Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . affairs and when they became frozen upduring the winter months, through not being heated they were done away ferry toll houses on the eastern and western sides of the harbor are equip-ped with modern lavatories, but touse them a person must pass throughthe turnstile and contribute two centstoward the city revenues. The accom-panying photographs of the market lav-atories give some idea of their crampedconstruction as the photographer wasunable to place his camera in any posi-tion that would afford a larger may also be no


Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . affairs and when they became frozen upduring the winter months, through not being heated they were done away ferry toll houses on the eastern and western sides of the harbor are equip-ped with modern lavatories, but touse them a person must pass throughthe turnstile and contribute two centstoward the city revenues. The accom-panying photographs of the market lav-atories give some idea of their crampedconstruction as the photographer wasunable to place his camera in any posi-tion that would afford a larger may also be noticed that the placesare not kept in a very cleanly state, amatter which the local newspapers havecalled attention to, on many occasions,but without Urinals in Mens Section. The plumbers of St. John would wel-come any attempt on the part of thecivic authorities to build public com-fort stations, but as the matter hasbeen repeatedly brought forward with-out success they feel that there is nolikelihood of anything being done forsome time at least. W. JI. An addition to the Chatham Colle-giate Institute at a cost of $15,000, willprobably be made this year, in responseto the peremptory recommendation ofthe Education Department. PLUMBER AND STEAMFITTER March 15, 1909. Water Hammer in Steam Heating Charles L. Hubbard in the Metal Worker Probably no one thing causes so muchannoyance to both owner and steamfitter as snapping in the pipes or waterhammer. That it is caused by improperdrainage of the steam and return pipesis a well known .fact, but to find theexact location of the difficulty, and eventhen to ascertain just why that parti-cular part of the system does not drainas it should is often perplexing and attimes impossible. Somet


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