The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-14

that outside the building, to the water
main, no skilled mechanic is required,
more than to lay sewer tile and ordi-
nary water pipe, after the lead joints
are wiped up for the service, the main
being tapped by an experienced man
in the employ Of the city. The dig
ging of the ditch, laying of the tile,
and water pipe, are the only places
a plumber can use what you, call COM
mon labor.
Here is another point If this ordi-
nance goes into effect, the only license
or bond required will be for work in
the street, and this license and bond
are to protect the city from lawsuits,
ETC., that may be caused by some
bunch of JOY riders, out on high
lonesome, going forty miles an hour,
running into an open ditch, with big
red lantern on it, that they can't see
because their eyes are red, and get
ting redder. / know from personal
experience, because mine have been
both black and red. This protection is
Just as it should be, but my dear
friends, where in He'll is your protec-
ton for your wife and children inside
that meter, in your house and my
house.
You have absolutely none except a
son-of-a-gun that is headed for Sur
rey, so fast Chef Jacobson would look
like he was oiling up. Now we. come
to the real meat Of this nut. Has the
property owner any protection as to
quality and sanitary condition of his
plumbing under the ordinance as it
is? Let us see! Look on page 83,
Sec. 276 Of the revised ordinace, and
you will find this, in regard to the
plumbers bond, which is for $4,000,
and with some reputable company. To
protect, indemnify and save harmless
the City Of Minot from all loss, claims,
suits or damages, direct or consequent
tial, said City may sustain by rea-
son of violation of any rules or regu-
lations that may be in force from and
after the filing of said bond. Also as
a guarantee of a faithful and proper
performance of all work done by such
person, firm, or corporation, or by his
or their employees.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, there
are two things, very apparent to my
small mind, the one is that you have
protection, as the ordinance now is
and the other is that if you really
want this same protection, under or
dinance No. 4, which they hope to
pass, you will be obliged to put your
plumbing out on the lawn, or any old
tion was asked last Monday night if
it was necessary to license plumbers.
Why not license carpenters? Now
that shows that that man is some
thinker, does it not? It never occur
red to me that if carpenter sawed a
board crooked, put the outside door on
the inside, and all the windows in the
basement, it would make a darn bit
OF difference about getting good fresh
air to breathe, providing you had a
door upstairs, which most everybody
would think of, and open it once in a
while.
If sanitation is of Importance, what
do we want of sewer system, what do
we want of a dump ground, and man
to look after it. Why not dump the
whole works in front of the house, and
be up to date, like the boys say they
do across the pond, and the BIGGER the
pile, the more certain it is that the
owner is of some Importance. We
Gods! What pile some people in
Minot would have!
If licenses mean nothing and 'are
not beneficial to the public generally
then our lawmakers must have been a
bunch Of dubs for many years. On the
other hand, if they are beneficial, the
man in any public office that wants to
throw them in the discard is just like
the one drinking Postum there's a
Reason"
Now, folks, am not scholar nor
a writer, just an old dub og a City In
spector, subject to rheumatism and
drought, trying to make living the
best can, and you will kindly excuse
any unsanitary remark you may find
in this epistle. I have only tried to be
plain.
Very respectfully yours,
o. H. MOON.
P. S.: I live at 3O5 End St. N. w
on the next lot to the Chink Laundry
Shaft planted there, and I am at home
EVENINGS and Sunday