New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-15
TALKING DELEGATES IND THE SCHOOLS.
THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT BAD WORK ON THE
BUILDINGS AND TIE EMPLOYMENT
on, >-n>- r-.rON MEN

THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT BAD WORK ON THE
BUILDINGS AND TIE EMPLOYMENT
OF NoN-U,IoN MEN.
At the meeting of tbeCommttee on Buildings OF
the Board Of Education, yesterday afternoon JAMES
McKim, p. J. Butler " Barr J. c. Edwards anu
David Callahan represeting the Board OF Wslhie
Delegates Of the Building Grades OF this city, complained
of the faulty constructor Of various school bulidieS
and the employment non-union men In their con
structlon. The dcleg&cs have been examining the
work upon the school buildings for some time They
declared Yesterday rat the carpenter work III 'he
schools at Seventy s~enthst. and Third ave-, In Forty
sccond-st near Tllrd-ave and at Ninety fst-s, ana
Tenth-avc. was Jsor and faulty. 1t had been DONE
they said by August Davidson, who employed only
cheap and inoom,etent aborng men. The contracts
for tho work hadbeen in most instances suolet by inc
men who secredte work from the Board OF Educat,on
The delegates If the Building Trades Thought th'i
this should b, prevented, and suggested That tle
Board of EduSiion change It's regulations so tAt SUD
letting and s,b-lumpins the pat Of the contractors
would be impossible. The members Of the committee
promised 10 consider the suggestion fvoraby as they
believed aso that certain reforms were necessary
The delegates reported also that the steam heating
end ventilation In the school at Ninety -ffth-st ana
Tird-avs lfd been done improperly. The specnhoa-
lions thy said, for the school on One-hundred-and
twenty -osh.lst., between Lenox and seventh aVes'
had called for three coats Of paint. while only one
had hem placed on the woodwork In the school at
ST. Ntholas-ave. and Onehundred and fifty tl-st
bad material In the paints had been
used The specifications had called for Atlantic eau
and American lead had been used The American
lead was worth cents pound less than the Atlantic
variety The delegates also asked that In the future
only union men be employed working on TIE schools
The majority Of the men at work the school build
ng they declared, received only 81 75 day. whereas
the union men received 50. The employment OF non'
union men to great extent the cause OF the bah
condition OF the school buildings. The members OF tne
committee answered that they could not promise that
only union men should be employed, as that was mat
Ter for the contractors decide. They said however,
that I'm the future the specifications for the bulldngs
would be shown to oil the walking delegates II they
desired to see them. The committee also invited the
delegates to appear before 1t whenever they had any
thing OF interest to report
The trustees of the Nineteenth Ward appeared be-
fore the committee TO protest against the payment OF
g. 900 b the contractor for extra work upon the
school at Fifty-frstst and Frstave The contractor
claims that the excavations were two feet deeper than
the gpecfcatOns called for and made necessary extra
work for him in constructing the building The trus-
tees however say that the excavations had been nm
isned when the work OF construction WIS gwen 10 tne
contractor and ID was his duty TO know what e1cava
tons had been made The subject was referred TO the
counsel OF the Board. iii.
The committee of experts to examine all the build
ings erected during the last six years Will be announced
this week.