New-York tribune., 1878-02-19
DANGERS OF DEFECTIVE PLUMBING

DANGERS Ot DEF ECilN IL Lt1'D"'N'
c. i. BUDDESsICK, THE BUILDER, i'll Id FOX IInNi N
TESTIMONY ABOUT HIS TWO HOUSES IN FIFTY
sECOND-sT.
The examination in the case OF Charies ~ ~
Buddensick builder charged by the Health Board WIN
v,oIot,n, ,he Sanitary Code was begun before Justice
Oterbourg at tho Fifty-seventh Street Police Co'rt
Yesterday afternoon The complaint was niaae ny
Thomas j. Ncalis, Sanitary Engineer OF the hea.'
Board on January 25. Ia it, Mr.. Nealis aic-es u'' az
APRIL 1877, Mr.. BudGensick caused 20 PC treo'e" Wv
anortn,ept homes Nos 100 and 1O2 East Fty-sec"nd
s aud that the sewerage aud wasteipes or the pu'"
lnes were imperfecy constructed, thereby endangers
tbe health and lives of those living In the houses Inc
alleged offence constitutes a m:sdemcanor, the extreme
penalty for which is fine of $3.50 or imprisonment iof
one year. ExJudge Joachimsen yesterday appeared 'o
Mr. Buddensc and Colonel Hastings Tor thc boaro Vi
Health. go -,
Mr. NcaI,s testified that be was familiar with the
,un,hug T., the pre,nises Nos 100 and 102 East Fifty
he visited these hoIses during January last
there were about four families IN eaeh mousse Az W.
100 after removing tic casing In small room oh INC
Kitchen he found large opening In the so'ippe ""'"
this opening gas escaped IN Voiume S''""s
cpongh 10 blow out the candle he was carr'ihs'
His attention was called to the matter by the
occunapts OF the house, a death having occurred
tberc Another opening was found In the same
iro ,rea feet higher up The escaping from
these openings distributed thFou9nout INC ,i,a
builuUns. \ uliinncr or lehu ll.IS
I've Ai No I0s similar condition Of af irs was found
On January % hc had an interview WIN aif b~uonen ~
scl who stated that he the builder oi Tue house,
and NOT subordinate. In both houses the waste pipes
were uuVeniated and there was no provision 10 pre-
vent dissemination OF sewer gases throehou, ,le
fore he made u formal complaint 10 TIE uelin boliu
the death spoken OF had occurred and MS Inspection Wh
ordered In consequence. He did not know where ihe
sewer in Fifiy-sccundst. emitted fseil' or Wh,l,C'
an obstruction existed In 1t. The board an January H.
directed Mr.. Buddensck to remedy tho tertS COM
rlancd Of; up to the day Of the complaint notIhg
had done beyond closug the holes III the pipes "D
Dr. r. H. JInee. Assistant Sanitary superni enden,
and DR.. H. :. Tracy INSPECTOR curfoDofatcd tue esu
mony Of Inspector Neaiis.
Charles Baxter a German architect, called by The
defence. He testified that he drew The plans l"r the
houses and exercised general supervision over theif
construction He had built over 1000 houses ana Waa
certain that the workmanship and material put ~ MY
Buddrnsicks houses iirst-clasS. lhc pinmolhg m
particular all that could be desired Tie a~srIic'
That the sewer ventilation was ample When cfcbStA
amncd lie said that hc hai lived III NeW> orS ABOUT SIX
wears and had bu II $50 houses eighty or ninety oi
which for Mr. Bus dcnsick. lie lad been connected
in business with Mr. BuddeHsich IOf yc.i or "n
lie believed the work honestly done. hnd that Dot
work and materials were good enough Tor thht sye VI
house. ~ .
Chirlcs T. Lumarchc, of 81 East Seventy fourth,st,
testified that hr contracted to do the rluniug "t Nos
100 and lO2 West Iiiti cJud-st Ibc WORK was "f
dong and The materials iirftcass On his croS'-cNjir
nation he said lie testified moro from supposiiion
than know ledge. "a -,
mony hc desired the Jcct The SANITARY inspectors
had testified To the dangerous defects tN>tin. anu ~
the fact that Nj Buddcusck had been informed thereof
aud o. his neglect 10 remedy the same baxter the
architect has sworn that IN his OpOn tho piunhing was
good cUough for that style of housa' ll the Juices
houses such ~ those owned Nv hHd'"hHch "tI'
h,.t tle oncs requiring the most perfect puM'nG lie
irt II Ls duty hold MT. BudIcSch Tor tfli III thc
sum of $500 Ua M BudGcnsCk elected TO he tiird a,
General Sessions and IN red ncs A. Frame ndef, "i
No. lO7 East scyenteih-st, as his bondsnin' Who "as
accepted.