(Published In i889.)

A member of our staff some time ago saw, in a Boston building, the work that is here illustrated from sketches he made. Each suite of apartments has laundry tubs, kitchen sink, butlers' sink, two wash-stands, a large bathroom and a servants' bathroom.

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All the pipes are of brass, either polished or silver-plated, and all either entirely exposed or readily accessible by doors commanding all inclosed portions.

Figure 1 is a view of the arrangement in a large bathroom. There are marble safes underneath all the fixtures, and the washbowl table and panels are of marble. The room is wainscoted with white ceramic tiles, and the cabinet-work is in polished cherry, except that on the ceiling, which is painted white.

The bathtubs and bowls are of porcelain, and all the exposed metal-work is of brass silver-plated.

C and C are cold-water supply pipes for the washbowls, and H and H are hot-water pipes. D is a special brass pipe, with wastes B B and trap vent A brazed on.

Fig.I OVERHEAD ARRANGEMENT OF BATHROOM PIPES.

E and E are trap vents; they can easily be removed, and access had through the cap plates G G to their traps by unscrewing the unions F F.

The supply and waste pipes and traps are all arranged underneath the floor in the same manner as those of the room above, which are shown at the ceiling of this room. P is a cupboard containing the flush tank for the water-closet in the same room and the trap for the water-closet in the room above. K and K are cupboards containing the other pipes and traps for the upper room.

O is the soil pipe, M is the hot and N is the cold-water distribution pipe, and L is the trap for bathtub waste.

Figure 2 shows a special double waste and trap vent connection that is somewhat similar to the one shown at D, Fig. 1, and was used by the same plumbers for their work in a club-house. It is made of 1½-inch brass pipe, nickle-plated, and has ground unions A A, etc.