New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-14

and trench dug through thom around 10 the rea y.
sewer in Elevenh-ave. and sixtv-hrst-st "nen
M town this afternoon went at once 10 see .o
ing was being done found James OReiliy' WHO uunS
the walls in the cellar; he said they were cr"cAs dI
sad we must get out just on the ontsiae, 'nu
called IN him TO come out, when heard the crssn' ~
there was so much dust could not see ior IL"
minutes' ~ LAVA
"Dd not the inspector tell you that the buildings "ero
not safet" ouorv
"He Q don't remember his name) was there o'o.y
dav In January he made tear down the rear ~an W
e r al, Of the houses that had bulged from the frost
tore them down three stories. On saIutua.
he said the east wall was not i'e'
and I told him wonld pull that oo""
Gotthold Hang owns the property and take 'no
tract for the buildings furnishing the labor ana
was to build twenty-rour theie this summer, S 80
more ON each side Of these. subet .he work he'''
built the foundations Charles Francis the brck
Iugnst Muller the frame work John T. Glydon the car
pen,er work and Thomas Hazen the roofing Inc ou'iu
Ings were started in September and we kept at "orA VI
them through the winter when we could p"' 'no
weather was very bad for two or three months anu "'
did not work fast" ,y,
"Do YOU know whether good material was usedf
"Iknow it was good as saw 1t myself. The cause VI
oil was the water I'm tho cellars and could not he'P
that The near wall was sixteen Inches ana tho P'.'
walls were twelve Inches TO the roof can answer "
that because have put up more buildings Una" any
tbree me ReW-lOfk
icaousy about me had started bu ding on 'ho
west side and some one was niway watching 70 see he
eould not report something to the inspectors
about my buildings. have never hnu
an accident before in my "ofA
and have been building In New-York for twenty years
have put up 1000 buildings"
"IIow many did you have at work In the puiiu'
ingf"
"I don't know exactly; hut there wero not very
manv because couldn't got my material fast enough
Ffty men wanted to 20 work his morning, but hHu
not the material ready There were not more than hh'
dozen at work In the building. besiles eight or 'eh
timers on the roof There were always good many
loafcrs and thieves coming into the building to see "ha
they could md and | had twelve watchnon there TO
l,.,r thcn ont I don't think thero could have been
many workmcn In the building. but there might nave
been children and some others who had no Dnsihess
there"
"What VIII be your loss on the buildngi"
It will cost me 500 900 or 100000 There will not bo
much except The bricks that can again, and viii
have to nut In new foundations. shall put blg Iorc
Italians at work night away to clear up 'h' u''A'"
stun.n ,,,,.. - ,,,,,,,, NJ, novV Mr.
have ist finished about thirty houses back Of these.
on siXty-hrs for Abram Jonas am bn,hlnE wv wv
nr-tclas- Hats fiy -eventh-st. between Nnth ahu
Tenth ave- senator Charr has advanced me loan "n
them In Ninety hr-st., near Filh-ave am IulIiht
tNo fiuc private houses SGO.OU0 each On which
the Equitable Lifo Insurance Company give.
"a
named k"ssi,k' Co. ,N,,o,d n".S ~ onposi1" these
thai fell but had made the arrangements yet Mr'
HOguc had already partly arranged 70 SCI. 'n'o "u.,
tnat fell to-day but am afraid 1t viii bo harder 70 sen
Mr splitter the book keeper. sad that he had asked
each az te after the ace lent. II any of
their men missing AMI they had told hln 'hat Al
were accounted for Ia reference to the quality of the
cement he thought the trouble with H. II there any,
VAS caused by it, freezing before It lad fuzzy dried
Charles A. Buddcusrk has been identified Tor years
with cheap building IN this city lie eemo here .cmo
twenty years aga aud began tLis class of work. Ills
method said Charo- T. Wugate. the wcll.snown sari-
tary eniec,r. has been to do ey'yihlng ~ tHs
cheapest manner In the 'nrst place, Hndi'n-lck
has had NJ -upcrutendIng nrcm'ect 10 AVOID th- ~
pcn-e Ia has ueen accustomed I" take an old pan o
building alter It 80 a, To asoh stereotype oTdcr ot
structure ana ttcn he would secure tno , n ~
possibic materials. When II came to plumb
Ing. ne let this ont In lump aud Tue
work suoct To carpcntcr or mas"h, unn'r ~lot %
the plumbing done In the cheapest possible way ana
thi. mnyanenent, or lax Of management with the
plumbing has been that BndGcnsirk haH hM almost '-
in the buildings le erected In fiiy-
seventh-st. near Madia"nave, the punmhs
Wa bid that tie houses became lcd Win sewer gas
the matter came before the Board Of Health, aud But
densick Indicted although hc nnaly escaped WIN,
FROM 5000 to 600 houses ot this knd In this city, aud
since then he has buit several hundred ,
You Judge Tor yourself said Mr. Wingate' p'lht
ing Ia the debris aud picking ny piece OF so-SaiIcd
mortar what sort of work has been done here Ihero
not been sea-oncd and Is 0f the cheapest kinl bul
densiek, however not the only one to be blamed IN
ihess Of loanlng money 10 such mon as he TO cs,r}
this Kind of business. lie u sad Ia have NO chpt
aud he bull on loans FROM Insurance and trust com,
pAuies or from 'lIyduar. They murt know what knu
work this does yet they let him have the money.
Besiics there individuals who make "a business OF
supplying loans for this purpose Bhddrnlek pnts up
his buildings these loans aud then sells thc rtuc-
lures Ia some the loans greater man ho
value buildings. know of ono lot oi buldlhg
worth unly SiOO 900. which Sl2O,OOo was loaned.
rral-cstic dealer. who was on the ground raid thN
John B bmth had bought the lots ON winch the hulu-
ings were erected from the Bodgett estate aud kno"
what knd OF buildings Bnddensick was putting ~:
Smith," said hr, warned OF what going on ana
o the danger attending the erection U such structure
The lots bare valued at $4,000 each. Mr.. smith mas
bought ots the south side OF The street
directly opposite the fallen buildings IL u SAID that he
and other. supplied the money for the buidings.'
Mr. smith. vino In the evening, claimed ihht
he had purchased the lots IRON the BOdgctt estate anu
that was about the only clear answer he gaNr
In reply questions. HIS finally admitted tlht
he had had Interest IN tho property
but he would give Information about
IT, as all his papers at his Office After some rev
minutes he turned aZy In his cnair AMI btrry open
ing his eyes said indifcrently: 49, all the oight FELL
did thcy'T As the number hal not been told him, he
appeared 10 have knowledge OF the subject than ho
desired convey. He said that he tran-ferred some
time whatever Interest he may have hal 10 1Olt
hold Hang, and that all he knew Of the matter ho
was that Hang not " a man OF straw, nut
real, live being.