Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-01
OFFICIAL NOTICES.

| OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
Oraered: u mat pD the PLUMBING regulations OF
the District of Columbia are hereby Amended
as follows. to take effect on and after August
Cancel that portion Of section IS, Following
the words passing along the street" ahd SUD
AS CONDITION preceoent to the issuance Of
this permit and IN consideration thereof. the
terms ana i' Conditions. and At MS r,sx and e1-
pense, to keep any trench Ut excavation mAue
alley or r's sid.wala or amy pubic space in sale
condition until the District OF CoiumDla Snail
repair or resurface the same. and TO save halui-
less, indemnify and Keep in0emnired the LIS
tFtct of Columbia from any injury. cost. loss
or damage occnsioned by reason or failure 70
Keep sucn trench or excavation In saIe con.
dit,ou during tue execution OF the work and
thereafter until repaired reSurfaccd as Afore-
sad by sad District. and from any injury.
cost loss damage occssi0ned by work beyond
said permit or by any failure to observe anu
comply with the terms anu conditions Of SAID
permit.
Change first paragraph. section "a. to read:
| kach registered plumber snail. before being
granted perhiit to make cut In any paved
street or Otner pubic space, deposit the sum
or $5u.VU with tine Collector OF laAes ID. e.,
| which amount snail be used in Repairing pave
ment and DINER surfaces cut by said plumber
aud which amount snail be kept good as re-
CURED section 80 The following ties shall
De charged tor repairs to cuts:
/ Cancer present section 10 and substitute there
| for the following:
Statement OF account will be rendered to each
/
sucn bill winin ten lu) Gays OF the GATE
| thereof and Dr,ng MS balance with tine Col
ter .. Isses ~ I'll III to ~ least sS ee
ever application Is made to Make cuts In any
| improved street, the estimated cost OF tue re-
pairs to wnicn as inore imam so0.oV the piumber
snail be required TO niake deposit OF the esti-.
mated cost VI sucn repairs before the permit
| Cancel present paragraph FALL" section 63,
and substitute the toil0wtng:
/ FALL.
No house sewer shall lie laid in a roadway be-
| tween It's connection with public sewer and
a point tour feet "a tnerefrOm with q less faI
| Than one-quarter t4) inca per foot nor with
greater Ian IMAM one-half ia incn per foot
Uniform grade shall be preserved between the
CONNECTION with tue public sewer ana the curD
line ana between tue .urD line and the building
line: PROVIDED that u jump can be MADE villa
slope Not greater tnan 1orty-nve t45) degrees
ut ONE point between the curb line and the
Tue mouse sewer must be run as direct as
possible.
AL changes In direction must be made with
proper fittings ana all connections maue with
| ~ branches anu One-eignth and one-sixt eenth
bends.
Add after present section 90:
And no vent line snail be connected to a
son or waste line III sucn manner tnat any por
ton of the vent line is below the top OF the
SOIL or waste line TO which 1t is connected
| Add after present paragraph A. section IOSa:
| And snail be located wlruin the buiding. In
| from freezlng."
Cancel the following words in second para
graph, section no:
| Aud provided with approved alright air
chambers not less than eighteen uS) Inches
long
Cancel present section LIZ and substitute there
Section liz (a) Every water closet or
ufinai shall be located within room arranged
exclusively for use AS toilet room, which rom
snail be inciosed in tight PARTITION and shall
be In direct communities ION with the external
air by means OF glazed wiuaow. having
area tsasn size) equal ten per centum tIOae)
| being SO arranged as to provide opening of
IL isast NIFTY per cent oo, Of Its area for ven
sucn window shall have an area Of less than
| four ~ square feet, being arranged rs to
| toU,e) OF Its area for ventilation purposes, d.
rectiy into public or private space open from
building. or communicating Indirectly as pre-
seribea ~ paragraphs to Il. No window within
sns meaning s Of this paragrapa shall open into
directly opposite any lot lines structure nearer
tnan three (3) feet
| Oh Toilet rooms on the top-most Hoor OF a
building may be indirectly lighted and ventilated
through vertical aIr-shaft not less in horizontal
cross section than two t2J feet by two GU feet
with U glass topped skyiight arranged with the
sides extended above the roof and there provided
with hinged glazed sash having u combined area
Of -FOUR ~ square feet in the clear. which sash
shall be provided with approved metal sash
openers; or the skylight may be arranged with
metal louvred sides with the specified area Of
opening, and pivOted glazed sash may be pro-
vided at the ceiling line of the room.
be lighted and ventilated through a twostory
airshaft with q horizontal cross section of not
nension less than tr.e a. feet either o pe at at
| the top or provided with a full-size giass-top
| skylight with sides extended above the roof. and
containing metal louyres having a combined area
In tue clear equal to the minimum horizontal
cross section Of the shaft. each toilet
| provided for externally lighted and ventilated
toilet rooms in paragraph or BY means OF
sNight conforming 10 paragraph b.
| td) Toilet rooms than two floors may
| be lighted and ventilated AZ prescribed In para
graph e. excepting that the minimum horizontal
cross station shall be increased to twenty four
t24D square feet with dimension less than
three % feet, for shafts three %, to five 90
floors In height. and to forty ti0) square feet
and four ~ feet, respectively. for shafts six
| ~. or more floors in height.
,e) Toilet rooms in buildings OF the hrst class
nay be lighted artifciaiy and ventilated By
nseans OF hues provided the following require
ments are met in each case:
The aues shall be Of metal. or OF masonry
built to form, and shall not be directly or in
directly connected with any living. sleeping or
Main fues shall be vertical. straight and with
total effective area at all points of not Less
than one square inch for each square foot of
door surface;
| The vent fues shall be provided at the roof
with mechanically operated exhaust fan which
shall maintain all times all air velocity In
| the ducts of not less than three-hundred 800,
| Water closet and urinal fixtures shall be pro-
vided with approved type Of local VENT
| The toilet room shall he for the service of not
more than two contiguous private rooms, and
the doorway therefrom shall not open into any
public space or hallway.
fl All toilet rooms, and water closet and
| urnal apartments shall he provided With suit
able means for artificial lighting.
/ (gl All the existing water closet and uGinal
apartments or toilet rooms shall conform to the
above requirements when the plumbing In
same is remOdeled, and when ii Is deemed nec-
essry by the Commissioners.
| Cancel present section lisa and substitute
| therefor the following:
| Section 113a. Interior water closets shall he
flushed from siplon-acting flush tank with
| capacity of hot less than six gallons
pleteiy lined with pure copper Of not less weight
| than twelve ounces per square foot. and with
sufficient air space to prevent tile formation OF
lead brass or galvanized iron flush pipe not less
In internal diameter than and ne-fOurth
| 40 inches. All flush pipes shall have q metal
to earthenware bowl connection. Rubber flush
flush tanks. including the operating devices. sup
PORTS. etc. shall be of copper, brass or gal
vanized iron. In every case where the copper
lining Is Hanged over, wired or otherwise ar
ranged SO as to exhibit anything but the out
edge Of q. single thickness of copper. the makers
name and the words guaranteed full weight.
twelve (12) ounce copper shall be slammed into
| the copper at the top of the Of the lining.
An approved HushOmeter valve may be used In
lieu Of water closet or urinal tank. Inclosed
without lining may be used in lieu Of copper
| lined tanks, In rooms where the entire door
| space, and the walls to a height OF four feet,
| are covered with slate, marble. tile or other
approved water PROBING material. No water
closet dush tank nor service tank for flush
ometer valve shall be used for any other pur-
| pose. Every supply to the water closet tank,
or to a hushometer valve. shall have separate