who, it Is
claimed buried the body of George
Yurecko. who died May 5, without
| first exchanging the death certificate
for burial permit. He was buried
| May thirteenth, while the death Ger.
tificate, it is said, was not filed until
May seventeenth. The matter was
referred to the judiciary committee
with power to take legal steps. The
complaints regarding the unsanitary
condition at 209 State street. and 524
Penn street, were referred to the
committee on sanitation.
Health Officers Report.
Health officer Lund handed in his
report for the month of June At
the present time there is not single
contagious case in this city. The re-
port is as follows: Diphtheria. seven
cases; measles, three; scarlet fever
two; typhoid, one; tuberculosis, one.
Fumigations, thirteen and plumbing
inspections, ninety.
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