Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 11, 1911, Page 7

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anal eee | ees PAGE 81x ORDINANCE NO, 9. An Ordinance Adopting Rules and Reg- ulating and Governing the Construc- tion, Alteration, Connections and Inspection of Water Works, Sewer and Plumbing With- In the Village of Mar- ble; and Providing Penalties for.the Violation Thereof. The Village Council of the Village of Marble, in Itasca County; Minnesota, do ordain as follows: Section |. 1. WATER SYSTEM: The rvles,regu- lations and water rates hereinafter named shall be considered a part of the contract with every person, company or corproation supplied with water through the water system of the village, and every one taking water by so doing shall be considered to express his consent to bound thereby, and when any of said rules or regulations or such others s the village council may hereafter adopt, are violated, the water shall be cut off from the building or place of suth violation and shall not be turned on again except by order of the village council or Superintendent, and upon the payment of one dollar expense of shut- ting it off and turning it on, and upon such other terms as the village council shall determine, and a satisfactory ar- rangement with the party offending that no further cause of complaint shall arise. Section II. Every person, firm or corporation de- siring a supply of water must make ap- plication therefor to the Superintendent of Water and Light, or to the Village Clerk, in writing, and such application must be accompanied with a tapping fee of Twenty-five Dollars, which shall coveg, the tapping, and the trenching for ser- vice pipes from the center of the alley to the property line. Applicants — will be charged from the center of the alley without regard to the location of the main, and the yillage shall do all tap- ping and trenching and lay service pipes as far as the property line, and shall haye the power to make such arrange- ments with plumbers or others as the council snal! @eem expedient to carry this clause into effect. Section tl. The water shall not be turned into any house or private service pipe ex- cept upon the order of the village coun- cil or Superintendent, and plumbers are strictly prohibited from turning the water into any sewer Pipe except on the order or permission of the village council or superintendent. This shall not be construed to prevent any plumb- er admitting water to test pipes and for that purpose only. Section IV. No persons except the tappers having special permit from the village council, or persons in the service, will be per- mitted under any circumstances to tap the distributing pipe or insert stop- cocks or ferules therein, and the kind and size of the connections with the main shall be that specified in the per- mit or order; nor after water is turned into any building or upon any premises, | shall any person make, or employ. any plumber or other person to make, any tap or connection with the pipe upon the premises for the alteration, exten- sion or attachments threeof or thereto without first having permission from the village council or superintendent so to do. Section V. Pipes must always be tapped at or near the top and not in any case at or within six inches of the hub, and no connection will be made with a main unless the tapping fee of twenty-five dollars shall have first been paid. Section VI. All persons taking water shall keep their own service pipe, stop-cocks and apparatus in good repair and protect them from frost at their own risk and expense, and it is expressly stipulated that no claim shall be made against the village or any of its officers by reason of the breaking of the service pipe or service cock or if from any cause the supply of water should fail, or from dam- age arising from shutting off water to repair mains, making extensions or con- nections, or for any other purpose that may be deemed necessary, and the right is hereby reserved to cut off the supply of water at any time, and when water has once been turned off from any con- sumer he shall not urn it on or permit it to be turned on without first having obtained written consent of the village council or superintnedent. Section VII. Every person taking water supplied through the water system of the village shall permit the superintendent at all hours of the day between the hour of seven o'clock a. m. and six o'clock p. m. to enter their premises or buildings to examine the pipes, fixtures and met- ers. Section VIII. Either lead or galvanized iron service pipes may be used at the option of the applicant and must be at least 1-8 inch larger in diameter than the pipes through which they are’ supplied. When lead is used for outside plumbing it must be that designated as extra strong. All iron pipes must sustain a pressure of not less than two hundred pounds to the square inch, and at the point of con- nection with the main between the cor- | poration cock and the coupling in the | iron service pipe there must be at least eighteen inches of lead pipe to relieve the rigidity of the iron pipe - A brass coupling must be used for connecting the lead with the pipe and in no case must lead be soldered to the iron. Section IX. All service pipes must be laid as much under the surface of the ground as is the main pipe in the alley unless oth- erwise permitted by the village council, and in all cases it must be protected so | exterior wall of the building, as to prevent rupture by freezing; and every service pipe must be provided with a top waste cock for each con- sumer easily accessible and so situated that the water can be conveniently shut off and drained from the pipes. Unless otherwise permitted stop cocks shall-be placed in the service pipe on the —_in- side edge of the property line and pro- tected by a box of iron pipes reaching from the top of the service of suitable size to admit a stop key for turning on and off the stop, also with a heavy met- al cover the letter ‘‘W" marked there- | | hydrants for his own use, which deposit sh In making excavations for the laying of service pipes or meking repairs in the alleys, stones or earth removed must be deposited in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public, and provide for the passage of water so that the same will not dam- age property or impede traffic; nor shall any person leave any excavation made in the alleys, open at night without bar- ricades or warning lights. Section XI. During all alarms of fire while the fire pressure is on the mains, the use of yard, garden, lawn and street sprink- lers is positively prohibited, unless for the extinguishment of fire. Each viola- tion of this rule shall subject the per- son responsible for such violation to a forfeiture to the village water works department of the sum of Five Dollars as liquidated damages, and his water supply may be cut off until the same is paid. Section XII. No water pipes laid under the ground shall be covered, until after the water has been turned_on into such pipes and said pipes have been tested and found to be water tight. Section XIII. All hydrants erected for the purpose of extinguishing fires are hereby de- clared public hydrants, and no person or persons (other than members of the fire department, and then only for the use and purpose of said department or persons specially authorized by the village council, and then only in the exercise of the authority so designated) shall open any of said hydrants or in any manner interfere with them. Nor shall any person deposit any thing in any stop cock, or interfere with or dis- turb any building, machinery, apparatus, fixture, attachment or appurtenance of the water works of said village, or any stop cock, meter, service pipe or any part thereof, or commit any act tend- ing to obstruct or impair the intended | use of any of the above named propert; without authority from the village coun- cil, or in cases herein otherwise regu- jated by ordinance of said village. | Section XIV. Persons whose premises are not con- nected with the water works system may upon application to the village clerk in writing, receive from the village coun! cil a permit to draw water from the pub- lic service hydrants, for which a.charge shall be made of fifty cents per month for each house or family so supplied, the same to be payable monthly the same as other water rates are paid. The person securing such permits shall pay to the clerk a deposit of fifty cents for which he shall receive a key to said shall be forfeited should he lose or fail to return the key upon demand or per- mit any other person to use the same, except members of his.own family or household, and in such case the council may revoke his permit and take up the key. Section XV. No person shall make any excavation in any alley or public highway for the purpose of laying water pipes, or to tap any water or service pipe laid down, without the written permission of the village council or superintendent of water and light; nor shall any person | make any excavation in any alley or Public place within six feet of any laid water pipe while the ground is froz- en, er dig up or uncover so as to expose to the frost any pipes of the village ex- cept by special written permission of the village council. Section XVI. The following water rents and rates are hereby adopted and approved: A deposit of five dollars shall be made by the applicant for every meter install- ed, which amount shall be refunded upon removal of the meter from the premises and its delivery to the village in good condition excepting ordinary wear and usage. Water rates shall be as follows: , 1 to 5,000 gallons per month, per 1,000 gallons.. .. Rey 5,000 to 10,000 gallons per month, | per 1,000 gallons.. .. .. .. 2. +. 025 Over 10,000 gallons per month, per 1,000 gallons.. .. .. . +) genlere 0) A minimum charge of titty “cents. month. Water rents shall be paid monthly, within ten days after the date of the statement from the superintenden’ of the amount due, and no refund of the de- posit fee shall be made for meters re- moved until the full amount of water rent due to date of removal of the met- er shall have been paid. per | or trenches be filled} pipes at a polnt im. )mediately on the inside of cellar walls and in the kitchen sink waste pipe. All covers and shail be kept accessible. Section XX. All cast iron pipes shall be either of the grade known as “standard pipe” or the grade known as “‘extra heavy pipe” sound arid free from defects thoroughly ‘coated inside and cut with coal tar, as- phaltum or of pitch tested to 50 pounds hydrostatic pressure to the square inch, except that buildings of over two storics (exclusive of basement and attic) above the curb, shall use “extra heavy pipe.” Section XXI. No sewer connection for any building shall be larger than the branch it en- ters, and no sewer connection for any building shall be less than four inch, and four inch pipe shall only be used where a grade of four per cent or more is available, otherwise six inch pipe shall be used for residences and larger pipe for such buildings as in the opin- ion of the superintendent, shall require it. Waste pipes receiving the dis- charge from eight fixtures shall be three inches in diameter, those receiving dis- charge from ‘three to seven fixtures shall be two inchse in diameter, and those receiving discharge from less than three fixtures shall not be less than one and one-half inches in diameter, and no wrought iron pipe shall be used for a waste pipe. Section XXII. Joints in cast iron pipes shall be made with pure lead, well caulked, and no paint, varnish or putty will be allow- ed until the joint has been tested. Joints in wrought iron pipes shal) be screw joints. Joints in lead pipes shall in all cases be wiped, and joints be- tween lead and iron shall be made by ' cast or drawn brass or combination brass and lead screw nipples and unions, or with brass or combination brass and lead caulking ferules of grade known as extra heavy, and shall be the full | size of the iron pipe. Section XXIII. Each and every trap shall be ventilat- ed by an air pipe except ‘Anti-Syphon Traps’ accepted by the superintendent, which need not be ventilated. All vent pipes shall be cast iron, galvanized fron or lead. The branch ‘“T” of vent pipe shall be set above the fixtures so that vent can not act as waste pipe. All vent pipes shall be provided with trap screws or union connection near wall. The size | of vent pipes, except for water closets and slop sinks, shall not be less than that of the trap which it serves, A pipe which ventilates the traps of water closets shall not’ be less than one and one-half inches in diameter, and slop sinks not less than one and one quarter) inches. Vent pipes from no more than eight traps may be combined by branch- ing together and then carried into a | four inch soil pipe at least two feet above the highest fixture. Section XIV. i All main sewers, soili or waste pipes | shall be carried undiminished in size to heighth of at least six inches above the roof flashings. Section XXV. The waste pipe of each and every sink, basin, bath, water closet, urinal and each set of trays or other fixtures, shall be separately and effectively trap- ped, which trap shall be practical to the fixture it serves, and shall not be set unless supplied with sufficient water to properly flush it. Section XXVI. Traps and branch waste pipes shall be of the following sizes: For basement and pantry sink, 1 1-4 in. | Slop sinks, 1 1-2 to 3 inches. Bath tubs, 1 1-2 to 2 inches. Urinals, 1 1-2 to 2 inches, Laundry tubs, 1 1-2 to 2 inches. Water closets, 4 inches. Section XXVII. | Whenever it is deemed necessary in any basement of a biulding to provide | a catch basin or bell trap, the waste | of such catch basin shall connect sep- arately to the soil pipe and shall be provided with a separate Barret back water trap, or one equally as good, to be approved by the superintendent. clean-outs shall be closed by brass screw| and publication. Section XXVIII. | Where special fixtures- are required | for which there are no provisions in | these rules and regulations, or where | conditions arise that demand the dis- | cretion of the Board of Health, upon | examination, the superintendent — may | recommend in writing to the Board of Health such deviation from those | rules and regulations as in his judgment | the condition demands. Thereupon the | health officer may issue in his discre- | Section XVII. | 2. SEWER SYSTEM: All sewerage and plumbing installed in the village shall be put in according to these plumb- ing specifications and subject to in- spection by the superintendent of the village water and light department; and he shall be notified when any work is ready for inspection. All work shall be left uncovered and convenient for examination until inspected and ap- proved. The superintendent shall make such inspection within one working day after receiving notice that the work is ready for inspection. Plumbing work shall be tested by a one pound air test or by a peppermint test at the discretion of the owner of the building in which such plumbing is being done, by the contracting plumber in the presence of the superintendent. When the work completed a final inspection shall be made by the superintendent, to consist of soil and waste pipes, traps and vents; and no plumbing shall be used until the inspection shall have been made and | the work approved. Section XVIII. The sewer pipes in yards shall be of the very best quality of vitrified pipes with cemented joints, and shall not! be laid nearer than two feet to any nor will they be allowed in any bad ground. In all cases the sewer beneath the ground shall be of cast iron pipes. Section XIX. i All sewers, soil or waste pipes within the buildings shall be supported by substantial pipes, or properly secured to walls or suspended to floor timbers by | strong iron hangers. When sewers are | necessarily laid beneath the floors, man- | holes shall be built to give access to all clean-outs. All clean-outs to be brought up flush with floor. There shall be @ clean-out at the end of each hori- | H with tion, a permit in duplicate, one to the plumber and one to be filed with the Board of Health together with the superintendent’s recommendation, Section XXIX In all cases where a building is ea} \ for a hotel, tenement, boarding house, or restaurant, the owner or occupant | shall provide a properly constructed grease trap, through which all slops of a greasy nature shall be drained, and the superintendent shall have the au- thority, and. he is hereby authorized } and directed to compel all persons, firms! or corporations to provide and use @ grease trap as aforesaid whenever in his judgment the same is necessary. | Section XXX. | All plumbing in process of construction | alteration or repair, shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of | water and empower ed to stop further ore when he shall ' decide that it is being done contrary to these rules and regulations. He — shall | have supervision of the laying, exten- sion, repair of and all connections made sewers; and all herein contained | with reference to the supervision of) tap- ping and connecting with water pipes, and the prohibition of private parties doing the same, shall apply to the tap- ping and connecting with sewer pipes, the, digging of trenches for the same and their inspection. Section XXXI. Any plumber o tr person who shall do or perform any act .or thing prohibited by this any or either of the now or hereafter to be a in addition to the enforcement ferfeitures herein prorated, bet sum of not ss th nor more than one pupdred dollars, to- gether with the costs of fon, and - in case of t of payment,-.by 3 prisonment in the County Jail for not inance _or violate es OF to exceed ninety days. : This ordinance shall take effect. and be in force from and after its passage Moved by Trustee Ekman, supported by Trustee Fitzgerald, that the above or dinance be adopted and published ac- cording to law. Ayes: Ekman, Fitzgerald, Gravel and Bawden. Nayes: none. Carried. W. E. BAWDEN, Village President. Village of Marble, Minn Attest: J..E. GRAVEL, Village Recorder. Published in the Grand Rapids Her- ald-Review Oct. 4 and 11, 1911. Published in The Iron Index Oct. 7 and 14, 1911, STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Itasca, ss. In District Court, Fifteenth Judicial District. Clara Ellen Mniece, Plaintiff, vs. George Mniece, .. Defendant. Summons. The State of Minnesota to the above named defendant: You are hereby summoned and re- quired to answer the complaint of the Plaintiff in the above entitled ac- tion, which complaint has been filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court and is now on file in the office of the (Clerk of said Court, for said County, and to serve a copy of your said ans- wer to said complaint upon the sub- scriber at his office in the Village of Grand Rapids, County of Itasca, State of Minnesota, within Thirty (30) days after the service of this sum- mons upon you, exclusive of the day lof such service; and if you fail to answer the said complaint within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for ; the relief demanded in said Com- | plaint. C. C. MeCARTHY, Attorney for Plaintiff. Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota. , Oct, 11—Noy. 22, WANTS and FOR SALE Five Cents Per Line WANTED—by man and wife, situa- tion as cooks in camp. Both sober and reliable—T. Crowell, Hill City, Minn, FOR SALE—a few thoroughbred S. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels, pric- es reasonable. Address Dr. H. W. Fraehlich, Hibbing, Minn. FOR SALE—my dwelling house an the Shamrock saloon building. Call or address Pat Hoolihan, Cohasset, Minn. ees FOR SALE—Lot 2, 26-53-23 Store Post office and school convenient. ‘Would consider good, young team, not less than 2,500 pounds. Address box 104, Warba, Minn. 8 LOTS FOR SALE—two lots for sale, corner Sixth street and Leland avenue, next to the Hilling home. Inquire of Dr. Gendron. WANTED—Seven hundred school children to get their supplies at Miller’s. Big stock to select from. FOR SALE—Four foot slab wood at $1.25 per cord. See Tim Mahon at the Spang & Hoolihan mill. 2t Tablets and school supplies at Mill- er’s confectionery. UTILITY STRAIN, S. C. WHITE ORPHINGTONS | Egg Producers and Prize Winners Mrs. H. E. Abell, Stevenson, Minn. Eggs For Hatching First Pen $3.00 for 15; Second Pen $1.50 for Lafond’s * Ice Cream Parlors FRUITS Confections ‘Tees of all Kinds Crushed Fruits and Cigars and Smoking and vetuhias Tobaccos Private Booths for those who patronize our Parlors | Fresh Flavors A FULL LINE OF ps Located ia O’Donnell’s Build- z ing, Third Street F. P. SHELDON, P. J. SHELDON President Vice-President . E. AIKEN. Cashier FIRST NATIONAL BANK Trunsacts a General Banking Business GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. DR. COSTELLO DENTIST Office n First National Bank Building GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA JOHN COSTELLO Costello’s Ice Cream BOTTLING WORKS, MINERAL WATERS Between 8rd and 4th Streets on Hoffman Aye. GRAND RAP1Ds, MINNESOTA FRANK F, PRICE LAWYER CNOUTY ATTORNEY Office in First National Bank Building GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. C, ©. McCARTHY LAWYER Office in Marr Building, Corner Kin ired Ave- nueand Third Street GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. H. EB. GRAFFAM Lands and Insurance Leland Avenue Opposite the Postoffice GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. CRO DR IID IDI IDOLE DILL L OOOO DO DOLE GEORGE BOOTH Cigar Manufacturer Booru’s BOQUETS Between 2nd and 3rd Streets on Kindred Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. COPOPOTIDOL IDOL OD DDDODODOT DIOL ODIO DD DR. CARROL C. CARPENTER M. Physician and Surgeon Office over Itasca Mere. Co. Residence first house North of Library GRAND RAPIDS. MINN. CHARLES W. FOREST City Dray and Express Line Phone 134-2 Stand—Corner Leland Avenue and 3rd Stree8 GRAND Rapips, MINN. PORDOEPIOOTODDL ODDO DODD OI ILOILO DOLD \VILL NISBETT Practical Watchmaker and EnFdaver COMOLETE CEWELRY LINE Bet. 2nd and 3rd Streets on Kindred Avenue GRAND RapPips, MINN. DR. THOMAS RUSSEL Physician and Surgeon Office and Residence Corner Leland Avenue and Sixth Street GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA eoococcroccccsconcscanneseoneneoeee K, B. BROWNE Heating and Plumbing OFFICE AND SHOP On Leland Avenue between 4th and 5th Sts, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN, PODDIPI LOLI ODDD DD DDO ODED ODDO DIDI DDS W. Q. YOST Farm, Meadow, Timber & Mineral Lands LOANS ON FARM AND CITY PROPERTY Office Pokegama Hotel Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS MINN. WAWA000000000000000000000000000008 | FE. REUSSWIG Furniture and Undertaking LICENSED EMBALMER Phones: Res. No. 127, Office No. 33. NILES & AITON Flour, Feed and Hay FARM SUPPLIES AND MACHINERY 8rd St. Between Kindred and Houghton Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MINN, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY: OF GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. | i i | A. ©, Bossarp President FIKST STATE BANK L. M. BoLTER Cashier Savings Department Farm Mortgage Loans GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA weerenrncrocoosecsaseorcerecooroces FRANK MYERS Dray and Express Line PHONE 218 Stand —Corner drd Street:and:Lelana Ave, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. eoncooecrcescascosccccccorcoccocoes A. L. ROECKER Merchant Tailor Leland Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. POO POLOOD OTOL OOD OLE DDD DOD OODOOD OLS D, M. GUNN POKEGAMA HOTEL , i FIRST CLASS ACCOMODATIONS Corner Leland Avenue and Third Street GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. ONOONPODOTRDODIDOODIORDROOOTOROORDD J. 0. JOHNSON & CO. Meats and Provisions FEED AND HAY Corner Leland Avenue and 4th Street GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Neernnncnnscnnssen‘s22~I2TTCCerTe KREMER & KING ABSTRACTS OF TITLE Real Estate und Fire Insurance Office Pokegama Hotel Block GRAND RAPIDS, MINN MOPDIOD DOC DT ODD ODODDDDLODDDDODETE REISHUS-REMER LAND Co. REAL ESTATE AND FARM LANDS Office on 4th St. between Leland and Sleeper Avenves GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. wevccoooccerceccccccocccorecoococes W. E. MYERS CITY LIVERY Office and Barn beteeen Fifth and Sixth Streets on Kindred Avenue GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Mnnernrvncnrcn2ncnnnenTLTLojLenes THWING & ROSSMAN Attorneys at Law , Office in Itasca Mercantile Co. Building Opposite Post Office GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. nnnnowe CHESTER L. PRATT Attorney at Law COURT COMMISSIONER Office on Second Floor of Court House GRAND RAPIDS, MINN DR. F. R HARRISON DENTIST Office in the McAlpine Block Phone No. 6 GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. DR. G. F. SCHMIDT Physician and Surgeon Office in the McAlpine Biock, Phone 6, GRAND Rapips, MINN. H ERALD-REVIEW Book and Job Printing 4&% WORK GUARANTEED Leland Ave, Between éth and 5th Streets Gramp Rarips, Minx. OEE 4beberbrtttetee Alfred Blomberg Wants to buy all the Ties on Great Northern or Minne- apolis & Rainy River. PAY HIGHEST MARLET PRICE FOR SAME ALFRED BLOMBERG Jesse Lake - - Minnesota ‘) ~ comegpeetibs ee ne om Wi crm *

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