The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-06-18
Earl Lyke and 4 others.
Petition No. 695
j. f. Ferguson and 2 o hers.
REPORTS FROM HEADS OF DEPART
MENTS


Estimate Of cost of Ball street curb and gut.
ter from Mason to Oliver street:
1859 Linear IT, OF curb and gutter for
property owners to pay al 40c $3.50 SO
l42 l. near II. curb and gutter for
City TO pay "a 4Oc SO 50
4 Catch basins for CITY to pay
. iT6 80
Total cost s 757 so
FRED l.. HANSCOM,
Commissioner of Public Improvements.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Mr.. Rosevear moved that the water works
ordinance be taken from the table which pre-.
vailed, ayes Defoung, Hanscom, Rosevear:
Mr.. Hanscom moved that the ordinance do
now pi IS, when prevailed, ayes DeYoung,
Hanscom, Rosevear
An Ordinance for the care, preservation and
con troll OF the water works OF the CITY OF
Owosso, and all the fixtures. appurtensnces
apparatus building aud machinery connected
Herewith, OF belonging and governing the
construction, management and control OF said
waterworks.
The city OF Owosso ordains:
Section l. That this ordinance shall be
part Ct the contract with every person. com
pany or corporation supplied with water
through the water system OF the city OF
corporation. by taking Wa err, shall be con.
sidered to express his or their consent to be
bound thereby; and whenever any OF the terms
OF this ordinance are violated or such az the
city commission or commissioner OF pubic
utilities may hereafter acopt. the water shall
be cut OF from the building or place OF such
violation, although two or more parties may
receive water through the same piye aud
shall only be turned on again by oruer OF the
commissioner OF public utilities and on the
pay ment of the eXpen- e or shutting 1t off and
turning it on, and such other terms as the
commissioner OF public utilities shall de.
termine and AS hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Any plumber wishing to do
business in connection with the Owosso
City Water Works before peing permitted
to do so, must procure license and fur
nish the Commissioner of Public Utilities
satisfactory evidence that he Is u regularly
educated plumber, and that he is master
in all respects by the ordinances, rules
and regulations which are or may be ad-
opted by the City Commission. The
amount to be paid for such license shall be
$500. Said plumber shall also be respon-
sibe for all damage the Water Works may
sustain at his hands, he shall also give
a surety company bond in the sum of $1,000,
subject to the approval OF the CITY COM
the City of Owosso Of and from all acci-
dents, damages and losses which said Wat
er Works may sustain by reason or MS
failure to comply with all the rules and
regulations which are now or may here
after be established by the City Commits
sion or the Commissioners Of Public Utili-
ties, and every license so granted author
izing the holder to do plumbing business
In the said City shall expire on the first
day Of June next following and on appli-
cation for a renewal of the plumbers IL
cense new bond shall be filed, to be APP
proved as above, and any person desiring
to carry on the business of plumber after
the expiration of any previous license
granted, shall file new application there
duty of the City Commission, on request
of the applicant to examine applicants as
to their fitness for such position.
Section 3. No plumber, pipeftte or
other person shall make any new attach
ments to or make any change whatever in
old systems of piping connected to the City
Water System, without first giving notice
to the Commissioners of Public Utilities OF
the proposed attachments and changes con-
templated.
Section 4. No plumber shall allow his
name to be used by any other than himself,
directly or indirectly, either for the pur-
pose Of obtaining permits or doing any
work under his license, also, no plumbcr
shall allow anyone, outside of his employ,
the use of keys which he possesses and
which open and close stop-cocks and valves
of the water system.
Section ). All plumbing work in connec
ton with City water. shall be subject to
the inspection and subject to the direction
and under the control of the Commissioner
of Public Utilities.
Section 6. No plumber or other person,
except the authorized agent Of the Commits
sioner of Public Utilities, shall turn water
into any service, except when the plumber
tests his work, when he must Immediately
turn the water off again. This rule shall
also apply to all cases where the water has
been turned off and supply disconnected
by the Commissioner of Public Utilities.
Section I. All persons desiring to be
connected to the City Water System must
make application to the Commissioners OF
Public Utilities, upon printed forms to be
furnished by him. The blanks are to be
properly filled i'm and signed by the owner
of the premises to be supplied or by a duly
authorized agent of the owner. permit
will then be issued for which shall be paid
in advance, $11.00 for Us tap, $1,000 for "a
tap. In return for these fees, the City will
and is TO furnish lead connections from the
main to inside of the curb line, which in
cludes corporations and box. II larger SER
vices are desired than "a, they must be
paid for additionally, as determined by the
Commissioner of Public Utilities.
Section s. No person other than an
authorized employee of the Commissioners
of Public Utilities shall make n tap or con-
nection with any main or disburslng pipe
of the City. No tap shall be made while
there is frost in the ground except by
special permission of the Commissioner of
Public Utilities.
Section o. Persons DESTROYS of connect
ing their premises with the City Water
system must engage a licensed plumber to
do the work, as permit for doing same
will be issue to none other, except that In
extraordinary cases or for sufficient cause
shown, this rule may he altered by the
Commissioner of Public Utilities. The
plumrer will obtain permit from the Com
missioner of Public Utilities, and report
to him upon completion of his work
Section 10. No service connection or 9TH
or attachments of two inches or under TO
any of the water mains shall be made, eX-
cept by brass fcrule and lead pipe. When
the service Is I 1-2 inches or under. the
lead pipe between main and service box
must be extra strong and doubly extra
strong over 1 1-2 inches When n three
inch or larger connection to main Is made,
standard weight east iron pipe must be
used. A 4inch main shall receive no larg
er than 5-S inch tap and 6-inch main no
larger than 3-4 inch. All points In lead
pipe must be wiped joints unless otherwise
permitted by the Commissioner OF Public