The New York herald., 1876-12-14
THE PANIC INSPECTION.

THE BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL AT WORK IN
THE SISTER CITY-NIBLos,s TONY PASTORS
AND THE LONDON ExAMrSED--THE FIREMEN
sTIREISG--ARE OUR CHURCHES SAFE?
The committee OF the Brooklyn Common Council
appointed Monday last examine and report upon
the condition OF public buildings OF all kinds In tho
city met yesterday morning IN the Common Council
chamber. A letter was received from the Presi-
dent OF the Department oil Fire aud Build
ines, containing list or all the public build.
ings, churches and places Of amusement in
the city with the precise location Of EACH and
determined ct meeting The previous day that tho
entire committee should visit the larger places Of
amusement in a body, and then separate into SUBJ
committees Tor the purpose Of examining other build
lngs- A, one O'Clock tho committee, having selected
tho establishments TO be VISITED during the day, set
out. II composed of Aldermen French. VII lians
Murtha. Donovan and Ray, tie latter chairman. lhe
committee selected Messrs. William H. Gaylor and
Arthur Crooks, architects. 10 accompany them.
TAX BEookLrS ACADEMY OF Arsic.
The Academy o Music was the principal establish
ment VISITED Alderman French, OF the committee,
the construction oi the masonry OF tho
buiiIrng and seemed proud ot nss work The building
seats 2 300 persons and was erected come sixteen
years ago. The obbcs broad, the staircases
w,ue and The vcst,bulc wou.d hold Ovo persons
standing, yet with ali the space INSIDE the
building The direct means oil ext are
coonned to three doors opening upon tho street, each
aoorwa,s made 10 swing inward only They are
always kept open white there Is performance IN
progress. Besides tue doors referred To There are
i've doors opening from the second or balcony h0or
lobby ato the assembly rooms and the gallery d! ihc
Brooklyn Ari Association rom which stairways lead
To Montague street, and rom the vestbule upon the
nrst door door leads INTO an ADJOINING basement {
used a box onlce. Hall dozen windows open upon
Montague street rom The parqucI al height
o: about ioar feet, ana the directors. since she
lire, have passed resolution to have steps built
outside OF each window. so that IN case OF panic the
nftn pnt hrruk hpfr laos N
Jumping to the ground They are also about 10 break
OIL The spiked tops o the irca railing outside 80 thai
no difficulty will be experienced should u ever become
tor people to make an exit through the WIN
dovs The IS separated from the auditorium
below The stage by brck WALL which also extends up
runs across the l)r oi the stage upon an
arch granite, so that the stage and
the auditorium really separate buildings except
The space aed up by tie cnrlsin Al tho suggcs-
uoE of the committee the management Will provide mn
iron curtain. thus rendering the spread oi tire
from poruon oil the house to the other impos= ble
Besides this committee suggesteu that one OF The
windows referred and WITCH ~ at the end OF The
parguet LOBBY, DC cut down level With the floor and
The shsh made 10 swing and thGt the corresponding
window opening from the other end OF the LOBBY INTO
coVi yard be altered 10 the same way.
The committee expressed Their conviction that no
safer place o snusrneui could oe found the
inent tour under The psfquct door revealed great
many thousand icct oi white pine lumber used IN
nooring over tie seats when the place used as bali
hight dry pine beams and flooring ABOVE This how
ever was acar ANY Dghis OF any KIND and lar
removed from The furnaces.
OTHER ssrABLIsHvrxrs visIrgh
Al Rivers Dancing Academy, corner oi Court and
State streets, place capable OF containing about 2oo