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• I , I <br /> • 1 r • • ' • r i • • <br /> Section 11: Engineering. <br /> The City Engineer and his deputies shall, upon request <br /> of the Superintendent of said hater -epartment, do all civil en- <br /> gineerin and surveying required in the prosecution of any fork <br /> to be done under the direction of said Superintendent, and shall <br /> furnish him full reports of such civil engineering and surveying, <br /> and the expense thereof of said Engineering Lepartment shall be <br /> charged to the eater Lepartment. <br /> Section 12: Co-operation of Other Departments. <br /> It shall be the duties of the employees of the Police, <br /> Engineering, fire and street Departments to give vigilant aid to <br /> the Superintendent of the Water Department in the enforcement of <br /> this ordinance, and to this end they shall report all violations <br /> thereof, which come to their knowledge, to the Office of the <br /> Superintendent of the Water Lepartment. <br /> Section 13: Notice to Consumers. <br /> The Water Department reserves the right to shut off or <br /> turn on the water from the mains at any time without notice, for <br /> repairs, extensions, or other necessary purposes, without <br /> liability for damage. The 'eater Department shall endeavor to <br /> notify customers, but will not be responsible for the safety of <br /> boilers or other fixtures on the premises of any water consumer. <br /> Section 14: Liability for Fire Loss. <br /> The Water Department hereby expressly notifies its con- <br /> sumers and patrons that it will not be responsible or liable for <br /> any losses by fire or conflagrations by reason of any lack of <br /> supply of water or water pressure, at the time of fires or fire <br /> alarms, or at any other time; and any rates established for <br /> sprinkling systems or attachments, and standpipes, or any fire <br /> protection appliances, are and shall be always conditional that <br /> no liability of any kind or nature whatsoever shall attach the <br /> Water Department by failure of the water supply at the time of <br /> fire or fire alarms, or at any other time. For protection against <br /> losses by fire, consumers are requested to take out policies of <br /> fire insurance, as liability of the Water Department for loss <br /> against fire is hereby declared to be nothing; that being the in- <br /> tention of this rule in the operation of the works. Water is <br /> supplied for sprinkling purposes, not for fire protection to any, <br /> and all contracts for water are hereby made subject to this rule. <br /> Section 15: Stop and Waste Cocks. <br /> Consumers shall at their own expense put in all pipes and <br /> connections from the service cock placed by the Water Department, <br /> and all pipes must be provided with stop and waste cocks, pro- <br /> tected from frost and accessible to the consumer, that they may be <br /> drained to prevent freezing and the water shut off for repairs to <br /> service pipes, also to safeguard premises from water damage in <br /> case service cock is accidentally opened. Additional stop and <br /> waste cocks shall also be placed in all sags and bends in the <br /> pipes when they cannot be otherwise drained. Each outside hose <br /> bib shall be protected by an additional stop and waste cock, The <br /> Water Department shall refuse to turn on the water until the <br /> provisions of this section are complied with. <br /> -4- <br />