The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-03

Action or the Owners In Regard to rhe Re.
forms Required BY the Law OF 1867 Relate
Ing - Buildings.
The amended law Of 1867 relating to buildings in the
county o. New York had, and still continues 10 have
many bitter enemies Particularly were the owners OF
ne many eneren,s in the city loud lher dsnunca.
lions q scme % ia provisions imposing expense and
Restrictions. ,hy held. that we're un~arraalab.o aud
uujusuAahle.
10 'hls spirit when tho law went into effect many
OF the owners Of these horses banded together and
formed an association with the view OF testing the JUS
tee o! the law wherein they adjudged lie provisions
oaerous This phase Of the affair OF disagrssabs
nature, ard the superintendent OF Public Buildings
upon whom u devolved TO carry out the OF
convenience and protection afforded By tue act felt that
there would be trouble VA aiding those whom necessity
requires TO live within the dismal boundaries Of the
tenement houses OF the metropolis.
Upon several consultations, designed to inauguralo
such legal proceedings a. Ssrs deemed best the owners
parmen and reasoned with; they told Of The utter
folly of fighting tho law As proposed as its provisions
emncny just, while the moral sentiment Of the
community emphatcaly against them This course
had the effect desired and be u said to their credit tn
purpose to comply with the provisions of the II 10
believed that many Of them, consequently will without
further action o. the superintendent o. tnonc nui o.
houses that are required.
To the tenement house owners tho object onabe fsa.
lures OF the law to be found 10 the first art OF Sec
ton thrty-tw Of the act, reading as follows -
IAN dwelling houses that are or may hereafter
be erected Ia tho city of New York, 10 cont ain or 70 DO
occupied by four fami $, the first story,
shall have stairway, connected with proper opening,
leading to the roof and the each floor shall
connect by doors from front to rear; and every
such dwelling house shall have placed thereon
. practical hreproof nre escape, that shall be
approved OF by the Super OF Buildings, and IN
no case hereafter shall front and roar tenement house
be erected on the lot unless the said houses and
each OF them, snail be built hreproof; and Ia all DWELL
ing houses intended to BE- occupied by four families or
that shall hereafter be erected Ia said city, the
hall partitions from foundation roof, shall be OF
brick, less than twelve inches thck with sufficient
brick arches turned between them. All stairs
shall be OF stone or iron, and In where
the lower part OF the building Is used for
business purposes Of kind tho tier OF beams
above the store floor shall be OF ron with brick arches
and In all such dwelling houses erected. that
shall hereafter DO built al reccptacles for fuel when
placed Ia the cellars OF said houses shall be constructed
wholly OF lrcpr0of MATERIAL and IN all tenement
houses that shall hereafter b. erected In said city the
superintendent OF Buildings shall have power, In de-
ways, the height OF ceilings, which shall not be lsss
than eight feet"
The work OF enforcing the law In this particular and
that OF lre escapes to all manufactures workshops
in the city IL being zeaousy carried out by the SUPER
inendent OF Public Bchdings will De instanced BY
Department.
New YoRK, Oct. go 1867
IsspEcroR--You viii, proceed forthwith to maSe sur
and report all buildings in district that require
starways leading to tho roof, described In the
thirty second OF the amended Law OF 1861. You
pied workshops manufactures In which operatives
poyed thai requ tire escapes under the twelfth
soc ION. You Will make the surveys In regular order,
taking one street al q time