Re: Fic: Mining for Gold (1/?) -- Buf/Will pairing

[JDMeans@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 12/15/2002 8:33:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
danspector@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> PS—small nitpick, which I checked for accuracy. Water piping appears
> to have been common place in the 1870s, and toilets (and septic systems)
> came into vogue around 1880. (The industry grew so fast there were
> three separate plumbers' unions in existence by 1885.) By 1897, the
> wide majority of middle class homes had indoor plumbing, and the
> electric light had also largely replaced gas.   
> 
> I know it's Alaska, but OTOH, it's a boarding house, and such comforts
> would be sought after.

Sought after, yes, but there's always the possibility that the boarding house 
does have running water, but the pipes froze over and they're making do with 
other bathing facilities. It is Alaska, after all.  

Kirayoshi