The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-13
SCARED TO DEATH.
The Peril of Indictment
Brings City Hall Scoun-
drels Into Harmony.
PATCH WORK AND BOTCH WORK.
One Contractor to Dig Out Bricks
and Another to Tinker
the Roof.
THOSE LAUGHABLR SPECIFICATIONS.
No Provision in Them For Heat
ing the Third Floor-Will the
Chimneys Draw?

The City Hall Commissioners met this
morning. They seemed pleased to be
able to announce that they had won a
victory over Contractor English. He
sent the. following letter to the Board
In response to your resolution of NJ
vember 6 beg to say that do intend
TO remoYe under direction of the archi-
City Hall as he may decide do not con
form to the specifications. This will in
clude all of such bricks as have been con-
demned by your honorable body so far as
any such action has been officially COM
municated to me.
A NEAT PROBLEM
Upon Commissioner Datz's recommen-
dation it was decided to request Contrac-
tor English to remove the Objectionable
glazed bricks as soon as possible. Just
how the .off'' colored bricks are to be
removed from solid wall and replaced
by others is puzzling many people. Every
second brick is off color, and visitors who
have inspected them have said that a
botched job will be the result of patch
ing.
Architect Broome, who 1t is alleged, in
duced English to buy the bricks, is not
worrying English to the extent he is the
other contractors who have not lived up
to the $1,000 specifications.
BROOMES ) MULlSHNESS.
English has not as yet removed the
broken window sills on the second floor.
when is that work to be done, Mr..
81 told Mr.. English what you wanted
done, and my duty ends there" was the
reply.
No further questions Were asked. Mr..
Burke, however, said that the intels
would have to come out, and very soon
at that.
airy to have the glazed brick removed.
If English exercises the same speed with
the sills it is thought he ought to have
them out of the way by june, 1896, at
WILL THEY DRAW?
Commissioner Burke also wanted TO
know if the chimneys were high enough
Mr. Broome assured him that they were
plenty high. Experts say the wind will
are lower than the roof coping.
Mr. Broome was also asked about the
radiators for the third floor. The, speci-
call for radiators on the third floor.
Broome says they do. The Commission
decided to have Corporation Counsel
Blair read the disputed documents and
give his opinion whether radiators are
called for or not.
AS the matter stands at present, no
third floor. Broome's specifications, the
contractors say, are full of such ''trifi-
ing omissions.
THE LEAKY ROOF.
Contractor Kiernan communicated with
thte Board and expressed his willingness
to make such repairs as Architect Kreit-
Ter, who inspected the roof, repoted nee
essary. He wanted to know whether
Broome or Kreitler would inspect the
making of the repairs. The clerk was
directed to notify him that Broome
would
There will, it is expected, be another
clash over the repairs. The present Com
mission has only seven more meetings.
On the first of the year Mayor Wanser
will appoint the new Commission. The
building is expected to be finished by
that time.
Builders say the city will have to spend
at least $4,000 more to put the building
in. any kind of decent shape.