Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . t and extent ofbuildings, change in material and designof fixtures, increased demand resultingfrom decreased cost of goods and naturalgrowth of population, together with thegradual awakening of the people to thevalue of sanitary conveniences, hasbrought about a state of affairs thatthe old line of plumbers would be in-capable of coping with and which theold apprenticeship system is inadequate of providing men capable to deal within a creditable manner. Large Contracts Require Study. The plumbing of one large buildingnow embraces as much
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . t and extent ofbuildings, change in material and designof fixtures, increased demand resultingfrom decreased cost of goods and naturalgrowth of population, together with thegradual awakening of the people to thevalue of sanitary conveniences, hasbrought about a state of affairs thatthe old line of plumbers would be in-capable of coping with and which theold apprenticeship system is inadequate of providing men capable to deal within a creditable manner. Large Contracts Require Study. The plumbing of one large buildingnow embraces as much work as hun-dreds of the average job of the handling of extensive instalationsunder such conditions as existed, de-veloped a deplorable state of so-calledspecialism. Men engaged in roughingin large jobs were often strangelyignorant of what type of closets orother fixtures were to be used ; theyknew almost nothing of the principlesor merits of plumbing fixtures—did notneed to. Some of them had ne^er con-nected a fixture. You would find by in-. Students Lead and Iron Pipe vVoik. quiry that the finishers on such workwere equally at sea as to roughing inand accordingly ignorant of the whysand wherefores that govern the successof a job as a unit. These men, callingthemselves plumbers, were exceedinglyskillful and rapid within their limita-tions, but it is easy to infer the fate ofa job entrusted to such hands alone, andin practice it has been proven that be-ing merely lacking in variety of experi-ence is sufficient to jeopardize creditableresults on general work of the ordinaryclass. Opportunity to Learn Limited. When the largest jobs are completedin a comparatively short time and muchof the training which went to make upthe plumbers accomplishments was cre-dited to the manual practice necessary 20 to master the working of lead and sold-er, shop and job practice coupled withoral instructions from the journeymenserved fairly well to make a plumberout of raw material withi
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