The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-20
CITY HALL DEFECTS
One By One They Parade
Before The New
Commissioners.
BRo0ME AND THE BRICKS
he Is Anxious That Contractor
English Shonld Not Be Forced
To Remove Them.


strosity. is not getting along as we'll with
the new City Hall Commissioners as he.
did with the old ones. He was put on
the rack again this morning. and at once
proceeded to tear up Carpenter Contractor
John Kiernan. Commissioner Hough in.
terrupted him
This fooling has gone far enough he
said. This building is going to be fin
ished.,'
Broome made another effort to attack
kiernan when Commissioner Dickinson
shut him up abruptly by exclaiming:-
I'VE don't care q - about all of this
twaddle. We want facts and that is
all"
This didn't phase Broome. and with the
direct intention of not permitting repor-
ters to hear what he had to say, he leaned
half way over the railing which surrounds
the desk of the City Clerk in the Alder
manic Chamber. and for a short time
spoke scarcely above whisper.
Commissioner Hough is not favorably
impressed with Broome. and to great
extent holds him responsible for all the
trouble shar has arisen. Mr.. Hough
says the specifications are of such Pc
culiarly contradictory nature that he does
not wonder there have been disagree
ments. What is puzzling the new Com
missioners and is causing them to keep
Broome up to time, is his peculiar an
tagonism to Herman.
Broome made extensive alterations In
the iron work. which was a sub-contract
awarded by Richard English to the Pagan
Iron Works, and all through the trouble
English has never been attacked. and has
escaped criticism for all his work except
the glazed brick. Broome on a dozen
OCCASIONS has declared that the speeifca-
tions call for white glazed brick of uni
form size and color This morning he
knocked the breath out of the Commission
ers by smilingly announcing that his
specifications call for colored glazed
bricks in the closets and white glazed
bricks in the corridors English has merely
reversed things. he says, and put the
colored bricks in the corridors and the white
bricks in the closets.
Broome's eyes did not even twitch
when he made the statement Commits
that made Brooine feel trifle uneasy.
1t did not stop him. however, from max
ing an appeal for English.
Does it seem fair or honest to ask
Mr.. English to remove all those bricks
because he has reversed the order of
use?@ he asked. '4The effect in the corri-
doris will be pretty
Broome put his foot IN It when he said
specified The bricks English has used
in the corridors. and which Commission
and Blue ones. ~ are e : Phiiadelphia m a red red
pressed brick covered with such light
coat Of I;l glaze IL that the red shows through
they possess. The bricks which were
shown the jury in the trial of the ex-
Commissioners and which it was repre-
bricks which have been condemned and
ordered removed are of the kind speci-
For the past three months Broome has
been making fight to, have English al
lowed to foist the condemned brick on
HE will not succeed if I can help it,
says Commissioner Hough.
Another little ~ defect was discovered
n Broome.g specifica tons this morning.
sta saned glass ess %indows ofo fs The pspeeea
tions do not provide for any glass
big. pipe sewer runs through the bottom
of the elevator shaft. It was proposed to
lower il by using joints.
To this the Commissioners object fear
ing that it would become choked up and
flood the building. Broome for three
months has been finding fault with Kier-
nan cannot do any work on the elevat-
ors until Broome compels his friend Eng
lish to alter the sewer.
The question of the butts, hinges and
locks for the building was taken up.
Mr.. Kiernan has notified the Commits
sion he win use any furniture they desig-
Russell & Irwin Hardware Company, was
present this morning and was unkind
specifications So that he (Burns5 win vii be Be
in a position TO deal intelligently with
Herman. n one place AKA bronze butts
are called for and in anotherseveralothe
another of naf