The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-11
TALLMAN REPLIES.
He Admits That Things Are
Wrong, But Says Architect
Broome is to Blame.

| The City Hall Commissioners met this
morning. Corporation Counsel Blair ana
Architect Broome were present. Inspec-
| tor Tallman failed to appear
A lively meeting was looked for in
view of the Grand Jury's experts de-
nunciation of the building, and no one
was disappointed 1t was known that
| Architect Broome had rod in pickle
| for Commissioners Pearson and Burke,
and those gentlemen were on the lookout
| for 'fbad breaks" so that they would
get a chance .at him.
Commissioner Datz was worried
over the experts frightful tear
ing up of the building, and
he was anxious to have Archi-
| tect Broome make a reply that would
offset. to some extent. the impression
that a we'll developed scandal turks in
side of the City Hall monstrosity..
Inspector Tallman. the same as Archi-
tect Broome had been instructed to
submit a report of the present condition
of the building. Tallmann's report was
taken up first.
1t was as follows:-
MR. TALLMANN SPEAKS.
In accordance with your resolution
of September 4, l respectfully submit
the following to you in reply. All the
work done and now being done on the
new City Hall is in accordance with the
plans and specifications, except as here
after stated. The two domes over the
Aldermanic and main corridor and the
skylights over small stairway and eleva-
tor shaft have been constructed or WOOD
and galvanized iron and instead OF
strong heavy constructed iron and NOV
able STATS has been done in accordance
with the details furnished the carpenter
by the architect.
The enamelled brick used in the corri-
doris, halls and toilet rooms are not IN
accordance with the specifications
That the roof trusses are not made
like the drawing on plans. but We're re-
constructed according to details furnished
by the architect; that the circular
headed window head frames on, the
on the inside. have been made circular
On the inside in accord with a detail
furnished the carpenter by the architect:
that the smoke pipes intended to connect
with the boilers and smoke ftueS are steel,
in place of heavy wrought iron. The
Henderson street stairway has 6A-lnGSih \
are ) inches: the specifications call for
12x12 newell at the bottom and Sxs above;
tails furnished by the architect, There
are. or have been, many changes in par
titions on the second floor to suit the
has been used on the different floors for
concrete, ashes and cinders and broken
pieces of fireproof and, cement of the
same proportions as called for in base
ment and was done by the orders of the
architect.
There have been two door openings
first floor to accommodate the heads of
departments. One toilet in the south
corridor on the, first floor has been
changed to a clerks room for the tax
office. so the toilet room on the north
corridor will serve the purpose of the two
by putting in most of the additional clos
There are several minor changes
which are not according to plans and
but be are or aeaorang to or
ing very well, and the building will be
finished in December next of this year.
There are six pieces on the second story
broken over the first story windows, un-
der the north, west, southwest and
The two large soil pipes connecting with
toilet rooms on the second and third
stories, on the easterly end OF the build
srees 9nd Mp Engsh ciamed ah tha
he has put in all the sewer pipes to
PEARLS BEFoRE " H isFIiSiANN' swine.
Didn't you furnish the Inspector r, with
'sYou might just as well throw pearls
before swine" retorted Broome. II gave
them. He. does not know anything about
It IS very. funny that he has said a :!
remarked Commissioner Datz.
He has exercised great care to say
nothipg against Carpenter tns baf be
was doing well enough"
Discussion stopped at this point and
Tallma.nns report was filed. fled ,,,o, :
given in another place. was next read.
Commissioner Datz had a satisfied
smile on his face when Clerk Farrell
He was impressed with the idea that
the report would settle all unpleasant
suspicious surrounding the building
Il will admit began Architect Broome,
that ashes and cinders were used in
the floor concrete instead of crushed
say that concrete made of ashes is better
lighter"
said Gommissioner iis sfoI Datz, that the City
Hall has cost 81, 100000 It has not It
cost. only. SS43,000,. and the expert told
me himself that it was cheap building
and he could not see how we were get
ting such a building for SO little money.
II want to know about the alleged
room and in the tax clerks officer"
continued Mr. Datz.
There Vas no change. replied o I'd Nj Nj
CINE room floor. The expert ought to
know that not brick. was saved by
raising the floor. The brick walls had
to be the same size and height, no mat
ter where the floors were located, and
another thing. the expert should not
say what, work can be done for nov. "
particularly as we received these bids
now"
sHow about the big stone Intel over
the Grove street entrance that is crack
ed?" asked Mr.. Datz
The stone man and myself talked about
that stone many times. We were afraid
a Intel twenty feet long would crack
but the stone man thought iron trusses
could be SO constructed, and bolts used
SO that it would be amply supported. We
set it and bolted it. but for some reason
It cracked almost directly IN the centre
Alexander Hamill and John Wheelihan.
to the effect that the. stone, as cracked
will stand for years. It is all right. even
if cracked. and to change it would be
useless. =
HOW ABOUT THE ROOF?
How about the trusses in the rcof?'
There are not so many trusses as the