The morning times., 1896-10-07
had been properly anchored Mr. Oliver
did n,t bplipyp il would

| had been properly anchored. MI. oIivcr
| did not believe ii would.
| I.liuIn, inspector i,iidy testified that the
| building was constructed according To the
| building regulations in every respect He
| found the bolts for anchOrag &c i'll the beams
| when he inspected the wreck after the
| storm.
What time III the morning Were you
| there asked Mr.. Beatty.
1T was about 1870 a. m"
| Mr.. Bradythen Nplained what was meant
| hy the anchorage by reference 10 the
| window OF the room. He then read the
building regulations and explained how
| they We're applied 10 this building,
! Mr.. Beatty objected to Mr.. Brady's eX-
| rlanation OF the regulation and some dis
| cussiun occurred as to his addressing the
| Jury upon the subject. II was decided
| he might make the explanation, and Mr.
Brady described at length how the load
| is placed in such constructions and where
the concentrated strain comes. The
QuiremcntS Of safety, he said, had been
| fully met.
| II want you to state to the jury said
the coroner, .that you consid dcred the
construction entirely safe
| II certainly So considered it or the pla rs
would never have been approved The
| falling " that wall consider an act If
| Providence and not due TO any fault OF
! construct ION
| QUESTIONED BY THE JURY
| At suggestion from Mr.. Beatty the
| building inspector took the photographs
of the building and attempted To show
how the wall was properly anchored He
| pointed out that there Were rods TO make
| the anchorage at the ends OF the beams
| These, he said, Were about sixteen inches
| long. A previous witness had said they
| We're fourteen, seven and a half each side
A jurymanaske ed what Mr.. Brady thought
| of the mortar. He said he considered il
! very good. He explained that sand and
| lime mortar was expected to stand a
| given strain, while cement would stand
| about one-third more.
| Mr.. Brown brought in two bricks with
Some mortar clinging to them and handed
them 10 the Jury. Mr.. Featty objected
| Mr.. Beatty said the brick work, iron
| work and wood work in the building Were
| very good He knew Messrs. Cissell, Cor
| hett, and Schneider. He had seen much
| OF Mr.. Cissell's work both as building
inspector and in his private work. He
| never knew Mr.. Cissen to do a piece Of
| bad work.
In answer to Mr.. Thomas he said the
| extra wall on the Bratty wall at the west
| side of the building had nothing Ia do with
| the strength of the Albert building. He
would have not have had this tied To the
| old wall because in settling the ties would
| have hecn broken.
long discussion followed, in which Mr..
| Brady argued 10 show that the regulation
requiring that walls be anchored every
| ten feet did not apply TO such construction
a; was going on ut the Albert building
| That construction vas admissible i'll every
| city i'll the country.
ANCHORAGE NOT NECESSARY
The coroner read the building regulation
N question and Mr. Thomas asked whether
the anchorage called for by the rule was
| necessary TO the safety Of the building.
..No.r said Mr.. Brady explosiveiy: mot
| AZ ALL
lie said further that he had not examined
the east wall OF tie Alert building, which
| Mr. Oliver had considered out of plum.
iii put an Instrument ON that tomorrow"
| Ii was stated that Assistant Inspector
King had looked at il and found the walls
not seriously out of line
Mr.. John Henderson, who said lie mad
been 4 builder here for over forty years.
| testified that the extra wall at Che west
side ran up forty courses and WIS tot
lied except at one place He also - w
that there was N" proper anchorage He
saw the place where there was nrJyiSlon
for anchorage. There was a hole for Il
bolt in the end OF the beam. He looked
at it from the street on the morning after
the storm and saw the hole clearly There
was no bolt in il. ....-....
"lo you mean because there was no
holt that Wednesday morning that none
was there on Tuesday night in the Storm
We'll. 1 Cont know what had become II
it. There was never wind of heaven
blew hard enough TO blow one piece Of
iron out OF another"
We'll, Wen agree about that said
Mr.. Thomas.
Mr. Beatty, by the coroncr's permission
asked wlether If the anchorage had becn
| proper tne wall would have blown down
No MAJ could tell. He thought, however
without anchorage that the wall was
unsafe under any circumstances.
TREASURY EXPERT'S VIEW.
Korb Berle of the Treasury department.
civil engineer, testified upon the call of
MS. Beatty. lie had examined the build
ing He said the wall had not been prop
| erly anchored, il il had been anchored
/ at all. Also the additional wall at tie
4 west had not been bonded as the reguii-
tions require.
DO you mean that the bonding or lack
of it is responsible for that accident
asked Mr.. Thomas.
I'm such u case everything counts"
Mr.. Thomas asked whether IT the an
choraSe had been made as claimed the
wall would have been safe. The witness
replied that he thought not He consd-
cred the star anchor preferable to that
/ used at its best. 1t was a proper Con-
struction when rightly done. He explained,
however, that the anchorng in this case
| was bad because the bolt was left straight
when it ought to have been hcnt He ad-
mitted that the construction was common
but said it was not safe.
To Mr.. Beatty he said il the wall had
been anchored at two three points
between the beams, which are Twenty-Five
! feet apart, by iron bars extending in
through three or four joists the building
would not have collapsed in the storm.
He was asked about the mortar and said
lie considered it very poor mortar. He
had done no building here, but was expert
on such matters in the supervising archi-
tect's office in the Treasury. He had
made a special examination in this case.
Assistant Building Inspector King said
he had been a carpenter and builder before
going into the inspectors office lie had
been detailed to inspect the work on she
Albert building. He had watchedit. The
| plans were followed and with one slight
exception had nothing to anita gonize. He
saw the anchors put in the beams as the
plans direct as the walls went up. He
considered them sufficient. He examined
| the building at 2 O'Clock the day after