City Officers and the Annual Reports to the City Council of Newburyport 1949-1950, Part 14

Author: City of Newburyport
Publication date: 1949
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SPECIAL TRAPS


SECTION 8. Every building in which gasoline, naptha, or other in- flammable compounds are used for business purposes shall be provided with a special trap or separator as approved by the Board of Health so designed as to prevent the passage of oils or gases into the sewer, and shall be ventilated with a separate pipe to a point three feet above the roof. The waste of every wash stand for vehicles shall be provided with a catch ba- sin so designed that sand cannot pass into the drain. The waste pipe from


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the sink of every hotel, restaurant or other public cooking establishment shall be provided with a grease trap. The waste from every fixture, ex- cept refrigerators and other receptacles in which provisions are stored, shall be connected directly with the drain pipe.


STABLES, GARAGES, LABORATORIES, ETC.


SECTION 9. Drainage of stalls, stable fixtures, garages and lab- oratories shall be installed in accordance with plans approved by the Board of Health.


SECTION 10. Cleanouts shall be placed at changes in directions and at foot of vertical stack, or other points necessary to make all portions of horizontal drainage system accessible for cleaning purposes.


VENTS, BACK AIR PIPES, ETC.


SECTION 11. Traps shall be protected from siphonage or air pressure by iron, lead, brass, or copper air pipes of a size not less than the waste pipes they serve or copper tubing Type L or K. Continuous system of venting shall be used and back air pipes shall not be connected to the trap or branched into the waste pipe except where a continuous vent is not practicable. 12 half S traps shall not have more than twenty-four inches of waste pipe measured horizontally from trap to vent and connection to soil or waste pipe shall not be below the invert of the trap. The traps for the upper fixtures on a line of soil or waste pipe if within five feet horizontal developed length of stack and the outlets of which connect in- dependently to the stack, shall not require a special air pipe if the waste pipes from said traps are less than three inches in diameter and have not more than 4 inch per foot pitch. Two water closets, or two other traps on the same top floor level, with not more than two feet of waste pipe, and which connect with soil or waste pipe not more than eighteen in- ches below the top water line of the trap, shall not require other vent than the continuation of the soil or waste pipe full size for its whole length. A wet vent may be used for bathtub trap when said trap can be vented through the lavatory waste and vent.


Schedule of Back Air Pipes and Vents for Fixtures Size of Pipe Greatest Length


Maximum Number


FIXTURES


(Inches ) allowed (Feet) of Fixtures 3


Baths, basins, sinks, urinals 13 30 2 70


9


3 70


21


Water-closets, or slop sinks 2 35 70


3


3


9


Two or more air pipes may be connected together but such connection must be made above top of fixtures. All vent pipes shall be at least four inches in diameter where they pass through the roof. Vent lines shall be connected at the bottom with a soil or waste pipe or with a drain, in such manner as to prevent accumulation of rust scale and vent pipes shall be supported at least every eight feet on horizontal run and at least once to every story on vertical lines. In the case of batteries of water clos- ets, the special air pipe from each trap may be omitted provided that the soil or waste pipe, undiminished in size for batteries up to and including four such closets is continued to a point above the roof or re-vented in- to the main soil pipe system above the top of the upper most fixture. SECTION 12. Pipes or other fixtures shall not be covered or con- cealed from view until approved by the Board of Health. The work shall be examined and tested within two working days after notice that it is


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ready for inspection. Plumbing shall not be used unless, when roughed in, the wastes, vents, back air pipe and traps are first tested, in the pres- ence of the inspector, by water or sufficient air pressure.


WATER_CLOSETS


SECTION 13. Every building used for habitation shall have such number of water-closets as the Board of Health may require, but in no case less than one for each tenement. Every enclosure containing one or more water-closets shall be provided with adequate ventilation to the outer air, either by window or suitable light shaft. No trapped plumbing fixture shall be located in any room or compartment which does not contain a win- dow having an area of at least three square feet placed in an external wall of the building or which is not provided with an approved system of ventilation. Water-closets shall be supplied with water from tank above, or by flush valves set just above the seat, which in turn are supplied from tank capable of delivering five gallons of water to the closet in ten seconds. In all cases the flush pipe shall be not less than la inch- es in diameter. Where local vents are used they shall connect with heat- ed flue when possible, must be not less than 2 inches for each fixture, and for a distance of three feet from fixture shall be 16 ounce copper. Connection to flue shall be made by wrought or cast iron thimble and enter flue above top of smoke opening.


STORM AND SURFACE WATER


SECTION 14. Rain-water leaders shall not be connected to sewage stack or drain at any point. Wherever a surface drain is installed in a cellar or basement, it shall be provided with a deep seal trap and back- water valve. Drain pipes from fixtures subject to back flow from sewer shall be supplied with back-water valves.


REFRIGERATOR WASTE AND DRIP PIPE


SECTION 15. All drip or overflow pipes shall be extended to some place in open sight, and in no case shall any such pipe be connected di- rectly with the drain pipe. No waste pipe from a refrigerator or other receptable in which provisions are stored shall be connected directly with drain or waste pipe. Refrigerator wastes connecting with two or more sto- ries shall be supplied with a trap on the branch for each floor and ex- tended through the roof.


STEAM EXHAUSTS, DRIPS, SAFETY APPLIANCES


SECTION 15. No steam exhaust, drip or blow-off pipe shall be con- nected to drainage system except through a condensing tank of sufficient capacity to liquefy all steam that may be received, and discharge same on sewer side without vapor. Vapor pipe shall be carried from tank to a point 3 feet above the roof.


In City Council, May 1, 1950


First reading. Adopted by roll call, 10 "yes", 1 absent.Ordered published.


In City Council, June 5, 1950 Final reading. Adopted, as amended, by roll call, 9 "yes", 1 "no", 1 absent. Ordered published.


Attest:


VERA M. KELLY, City Clerk


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City of Newburyport In City Council


August 7, 1950


AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO ANEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "TRAFFIC ORDINANCE"


Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Newburyport as


follows :


Article V, Section 2, is hereby amended by adding the following :


Temple Street, Northeasterly side between State and Federal Streets.


In City Council, Aug. 7, 1950 First reading. Adopted by roll call, 10 "yes", 1 absent. Ordered published.


In City Council, Sent. 5,1950 Final reading. Adopted by roll call, 11 "yes", Ordered published.


Attest: VERA M. KELLY, City Clerk


Approved: A.J. Gillis, Mayor


Approved: Dept. of Public Works, Sept. 26,1950


City of Newburyport In City Council


June 5, 1950


AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "TRAFFIC ORDINANCE"


Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Newburyport as follows:


Chapter 31, Article V, Section 2, of the Revised Ordinances of the city of Newburyport is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:


East side of Middle Street from Federal to State Streets.


In City Council, June 5, 1950 First reading. Adopted, by roll call, 8 "yes", 2 "no", 1 absent. Ordered published.


In City Council, Sept. 5,1950 Final reading. Adopted, by roll call, 9 "yes", 2 "no". Ordered published.


Attest:


VERA M. KELLY, City Clerk


Approved: A.J.Gillis, Mayor Approved: Dept. of Public Works, Sept. 26,1950


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City of Newburyport In City Council


August 7, 1950


AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "TRAFFIC ORDINANCE"


Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Newburyport as follows:


Article V, Section 2, is hereby amended by adding the following:


Prospect Street, Northeasterly side between State Street and Federal Street.


In City Council, Aug. 7, 1950 First reading. Adopted by roll call, 10 "yes", 1 absent. Ordered published.


In City Council, Sept. 5,1950 Final reading. Adopted by roll call, 11 "yes", Ordered published.


Attest:


VERA M. KELLY, City Clerk


Approved: A.J.Gillis, Mayor Approved: Dept. of Public Works, Sept. 26,1950


Chap. 546 Acts of 1950


AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT TO PAY A PENSION TU MARY E. DOYLE THE WIDOW OF JOHN A. DOYLE, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN SAID CITY.


In City Council, Sept. 5,1950


Accepted, by roll call, 11 "yes".


Attest : VERA M. KELLY, City Clerk


Chap. 576 Acts of 1950


AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF BIENNIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT IN ODD NUMBERED YEARS BEGINNING IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE.


In City Council, Sept. 5, 1950 Accepted, by roll call, 10 "yes", 1 "no".


Attest:


VERA M. KELLY, City Clerk


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Ordinances ( cont. )


City of Newburyport In City Council August 7, 1950


AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "TRAFFIC ORDINANCE"


Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Newburyport as follows :


Article 7, Section 12, is hereby amended by adding the following:


East bound traffic at corner of Pond and Greenleaf Streets.


In City Council, Aug. 7, 1950 First reading. Adopted, by roll call, 10 "yes", 1 absent. Ordered publish- ed.


In City Council, Sept.5, 1950 Final reading. Adopted, by roll call, 11 "yes". Ordered published.


Attest:


VERA M. KELLY. City Clerk'


Approved: A.J. Gillis, Mayor Approved : Dept. of Public Works, Oct. 10,1950 City of Newburyport In City Council October 2, 1950


AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "TRAFFIC ORDINANCE"


Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Newburyport as follows :


Chapter 31, Article V, Section 2, of the Revised Ordi- nances of the city of Newburyport is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:


Thirty feet, both sides of School Street from Lime Street.


In City Council, Oct. 2, 1950 First reading. Adopted by roll call, 11 "yes". Ordered published.


In City Council, Nov. 6, 1950


Final reading. Adopted by roll call, 10 "yes", 1 absent. Ordered published.


Attest :


VERA M. KELLY, City Clerk


Approved: A.J. Gillis, Mayor Approved: Dept. of rublic Works, Nov. 28, 1950 Chap.820 Acts of 1950


AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL AMOUNTS OF CERTAIN PENSIONS RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES, ANNUITIES AND OTHER BENEFITS PAYABLE BY THE COMMON- WEALTH AND ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO CERTAIN FORMER EMPLOYEES AND PER- SONS CLAIMING UNDER THEM.


In City Council, Dec. 4, 1950 Accepted, by roll call, 10 "yes", 1 absent.


Attest: VERA M. KELLY, City Clerk


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Index


City Government and Officials


3


Mayors of Newbury port


6


Report of City Auditor


7


Recapitulation of receipts and expenditures Analysis of receipts Analysis of payments


13


Report of Moses Atkinson School Fund


38


Report of Peabody Fund


38


Report of William Wheelwright School


39


Balance Sheet


40


Statement of appropriated accounts at close of financial year


43


Borrowing Capacity


50


Municipal Indebtedness


50


Funded Debt


51


Budget 1950


52


Budget 1951


56 61


Report of City Treasurer


Report of City Registrar


65


Report of Assessors


67


Report of City Solicitor


69


Report of Licensing Commissioners


70


Report of City Marshal


77


Report of Fire Department


80


Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures


81


Report of Health Department


82


Report of Public Welfare


86


Report of Public Library


93


Report of Water Commissioners


99


Report of Retirement Board


104


Elections


106


Jury List


119


City Ordinances and Legislative Acts


121


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