New-York tribune., 1891-08-27

,,,oI, d,,eIlnc PAGES have to yntch carefully the
crre scapcs and that they kept cenr oi heavy
eowor pots and plng Of timber and broken inrhtlfe
and heddlng ard such o;hcr crowding OF waste matter
l. ,v,,n render escape impossible in time OF pan!c.'
WIN ycu please state the boundaries OF the dis
t,cie in charge Of each lnspcct0ri'
u would DC very happy to give you that informa-
uon- Mr. Vreelahd said, but the chief clerk is not
t his desk to-day, owing To Illness and he has charge
Of these records
Are the complaints you receive the result OF the
reports OF your inspectors, or OF private citlzen'
ANONYMOUS or others ~
aOf the reports OF our Inspectors said Mr. Vrce-
land. ain n large majority OF cases.
Regarding last years reports this does not seem
10 be the case y -
GYes hut don't you sec,7 said the Deputy, "that
many very many, of these reports are frivolous, ana
hundreds are unf0undcd For instance, In 1890 inc
number Of complaints received and investigated was
3O55 and of these 1880 were unfounded, and 2o1
werc remedied on verbal notice. rhe greatest num-
her OF complaints related to insufficient means OF es-
cape horoscopes ont Of repair defective leaders un'
sae buildings, erecting and altering without pernls'
and putting up or removing fnme structures WIFI
out permits. Last year VIC issued s,122 notices OF
dlsapprova Of plans to remove Unsafe bnlldinss' 70
repair passenger elevators, to remove violations Oh
law and to place nrc-escapcs on buildings. We dre
not slow in this department you may DO sure"
"what is an unsafe buldinsi'
You cannos define II 10 ono word.'
"Aro there any unsafe buildings In the clty nowf
aWel there may bel suppose thero arc. When
wo find these ont take steps to have them az once
vacated. We send monthly report OF the number
Of such buildings to the Board Of Underwriters, and
they nc statement Tor their information to guide
them in making disks. remember one case wncB
occurred abont Two years ago In regard TO mouse III
Gettg. il had been ids FOR two or three months,
Atcr it Va, taken lot Of machinery inel1dlns many any
nc 1sss hprn N
Of the noors. They had been left In one corner, ana
the weight caused the he collapse m 20 Of a an iron Par in thc
morning, and atnOueh te police warned him againsSt 50
the danger OF entering the place. he hired men at nus
own expense and there and then mad inc da'ee'
nat is the nature OF the complaints you have had
som. OF them frivolous and from nervous peoplee
We have had complaint about No 2l3 East Nipetecntn
ngs adjoining were in danger because on the TOP moor
there arc five swiss embroidery machines - Inc m
spcctot WHOM sent there discovered tnat they Were
presses worried by hand and that no danger couIa
reasonably be apprehended;' .,,,o, do,r-,
Has the building which has Just been pulled dowl
at No. 43 Vesey-. been coIidemned1"
Mr. Nreeland after sending ono OF the clerks 70
august Il t that the east I foandation & wall Of NO 45 ad
Joining tho place which Is now pulled DOWN was nnsafe
real estate broker who had charge OF the property
wrote 70 the department, Mr.; Yreeland said 10 tpe
effect that the owner had already taken steps 10 comply
with the order and have the building made safe,
The reporter aferHard went to ve.ey-st ana "a saw a
Lawrence J. Callahan, a grocer, whose business Is az
No. Al, Is about 70 put up an extension at NO 4o'
Mr. Callahan had Just arrived from the country.
1t must have been the mercy OF God" said he.
THAT kept this old building from falling before 1t was
pulled down. Evcry thing almost, In connection with
1t rotten. Under these old brick pillars" he con.
tinued upon which rested the front WALL there seemed
have fallen som II 1t had not been pulled down. And
now look at the east wall OF that building he said.
pointing to No As. at party wall, and yon can
see that the butts OF the timber cross beams still
remaining In the wall, and which support the floors,
are rotten.n
Mr. Callahan hnd an architect to examine tho place
yesterday. bnt far nothing has been dono TO brace
nm the WI.