New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-07

explicit cearness its relation 10 the building ene
fire loss OF fe The points upon which desire you
TO inform me are these: ,,,.,
yesterday, and which the immediate cause OF tue
disaster approved by you, and authorized by your per
p was the accident which caused the COLLAPSE Of the
building Of such character as to have caused suiar
results in q building Of reasonable strength
g. Had this building at any time been complaheu Vi "
your office "a unsafe and needing inspectionf
f. If so, what had been done about II -
g. When aud by whom was u last inspectedt 80
In general shall be glad TO learn from you wnat wa
the relation OF your department 10 this DuluinB anu
what was its reputation with you.
Mr. Gaylor and Deputy Commissioner Acker visited
the ruins yesterday afternoon, and reply VIII DC io'
warled to the Mayor to-day. The Commissioner sa'u
Yesterday that there were thirteen inspectors
of buildings at work all the time the city. each having
certain district The of the burned building nha
right to make repairs III IL without permit Ifo %
Buildings DEPARTING IT, aud as he had secured no peI
the work was seen by no inspector lac DuHui"s H"'
never been reported as dangerous - -, tba
f. W. Miller the contractor who had charge 11 i nno
work OF raising girdcrs, taken before Ponce
Jnstce Ma sey yesterday. but Coroner Menninger VINO
aSinst him and he wa released The said no
hal come to the conclusion that Mr.. Miller was not
10 raise and support the grers while new brick pier
were put underneath. Three additional brick piers were
buiit under the grder which rested On them The jack
screws had been taken out fully fifteen minutes before
the crash. II claimed by the brother OF the con-
been placed se' ON the third floor in Thurber
& wbyands factory in the middle OF ,he Dd,'y
Yesterday afternoon a conference held by Mayor
Low with Commissioners Fleeman, POillon and Ray
mond. and IL was decided to send twenty
additional men 10 work IN searching the RUNS DeIh me
the twenty-five put in the work before. Ihey WIN De
paid under the emergency clause Of the city charter
Fire Commissioner PUOn said that after the faial nrc
In hcrsefnann's bakery. last summer, he asked the
Buildings Commissioner to inform MN Oh an
unsafe buildings. All .he buildings whose own
ers refused TO PIT them IN proper re-
the Fire Department The Fire and lltings Depart
BROOKLYN
which time the plans Of large buildings ana rae
torres have not been examined by the nre
engineers Chief Engineer Neylns says mat
the majority Of the factories In Brooklyn
are poorly protected against danger rom IRE. A Few
have adopted precautions recommended by the Fire De
partmeut and considered comparatively SAFE but
many extremely unsafe. one OF these Is n
moulding mill Pacinc-st and Schcnectedy-avc:,
the upper nOOrs benS bad by means OF ladders There
l. one 81 rca outside leading to The second floor Ihe
owner sad he put IN stairs as they made dra lh
OF nic. IL.
was never reported unsafe, aud that the WORK OF
strengthening the foundations being done unieI
orders nf tile agent without permit from
knowledge Of the Department O Bnding- Inc agent
work aud each OF these had men at work IN the hud-
ing. The hOuse-mOyer, Miller. Used the gfdrfs WIN
h- Jack screws Friday and the building rested on
them until the work Of putting IN The new
brick piers done. Meanwhile the extra weight bd
been placed the upper noor1 when tue screws we're
and the whole weight OF the structure rest 81 on
the foundations. the Strain al the additional weight
ani the spruce girlers broke. builder sil
yesterday that spruce grer when old broke easily anu
rot 20 10 relied upon. .
Coroner Menninger has not yet decided when 10 hold
the inquest. Probably VIII not be begun until the
ruins have been thoroughly searched