Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16
LEGAL NOTICES
Operative on and after April 10, 1915.
G. W. NJ.

Operative on and after April 10; 1915.
CANNERIEs
Note: The word FACTORY" as
herein used shall mean any structure,
building. shed or place used for. or in
connection with the preparation, can
ming or packing Of food stuffs.
(a) Factories preparing food prod
! ucts shall be located so as to be able
to receive and distribute their prod
age or deterioration and shall not be
| located in the immediate vicinity OF
any other industry which may be OBJ
| jectionable because of noxious odors
| given off or because of the use of de-
| composed products.
(b) No factory shall be located In
cannot be made sanitary or maintained
in a sanitary condition.
| (c) No factory shall be located
where the refuse from the plant can
not be disposed of in a sanitary man.
ner, and where such refuse will of
| itself become a nuisance to the fac
| tory.
(d) No litter. waste, refuse, or de-
composed products shall be allowed to
| accumulate in or around the buildings
or yards. All liquid waste shall be
of suitable drains. Gross by products
suitable for other usage. as pea vines
or corn husks, may be stacked or plac-
ed in silos separate from the building
! but must be surrounded by tight
drain to intercept any oozing liquid
| Other by-produts may be retained only
| II rendered unobjectionable. Raw to-
mato skins, cores, etc, shall not be
| permitted to be piled near the factory,
| nor to be distributed on the land with
| ly spread.
(e) All factories used for the. manu-
facture of food products shall be clean,
ceilings shall be of sufficient height
! to permit ample clearance for all work
under any suspended shafting, hangers,
piping, galleries, etc. Where natural
provision shall be made for. augment
ing the same by mechanical methods.
The interiors for all working rooms
whitewash or other suitable method.
f) The floors shall be tight and
pitched to accommodate the machinery
to the smallest area. Cutters shall be
| provided to carry all waste to sewers.
(g) Grating of Efficient height to
insure free drainage shall be provided
places where overflow is unavoidable.
| (hl At least one seat shall be pro-
vided for every, three females employ
ed or permitted to work and all such
seats shall, during working hours. be
| conveniently accessible to the workers
for whose use they are intended.
! OPERATION:
(a) Any person, firm or corporation
| now engaged, or intending to engage
] in the canning industry shall demon
I strate to the satisfaction of the De-
| partment of Labor and Industry that
| the proposed factory and It's prepara-
tion for operation conform TO the reg,
ulations issued by the Industrial Board
| for the government OF sucn business.
! IL such conditions have been met the
| Commissioner shall authorize the oper-
| alton of said factory by certlncate OF
revocabie at any time for failure to
obey said regulations.
WATER CLOSETS AND PRIVIES:
| Cal Water closets and prlvies shall
erly lighted and separate hopper or
seat shall be provided for each twenty :
FIVE persons using said water closet or or
| privy. Where water closets are in
| factories they shall be provided with
| proper flushing apparatus and connect
ed with a sewer. Privies Will not be
permitted in or in direct connection
| (b) The entrance to every. water
closet or privy compartment shall be
fionary ffI screen at least two (29 feet
wider than the entrance door, extend
| ing to a height of at least six and one
(c) Water closets and privies. in
| GLIDING the walls, floors, ceilings and
fixtures shall be kept clean and where
a privy is used sufficient slack lime or
J equivalent disinfectant shall be used
each day to prevent odor.
I'D Every priVy vault shall be built
with watertight wall extending at least
two feet below and one foot above the
surface of surrounding ground, being
so covered as to exclude flies.
(e) Every privy shall be ventilated
outer air, other than the door. which
has an area of at least one hundred
| and forty-four GAO square inches.
Every priyy shall be pr0TXided ROY ent1,n WITH n
| opening of a privy shall be protected
by screens to prevent the entrance of
| flies, and every door shall be provided
with a self-closing device to keep IL
CS. Dry walks shall be provided
from the plant to outside pTtiyies.
(a) All power driven machinery
! shall have all exposed collars, set
screws, shafts. couplings. clutches
keys, pulleys. gearing, belts, revolving
| guarded as specified in Safety Stand
ards, Volume I. No. of the Industrial
Board, covering the Transmission of
OBJ All platforms. balconies. and
| galleries six feet or more above floor
| level. floor openings, and hoistways
| openings in floors and platforms where
| the safety of persons below is involved.
shall be guarded as specified in Safety
Standards, Volume /, No. 2, of the In
| dustrial Board. governing the erection,
stand Standard RailiHgs and Toe Boards.
| (C) All lalneS, pldheIss IHilHhS MA
| chimes, boring mills, metal saws. key
seating machines, shapers, slotters
| gear cutter, drill presses, etc. guarded
| as specified in Volume /, No. 4, of the
! Rules and Regulations of the Industrial
| Board of Machine Tools.
(d) All factories above the first
story shall be provided with proper
| ways of egress, or means of escape from
| fire, sufficient for the use of all per-
| sons accommodated, assembled, or en-
ployed therein; and such ways, OF
| egress and means of escape shall be
! kept free from obstruction, in good re-
pair, and ready for use. at all times;
! and all rooms above the second story
in said factories shall be provided with
more than one way of egress, or escape
| from fire. which shall be placed as
near as practicable at opposite ends or
| side of the room, and leading to fire
escapes on the outside of such fac
| tories or to stairways on the inside,
| where any of said factories is
! designated for the use of or occupancy
of fifty or more persons, the external
| doors of the same shall open outward
] and be so contructed or arranged as to
afford, when open, an unobstructed eX-
ternal passageway of not less than five
| feet in the clear. and shall have land
| ings, inside of the external doorways