USA > Massachusetts > Worcester County > Fitchburg > Address of the mayor, together with the annual reports for the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts for the year .. > Part 39
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41
2 50
2 25
54 50
Weston, S. Newell
55 75
2 50
2 50
55 75
Wood, William H.
136 30
6 25
5 50
137 05
Worster, Charles L. and John S.
103 50
5 00
4 00
104 50
Wilder, Charles W. and E. R.
107 50
5 00
4 50
108 00
Wright, Isaac C ..
106 00
5 00
5 50
105 50
Wood, William ..
51 75
2 50
3 50
50 75
Woodbury William
51 50
2 50
2 25
51 75
Whipple, Mrs. Eliza
81 98
3 75
2 75
82 98
Wiggin, Agnese
52 75
2 50
1 75
53 50
Wallace, Edgar F
51 00
2 50
1 75
51 75
Whiting, Wm. W. and W. H.
50 00
2 50
1 75
50 75
Williams, Lovell
100 00
5 00
4 18
100 82
Whiting, F. D
50 00
2 50
2 13
50 37
Wheeler, W. B.
100 00
5 00
4 43
100 57
Wilson, Mrs. Thomas N
4 45
1 75
102 70
Walter, Elmus E
1 78
1 78
50 00
White, John M.
2 40
2 40
100 00
Wood, Charles.
1 15
1 15
50 00
Younglove, George
50 00
2 50
2 50
50 00
Cairns, Jane, estate.
50 00
Mills, John, estate.
50 00
$15,731 38
$785 .79
$701 74
$16,915 43
762
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF POLLS, REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE OF THE CITY ; TAX RATES; APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY STATE, COUNTY TAX, LOANS, AND SINKING FUNDS; APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT AND RECEIPTS; EXPENDITURES AND DWELLINGS
Year
Polls
Real Estate
Personal Estate
Total
Tax Rate
Appropriation to pay State, County Tax, Loans, Sinking Funds and Interest
Appropriation Accounts and Receipts
Expenditures
Dwell- ings
1890 .
6,526
$11,885,080
$3,591,126 00
$15,476,026 00
$16 40
$34.660 00
$348,159 41
$345,842 61
3,224
1891
6,885
12,443 741
3,817,376 00
16,261,117 00
16 20
38 402 18
500,188 90
473,260 21
3,392
1892
7,471
12,971,915
4,093,630 00
17,065,455 00
16 40
45,883 10
743.463 81
678,694 41
3,412
1893
7,985
13,855.603
4,419,556 00
18,275,519 00
18 00
56,159 29
725,644 77
639,276 55
3,500
1894
7,453
14.262,595
4,200,521 00
18,463.116 00
18 10
57,289 38
626,571 25
625,477 18
3,577
1895
7,719
15,328,719
4,526 755 00
19,855,744 00
18 10
72,343 10
627,868 38
625,816 17.
3,146
1896
8,389
16.220,397
4,553.462 00
20,773,589 00
19 20
88.745 11
452,715 82
448 535 60
3,556
1897
8.373
16,603,260
4.652,016 00
21.255.726 00
19 20
82,855 10
529,411 28
425,534 98
3,551
1898
8,444
17,781,453
4,653,638 00
22 435,901 00
18 60
88,100 10
460,315 54
457.440 82
3,833
1899
8,497
18,127,160
4,983 091 00
23,110,521 00
18 00
111,926 10
512.030 04
506,283 37
3,654
1900
8,748
18,430.275
5,009,617 00
23,439,982 00
18 00
112,662 10
530.045 45
511,753 37
3,715
1901
8,680
19,079,175
4,981,564 00
24,060,379 00
19 20
119,578 60
607,509 13
599,179 22
3,745
1902
8,746
19.261,275
4,929,361 00
24,190,366 00
18 00
142,714 50
792,762 86
583,147 49
4.059
1903
8,869
19,482,245
4.962.595 00
24,444,580 00
19 20
153,956 10
598 195 79
615,183 35
4,097
1904
9,043
19,669,070
5,141,834 00
24,810,904 00
19 60
157.374 51
558,273 76
577,515 09
4,153
1905
9,178
20,001,885
5.268,846 00
25,270,731 00
20 40
173,979 07
587 553 52
565,380 24
4,175
1906
9,264
20,443.800
5,350,368 00
25,794.168 00
19 60
172,633 49
546,062 84
541,063 89
4.279
1907
9,536
20.898,300
5,576,138 00
26,474.438 00
20 00
236,168 20
535,185 75
528,721 17
4.316
1908
9,713
21,553,175
6,199,237 00
27,752,412 00
19 60
253,944 30
636.506 41
642,938 46
4,323
1909
9.957
22,010,450
6,560.863 50
28,571,313 50
19 20
243,096 38
639,140 41
670,730 23
4,422
1910
10,629
22,809,075
7,313 100 00
30,122,175 00
18 80
253,711 46
497.378 35
419,622 30
4,480
1911
10,623
23,895,775
8,189,116 00
32.084,891 00
18 00
256,157 00
516.499 31
534,165 54
4,517
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
ASSESSORS' STATISTICS, 1911
Number of individual residents assessed on property, 3,664
Number of firms, corporations, partnerships, etc., 891
Number of non-resident individuals assessed on property, 299
Number of non-resident firms, corporations, etc., 112
Number of persons assessed on property, 4,966
Number of persons assessed on polls only,
8,100
Number of polls assessed, (including veterans)
10,623
Number of polls exempt, (veterans and others)
181
Number of horses assessed,
1,191
Number of cows assessed,
581
Number of other cattle,
139
Number of swine assessed,
179
Number of dwellings assessed,
4,517
Number of acres of land,
16,206
Amount of real property assessed,
$23,895 775 00
Amount of personal property assessed, 8,189,116 00
Total amount of real and personal property,
32,084,891 00
Amount of real and personal property on which
abatements have been made on valuation of 1911, 52,778 00
Value of property for assessment on $12 limit.
32,032,113 00
Number of polls under assessment December 1,
1911, (veterans and others exempt not included), 10,552
Increase of assessable property over 1910,
$1,962,716 00
Amount of street-watering assessment for 1911,
7,958 77
Amount of sidewalk assessment apportioned in 1911, (interest to September 1) 935 70
Amount of sewer assessments apportioned in 1911, (interest to September 1) 2,128 36
Gypsy and brown tail moth assessment, 1,840 14
Street railway (local) excise tax, Acts of 1898,
4,263 31
764
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
Street railway excise tax returned and due from Commonwealth, $3,053 56
Street betterment assessments,
16 00
Corporation tax returned by State,
42,490 70
Bank tax returned by State,
1,878 10
Amount possible to raise by assessment for cur- rent expenses, including polls, under the $12 limit, for 1912,
405,891 40
Increase over 1911,
23,823 02
765
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY AS APPRAISED NOVEMBER 30TH, 1911
.
Burbank Hospital.
Real $211,000 00
Personal $26,512 00
Total $237,512 00
Charles Street Lots.
150 00
150 00
City Farm
39,900 00
8,001 87
47,901 87
City Hall.
90,000 00
21,314 00
111,314 00
City Clocks and Bells.
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire Department
81,105 00
66,066 85
147,171 85
Highway Department
15,150 00
17,925 62
33,075 62
Maria Whitcomb House
5,600 00
5,600 00
Crown Street Lot ..
50 00
50 00
Nutting Street, Spring Lot.
100 00
100 00
Nichols Street Lot
500 00
500 00
Park System.
217,450 00
4,976 10
222,426 10
Police Department.
44,200 00
12,821 20
57,021 20
Public Burial Grounds
7,975 00
500 00
8,475 00
E. G. Poole property
12,100 00
12,100 00
Raymond Lots, Ashby West road.
360 00
360 00
School Department.
712,105 00
41,148 00
753,253 CO
Sewer System.
416,000 00
416,000 00
Street Lighting Property.
500 00
500 00
Taylor Farm and Isolation Hospital.
3,900 00
669 62
4,569 62
Trust Fund (Jonas Marshall) invested in F. R. R. Co.
1,625 00
1,625 00
Trunk Sewer, at this date
30,150 00
5,115 00
35,265 00
Wallace Public Library
97,200 00
79,047 32
176,247 32
Wanoosnoc Hill Lot.
1,000 00
1,000 00
Water System
1,201,580 79
61,728 06
1,263,308 85
Rollstone Street Lot, Cor. Kimball street
750 00
750 00
Totals
$3,188,325 79
$348,950 64
$3,537,276 43
ORDINANCES
49
CITY OF FITCHBURG.
IN THE YEAR
ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER XI OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1906,
ESTABLISHING A FUND TO BE CALLED THE
CEMETERY LOTS ENDOWMENT FUND.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fitchburg, as follows :
Chapter XI of the Ordinances of 1906 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following sections :
SECTION 2. The City Treasurer shall establish a fund called the Cemetery Lots Endowment Fund in which shall be placed all funds, money or securities received by the City for the preservation, care, embellishment or improvement of any public burial place in the City of Fitchburg, or of burial lots situated in said burial places.
SEC. 3. When from time to time the funds or money in said fund shall amount to Five Hundred Dollars, the City Treasurer shall at once invest the same in those securities in which Savings Banks are allowed by law to invest their funds.
SEC. 4. In pursuance of this policy, the Finance Com- mittee of the City Government shall annually appropriate for this fund the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, from the amount that can be raised for running expenses, or from moneys received from liquor or other licenses, for the purpose of reimbursing this Fund for the moneys received and used for running ex- penses ever since the Endowment of Cemetery Lots was estab- lished by the City, amounting at this date to Thirty-Four Thousand, Five Hundred Sixty Dollars.
770
ORDINANCES
SEC. 5. When sufficient funds to cover this indebted- ness of the City shall have been received and invested as above mentioned by the City Treasurer, then shall Section 4 of this ordinance become null and void.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, June 6, 1911. Passed to be ordained.
WILLIAM P. ESPIE, President.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, June 6, 1911.
Passed to be ordained.
M. FRED O'CONNELL, Mayor. Approved.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, June 6, 1911.
M. FRED O'CONNELL, Mayor.
A true copy, attest :
WALTER A. DAVIS, City Clerk.
CITY OF FITCHBURG.
IN THE YEAR
ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.
AN ORDINANCE.
AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 19, OF THE ยข
ORDINANCES OF 1906, PROVIDING FOR THE PENSIONING OF FIREMEN.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fitchburg, as follows :
Chapter 19 of the Ordinances of 1906 is hereby amended by adding thereto at the end thereof the following :
SECTION 19. Upon the recommendation of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department or upon his own petition therefor, any member of the Fire Department who, by reason of permanent disability incurred while in the performance of his duty as fireman, is no longer able to perform active service as a fireman, shall be retired from the Fire Department by the City Council acting in joint convention and shall receive a pension in accordance with the provisions hereinafter named.
SEC. 20. Upon such recommendation or petition any per- manent member of the Fire Department who has served faithfully in said department for not less than twenty years and who is sixty-five years of age or over or incapacitated for use- ful service, shall be retired as above provided and shall receive a pension in accordance with the provisions hereinafter named.
SEC. 21. The City Physician shall examine every person recommended or petitioning for a pension because of permanent disability and shall furnish to the City Council a written statement of his physical condition so far as it affects perma- nently his ability or capacity to perform active service as a fireman.
772
ORDINANCES
SEC. 22. The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department shall furnish to the City Council a written statement of the circumstances under which the disability of the applicant for pension was incurred and the source of his information.
SEC. 23. The amount of the pension so granted shall be one-half of the salary received at the time of the retirement of the applicant ; provided, however, that a call fireman or a sub- stitute call fireman shall receive an amount equal to one-half of the salary received by a permanent fireman of the same rating ; and provided, further that the pension granted to Assistant Chief Engineers or District Chief Engineers shall be one-half of an amount equal to four-fifths of the, salary of the Chief Engineer.
SEC. 24. Such pensions shall be paid monthly and shall be paid out of the appropriation for the Fire Department.
SEC. 25. Any officer or member of the Fire Department so retired and pensioned who accepts or assumes the duties of an officer or member in any other Fire Department under pay, shall forfeit all rights and claims to said pension from the day he accepts or assumes such office or membership.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Dec. 26, 1911. Passed to be ordained.
WILLIAM P. ESPIE, President. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Dec. 26, 1911. - Passed to be ordained.
M. FRED O'CONNELL, Mayor.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, Dec. 26, 1911. Approved.
M. FRED O'CONNELL, Mayor.
A true copy, attest :
WALTER A. DAVIS, City Clerk.
CITY OF FITCHBURG.
IN THE YEAR .
ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.
AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO STREET TRAFFIC.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fitchburg, as follows :
ARTICLE I.
VEHICLES IN MOTION.
SECTION 1. A vehicle, excepting when passing a vehicle ahead, shall keep to the right and as near the right curb as possible.
SEC. 2. A vehicle meeting another vehicle shall pass on the right.
SEC. 3. A vehicle overtaking another vehicle shall, in passing, keep to the left, but it shall not leave the line on the right unless there is a clear way of at least one hundred feet in advance on the left.
SEC. 4. On a highway divided longitudinally by a park- way, reserve space for street cars, viaduct, walk, sunken way or subway structure, vehicles shall keep to the right of such division.
SEC. 5. A vehicle in turning to the right into another street shall keep as near to the right curb as possible.
SEC. 6. A vehicle in turning to the left into another street shall pass to the right of and beyond the center of the intersect- ing street before turning.
SEC. 7. A vehicle crossing from one side of the street to another shall do so by turning to the left, so as to head in the general direction of traffic on that side of the street.
774
ORDINANCES
SEC. 8. Slow- moving vehicles shall keep as close as possi- ble to the curb on the right, so as to allow faster moving vehi- cles free passage on the left.
SEC. 9. No person having charge of a vehicle shall allow the same to come within ten feet of any vehicle in front of him when approaching and passing over a crossing where a pedes- trian is about to cross.
SEC. 10. No person shall drive, guide or have the care of two or more horses harnessed respectively to different vehicles.
SEC, 11. The driver or person having charge of any vehi- cle, before turning the corner of any street or turning out or starting from or stopping at the curb line of any street, shall first see that there is sufficient space free from other vehicles, so that such turn, stop or start may be safely made, and shall then give a plainly visible or audible signal.
SEC. 12. No vehicle shall stop in the business section with its left side to the curb.
SEC. 13. In no case shall a vehicle remain backed up to the curb, excepting when actually loading or unloading.
SEC. 14. Unless in an emergency or to allow another vehicle or pedestrian to cross its path, no vehicle shall stop in any public. street or highway of this city, except close to the curb line.
SEC. 15. No vehicle shall stop or stand within the inter- section of any street.
ARTICLE II.
SIGNALS OF VEHICLES, POLICE AND OTHER SIGNALS.
SECTION 1. Every driver of a vehicle shall, in slowing up or stopping, give a signal to those behind by raising a whip or hand vertically.
SEC. 2. In turning while in motion or in starting to turn from a standstill a signal shall be given by the driver of the vehicle about to be turned by raising a whip or hand, indicating the direction in which the turn is to be made.
775
ORDINANCES
SEC. 3. Before backing ample warning shall be given by voice or uplifted hand, and while backing unceasing vigilance must be exercised by the driver not to injure those behind.
SEC. 4. Drivers of motor vehicles of all kinds shall, in approaching a crossing or in rounding a corner or curve of a public street, sound their signals in such a way as to give warn- ing to other vehicles and to pedestrians of their approach.
SEC. 5. Vehicles must stop so as not to interfere with or prevent the passage of pedestrians at crossings, and at all times drivers of vehicles must stop the same on a signal from a police officer.
ARTICLE III.
RIGHT OF WAY.
SECTION 1. Police, Fire Department, United States mail vehicles, and ambulances, funeral processions, and emergency repair wagons, shall have the right of way in any street and through any procession.
SEC. 2. A vehicle waiting at the curb shall promptly give place to a vehicle about to take on or let off passengers.
ARTICLE IV.
SPEED OF VEHICLES.
SECTION 1. No vehicle shall proceed at a rate greater than the law allows ; and at no time shall a vehicle be driven with a reckless or negligent disregard of the conditions then obtaining and the rights of others.
SEC. 2. No person having charge of a truck or a dray with an animal attached thereto shall drive the same at other than a moderate foot pace.
SEC. 3. On approaching a crossing or intersecting streets, also in traversing a crossing or an intersection of streets, or in going around a corner or curve in the highway, a vehicle shall not be driven at a rate of speed other than what is reasonable and proper, having regard to traffic at the time and the place and the use of the way and the safety of the public, and in 110 event exceeding eight miles an hour.
776
ORDINANCES
ARTICLE V.
STOPPING, STANDING AND TURNING.
SECTION 1. No vehicle shall stop in such a way as to obstruct any street or crossing for the purpose of taking on or setting down a passenger, or for loading or unloading freight, or for any other purpose, except in case of accident, or when directed to do so by an officer of the police department.
SEC. 2. No vehicles shall stop or stand within the inter- section of any street, nor within ten feet of a street corner.
SEC. 3. A person having charge of a vehicle shall not stop the same abreast of another vehicle lengthwise of a street in any public street except in case of an accident or emergency.
SEC. 4. No person having charge of a vehicle shall place the same in any public street so as to prevent or obstruct the passing of other vehicles or surface cars, unless for a reasonable time not exceeding five minutes.
SEC. 5. When a horse drawn vehicle is backed up to the curb the horse or horses shall be turned so as to stand parallel with the sidewalk and headed in the general direction of travel for the side of the street on which the vehicle is standing.
SEC. 6. No person having charge of a vehicle in a public street shall refuse or neglect to stop the same or place the same as directed by a police officer, any of these rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. 7. No vehicle incapable of being turned within its own length and without backing shall be turned about in any of the streets bounded by and including the following streets : - Main street, Oliver street, Elm street, Academy street, from Main to Elm street; Prichard street, Main to Adams ; Blossom street from Main street to Cumings Theatre; Day street from Main street to Union street; Snow street from Main street to Union street ; North street from Main to Green street ; Willow street from Main to Morris street; Myrtle avenue from Main street to Green street ; Lunenburg street from Moran square to Congress street ; Summer street from Moran square to Winter street ; Water street from Main to Birch street; Laurel street from Water to Charles street; Forest street from Laurel to
777
ORDINANCES
Charles street ; Fox street from Main to Prichard street ; Hart- well street from Main street to Prichard street ; Wallace avenue from Main to Prichard street; Grove street ; Central street ; Fairmount street from Oak Hill road to Daniels street ; Oak Hill road from River street to Fairmount street; Daniels street ; River street from Norwood street to Sanborn street.
ARTICLE VI.
RECEIVING AND DELIVERING PASSENGERS OR MERCHANDISE.
SECTION 1. Passenger vehicles, private or public, shall not stop at any of the following named streets between the hours of 9 A. M. and 9 P. M. for more than five minutes at a time : Main street, Grove to Snow street.
SEC. 2. For the purpose of awaiting their passengers drivers of vehicles may stop and stand the same in a single line close to the curb on side streets whenever possible and only on main thoroughfares when absolutely necessary.
ARTICLE VII.
CARE IN DRIVING ; CONDITION AND TREATMENT OF HORSES ; STEALING RIDES.
SECTION 1. No person shall drive or conduct any vehicle in such condition or so loaded as to be likely to cause delay in traffic or accident or injury to man, beast or property.
SEC. 2. No person shall drive or convey through any public street any vehicle the width of which, with its load, exceed ten feet, except in accordance with a permit from the Police Department.
SEC. 3. No person shall carry, or cause to be carried, on any vehicle in any public street, a load the weight of which exceeds six tons, unless such load consists of an article which cannot be divided, except in accordance with a permit from the Police Department.
SEC. 4. No one shall drive a horse not in every respect fit for use and capable for the work on which it is employed and free from lameness and sores and vices or disease likely to
778
ORDINANCES
cause delay in traffic or accident or injury to persons or property.
SEC. 5. No one shall ill-treat, overload, overdrive or cruelly or unnecessarily beat any horse.
SEC. 6. No one shall crack or so use a whip as to annoy, interfere with or endanger any person or excite any horse other than that which he is using.
SEC. 7. No one shall steal a ride upon any vehicle or street car, and no one shall ride upon the rear of any vehicle without the consent of the person in charge thereof.
ARTICLE VIII.
DEFINITIONS.
SECTION 1. The word "vehicle" includes equestrians, horses hitched to vehicles of all kinds and everything on wheels and runners except street cars.
SEC. 2. The word " horse " includes all domestic animals.
SEC. 3. The word "driver " includes the rider or driver of a horse, the rider of wheels and the operator of a motor vehicle or street car.
ARTICLE IX.
PENALTIES.
SECTION 1. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the foregoing rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.
SEC. 2. Copies of these rules may be obtained at the office of the City Clerk or Chief of Police.
SEC. 3. Complaints against any person violating any of the foregoing rules and regulations, and against drivers of cabs
779
ORDINANCES
and other licensed and numbered vehicles, should be made at Police Headquarters or to any Police Officer.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, December 12, 1911. Passed to be ordained.
WILLIAM P. ESPIE, President.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, December 26, 1911.
Passed to be ordained.
M. FRED O'CONNELL, Mayor. MAYOR'S OFFICE, December 26, 1911. Approved.
M. FRED O'CONNELL, Mayor.
A true copy. Attest :
WALTER A. DAVIS, City Clerk.
CITY OF FITCHBURG.
IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.
AN ORDINANCE.
AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 28 OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1906 RELATING TO PLUMBING.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fitchburg, as fol- lows :
Chapter 28 of the Ordinances of 1906 is hereby amended by striking out Sections 1 to 25 thereof, inclusive, and substituting therefor the following :
SECTION 1. Plans and Specifications .- On all work here- after to be constructed no pipes, tanks, faucets, valves and other fixtures by and through which waste water or sewage is used and carried shall be placed in any building, whether public or private, except in accordance with plans and specifications pre- viously submitted to the Board of Health and approved by it. Such plans shall be on blanks in such forms as the Board of Health may provide and shall be placed on file in the office of said Board.
Plans and Specifications so submitted shall be approved or rejected as soon as possible and at the latest within forty-eight (48) hours after the filing thereof, and no plumbing shall be done, except to repair leaks, without a permit first being issued therefor by said Board.
After a plan or a piece of work has been approved no al- terations of either shall be made except on written application of the owner or his agent duly presented to the Board of Health and approved by it.
When a plan is not practicable, a written detailed expla- nation of the work intended shall accompany the application.
782
ORDINANCES
SEC. 2 Workmanship and Materials .- All work shall be done in a thorough and workmanlike manner and all material shall be of good quality and free from defects.
SEC. 3. Cellar Drain. - When a building is constructed on wet soil, there shall be laid a suitable blind drain, and where such drain 'connects with a sewer or cesspool, it shall be pro- vided with a running trap and sewer valve.
SEC. 4. Sewer Connections .- Every building having waste water or sewage discharge shall be separately and independently connected with the public sewer. The drainage of one house shall not be connected with another unless it is impossible to have separate connections.
SEC. 5. Soil and Waste Pipes. - All soil and waste pipes placed under ground within any building, and to the distance of not less than ten feet outward from the inner face of the cel- lar wall, shall be of cast iron, laid with a fall of not less than 14 inch to the foot. All soil, waste or vent pipes shall be of extra heavy cast iron, steel, lead or brass.
SEC. 6 .- Wrought iron or steel pipes shall not be lighter than "standard" nor less than 11/2 inches in diameter. Brass pipes shall not be less than "standard iron sizes." The fittings of all pipes shall correspond in weights with the pipes with which they connect. The wrought iron or steel pipes shall be galvanized, all lead, waste and vent pipes used in plumbing shall be not less than the weight of the corresponding sizes as specified below.
114 inch, 21/2 lbs. per foot
1 1/2
66
2
3
5 6 8 3
66
4
66
SEC. 7. Joints in Pipes. - (a). The joints in cast iron pipes must be packed with oakum run full with molten lead, thoroughly caulked and made tight. Connections of lead and cast iron, shall be made with heavy brass ferrules properly wiped to the lead. Union ground joint brass ferrules may be used.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.