T H 
 
 J5 
 
 1899. 
 
 IMEW ENGIJ^ND 
 
 RETAIL PRICE LIST 
 
 LUMBiNG Goods, 
 
 F»I2IOE^, ^l.SO. 
 
 COPYRIGHTED. 
 
 HERBERT E. JENNKON, 
 
 nTCHBURG, MASS. 
 
SECOND GOPV, 
 
 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 
 
 Chap. Copyright No.. 
 
 Shelf.TAilZ ^ ^"" 
 
 Jy 
 
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
'■i'n 
 
1899. 
 
 NEW ENGLAND RETAIL 
 PRICE LIST OF 
 
 Plumbing Goods. 
 
 I=>RICE, «1.60. 
 
 COPYRIGHTED. 
 
 / 
 
 HERBERT E. JENNISON, 
 
 /f 
 
 HTCHBURG, MASS. 
 
 L . 
 
Master Plumbers: 
 
 In compiling these retail prices, it 
 has been the aim of the author to 
 secure the long prices from the largest 
 and most successful retailers through- 
 out New England, and it is a FACT 
 that the retailers who have had the 
 courage to charge what belongs to 
 them— A FAIR PROFIT— are the 
 ones who have prospered, and stand 
 most respected* 31258 
 
 DO THOU LIKEWISE, and you 
 will have a nest-egg for your old age* 
 
 Don^t be afraid to charge your own 
 friends: they are the ones who should 
 support you, and be the last ones to 
 get a cut price* 
 
 The margin line is left to insert any 
 needed changes* ^^-J?//Q 
 
 Wjpeo^^iES ^ecnivEq^espectfulIy, - ^^ - 
 
 m^ .HERBERT E* JENNISON* 
 
 APR i« 1899 )) V'^\n^ 
 
 i{ : 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Closets __-------- 4 
 
 Lavatories ----.._.- 12 
 
 Bath Combinations- - - - - - - - 15 
 
 Wash Trays --------- 17 
 
 Country Home - - - - ----- 18 
 
 City Cottage --------- 19 
 
 Standard Soil Pipe and Fittings - - - - 37 
 
 Extra Heavy Soil Pipe and Fittings - - - 38 
 
 Vent Pipe ---------- 40 
 
 Sinks — Wash Trays — Lead 41 
 
 Galvanized Pipe — Brass Pipe, Iron Size — Brass 
 
 Tubing, Fine Thread ------ 42 
 
 Brass Work --------- 43 
 
 Boilers ----------- 44 
 
 Bath Tubs — Earthenware — Tanks and Seats - 45 
 
 Marble ----------- 46 
 
 Short Method of Estimating ----- 47 
 
COMBINATION NUMBER 2. 
 
 No. 2 — Short Hopper with enameled trap, softwood 
 tank, hard wood seat and flush pipe, complete 
 
 $20.00 
 
COMBINATION NUMBER 3. 
 
 Xo. 3 — Combined Hopper and Trap, with hardwood 
 seats, soft wood tank and flush pipe, floor 
 flange and gasket, complete $23.00 
 
COMBINATION NUMB:ER 4. 
 
 No, 4 — Same bowl as Combination No. 3, with 
 flange and gasket, hardwood seat with hard- 
 wood tank and N. P. flush pipe $30.00 
 
COMBINATION NUMBER 5. 
 
 No. 5 — Washout bowl with same details as No. 4, 
 
 complete $33.00 
 
COMBINATION NUT,IBKR 6. 
 
 No. 6 — Wash-down syphon bowl with flange and 
 gasket, hardwood tank with back board, 
 N. P. supiDly and flush pipes, with slip joint, 
 ivory pull and N.P. chain guide, complete $37.00 
 
COMBINATION NUMBER 7 
 
 No. 7— Syphon Jet bowl with flange and gasket, 
 hardwood seat atta hed to bowl, hardwood 
 tank with back board, N. P. supply and flush 
 pipes, ivory pull and N. P. chain guide, 
 complete $45.00 
 
10 
 
 COMBINATION NUMBE^R 8. 
 
 No. 8 — Washout bowl (large) with flange and gas- 
 ket, hardwood seat attaehed to bowl, and 
 all other details same as No. 7, complete $37.00 
 
11 
 
 COMBINATION NUMB:ER 9- 
 
 No. 9^Lo\Y Down, Syphon bowl, with flange and 
 
 gasket, hardwood seat attached to bowl, 
 
 •hardwood low down tank and full N. P. 
 
 connections including slip joint and bottom 
 
 supply, complete $37.00 
 
I/AVATORY NUMBE;R 2,. 
 
 Complete, as shown $20.00 
 
 with straight waste to floor without 
 
 trap 17.00 
 
T.AVATOKY NUMBER 4. 
 
 14. X 17 Bowl, 20 X 26 Marble 
 15 X i 9 " 22 X 30 
 
 $22.00 
 28. Ou 
 
14 
 
 RHCKSS I/AVATORY NUMBIER 7- 
 
 14 X 17, 20 X 26 Marble 
 
 15 X 19, 22 X 30 
 
 $25.00 
 30.00 
 
15 
 
 BATH COMBINATION NUMBi^R 4. 
 
 5 ft. Steel Glad Copper 
 51/2 ^t. *' 
 
 $25.00 
 30.00 
 
16 
 
 BATH COMBINATION NUMB:ER 8. 
 
 5 ft. Knamcl, with trimmings 
 
 0V2 ft. 
 
 $35.00 
 40.00 
 
For prices, see page 41, 
 
18 
 
 A COUNTRY HOME. 
 
 We print this plan to show people living at 
 a distance from pressure water, how they can 
 have the modern conveniences. The cesspool 
 is not shown, but should be located about 40 
 feet from the house. 
 
19 
 
 A CITY COTTAGE. 
 
 /r./fAp. 
 
 PLAN OF SINGLE TENEMENT HOUSE, 
 With full set of Fixtures. 
 
20 
 
 FALSE ECONOMY. 
 
 In estimating the contract price for work, 
 figure on the basis of £rst-class fittings, ma- 
 terial and workmanship. 
 
 Inferior work should not be done at any 
 price. 
 
 In many cases the ''lowest bidder' \ in his 
 over-anxiety to secure a contract, finding 
 that he has promised more than he is able to 
 perform without pecuniary loss, casts about 
 to find some secret place where he can 
 economize in materials or workmanship, or 
 both. 
 
 In due time the results of this economy will 
 manifest themselves, and the sequel prove 
 that, instead of having been the lowest y he 
 was really the highest bidder, as the recon- 
 struction necessary to render the job satis- 
 factory often necessitates an outlay equal to 
 the original ^'lov^est bid", not to mention 
 the annoyance incident thereto. 
 
21 
 
22 
 
23 
 
24 
 
25 
 
26 
 
27 
 
28 
 
29 
 
30 
 
31 
 
32 
 
33 
 
34 
 
35 
 
3G 
 
37 
 
 2 in. Pipe 
 
 3 •* " 
 
 4 " " 
 
 5 " " 
 
 Double hub pipe, same price. 
 
 2 in. Trap 
 
 3 " " 
 
 4 *.' .. 
 
 2 " T or Y, or T-Y 
 
 3 .. .. 
 
 4 " '♦ 
 
 2 '• Double T or Y, or T-Y 
 
 3 .. 
 
 4 " 
 
 2 ** Bend or Double Hub 
 
 3 .. .. 
 
 4 •* " 
 
 2 •' Vent Branch 
 
 3 .. 
 
 4 *' 
 
 2 " Otfset 
 
 3 " 
 
 4. •• 
 
 Vent Cap or Increaser, any size 
 Reducer, any size 
 Plug, any size, 
 
 D FITTING. 
 
 .15 
 
 .18 
 
 .24 
 .30 
 
 .60 
 
 
 
 .90 
 1.25 
 
 .45 
 .60 
 
 .90 
 .75 
 
 
 
 1.00 
 1.26 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 .30 
 .40 
 
 
 
 .50 
 .75 
 
 1.00 
 1.25 
 
 .50 
 
 .75 
 1.00 
 
 .60 
 
 .40 
 
 
 
 
 
 .25 
 
 
SH 
 
 1 
 
 
 BXTRA HKAVY SOII, PIPE; AND 
 
 
 ' 
 
 FITTINGS. 
 
 
 
 2 in. Pipe 
 
 .21 
 
 
 3 •* •• 
 
 .33 
 
 
 4 •♦ " 
 
 .45 
 
 
 5 •• •' 
 
 .60 
 
 
 2 in. Trap 
 
 1 1.00 
 
 
 3 ** 
 
 1.50 
 
 
 4 «• - 
 
 2.00 
 
 
 5 " 
 
 3.00 
 
 
 2 " Tor Y. orT-Y 
 
 .60 
 
 
 3 " '• 
 
 1.00 
 
 
 ^ ti <t << It. 
 
 1.20 
 
 
 5 " *• 
 
 1.50 
 
 
 2 •' Double T or Y. or T-Y 
 
 1.00 
 
 
 3 *. 
 
 1.25 
 
 
 4 " 
 
 1.50 
 
 
 5 *' 
 
 2.25 
 
 
 2 " Bend or Double Hub 
 
 .40 
 
 
 3 M 
 
 .55 
 
 
 4 " 
 
 .80 
 
 
 5^" .. 
 
 1.00 
 
 
 2 *' Vent Branch 
 
 l.OO 
 
 
 3 .. 
 
 1.25 
 
 
 4 ' 
 
 1.50 
 
 
 5 " 
 
 2. GO 
 
 
 2 '' Offset 
 
 .65 
 
 
 3 ♦' 
 
 .80 
 
 
 4 ** 
 
 1.00 
 
 
 5 •* " 
 
 1..^0 
 
 
 Vent Cap or Increaser, any size 
 
 1.00 
 
 
 Reducer, any size 
 
 .50 
 
 
 Plug:, any size 
 
 .25 
 
 
39 
 
 BXTRA Hl^AVY SOIi; PIP^ AXD 
 FITTINGS. (Contintied.) 
 
 2 in. Hublcss Bend .50 
 
 4> " Long ** 2.00 
 
 4 •* ** Y 2.50 
 
 INCIDBNTAI^S XJSl^D WITH SOIi; PIPING. 
 
 2 in. End Cleanouts, Iron Body .60 
 
 .76 
 
 1.00 
 1.25 
 
 .75 
 1.00 
 
 1.25 
 1.50 
 
 1.25 
 1.50 
 2.00 
 2.50 
 
 7.00 
 
 9.00 
 
 .50 
 
 .75 
 
 1.25 
 1.00 
 
 1.25 
 1.50 
 
 .50 
 
 1.00 
 
 1.25 
 
 1.50 
 2.00 
 
 3 ** 
 
 (( (< t( 
 
 4 •• 
 
 << «i 4< 
 
 5 ♦• 
 
 «i «( <t 
 
 2 " 
 
 ** Brass 
 
 3 " 
 
 «( i« <( 
 
 4, •♦ 
 
 i< (< «( 
 
 5 ♦• 
 
 << i< (( 
 
 2 " 
 
 Running Cleanouts 
 
 3 " 
 
 «< <« 
 
 4 •• 
 
 «( (« 
 
 5 *• 
 
 i( t( 
 
 4 ♦' 
 
 Sewer or Tide Valve 
 
 5 •' 
 
 it (« <i 
 
 2 " 
 
 Brass Sleeve, straight 
 
 3 '* 
 
 «< <« «< 
 
 4 •' 
 
 - 
 
 2 *' 
 
 Brass Bend, ** 
 
 3 •* 
 
 H << It 
 
 4 " 
 
 1. 
 
 Brass Hub, 2 x 3 in. 
 
 2 in. Brass Sleeve with Union and 
 
 114 in. Coupling 
 2 in. Brass Sleeve with Union and 
 
 IV^ in. Coupling 
 2 in. Brass Sleeve with Union and 
 
 2 in. Coupling 
 Roof Flanges, any kind or size 
 
40 
 
 USKD WITH soil/ PIPING. 
 
 (Continued.) 
 
 2 in. 
 
 Drive Hooks 
 
 3 " 
 
 (< (( 
 
 4 •' 
 
 - 
 
 5 " 
 
 (< i( 
 
 2 " 
 
 Pipe Clamps 
 
 3 " 
 
 (t <( 
 
 4 *' 
 
 M 
 
 5 " 
 
 << (( 
 
 Hangers for Soil Pipe, any size 
 Enameled Hopper Trap 
 Calking Lead, per lb. 
 Oakum, per lb. 
 
 Putty, " •' 
 Solder, ** " 
 
 Gasoline, " gal. 
 
 VENT PIPE. 
 
 2 in. Galv., per foot 
 
 3 .. 
 
 4 .. 
 
 5 * 
 
 6 " 
 
 7 " 
 
 8 ** 
 
 2 ** •• Adjustable Ells, each 
 
 3 " 
 
 4 in. Galv. Adjustable Ells, each 
 
 5 '• 
 
 6 '' 
 
 /^(( i« <( a n 
 
 8 •• *• 
 
 .15 
 .20 
 
 .25 
 .30 
 
 .20 
 .25 
 
 .30 
 .35 
 
 .40 
 2.50 
 
 .07 
 .15 
 
 .05 
 .32 
 
 .25 
 
 .10 
 .15 
 
 .20 
 .25 
 
 .30 
 .35 
 
 .40 
 .14 
 
 .21 
 .28 
 
 .35 
 
 .42 
 
 .49 
 .56 
 

 41 
 
 
 SINKS. 
 
 3 foot Plumbers 
 
 
 3^2" 
 
 
 4 *' 
 
 
 3 " Magee 
 
 
 3V2 " 
 
 
 4 " 
 
 
 3 foot Soapstone or Slate 
 
 3V2 " 
 
 4 ** •• " 
 
 Extra for 12 or 15 in. Back 
 " ** One Shelf and Ends 
 
 " *' Two Shelves and Ends 
 WASH TRAYS. 
 
 2-part Soapstone, Slate or Artificial 
 3-part 
 
 Extra for 6 in. Back 
 
 314 foot Sink and Single Tray Combined, 
 
 with High Back 
 Wash Tray Legs, each 
 
 I<KAD. 
 
 Pipe, per lb. 
 
 Sheet " " 
 Calking " " 
 
 Lead Pipe Tacks, per pair 
 
 Tinned Clips, each 
 
 4 in. Round Lead Trap 
 
 5 • 
 
 <( <> n 
 
 6 ' 
 
 (< it << 
 
 IV4' 
 
 Trap, Bottle or Clean Sweep 
 
 iy2' 
 
 «.< it .i 
 
 4 ' 
 
 Lead Bend 
 
 Block Tin Pipe per lb. 
 
 2.50 
 2.75 
 3.50 
 3.50 
 
 4.25 
 5.50 
 
 12.00 
 14.00 
 16.00 
 5.00 
 10.00 
 20.00 
 
 18.00 
 30.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 30.00 
 1.00 
 
 .10 
 .10 
 .07 
 
 .10 
 .04 
 
 2.00 
 3.00 
 
 4.00 
 1.00 
 
 1.25 
 2.00 
 
 .60 
 
42 
 
 
 
 GAI.VA.NI^£;D PIPBv 
 
 
 
 y2 in. Pipe, per foot 
 
 
 ■ .10 
 
 3/^ - - - '' 
 
 
 i '^^ 
 
 ^ '• Fittings, each 
 
 
 .12 
 
 3/4 - 
 
 
 ; .18 
 
 14 *' Union, each 
 
 
 .25 
 
 % " " 
 
 
 .30 
 
 BRASS PIPIS, IRON SI^;B. 
 
 
 
 y2in. Pipe, per foot 
 
 
 .40 
 
 • / i< (< (< (( 
 
 
 .45 
 
 54 " " Nickeled, per foot 
 
 
 .55 
 
 .60 
 
 H " '• " " *' 
 
 
 14 " Fittings, Rough, each 
 
 
 .40 
 .45 
 
 ^ " Return Bend*' 
 
 
 .60 
 
 1/2 '* Union, Finished 
 
 
 .60 
 
 H " " 
 
 
 .90 
 
 V2 *' Fittings '* 
 
 
 .80 
 
 ^ - 
 
 
 .90 
 .95 
 
 3/2 " *' Nickeled 
 
 
 3^ - 
 
 
 1.05 
 
 Brass Coil instead of Water-front, single 
 
 loop 
 
 5 00 
 
 Brass Coil, double loop, or single 
 
 loop 
 
 i 
 
 extending on back of fire-pot 
 
 
 8.00 
 
 BRASS TUBING, FIN:^ THRBAD. 
 
 
 % in. Tubing, per foot 
 
 
 .25 
 
 M " " " " 
 
 
 .30 , 
 
 5/8 " " Nickeled, per foot 
 
 
 .40 ' 
 
 ^ a a „ n «. 
 
 
 .45 
 
 % " F. T. Fittings, Rough, each 
 
 
 .25 
 
 % " '' ' 
 
 ; 
 
 .30 
 
 y^ " " Union, Finished, " 
 
 ! 
 
 .50 
 
 M " '' 
 
 
 .75 
 
 % " ** Fittings, 
 
 1 
 
 .50 
 
43 
 
 BRASS TUBING, FIN^ THREAD. 
 
 (Contintted.) 
 
 5i in. P. T. Fittings, Finished, each 
 H '♦ " " Nickeled, 
 
 BRASS WORK. 
 
 y2 in. Stop and Waste, Rough 
 
 5/8 - - - 
 
 9/ (( (< «« << i< 
 
 -| (« it H <( (( 
 
 14 ** stop, Comp. or Lever, Finished 
 14 " " " " Nickeled 
 
 a/ (( (( (( (< <( 
 
 ^ •• Sill-Cock, Nickeled 
 
 H ** Plain or Hose Bibb, Finished, 
 
 g/ <( (t << it n 
 
 V2 " " *' " Nickeled 
 
 Extra for Stuffing Box, each 
 •* Croton Filter, " 
 if Flange Bibb 
 " " *' Nut and Bent Coupling 
 
 Basin Cock, 2-arni 
 4-arm 
 
 Extra for Stuffing Box 
 
 '* *• N. P. Supplies to floor, each 
 Pantry Cock, each 
 Double Bath Cock, hot and cold 
 Extra for N. P. Supplies to floor, pair 
 Ball Cock, any kind 
 Boiler Valve 
 Vacuum ** 
 
 .60 
 .66 
 .75 
 
 1.25 
 
 1.76 I 
 1.75 ) 
 2.50 
 1.25 
 1.75 i 
 
 1.25 
 1.75 
 1.75 
 1.00 
 
 1.25 
 1.50 
 1.25 
 1.50 
 1.75 
 
 .50 
 .35 
 .25 
 .75 
 
 1.50 
 
 1.75 
 
 .50 
 
 1.50 
 
 3.00 
 4.00 
 
 3.00 
 2.50 
 1.00 
 1.00 
 
44 
 
 I 
 
 BRASS WORK. (Continued.) 
 
 Cage Valve 2.00 
 
 Syphon " 3.00 
 
 Slow-Closing Valve 4.00 
 
 Water-Front Couplings, per set 1.50 
 
 Hopper Cock . 1.50 
 
 Hopper Clamp, each ' .20 
 
 Basin " " j .20 
 
 Basin Plug * 1.00 
 
 Bath " .50 
 Wash-Tray Plug j 1.25 
 
 5 in. Brass Cesspool 2.00 
 
 ^2 " Solder Nipple .25 
 
 li - " - .35 
 
 1 *' '♦ " .40 
 
 11^'* '* '* .50 
 
 IV2 " " " -07 
 
 Brass Bibb Thimble .15 
 
 N. P. Chain, per foot .05 
 
 N. P. '' Stay. No. 2 .50 
 
 N. P. Basin Waste, straight 3.00 
 
 N. P. *• Trap and Waste 5.00 
 
 N. P. ** Brackets. Iron, per pair 2.00 
 
 N. P. ** " Brass, " " 4.00 
 
 BOII/IBRS. 
 
 30 gal. Galvanized 13.00 
 
 40 •' " 15.00 
 
 20.00 
 
 27.00 
 18.00 
 
 20.00 
 35.00 
 
 45.00 
 1.25 
 
 60 *' 
 
 ** 
 
 80 ** 
 
 n 
 
 30 " 
 
 Copper, Cistern 
 
 40 " 
 
 <( (< 
 
 30 ** 
 
 " Pressure 
 
 40 " 
 
 (t li 
 
 Boiler Stands 
 
45 
 
 BATH TUBS. 
 
 12 oz. Common Copper, complete 
 
 with Trimmings 15.00 
 
 14 ditto ditto 17.00 
 
 16 ditto ditto 19.00 
 
 5 foot Steel Clad, complete with Trimmings 25.00 
 
 5V2 ditto ditto 30.00 
 5 foot Stock Enameled Iron, complete 
 
 with Trimmings 35.00 
 
 5y2 ditto ditto 40.00 
 
 Above are with Plug and Chain. 
 
 KARTHBNWARB. « 
 
 Short Hopper Bowl 4.00 
 
 Combined Hopper and Trap 10.00 
 
 Washout 12.00 
 
 Wash-down Syphon 15.00 
 
 Jet Syphon 18.00 
 
 Urinals List 
 
 Basin 12, 13, 14, 15 in. 2.00 
 
 14x17 2.50 
 
 " 15 X 19 3.00 
 
 TANKS AND SBAT.S. 
 
 Closet Tank and Trim 'gs, softwood 6.00 
 
 hardwood 10.00 
 
 Attic Tank and Trimmings, 40 gal. 15.00 
 
 " 60 ** 20.00 
 
 Hard Wood Seat and Legs 4.00 
 
 ** " " " Back 4.00 
 
 " attached to bowl 5.00 
 
46 
 
 MARBIyB. 
 
 Italian Slabs, plain, % in. per foot 
 
 '• 134 " " " 
 " countersunk, % in. per foot 
 
 " 114 " " 
 
 Knoxville or Tenn., plain, % ** " '* 
 
 '• 114 " " " 
 ** " countersunk, 
 
 %in. per foot 
 " ** countersunk, 
 
 114 ill- per foot 
 No deduction for use of stock code sizes. 
 
 GBNBRAI^. 
 
 Water Front, Iron, straight 
 
 " angle 
 Water Pressure Regulator, minimum 
 
 Enameled Slop Safe 
 
 Closet Pull, common 
 
 Labor, per day of 9 hours, two men 
 
 Labor, less than full day, 2 men, per h'r 
 ** " " "journeyman" 
 it u it a u helper " 
 
 , 1.00 
 
 : 1.20 
 
 1.35 
 
 1.45 
 
 I 1.25 
 
 * 1.40 
 
 1.50 
 
 1.65 
 
 5.00 
 
 7.00 
 12.00 
 
 1.50 
 
 .25 
 
 6.00 
 
 .75 
 .50 
 
 .25 
 
4.7 
 
 Short Method of Bstimating:. 
 
 Re- 
 tail 
 
 Con- 
 nec- 
 ted 
 
 Pro- 
 fit 
 
 ROUGHING. 
 
 
 
 
 1 Tenement 
 
 
 75 
 
 20 
 
 2 
 
 
 100 
 
 25 
 
 3 *♦ 
 
 
 150 
 
 35 
 
 4 
 
 
 175 
 
 40 
 
 6 
 
 
 200 
 
 50 
 
 Base is 1 Sink, 1 Closet, 1 Basin, 1 
 
 Bath. 
 
 
 
 Add for each extra fixture 
 
 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 4 Ten. Hopper, Roof Line 
 
 
 25 
 
 5 
 
 Q << H (« (( 
 
 
 35 
 
 7 
 
 2 in. Conductor Outlets 
 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 3 <c 
 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 Cellar Drain and Tide Valve 
 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 10 ft. through wall 
 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 VBNT SHAFT. 
 
 
 
 
 1 Tenement 
 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 
 15 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 
 20 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 
 25 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 
 35 
 
 8 
 
 SINKS. 
 
 
 
 
 SVaft. Iron 
 
 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 " Soapstone 
 
 20 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 /* 15 in. Back 
 
 25 
 
 35 
 
 7 
 
 *' " " 1 shelf 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 S 
 
 n I. u (I 2 *< 
 
 35 
 
 45 
 
 10 
 
 If 4 ft., add 20%. 
 
 
 
 
 BOII/BRS. 
 
 
 
 
 30-gal. Galv. and Supplies 
 
 
 50 
 
 10 
 
 40 " 
 
 
 85 
 
 20 
 
 30 ** Cop. Press. '* 
 
 
 75 
 
 20 
 
 40 " «♦ 
 
 
 85 
 
 20 
 
 Range Connection 
 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
48 
 
 ROUGHING. (Continaed.) 
 
 Re- ^""-Pro- 
 tail "1^- fit 
 
 Water front, Iron 
 
 Cistern job same as Cop. Press. 
 
 Base is 1 Sink, 1 Basin, 1 Bath. 
 Add for each extra fixture 
 
 ' CI/OSBT COMBINATIONS. 
 
 2 Hopper and Seat, Com. tank 
 
 3 Comb. Hopper and Seat, with 
 
 Com, tank 
 
 4 ditto with hardwood tank 
 
 5 Washout and seat, w^ith hard- 
 
 wood tank 
 
 6 Wash-down Syphon with seat 
 
 attached and hardwood tank 
 
 7 Set Syphon with seat attached 
 
 and hardw^ood tank 
 
 8 Washout, large, w^ith seat at- 
 
 tached and hardwood tank 
 
 9 Low-dow^n Syphon w^ith seat 
 
 attached and hardwood tank 
 BATH-TUBS AND TRIMMINGS 
 
 COMPI^BTB TO FI/OOR. 
 1 Com. any length or ounce 
 
 4 Steel Clad, 5 foot 
 
 5 *' " SVs" 
 
 8 Enameled 5 '' 
 
 9 " SVa'* 
 
 20 
 
 23 
 
 30 
 
 37 
 37 
 45 
 
 37 
 37 
 
 15 3 
 
 30 6 
 
 33 8 
 
 40 12 
 
 47 12 
 
 47 12 
 
 55 12 
 
 47 12 
 
 47 12 
 
 18 
 
 28 
 
 6 
 
 25 
 
 35 
 
 8 
 
 30 
 
 40 
 
 8 
 
 35 
 
 45 
 
 10 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 10 
 
49 
 
 i;avatoribs and trim- «._ 
 
 MINGS COMPI^ETB TO f^|. 
 
 2 14 inch Bowl, 19x23 or 20x26 17 
 
 3 Same as No. 2, only with Pat- 
 
 ent Waste 20 
 
 4 14x17 Bowl, 20x26 Pat. Waste 22 
 
 5 15x19 " 22x30 " " 28 
 
 7 14x17 Recess, 20x26 *' '* 25 
 
 8 15x19 " 22x30 " " 30 
 
 9 111^x14 Enameled Basin 
 
 10 15x19 " '* 
 
 11 20x26 *' 
 WASH-TRAYS WITH COCKS 
 
 AND PIVUGS. 
 
 Single Part 20 30 8 
 
 Two-Part 30 45 10 
 
 Three-Part 45 60 10 
 
 
 27 
 
 7 
 
 30 
 
 7 
 
 32 
 
 8 
 
 38 
 
 9 
 
 35 
 
 8 
 
 40 
 
 9 
 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 14 
 
 5 
 
 17 
 
 7 
 
50 
 
51 
 
52 
 
53 
 
 STATE LAW* 
 
 [Chap. 455.] 
 
 An Act relating to the licensing of plumbers and 
 THE Supervision of the business of plumbing. 
 
 Be it enacted, etc., as follows : 
 
 Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall en- 
 gage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as 
 a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman 
 plumber, unless such person, firm or corporation has 
 received a license or certificate therefor in accordance 
 with the provisions of this act. The words "practical 
 plumber," as used in this act, shall be deemed to mean 
 a person who has learned the business of plumbing, by 
 working for at least two years either as an apprentice 
 or under a verbal agreement for instruction, and who 
 has then worked for at least one year as a first-class 
 journeyman plumber. The word "journeyman," as 
 used in this act, shall be deemed to mean one who per- 
 sonally does any work in plumbing which is subject to 
 inspection, under chapter four hundred and nineteen of 
 the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-tw^o, 
 or under any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation 
 made under the authority of this act. 
 
 Section 2. Any person not engaged in or working 
 at the business of plumbing prior to the tenth day of 
 July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and 
 designing to engage in or work at said business, either 
 as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman 
 plumber, shall apply to the board of health having 
 jurisdiction in the locality where he intends to engage 
 in or work at said business, except in cities or towns 
 where the inspector of buildings has control of the en- 
 forcement of the regulations regarding plumbing, where 
 such application shall be made to the inspector of build- 
 ings, and shall, at such time and place as may be desig- 
 nated by the board of examiners hereinafter provided 
 for, to whom such applications shall be referred, be 
 examined as to his qualifications for such business. On 
 or before the first day of September in the year eighteen 
 
54 
 
 hundred and ninet3'^-four every master or employing 
 plumber, and every journeyman plumber, engaged in or 
 working at the business of plumbing in this common- 
 wealth prior to the tenth day of July in the year 
 eighteen hundred and ninetj^- three, and desiring to en- 
 gage in or work at said business in any city or town 
 where licenses for plumbers are required, shall person- 
 ally register his name and address at the office of the 
 board of health or of the inspector of buildings to whom 
 applications for licenses are to be made in such city or 
 town, and state after being sworn where and how long 
 he has been engaged in or has worked at said business 
 and whether as a master or employing plumber, or as 
 a journeyman plumber. Said board of health or in_ 
 spector of buildings, if satisfied that the person so 
 registering w^as actually engaged in or w^orking at said 
 business prior to said date shall thereupon issue to him 
 a certificate, setting forth that he was engaged in or 
 working at the business of plumbing either as a master 
 or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, as 
 the case may be, prior to the tenth 6siy of July in the 
 year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and authoriz- 
 ing him to engage in or work at said business, either as 
 a master or employing iDlumber, or as a journeyman 
 plumber. The fee for a certificate for a master or em- 
 ploying plumber shall be two dollars ; for a journeyman 
 plumber it shall be fifty cents. Said certificates shall be 
 valid and have force throughout the Commonwealth. 
 In the case of a firm or corporation the examination 
 and licensing of, or the registration of and granting a 
 certificate to any one member of the firm or the man- 
 ager of the corporation shall satisfy the requirements 
 of this act. 
 
 Section 3. There shall be in every cit3', and in each 
 town of five thousand inhabitants or more, and in each 
 town having a sj'^stem of water supply or sewerage, a 
 board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of the chair- 
 man or such other member of the board of health as 
 said board may designate, and in cities or towns hav- 
 ing an inspector of buildings, the inspector of buildings 
 of said city or town, who shall be members ex-ofiicio of 
 said board and serve without compensation, and a 
 third member, who shall be a practical plumber of at 
 least five years' continued practical experience either as 
 a master or as a journeyman during the years next pre- 
 ceding the date of appointment. Said third member 
 shall be appointed by board of health of said city or 
 
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 town within three months from the passage of this act 
 for the term of one year from the first day of May in 
 the year of the appointment, and thereafter annually 
 before the first day of June, and shall be allowed a sum 
 not exceeding five dollars for each day of actual service, 
 to be paid from the treasury of said city or town : 
 provided that if in any city or town there is no inspect- 
 or of buildings, said board of health, shall also appoint 
 the second member of said board of examiners, whose 
 term of office and compensation shall be the same as is 
 heretofore provided for said third member. 
 
 Section 4. Said board of examiners shall, as soon 
 as may be after the appointment of said third member, 
 meet and organize b\' the selection of a chairman, and 
 shall then designate the times and places for the exam- 
 ination of all applicants desiring to engage in or work 
 at the busintss of plumbing within their respective 
 jurisdictions. Said board shall examine said applicants 
 as to their practical knowledge of plumbing, house 
 drainage and plumbing ventilation, and shall submit 
 the applicant to some satisfactorj' form of practical 
 test, and if satisfied of the competency of the applicant 
 shall so certify to the board of health or inspector of 
 buildings in their rcspectiA'e city or town. Said board 
 or inspector shall thereupon issue a license to such ap- 
 plicant, authorizing him to engage in or work at the 
 business of plumbing, either as a master or employing 
 plumber, or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a 
 license for a master or employing plumber shall be two 
 dollars; for a journeyman plumber it shall be fifty 
 cents. Said licenses shall be valid and have force 
 throughout the Commonwealth, and shall be renewed 
 annually upon a paym* nt of a fee of fifty cents. In case 
 of a removal beyond the jurisdiction of the board or 
 inspector issuing the original license it may be renewed 
 by any board having like authority. 
 
 Section 5. The board of health, or inspector of 
 buildings where such inspector has control of the en- 
 forcement of the regulations regarding plumbing, of each 
 city and town mentioned in section three ol this act, 
 shall, within three months from the passage of this act, 
 appoint one or more inspectors of plumbing, who shall 
 be practical plumbers of at least five years' continued 
 practical experience, either as masters oras joume^'^men. 
 during the years next preceding the date of appoint- 
 ment, and who shall hold office until removed by said 
 board or inspector for cause, which must be shown. 
 
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 All such inspectors shall before appointment be sub- 
 jected to an examination before the civil ser\rice 
 commission. The compensation of such inspectors shall 
 be determined by the board or inspector appointing 
 them, subject to the approval of the city council or 
 selectmen, and shall be paid from the treasury of their 
 respective cities or towns. Said inspectors shall 
 inspect all plumbing work for w^hich permits are here- 
 after granted within their respective jurisdiction, in 
 process of construction, alteration or repair, and shall 
 report to said board or inspector all violations of any 
 law, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation relating to 
 plumbing work; and also perform stich other appro- 
 priate duties as may be required. The approval of any 
 plumbing by any other inspectors than those provided 
 for under this act shall not be deemed a compliance 
 with the provisions thereof. 
 
 Section 6. No inspector of plumbing in any city or 
 town shall inspect or approve any plumbing work done 
 b3^ himself, or any person by whom he is employed, or 
 who is employed by or with him, but in each city or 
 town subject to the provisions of this act the board of 
 health shall appoint an additional inspector of plumb- 
 ing, in the same manner and subject to the same quali- 
 fications as the regular inspector of plumbing, whose 
 duty it shall be to inspect, in the manner prescribed in 
 this act, plumbing work done by the regular inspector 
 or any person by whom he is employed, or who is em- 
 ployed by or with him. Said additional inspector shall 
 have authority to act in case of the absence or inability 
 of the regular inspector, and shall receive for his services 
 such compensation as the regular inspector would for 
 a like duty. The provisions of this section shall not 
 apply to any city or town which has heretofore estab- 
 lished or may hereafter establish an annual salary for 
 the position of inspector of plumbing, and in any such 
 city or town no inspector of plumbing shall engage in 
 or w^ork at the business of plumbing. 
 
 Section 7. Each city or town of five thousand in- 
 habitants or more, and every town having a system of 
 w^ater supply or sewerage, shall by ordinance or by-law, 
 within six months from the passage of this act, pre- 
 scribe rules and regulations for the materials, construc- 
 tion, alteration and inspection of all pipes, tanks, 
 faucets, valves and other fixtures by and through which 
 waste water or sewerage is used and carried ; and 
 provide that no such pipes, tanks, faucets, valves or 
 
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 other fixtures shall be placed in any building- in such 
 city or town except in accordance with plans which 
 shall be approved by the board of health of such city or 
 town, or the inspector of buildings, where such inspec- 
 tor has control of the enforcement of the regulations 
 regarding plumbing; and shall further provide that 
 no plumbing work shall be done, except in the case 
 of repair of leaks, without a permit being first issued 
 therefor, upon such terms and conditions as such 
 cities or towns shall prescribe. But nothing in this 
 section shall prevent boards of health from making 
 such rules and regulations in regard to plumbing 
 and house drainage, hitherto authorized by law, 
 which are not inconsistent with any ordinance or 
 by-law^ made under the authority of this section by the 
 respective cities or towns within which such boards of 
 health have jurisdiction. The provisions of this section 
 shall not apply to the city of Boston or to any officer 
 or board thereof. 
 
 Section 8. Any person violating any provision of 
 this act, or any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation 
 made thereunder, shall be deemed guilt3^ of a misde- 
 meanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dol- 
 lars for each and every violation thereof, and if such 
 person has received a license under this act his license 
 may be revoked by the board or inspector issuing the 
 same; and if such violation was committed in a city 
 or tow'n other than that where he received his license, 
 the board of health or inspector of buildings having 
 jurisdiction may forbid him to engage in or work at the 
 business of plumbing for a period not exceeding one 
 3'ear in the city or tow^n where the violation was com- 
 mitted. If any person to whom a certificate has been 
 issued under this act violates any provision thereof, or 
 any ordinance, bj^-law, rule or regulation made there- 
 under, either the board of health or inspector of build- 
 ings issuing his certificate, or the board of health or 
 inspector of buildings having jurisdiction where such 
 violation w^as committed, may forbid him to engage in 
 or work at the business of plumbing in such city or 
 town for a period not exceeding one year. Any person 
 engaging in or w-orking at the business of plumbing in 
 any city or town where he has been forbidden so to do 
 under this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding one 
 hundred dollars for every such oflence. Anj^ city or 
 town mentioned in section three of this act refusing to 
 
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 comply with any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit 
 the sum of fifty dollars to the use of the Common- 
 wealth for every month during which such neglect may 
 continue. 
 
 Sbction 9. The provisions of this act shall apply to 
 all persons who are now or may be hereafter learning 
 the business of plumbing, when thej'- are sent out to do 
 the work of a journeyman plumber. 
 
 Section 10. Any person now holding an appoint- 
 ment as inspector of plumbing may retain his position, 
 and, without further examination, be deemed to have 
 been appointed under this act. 
 
 Section 11. The boards of health and inspectors of 
 buildings hereinbefore mentioned may expend such por- 
 tion of all fees collected by them under this act as shall 
 become necessary to properly perform all duties im- 
 posed by the passage of this act. The said boards or 
 inspectors shall annually, before the first day of June, 
 make a full report in detail to their respective cities or 
 towns of all their proceedings during the year under 
 this act. 
 
 Section 12. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent 
 herewith are hereby repealed. The provisions of this 
 act so far as they are the same as those of chapter four 
 hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the year 
 eighteen hundred and ninety-three shall be construed 
 as a continuation of that chapter and not as new enact- 
 ments. \_Ap proved June 6, 1896. 
 
 [Chap. 453.] 
 An Act relative to plumbing. 
 Be it enacted, etc., as follows : 
 
 Section 1. The provisions of chapter four hundred 
 and fifty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-four shall not be operative in any town 
 until accepted by vote of a majority of the voters of 
 such town present and voting thereon at a town meet- 
 ing, and the provisions of section seven of said chapter 
 shall not be operative in any city until accepted by vote 
 of its city council. 
 
 Section 2 Any city may, by vote of its city council, 
 exempt from the provisions of said chapter four hundred 
 and fifty-five any or all of its territory lying outside of 
 the limits of the water supply of such city, or unconnec- 
 ted with a common sewer. [^Approved June 4, 1895. 
 
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 BALTIMORE RESOLUTIONS- 
 
 Protective Regulations of the National Associa- 
 tion OF Master Plumbers, with Amend- 
 ments to June 17, 1897. 
 
 Adopted by the National Association of Master 
 Plumbers at Baltimore June 26, 1894, and reaffirmed 
 at each succeeding convention ; also at Chicago June 
 23, 1887 ; and at Boston June, 1888, by the manu- 
 facturers and the National Association of Master 
 Plumbers. 
 
 Whereas, The manufacturers and wholesale dealers in 
 plumbing material persist in selling to consumers, to 
 our injury and detriment, placing us toward our cus- 
 tomers in the light of extortionists, causing endless 
 trouble ; and 
 
 Whereas, The system of protecting us from this 
 wrong, which draws in its w-ake other w^rongs, is inef- 
 fective, it is absolutely necessary to perfect such a sys- 
 tem by united action which will remove these evils from 
 which we have suffered for years ; therefore be it 
 
 Resolved, That the members of this Association con- 
 fine the purchase of plumbing material to manufactur- 
 ers and w^holesale dealers who sell goods to Master 
 Plumbers only as defined in these resolutions. 
 
 Resolved, That this Association shall keep a record of 
 all journeymen and plumbers who place in buildings 
 plumbing material bought by consumers of manu- 
 facturers or dealers. 
 
 Resolved, That a committee be appointed by this 
 Association in every state and county for the purpose 
 of reporting to the proper officers at its head in the 
 State any violations of these resolutions. 
 
 Resolved, That these measures are just and necessary 
 to our w^elfare, and a rigid enforcement is demanded. 
 
 Resolved, That this convention indorse the above, 
 and urge upon the National Association to perfect and 
 adopt a uniform system of protection tor the trade over 
 their entire jurisdiction. 
 
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 AMENDMENTS ADOPTED AT ST. LOUIS. 
 
 Resolved, That it is not the intention of said resolu- 
 tions to prevent the interchange of patented or anj-^ 
 other plumbing material between mamafacturers and 
 wholesale dealers in such goods, or for the export trade, 
 and that the interpretation of the above resolutions be 
 left in the hands of the Executive Committee with 
 power. 
 
 AMENDMENT ADOPTED AT DEER PARK, MD. 
 
 Resolved, That it is our fixed intention to adhere to 
 the line of action already pursued in regard to the pro- 
 tection of the trade, and that we relax no honorable 
 effort to relieve our business from unjust and discredit- 
 able competition on the part of manufacturers and 
 supply houses. 
 
 INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM "MASTER PLUMBER," 
 
 ADOPTED AT WASHINGTON AND AMENDED 
 
 AT PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that 
 in the future the interpretation of the term "Master 
 Plumber," as set forth in the above resolutions, to 
 entitle him to purchase plumbing material, be construed 
 to mean a Master Plumber who has an established 
 place of business and represents the industry of plumb- 
 ing, and who has qualified under state or local enact- 
 ments regulating plumbing and plumbers, where such 
 exist; or, where no license is required, an individual 
 or firm with an established place of business, and repre- 
 senting the industry of plumbing. 
 
 AMENDMENT ADOPTED AT MILWAUKEE:. 
 
 Resolved, That any manufacturer or dealer in plumb- 
 ing material furnishing net prices, or anj' discount from 
 list prices, to others than Master Plumbers, either by 
 themselves, employees, or agents, shall be considered as 
 disapproving the above resolutions. 
 
 AMENDMENTS ADOPTED AT PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Resolved, That the mem.bers of this Association 
 should not sell plumbing material to consumers when 
 they do not furnish the labor forputtingthe material in. 
 
 Resolved, That the supply houses doing a plumbing 
 supply business and contracting for plumbing work 
 shall be considered unjust competitors. 
 
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 The following are exempt from the operation of the 
 above resolutions : 
 
 The United States Government. 
 
 State, County and City Institutions. 
 
 Sailors' Snug Harbor. 
 
 Railroads, Gas, Water and Electric Light Companies 
 only for such goods as are necessary for their respective 
 lines of business. 
 
 The above resolutions apply to the whole United 
 vStates. 
 
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