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S|: : ji 3 Filton Plumbing Company
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443 STONEWALL ST. S.W., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30313
March 18, 1969
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mayor Allen:
In reference to our previous correspondence. It is not just
the pressure tests on gas piping that we are complaining a-
bout. Take this hypothetical case:
A customer calls us to install a gas range. We go to the
job and find that he has just moved into the house and has
a gas range and no outlet. We must then cut into the exist-
ing gas line, pipe an outlet to the kitchen, install a cut
off valve at the beginning of this line and leave an air
pressure test on the line. (At this point, this precedure
would require two trips by our mechanic. One to do the pip-
ing and one to pick up the air compressor.) We then take
out the permit and wait for the inspection of the gas line.
When the inspection has been completed we go back to the job
and connect the range. This has caused us to make three
trips instead of one, which would ordinarily suffice. The
customer must also wait 24 - 36 to 48 hours before he is able
to start cooking. The cost to the customer has sky rocketed
from the ordinary 30 or so dollars to around $80.00.
I think you will agree that this would be completely unreason-
able. This is something that happens quite frequently, not
just occasionally. As far as we can determine, this is not a
safety measure, or a health measure, but purely a device to
gouge more money out of the citizens of this city. If the
plumbers of Atlanta complied with this farcical procedure,
not only would they, but also your inspection department,
would be hopelessly bogged down in a quagmire of procedural
tangles. I think that if some reasonable thought be given
this matter rather than accepting Mr. Wofford's word as gospel,
some changes will be made.
Sincerely,
JOMPANY
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OT hh 4 pee TELEPHONE 688-1456
S|: : ji 3 Filton Plumbing Company
eee == PLUMBING & HEATING
443 STONEWALL ST. S.W., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30313
March 18, 1969
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mayor Allen:
In reference to our previous correspondence. It is not just
the pressure tests on gas piping that we are complaining a-
bout. Take this hypothetical case:
A customer calls us to install a gas range. We go to the
job and find that he has just moved into the house and has
a gas range and no outlet. We must then cut into the exist-
ing gas line, pipe an outlet to the kitchen, install a cut
off valve at the beginning of this line and leave an air
pressure test on the line. (At this point, this precedure
would require two trips by our mechanic. One to do the pip-
ing and one to pick up the air compressor.) We then take
out the permit and wait for the inspection of the gas line.
When the inspection has been completed we go back to the job
and connect the range. This has caused us to make three
trips instead of one, which would ordinarily suffice. The
customer must also wait 24 - 36 to 48 hours before he is able
to start cooking. The cost to the customer has sky rocketed
from the ordinary 30 or so dollars to around $80.00.
I think you will agree that this would be completely unreason-
able. This is something that happens quite frequently, not
just occasionally. As far as we can determine, this is not a
safety measure, or a health measure, but purely a device to
gouge more money out of the citizens of this city. If the
plumbers of Atlanta complied with this farcical procedure,
not only would they, but also your inspection department,
would be hopelessly bogged down in a quagmire of procedural
tangles. I think that if some reasonable thought be given
this matter rather than accepting Mr. Wofford's word as gospel,
some changes will be made.
Sincerely,
JOMPANY
v
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