New-York tribune., 1873-01-09
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
PROTECTION FROM FIRE.

REPORTS on HOTELS, THEATERS AND sChooh'
HOUSES
The investigation into the condition of.tne
va,ious pubc buildings throughout the city is proceea
inc INIT n will he some time before the Board OF fHe
Commissioners can,,make anything Ike detaleu TO
port The Committee on CombustlDles cohssV'hs u
Fire Commissioners Galway aud Blair were requested
r., iit or cause 10 be visited, all theaters, school
,onses tactores and other buildings where there are
lar nnmbers OF persons daily, to ascertain the means
AZ hand for extingmshng fires the apparent danger o
bre andlfaclties afforded for the escape OF occupants
and 10 rcpor 10 the Board from time 70 tme Inc Ioe
mon q, conpaues have directed TO make thorough
,nve.,iraton OF such buildings in their respec-
tive districts and their reports win ibe forwarded
q, ,bo Committee Commissioners Blair and Galway
arc nractlcal mechanics and they have summoned 10
their assistance board composed oil members OF lne
Fire epartment who have served as engineers, cafpen
ters sc The foremen engaged IN making invesuga-
tions are directed pay especial attention 10 the cond
lon of the furnaces in tine various buildings che thick
ness Of the feting around the boilers their proximity to
ood work the danger OF fire. and the means of escape
more espeeiay from theaers schools and large manu-
factories Where the Of escape are very defec
tive the Commissioners viii make an inspection In per
son. to ascertain what alterations are needed aud 10
compe The owners or lessces have them made. The
Investigation may extend over space OF several months
Abstracts OF some Of these reports Will be found below
Al the Fifth Avenue Hotel the Ins pecors report in
mart that the appointments for safety against fire are
very good tho only exception peg woVuen - s'a hc
house The wooden ealng 10 the servants sleep
inc oos aud the dumb waiter leading from the linen
ron tbe ,rorref1r promised should be made reproof.
The INSPECTORS recommend that the doors opening on tue
baggage elevator be lined with sheetron tfe inside
mat another ron bridge be reconstructed the same
side as that on the rear OF the IWenty -thrust.
wing and that both lattice floors Since the recent
fire al this hotel have been cut In the roof over
the Passsge THy Saa oo1 S in thus hotel Sas the
continues spacious corridors on each SIDE on whleh an
the open, aud spacious seases ior lngTss auo
egress Oneach story are outlets from powerful steam
pump with sufficient hose 10 reach any point All thst
is needed about eight detectOis ana alarms on eaGn
story the first SIX IN the hrst stOIy ana lour III
the Metropolitan Hotel the Inspectors recommend
that number of deecors ana alarms ne put up ia inc
basement the fifth story an IRON bridge u NECESSARY
10 run from the Prinees hall to the Wlnga rool, anu
on the sixth story ladder rom the sue WlnuV" uom
to the bridge They also OF the opinion tlat the space
between the of the hotel and tho theater snouu
The top All connected by. stairs; and at Crosby and
Pr;ncests. similar tier OF iron balconies connected III
The inspectors report in part that at the ST. George
Hotel, at Broadway ana East IWeItlelnst tiq uiuV @
cellar OF the eastery building needs ceiling Win ron
lath, .plastercd, because boher Is now DmIuus
therein and gaslghts are eit burning Witlouu PtOI
protection part OF the kltcheh Is noG celleu anu
pOsed to fire. the present stairs 70 the nrs story are OF
wood The report ads thaI lhese snouIu pe ~!
iron and incased with nreprOOI materal. lhe poler
room is pronounced every unsafe" being surrounded
by wool the plaster and lath has partly fallen away
and left the exposed TO nre al any moment; Ia
tertors and alarms, the inspectors recommend should
he
stories above the rs and hreescape be erected az INC
rear OF he Twentethst. buildings. Balconies aud lad
ers are required from the upper story 10 the ROOTS Oh
fine houses ON Broadway The elevator now constructing
on the outside the building is 10 be covered with TN,
and sheabed inside with wood. The inspectors add that
both the inside and the outside should be made proof
In the ST. German Hotel at the junction of Broadway
Ffthave and Twenty y-secondst., number OF alteTa-
ons are suggested in the report, Whlcn also says
The peculiar shape and style OF TINS Duung as wen a
ifs situation render IL in our opinion very unsdIe ana
dangerous those who occupy IT." III also declares
that if fire takes place the lower part or the h0te IL
viii be for the guests in the three upper sor-
les 10 escape from the inside IL is recommended there
fore that balconies and iron steps De paced III VAIL
Gus parts of the building TO remedy the defects.
The Revere House. at Broadway and HOustOn-st-, Is
reported unsafe OF fire. and until iron balconies
100 persons sleeping there night Will be IN danger
In the Irving House, at Twelftst and Broadway, the
Stuyyesant House. at Broadway ana Eghth-str the
Brandreth House, at Broadway and Canals, the AUS
tin Hoase No. 759 Broadway, aud the olympic Hotel,
No 622 Broadway improvements for safety against lire
are declared necessary condition of the St. Charles
Hotel No. Gag Broadway is pronounced very question:
able" and the inspectors say the sooner their recon-
eDdaons carried out, the better for all concerned
The Continental Hotel No 442 Broadway Is reported TO
require bridges ladder and several detectOrs and
alarms The proprietor directed put up promi-
nen notices his hotel to where the hreescapes are
located.
The ST. Cloud Hotel, at Broadway and Forty-second-
St. is declared by the inspectors to DC well furnished
with safeguards
Theater are said to be ample Inspectors C. X. Hyde
and NJ NJ Salmon report that AT Schoolhouse No So in
Twentietn-s, Tlrdaye. tue means OF egress are
sufficient but recommend that the woodwork resting on
the steam heating apparatus be cut away 10 safe dis
tance, and shielded from the pipes