Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14

Board and If considered necessary a
public hearing will be called in regard
thereto:
NoTE-A "BAKEsHoP" shall be de-
fined as a place used for the purpose
of making, preparing, or baking bread,
biscuits, pastry, cakes, doughnuts, crul-
spaghetti to be sold on or off of the
premises.
PLACE
Any person firm or corporation
owning or holding building intended
for use as a bakeshop shall communi-
cate with the Department of Labor and
! satisfaction of that Department,
through the submission of plans and
| other information, that the premises
! in questi are properly suited to such
purpose. The opening of bakeshops in
| cellars at locations not so occupied be-
fore is forbidden after February 18th,
1915. If at any time hereafter 1t be-
comes necessary for the Department
| to close any bakeshop now in operation
| in a cellar, such premises may not be
re-opened for bakeshop purposes.
The following definitions of cellar
and basement shall apply to above
| section
Sections 16 and II of Act 42S, ap-
| proved July -, 1919:
| a cellar is a story more than
one-half below the level of the
ground surrounding the building.
y basement is a story partly,
but not more than one-half, below
| ing the building, and shall be con-
sidered the first story of such
building.
All bakeshops newly opened after
| February /, 1915 must have a height of
| at least nine feet and windows half or
more above ground. After January 1,
| 1916, no bakeshops of less than seven
! feet in height shall be permitted.
Permission to use the kitchen of a
! private house as bakeshop may be
| granted when the conditions laid down
| by the Department are met.
| OPERATION
Any person firm or corporation in
| tending to engage in the baking bus-
ness shall communicate with the De-
! shall demonstrate to the satisfaction
! of that Department that the proposed
! plant and its preparation for opera
/ ton, including distribution. conform ia
| the rules and regulations issued by
! the Department for the governance OF
| such business If such conditions have
thorize the operation of said plant by
a certificate of permission, to cover a
/ period of six months.
If, at the end of that time, the plant
| has been actually operated in accord
! ance with such regulations, the De-
partment shall issue certificate of APP
proval, good for one year only, and re-
/ vocable at any time for failure ia
obey said regulations.
No person, firm or corporation shall
open 2 bakery without first obtaining
1 CerllHcaIe OF PERMISSION from the De-
partment of Labor and Industry. This
! permit shall specify the place in which
| business is authorized to be carried on
! When any of the provisions contained
/ herein are not being complied with In
any bakeshop, the Department OF
Labor and Industry. or its deputy, shall
/ issue to the person in charge. or his
! representative, a written order to COM
| ply with the said regulations, within
/ ten days; or he may order the closing
/ Of any such bakeshop until the order
INF41I al 1fa1
! the safety of the employees or the pub
! lie, in his opinion, so require.
/ SANITATION
T, All rooms where baked goods are
manufactured, stored, or offered fol
! sale. or where the materials for such
goods are stored shall be separate anc
apart from any sleeping room, ano
| shall not be used as sleeping. or loung.
ing places. Such rooms shall not COM
municate directly with any water.
closet, stable. stable-yard. or other
shall not apply to wagon sheds or gen
| eral yards, provided they are kept free
! from offal. Such rooms shall be drain
| ed and plumbed in sanitary manner
| They shall be properly ventilated, In
! accordance with the requirements Of
the Department; and shall have suffici-
ent light to prevent the necessity. that
any place must be operated entirely BY
artificial light. Windows shall oper
easily. Those of the one sash variety
used in Easements shall be hung or
with metal, extending at least siS
inches from bottom on the outside
where necessary to prevent the en-.
! trance, of rodents, All water-closet'
screened, and such rooms shall also
contain wash-bowls conveniently
| placed. Plain notices requiring the use
i of same upon leaving the toilet shall
| be posted All baking, mixing, storing
and sales rooms shall be thoroughly
screened between April 1st and No