The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-25
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY JULY 25 l80a-TRlPLE SHEET

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10 the desirabiltty Of such building and TO
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ancs with his application.
WHEN PERMITS ARE GRANTED.
After all these prelimlnaries have been gone
through with, after the inspector has reported favor
ably and the owners OF adjoining property have con-
Is placed before the superintendent for his approval
or dlsapproyal. And here 1t should be remarked
rule that whenever excepting only cases Of peculiar
circumstances wooden structure Of anything ike
permanent character 10 sought to be erected. per-
init Ii generally refused and the application disap
proved. Where the proposed building 10 only OF 9
temporary nature, less difficulty Is encountered and
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ample on the east side OF the city, north OF Eighty
SIXTH or rather Nnetieth. street and east Of Third
and Fourth avenues. where the ground is low and
marsby and the owners are DESTROYS to utilize their
property to some extent. Here number OF wooden
Of the superintendent. but even in these instances
the buildings bear more or less temporary cnarac-
s Inc ana the VEST and
the same rule 10 applied there.
In many instances the applicants desire TO erect
wooden rear buildings If tais be IN the more thickiy
permit. In Yorkvile and Harlem, as also in the
upper part OF Bloomingdae, more lepiency prevails
HOW TO COME AROUND IT.
Builders and architects have lately hit upon on ex
pedient 10 come around the superintendent In this
combustibe MATERIAL they propose to cover the out
side Of their proposed wooden bulldogs with thin
sheets Of fiuted corrugated iron and the ROOF with
slate or tn and thus making them to that extent as
1t were, frepr0Of. obtain permit.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.
An instance Of tins can now be seen on the north
east corner OF Fttty.ntnth street and Filth avenue
oppOs to the most fashionable and popular entrance
to the Park Here Mr. Hugh Mitchell, who now
with q Mansard roof for his business, as
saloon restaurant, &C. The lot Is deep some
rests on wooden props or posts and the whole struc
ture is very light and wood throughout. But the
roof covered with slate and the outside walls with
nuted corrugated iron Sheets and that probably
saves 1t. At first his application was denied and the
permit refused, bnt Mr. Mitchell Is politician.
''big gum In what was once Miles ORelly's "Demo-
Grade Union" party, and, "a matter Of course, he
was bound TO succeed.
JUST COMPLAINT.
In the above there Ia given plain, comprehensive
statement or the law OF the case Of the "lOdus Ope
randi IN the Superntendent's Office, OF the way in
which applications are made, approved or dlsal-
lowed or permits granted for the erection OF wooden
buildings within the s0-called "Duilding limtsn OF
the city, and also OF the considerations which
Upon its face ali appears fair enough and yet
there Is just complaint to be made. There are by
far too many wooden buildings erected in this city.
There were no less than 861 such permits granted
during the year 1885, the largest number Of which
were In the three upper wards VIZ
IL tne rMeiitn $50
In the Twenty 1873
Nearly as many have already been issued for the
Ranging peWees six and seven Sndsd Tnese
as has been said are too many. The progress OF the
city should not be encountered with wooden hulks,
nor the safety OF its people from re and other causes
endangered to that extent,