The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-07


BEING being laia siI5s dry that DEAD & ends a,g
that no half tiles were heiug used at
the ends. but that whole TILES were split.
course instead Of special tiles made for
| the purpose and that round ridge rolls
were used eoveps on ths M h5ps astgsd Of ne
| ed the, expert that .'in cases when space
was shorter than that required for the
pressed into place by force. Afterward
the, joints of the tiles were painted UP
portion had been laid and protested against
its going on, No attention was paid to
| him and all the roofs were covered in
the same defective manner. The expert
| further says Broorne told him that Keir-
nan disregarded his directions to prevent
the floors from becoming "springy'',. the
sleepers were all put down without hav-
| ing been secured and the floors We're laid
Mr.. Maynicke, after receiving these facts
IN my .opinion Mr. Broome has been
not only justified in refusing to issue
and materials were not in accordance
with the requirements of the drawings
ally and legally bound not to do so.''
Ma,ynicke says:.SAs to | the asesthetic stI
| say nothing. as undoubtedly it has re-
ceived the full consideration of the Board
of Gomnlissioners. and they haye ex-
ability. although the criticism by archi-
tectural writers has been most severe"
After saying 1T would have been bet
ter if the drawings had been on a larger
scale than eight feet to one inch, the
! expert says
II find that no plan of the attic floor.
mas been made except small portion of
a framing plan for iron beams. designat-
roof plan has been made except a framing
plan showing iron beams and trusses for
part Of the roof. No section of any
| ing drawings on which the estimates were
| prepared. and which were used subse-
auently for the erection of the work are
| the more so as there are several errors.
MT The so e entrance steps on Grove street.
not correspond with the steps as shown
on the first story plan. On the basement
and I'D first story plans there is shown a
inside in front of a window in the tower
tbird on dM9}nrgom1ery I}nr.E street side On the
but on the Grove street elevation, two
windows are shown each side of this
staircase from the first to the second
story IS shown to start with a center
gnt regm etbe f nine SIDE esers of to & Platform ana
case ascends to the second story In the
wall AGAINST which these two staircases
| IN plaster with segment heads Two Of
| tnese openings will be crossed by these
| STAIRS, SO that part or the openings will
be above and below the stairs. One of
these openings will be useless, because
on account of the stairs to the base
this wall there will be no floor SPACE
Also. the top of the basement stairs be
10y low the the main stairs, has but Eve feet
the SECOND story it viii not be possible
to build the, upper steps of the main
as shown on the first story plan and sec
ond story plan.
u learn from the Superintendent and
haye been made for the finishing Of The
ceiling on the third story above the maif
Sbaf nofbin IN the m oentfe tower and ais
lights. under the large ventilators at the
IA thifd t story ceiling. in the. main hall and
mad been made. this work would neces
sarlly pe shown on them. I also find ir
the na,,a at5ic ~, story that the exterior brio
top Of the copper cornice with S-incf thinl
brick walls. The specifications, page. a.
be Of stone and copper, backed llp b.
PRICK, PRICK as shown on the plans. the thick
different, plans and by scale.' > ~ -
But there is no attic. plan. nor a sec
5oh Wals whlSn a6nvs s9gs tgs the thickness Of these
course. the thinnest wall possible wa
putt. putt. Had Had a section been made it wouiS
prick walls should have been carried III.
to to the : roof rafters. and that in otheir ai
eases the li prick work ought to have beer
IS g veritabIe tinder box. '-io -ooi
bogl b0n the ne plan called roof plan which
roof. there are several Representations OF
5rpSses and Trainings designated bv Truss
4, A. :; iocs g sitdo, D, p and 6, but on the plan
~ are given. The trusses A and 3 are
aoI+ 9ot correctly shown. On the plans Of the
to
bot to s9sh na do0rs sOr With head lights stsf can
specification. nothing is said in regard ttt to
SASH doors and head lights. nor to the
klhd nfor6 OF glass ass to be used. Moreover. i. an
on on the eod9 plans during the month Of Febru.
ayy;;, aary; 1898. long after the contracts had ID
In looking over. the specifca tions
hed rhere a are several mistakes and some err
roys my d1tv EI luagme1t fa na1i to which deem it
third story ceilings where there there are in9 NO
one lpon beams sh9uld ~, haye been specified
there was no attic plan and no seq sea}io1 1s
lhls would have avoided the nasing Of
new e,g contract with s. G. Parker
per resolution of the Board - adepteS ado cd
March p 1895, and approved b0pthe by the
MAYOR. March 80. 1895. ''i
Inc ceiling as constructed is in .
dangerous condition It is on fbe - a+tie
Hoor level and is not protected: if INV
one Should attempt to walk on if II
| would give way. This has occurred in - -
| lew places Over the corridors tha cell
ing mas been made of 2x6 inch tin7ha1.s
placed about sixteen inches between cen
| tres TO which the iron lathine has been
| fastened. The other parts of this CELL
ing are made of 1x2 inch strips placed
| fourteen to eighteen inches apart nsijed
| to the underside of 2x4 inch ioists laid
fat, thirty to thrty-six inches apart #
| appears that these joists con1menced to
| sag. and 3x10 inch beams were plaeed
| over them. about seven feet apart and
| the 2x4 inch joists were nailed to the
| underside. In some cases these ioists
have pulled off from the beams
| I'm regard to the roof tiles beg to
state that although l have used tiles for
| roots in several instances, / never had
| occasion to use the Holland tiles. AS
my information on this subject is mostly
| derived from publications and not hay-
ing been in Holland Ishave engaged the
| services of a Holland architect who is
thoroughly familiar with this kind Of
work. He has prepared the accompany
| ing drawings to which is attached his
| affidavit. He tells me that these tiles
are only used on roofs with steep pitch
es. that the pitch of the roof is not made
| less than As degrees, except in some rare
| instances in cheap country house work
In the principal cities in Holland this
pitch is regulated by law. On the draw
| ing have made very heavy blue dotted
| lines which indicate the various pitches
of the roofs of the City Hall, all of which
are considerably below As degrees.
1.-THE specification does not state the