Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1922-04-28

any charge due the City for water or
material or service in connection with
the said system, shall be graELed a
permit - connect with she sal. id wa
be furnished water from said system
thru any tap or connection whatso-
ever, nor shall he or, they be permit
ed to take water therefrom in any
manner whatsoever, until satisfactory
adjustment has been made with the
City Commission for such violation
and all charges with penalties and in
terest at the rate of six per cent per
annum from the time the penalty at
ached, been paid.
Section 8. Where the premises are
not connected with the water system,
no excavation shall be made in the
streets or highways of said City, or
service pipes laid therein. or any con-
nection made with the distributing
has been issued by the City Manager.
Provided that no permit shall be is
sued permitting any excavation in
any street or highway at any time,
pipes, water mains or sewers in the
ground, to frost or other injury.
Section 10; No excavation in any
be left open without suitable barri-
cades, nor without being properly
guarded between shutdown and sunup
section ii. Ate. ser yice pipes have
pccn laid,\ ~ refilltng IT,. ,p"n;r g,
the earth must be laid in layers, tam
ped and settled with water left in a
condition satisfactory to the City
Manager. All streets and highways
must be restored to as good a condi-
tion as before making the excavation
and all dirt stones and rubbish must
pleting the work.
Should any excavation in any
street or highway in said City be left
open and unfinished for more than
twenty-four hours without any work
being done thereon, except on Sundays
and Holidays, or should the work be
removed; the City Manager shall have
the right to finish or correct the work
and the expense so incurred shall be
charged to the owner or plumber in
charge of the work, which must be
paid before the water is turned on
such premises.
Section IL. Owners or consumers de-
string to discontinue the use of water
shall give notice thereof to the city
Manager, and the regular rates shall
be charged until such notice is given.
Owners of premises connected with
the water system shall notify the City
Manager of any change of tenants.
Section IS. No consumer of water
from the said waterworlks system
other premises to use water from his
service, except by special permission
from the City Manager.
Section IA. Contractors, builders or
others desiring water for building
purposes, must make application
therefor to the City Manager. The
amount to be paid shall be based up
on the rates fixed by the City Com
mission.
TAPPING MAINS
Section IS. The City Manager shall
have charge of tapping all mains of
the waterworks system and upon a
written request signed by a licensed
plumber; giving the number of the
hermit and description of the work
TO be done, SHALL when the main is
ready for the full length of the ser
vice pipe, from the main to the curb
box, and deposit of $1,000 made to
main to be tapped as requested and
corporation cock inserted.
No person, except. those in the
shall under any circumstances tap
any of the mains or distributing pipes
of said system, or insert any stop or
corporation cock therein.
four inch main shall receive no
tap larger than 5-S inch and no tap
larger than. one inch shall. be insert
nectiohs are desired two or more
taps shall be made.
All taps should be made midway
between the horizontal and perpendi-
the mains, shall be at least twelve
inches apart and on opposite sides of
the main and at least twelve inches
from the hub of the main.
Section Is. All service pipes. from
the main to the curb-cocl1, must be of
lead of the quality designated double
extra strong" and shall be of the
standard weights as follows:
5-8 inch bore II pounds to the lin
cal foot
"a inch bore four pounds to the
l inch bore five and one-half pounds
to the lineaT foot.
All such service pipes shall. be at
least Is inch larger in diameter than
piled and must be laid not less than
seven feet below the surface of the
ground and must in all cases be so
protected as to prevent rupture by
frost.
All street service pipes must be
connected with the main by corporation
cock and at the curb or street line
with the service pipe by a curb cock,
with knurled joints
All curb cocks shall be placed in
the service pipes at the edge OF the
sidewalk nearest the curb line, pro-
tected by box or pipe reaching from
the cock to the surface of the ground
of suitable size to admit a stop key,
must be kept closed. The City Man
ager shall cause the curb boxes to be
kept in proper condition, the cost of
the same shall be charged to the con-
sumner.
A stop and waste cock shall be
attached to every, service pipe as it
enters building, below the meter. so
as to permit of water being shut off
and pipes drained.
There shall also be a check ana
safety valve between each hot water
boiler and range boiler and the meter.
Section II. The City shall furnish
and install all material, except the
lead service pipe, from the main to
and including the curb cock and box,
ct cost plus 10 per cent.
Section fS. The City will not be re-
sponsible for pipes and fixtures. All
'wners mast at their own expense
keep their sert ice pipes from the
point of connection with the water
mains to their premises and all other
apparatus in good working order and
properly protected from frost and
and other danger. No claim shall be
made against the City of Morris by
reason of any breaking of any SER
vice pipe or apparatus, or from any
other damage that may result from
shutting off water for repairing or
any other purpose or for variations in