Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-07-11

drip.pspe shall connect with the
sewer, or any house drain, soil OF
waste pipe. Such pipes must dls-
charge into a condenser from which
a suitable outlet to the u sew
er may be provided.
Waste pipes from all fixtures
shall be Of lead or cast iron M OF
the following sizes, to wit: bath
tubs, III inches; laundry tubs lh
inches; urinal, IL inches; wash ba-
sins, IL inches; slop hoppers. 2
inches. When sizes are given for
pipes, such sizes refer TO the inner
or clear diameter of the pipe.
All urinal fixtures above the floor
should have a lead or slate safe OF
no less than three pounds e square
foot.
No safe shall have a smaller waste
pipe than one inch, and where there
Is more than one safe, the size OF
the waste must be in proportion.
All safe wastes must have a strong
brass strainer over the end of the
pipe, and soldered to the safe.
Drip to overflow pipes from under
safes under water closets and other
fixtures, or from tanks or ~cisterns.
shall in no IA be connected direct
ly to the drainage system, but shall
run to some open place In plain
sight. II they run to the outside
Of the building, they must be pro-
vided with safe waste valves.
Waste pipes from r~efrigerators or
other r~eceptacles in which provi-
sions are stored, shall not be con-
nected directly with the drainage
system, but shall be so arranged as
to waste on an open tray in plain
sight below the refrigerator. This
tray may be connected with the
drainage system upon being proper
ly trapped like other fixtures.
IL soil or waste pipes r placed
In a building for future use, the
necessary ventilation or waste pipe
must be put in, and the work in
spected and tested Is If for imme-
date use. All openings not in use
must be closed by screw plugs or
caulked in.
Each sewer connection with later
ais where fixtures other than cellar
and outside slop sinks are connect
ed, must have one cast iron pipe for
ventilation. not less than four inch
es diameter, carried not less than
two feet above the roof of business
houses, dwellings and o%uthouses, ex-
cept when clubhouse is less than
twenty-five feet from main building,
in which case ventilating pipe must
be attached to main building and
carried above the roof. ALI ventilat-
ing pipes must be covered with wire
screen.
All water and other pipes passing
through safes must be of lead and
wiped into safe.
Cellar drains may be connected
directly with the house drains by
cast iron pipe not less than three
feet from the outside foundation
walls, or with a lateral sewer, but
must be securely trapped by a trap
with a water seal of not less than
six inches, which trap shall con-
tain a. trap screw, also a back wa
ter check when necessary, and such
trap shall at all times be kept
primed. If possible, such drain may
connect with the house drain on the
inside before and In front of air
pipe or air vent. In case only eel
lar drain is laid, the cast iron pipe
shall extend through and for not less
than three feet outside of the foun-
dation wall, and the remainder of
the drain may be constructed of
good quality, four or six-inch vitri-
fled sewer pipe, as in the case of
house drains. Where three-inch
pipe is sufficient for cellar drains, it
may be either iron or clay.
No junction pipe shall be cut or
cap taken up for connection purpos-
es without special permit from the
Public Service Commissioner, and
then only in his presence.
Changes in direction of pipes must
be by properly curved pipes and not
by edging or cutting, and the on
nectionS at sewer must be or a rise
of not greater than forty-five de-
grees.
All trenches in public streets or
alleys shall be properly protected at
night with substantial barricade at
least three feet high and a light
shall be placed at each end Of the
trench or obstruction, and kept
brightly burning from sunset to sun
rise.
Plumbers shall keep all bitches in
repair for thirty days after the work
is completed, with gound, rocks and
gravel returned to their proper or
iginal place and condition.
Injury to Sewers.
Section 8. No person, firm or cor
poration shall injure, break or re-
any portion Of any manhole,
flushtank, or any part Of the sewer
system. or throw any deposit or
cause to be thrown OF deposited in
any sewer OPENING or receptacle con-
nected with the sewer system, any
garbage, offal, dead animals or
birds, vegetable parings or refuse;
ashes, cinders, hair, rags or any
other matter or thing what soever,
except faces, u%nrine, the necessary
closet paper, liquid waste, wash wa
ter, or liquid house or mill slops, IL
free of solids having tendency to
clog the sewer, No person, firm or
corporation, shall cause or allow any
surface water. or roof water, or the
overflow of any cistern, well or cess
pool, to enter the system of
Hermann, in any manner, either by
way OF the public eswer, or any lat.
eral or public or private sewer con
nected with the public sewer, or any
lateral. or by any connection. Proper