The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-08

FULL OF FAULTS.
Architect Broome Criticizes
the Contractors Work
on the New City
Hall.
THAT GLAZED BRICK JOB.
Points Out What is Necessary to
Finish the Building-Ditrer-
ence of Opinion.
THAT GLAZED BRICK JOB

morning with that Anticipated SIT, 000 archi-
tect, Louis II. Broome. AS usual it was
a disagreeable session. 1T was remark
able for a long series of complaints against
the contractors. particularly John Kief-
nan.
Broome's first communication cited the
fact that Herman has not put the eleyA-
tors in the building. He also charges
that the roof is not tight, and continuing
says, There are many other things when
l call your attention to in another letter. :
Attached to Broome's letter is one from
Herman, in which he says that his con-
tract is practically finished, and offers, if
there is anything else to do under his con
tract, to do it as speedily as possible, and
put the monstrosity in a condition ready
for occupancy.
In Broone's second letter about the
carpenter portion of the contract, he
again refers 10 the roof, and says it is
not tight or proof against storms. lie
complains of the electrical wiring and
asserts that the galvanized iron work
on the cresting is badly damaged. The
panels OF the pediments are not as called
for, he charges. The passenger eleva-
tors are not in and the exterior tin needs
a coal of metallic paint. The leaders,
he alleges, are not properly connected,
and show bad leaks. The painting IS not
all finished, and the electric wiring
is not as it should be. The wood floor
ings in the basement are not level or in
good order.
All the exterior windows, he says, should
nave pockets in the frames SO that II Viii
be possible to reach the weights: lac
basement windows and windows OF vaults
should have PLAN castings and the fioors
| should be planed off and The 4ndo vs.
and doors throughout the building MADE
to open and shut freely. Tha completes
the list of what the architect expects OF
Herman. ~
referring to the plumbing work. the
upon it until it has neen t~horougniy
tested. He says in another week ne Wtll
| be able to report upon that part OF the
The Important part Of the building is
that done by Richard English; the mason
| contractor. English is handed g-lseriy
and the outline of n ne mas :, yeI % no
the subject of glazed brick, the arenltest
says, sit needs repairing. ard pontihS
up" This il one Par. Of the %orE ,s waIen
| l,aere are about 10000 glazed brick IN
| the building, and they are aooud 90 cAoess
a collection as can pc fmaginei. daes w.
| missioners, and the present of1elais hdye
found no reason to believe mat the
bricks are any nearer to 7 he 5 pee ~ ies'ons
| ers say the bricks are the only disgraeeiui
feature of the monstrosity: tney dle
not of uniform size and color. ana Ger
| tainav are so laid that they destroy, WnaS-
ever beauty the main cor dor ana halla
might ever nave possessed under the most
favorable circumstances -
English will not remove them, because
he bought them through Broome,, ne
says, and Broome will not condemn them
or say they are not as called for, I9r
reasons best known TO alnas er Z "
assert that the bricks are what Wefe
specified. The Commissioners 90 1oI
agree with Their architect and viii not
accent the bricks, which means tnal
thev viii not pay for them unless COM
PEELED to do so by the courts.
English has some repairing. to 90 te
the Thing and the stairs leading 70 the
attic need treads. The drains on the
Montgcmery and Mercer streets sides
reed to be properly connected so that
thew will be useful instead of ornamental
The cornice in the Connptrollers ohce
is not as it should be. There IS con.
siderable plastering and painting up te
he done in the closets. Each side OF the
words CITY Hail." on the stoop OF Eng
monstrosity requires recutting. Ratings
are also required ON the openings arouno
the second and third floors. That I'm
ishes English's work, in Broome's esti-
NATION.
In addition to the work to be done
by the contractors the architect has
made a few suggestions. He wants iron
Orders placed in the light court for
raising safes or heavy furniture. He
thinks it would look well to have doors
and trim around the stairs leading to the
attic and steps placed under the Mont
gomsry and Mercer street stoops, IN
order to reach the basement. He also
wants a ventilating cap placed on the
kitchen chimney and finally to haye
doors on the floors open outward in or
der to give more room. No awards
were made for the furniture and the
bidders were notified that it would prob
ably be some time before any conclusion
is arrived at.