New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-20

BUILDINGS FALL WHILE GUILTY CON
TRACTORS ARE OUT on BAIL.
FAILURE TO TRY oRCHARD-sT. BUILDERS EN-
couRAGEs THOSE IN WEST BROADWAY TO
VIOLATE THE LAw-COIONEL FELL
LOws's EXPLANATION.

VIOLATE THE LAw-COIONEL FELL
LOws's EXPLANATION
The new conditions OF life and work in modern
cities create new crimes and change the grades or
degrees of Old ones The old law recognized several
degrees OF murder and homicide The various build
ing accidents which have startled New-York this
year raise the question whether new classification
should not be Instituted by the Legislature so as
TO include murder by wholesale. And II such
crime should be defined by statute its trial should
be given precedence ali others. or at least In
denant citizens have been declaring. should be
given eoual rank In that regard with the crime OF
bribery.
CITIZENS RIGHTEOUSIY INDIGNANT
peonle are asserting on every side that the hor-
rble story OF the colapsing OF the tall building at
Thirl-st and West Broadway, as it is being dragged
out before the Coroners jury. proves many thihss'
hut nothing more clearly than that swift punish
mont Il necessary check that sort or tnnS on the
mart Of owners. contractors and inspectors Pubhc
cansure the scathing verdict Of Coroners jury
and indictment by the Grand Jury will not do II.
While the builders the Ireland property were
plling up their towering structure or IRON anu ocA
on one scant foundation of twelve inches OF con-
crete dumped on shifting sand and cappen WIFI
chsan stone. four men were walking about New
York under bail AMI indictment Tor as great an
offence II these men, who are charged with the
violent deaths of four human beings In the collapse
of the Orchard-st. building. had been swiftly uiei
and the guilty sent to sing sing IL might vi
might not have added the necessary SIX i'lches
more OF concrete to the foundations OF Mr. lreiahd
eight-story building. Certain it Is that their ar
rest blunt condemna ton by the Coroners jury ana
nrompt Indictment. without prompt punishment mao
no effect toward making the West Broadway con-
tractors stick TO their specifications
THE JURYs STERN CONDEMNATION.
II was no longer ago that March l that the
Orchard-st building collapsed. and Killed Tour
I,borers At the inquest II was proved tha' the
most outrageous errors In plans ana sho' 'co''"5'
IN construction characterized the work through
ont. one witness produced TWO Dicks, WHICH ne
had taken from the building When he struck
tbsr, ughtlv together they crumb'ed to dust The
game witness testified that the mortar was hali
mud In the course Of their verdict. the jury saiu'
.'rhe brick work was laid without proper lime; a
great number OF broken brisk were used " ans
were built thinner than shown IN the p'aiS' tenn
mates were omitted under beams and others were
, ~ insufficient size: the sand dug on the
nren,ises was of poor quality, and not clean; one
rowlock arch was used over WINDOWS. h s'eat, VI
two Moreover. beams rested over SuEn Up Isd
walls were laid out Of plumb ana DtickS wei. , i
in freezing weather. These and many other similar
defects prove concIusivey that the owners a.'
acter and that they were criminaiiy Negligent
INDICTED. But NEVER TRIED.
A. a result four men indicted in the month
~ March for this crime. They were Iimothy ).
Ornsbv the ~ammany building inspector, VINO nad
so'enlniv sworn TO inspect and report al such at
tennis at the "slnnlng" of work by contractors
Peter Comes and John G.eaves TWO OF me conlItc.,
nrs and William f. Lennon. owner Oh the rotten
hnidinp All these were admitted 10 Ddll anu ndNe
never been fried The Orchard-st matter hai Deel
aImost fnrYotten I'm spite Of the awfu ACQUISITIONS
Of the sworn iurymen at the inquest, anu insl
never have been recalled 10 puDhc attention. Il e'ie
win catastronhe In West broadway had not AGAIN
started the city.
COLONEL FELLoWs's REASONS
When asked yesterday why the orchard-s'
builders had not been brought to BOOK 'olohTl
Follows said: Those indictments were found al
fhe same time as the Indictments OF Mclaughlin
and others for bribery The Constitution says tha
tho latter cases shall be given precedence we
took them promptly and consumed ABOUT , mr.
months of The courts time with them lhd'
hroupht US up TO summer and the vacation season
when ony two parts Of the General sessions ar, are
oren for business and there Is no oyer ana er-
miner The Orchard-st. cases are OF the, lont
AMI complicated kind. FIRST and last IL would take
= nonth probably TO try them In the mean time tnt
,romhs would become congeSted in hot weat her VIII
prisoners awaiting trial and unable TO get pail lherS
,yas nothing to do but TO let them so over uht
fail Then there viii be four parts OF the Genera
Sessi,ns going the regular term of oyer and Ter
miner will be in session. ana sha:i ASK the GOV
rrnor TO call a special term also with SIX courts
omen we can give everybody attention. and you may
saw that the Orchardst. cases VIII certainly be
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