Rescan_JULY 9 1897-NOV 13 1902 - MINUTE BOOK C COUNCIL

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wrought iron pipe with screw joints properly secured, and carried five feet outside of house walls, and all ar- rangemeatts of soil or waste pipes shall be as direct as possible. All change iu direction on horizontal pipes shall be inade with '%Y" branches: all other change., shall be made with curved pipes, and where such pipes pass through a foundation wall a two-inch clearance above and on each side of main f;ipe shall be provided for. All vest pipes in any building must be exte, ded two feet above the roof of nnain building, and aoove the top of any window in said roof. The diameter of any soil pipe should not be less than four inches. SEC. 16 —All joints iii iron drain pipes, soil and waste pipes, must've either screw jo�inis tightly drawn ftp witli red lead, or must be filled with oaknnr and lean and hand caulked so its to make thein gas tight. All conuectioas of lead with iron pipes unust be made with. brass sleeve or ferules of the same size as the lead pipe, put in the liub of the branrin of the iron ppe, and caulked with lead. Tlne lead must be attactied to tite ferule by a wi ptcd or over cast joint. All connections of lead waste pipes shall be made by means of wiped joints. SEC 17 —In every water closet, urinal, sink, 'basin, wash -tray, bath, and every tub or set of tubs, the waste pipe must be separately and effectively- trapped and vcn- tilat,d, unless the sanne shall be within ten feet of the main soil pipe and approved anti -syphon trap be wsed, Traps must be placed as near the fixtures as practicable, and in no case shall the waste from the bath tub or och- er fixtares be connected with a water closet trap. There shall be no traps, caps or cowls on soil or waste pipes which shall interfere with the system of . entilatioit Sn. 18 —All soil, waste, anti syphotning pipes and traps, before being connected with fixtures, shall have openings stopped and be tested for inspection by filling them with water from the highest point and allowing the water to stand in thein until the lospection is com- pleted and all leaks caulked, or by a tttoitoitietor of ten pounds per square inch pressure, and all leaks stopped. SEC. t9.—No pan or Hopper closet shall be set up in any building. Every water closet or line of water closets,on ilne same floor,shall be supplied with water from a special water closet tank or cistern (the water of which is not used for any other purpose,) except where the sup-