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

LEGAL NOTICES
Operative on and after April 10. 1915.
G. w. NJ.
cANNERIEs
Note: The word FACTORY" as
herein used shall mean any structure,
! connection with the preparation, can
ming OF packing of food stuffs.
| PLACE:
| ta) Factories preparing FOOD pfou-
ucts shall be located so as to be able
to receive and distribute their prod
| ucts promptly without danger OF ia m
located in the immediate vicinity Of
| any other industry which may be on :
| jectionable because of noXious odors
/ given off or because of the use OF de-
/ composed products.
| (b) No factory shall be located in
| an insanitary place or in place which
/ cannot be made sanitary or maintained
| in sanitary condition.
,(c) No factory shall be, located
where the refuse from the plant can
ner nr and Where such refuse viii of
itself become 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
conducted from the building by means
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
| IL rendered unobjectionable. Raw to-
permitted to be piled near the factory,
nor to be distributed on the land with
in 500 yards of the factory unless thin
| ly spread.
(e) All factories used for the manu-
facture of food products shall be clean,
properly lighted and ventilated. The
ceilings shall be of sufficient height
to permit ample clearance for all work
under any suspended shafting, hangers,
piping, galleries, etc. Where natural
light and ventilation are insufficient
| ing the same by mechanical methods.
| The interiors for all working rooms
shall be kept a light color by paint.
| whitewash or other suitable method.
! Q) The floors shall be tight and
pitched to accommodate the machinery
that is, TO confine overflow and waste
provided to carry all waste to sewers.
(g) Grating of sufficient height to
insure free drainage shall be provided
around cookers. washers and at other
| places where overflow is unavoidable.
(h) 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
| strate to the satisfaction of the De
| partment of Labor and Industry that
| the proposed factory and its prepara-
| ton for operation conform TO the reg
ulations issued by the Industrial Board
! for the government of such business.
II such conditions have been met the
! commissioner shall authorize the oper-
| alton of said factory by a certihcate or
| permission good for one year only and
| revocable at any time Tor tallure 10
| obey said regulations.
WATER CLOSETS AND PRlVIES:
(a) Water closets and privies shall
| be ventilated TO the outside and prop
| erly lighted and separate hopper or
| seat shall be provided for each twenty
! five persons using said water closet 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
screened by vestibule or by sta
tionary screen at least two two '22 fee feet
| ing to a height of at least six andTone-
tc) water closets and privies, in;
Guiding the walls. floors. ceilings and
fixtures shall be kept clean and where
| a privy is used sufficient slack lime or
! equivalent disinfectant shall be used
! (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
by an unobstructed opening to the
outer air. other than the door. which
| has an area of at least one hundred
/ and forty G4D square inches.
Every privy shall be provided with a
door. Every window, and ventilating
4 ,sw,,r aF fEFNv la1l ha tor Tod
by screens to prevent the entrance of
| flies, and every door shall be provided
with a self-closing device to keep it
! closed.
(f) Dry walks shall be provided
from the plant to outside privies.
PROJECTION AND SAFETY:
shall have ali exposed collars set
screws, shafts couplings, clutches,
keys, pulleys, gearing, belts, revolving
and reciprocating parts or projections
ards, Volume l. No. L of the Industrial
Board. covering the Transmission of
! Power
OBJ All platforms, balconies, and
galleries six feet or more above floor
| level, floor openings, and hoistways,
fly wheel and pulley pits, and all other
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.
/
Standard Ratings and Toe Boards.
(c) All lathes, planers, milling ma
| chimes, boring mills, metal saws, key
seating machines. shapers, slotters.
gear cutter drill presses, etc, guarded
as specified in Volume I, No. 4, of the
! Rules and Regulations of the Industrial
Board of Machine .TooIs.
I'D All factories above the first
! story shall be provided with proper
ways of egress, or means of escape from
fire, sufficient for tile use of all per-
sons accommodated, assembled, or em-
ploy ed 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
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,
of dimensions not less than four feet
between the external doors and the ad-
Joining stairways, said landings to be
of width not less than the stairway
approached thereto.
SANITARY PROVISIONS:
(a) A sufficient supply of cool pot