New Britain herald., 1926-04-01

that it was the writer's dnty as private citizen to be reactionary, Costs have mounted on every side and if tho small home owner can be saved of the needless spending Of $50 or sloo, it should be saved him. Not only would there be a saving in plumbing cost but a saving in space, saving in carpenter work. turing. cutting, etc. The aggregate saving to property owner In n year would mount 10 thousands of dollars,
 The chief points of opposition in the proposed code are: The omis. sion Of the main house trap; the fresh air inlet, in pipe instead of { in. for not more than two toilets in a dwelling, foot allowance for run Of invented pipe instead of 2 foot, and allowing a decrease in size of vent piping.
 The cities Q, fIarttord, Springfield. Schenectady and Rochester, x. Y.. do not require any main house trap whatever nor no they require the accompanying fresh air Inlet, There are arguments on both sides of this question, but the Department of Commerce believes also that this large extra amount of pipe and f,- tings can ye done away with.
 Experimental tests show com clusively that a 3 inch soil stack has greater capacity than has often been thought. and is deemed sufficient for an ordinary dwelling The economies resulting from the use of . inch instead of inch are material. Less metal is required, transporta- tion. construction, and labor costs are less and there is a great saving in carpenter work as before men | toned.
 Increasing the allowable length of invented horizontal waste pipes means simply that there is a less amount of venting pipe installed. 1 Our present ordinance requires extra piping because of ? foot limit. Scientific evidence shows that this rest riction is absolutely needless. The proposed foot limit will save money to the owner and is reason- able limit.
 The function of vent pipe is 10 break syphonage and therefore re- tain the water seal of a trap. Vent pipe lines have always been too large. It does no. take a plumber to understand that pin hole will break syhonage. Vent pipe sizes need only be large enough to pre- vent rust or other stoppage in the pipe This Is another saving in cost.
 Before the Department Of Com merce made their final report a questionnaire was sent out to the plumbing trade covering their ten tative report. The results of this questionnaire showed that more than half approved the findings un- conditionally, and many more had only minor criticisms or suggestions to make. Very few of the cores pondents supported the contention of the minority report.
 l I' plpPOoVu NoOD Icl " Britain is not a copy of the Con- merce Departments Code. It Is fol- lowed closely, however, with omis- sion and additions to fit local con- ditions. Although the governments recommendation and advice relating to plumbing has only been published since July 1893. the following cities and states have already adopted it in whole or in part "t'; '-
 Cities-Ann Arbor, Mich, Battle Creek, Mich, Chatham. Ont, Colum- bus, Ga. LaGrange, H.. Ft. Madi- son, Iowa, Middletown, x. r.. New Bedford. Mass. Somerville, Mass, Waltham, Mass. :.
 States-Illinois, Iowa, Pennsyl- vania. Vermont, West Virginia, Wis consin.
 The facts collected show that the situation in reference to plumbing laws and codes in this country is nothing less than chaotic. If New Britain is to have modern building laws 1t should have modern plumb