New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-04
THE CENST RE or TRINITY.
no ACTION TO BE TAKEN TILL THE YER
DICT Is OFFICIALLY BROUGHT 10 THE
ATTENTION OF THE CORPORATION.

ATTENTION OF THE CORPORATION
\ good deal Of comment was iniuisei N 'es'er-
day regarding the verdict Of the CorJnrrs - ry IN
the case Of the four people who LOST ,hc.r ives IN
the fire at 80 ga Hulson-st. last sunday nIo'i ing
Foreman Reilly. % Truck No. >. am fl!- ing IN
spcctor Daniel \ O'Toolo we're the chief witnesses
and apparently ~ wss upon their testimony that
the fury basel l,s vcrIci OF censure asaIis, the
Trinity Church Corporation. Mr.. Reilly thought
that a. least two lives might have been saved II the
building had been supplied with adequate fire
escapes. The building inspector. IN his testimony.
pointed out that there had been back stairway
- the builling bat that lt hal been torn away to
make space for more living rooms. All would have
escaped without injury. he coniendei. II this stair
way hal been lift standing The jury charged the
corporation with neglect in that T.; had failed to
provide horoscopes according to Ian.
reporter for Tho T lbune called upon Colonel :
V r Cruger Controller Of the Trinity Corporation.
last evening at his home. No IL East Thlry-hfih-
ST. He said he had heard that the jury had cen
sured the corporation but tina. ho had not as yet
seen the verdict. After reading the published YER
sion be seid that ne dd not how Trinity Cor
poration could be held responsible FOR failure 10 pro-
vide fire-escape IN this particular Instance
We have never been ordered TO erect hre-esclpe
This particular building" he continued and We
did no; think 1t necessary. II a small buildins
only two stories above the ground on the ground
floor was a store We leased the house 20 the
woman who occupied the second floor. and she sub
let the foor above to another family and also sub
le- The store. ". have statistics hand 20
show how many people wer" 10 me building n
the Building Department hli deemed a hre-escape
necessary there and had ora rcd - - erect
would undoubtedly haye done In many IN
stances have placed hre-escapes On our build
ngs withou any order from the Department and
" have q competent man whose duty 10 j. 20 go
about among our buildings anl see shat necessary
repairs made
OF cour-e We have great many building, and
n Is very dihicIt 10 Keep evefyfhin exactly a. IL
should te Many OF thu buildings are OLD. TOO. but
We are changing an the tine. Ia many places
have torn he Old buildings In the rear 80 to
make a play yard Tor children. The removal Of the
Old building The gives rear yard siXfy-fivc
feet In depfh. Take tn hloc, bounded By Hudson.
Spring Narck and Nandam ste. Last summer we
tore away twenty-five Old houses there and erected
a modern nraprrof hulllng. which j. now nearly
completed Many az Tho h-4tIlngs stand on lease!
ground and w. cannot make alterations until the
leases expire. Many Of these leases ran Tor iwrE-
ty-one years with tWO renewals. Now We refuse
TO renew leases unless Tho owner viii agree 20
remove the rear building This building ia Hudson
81 was old. bur - comfortable ana had been
pleasantly arranged by the woman 10 whom We
leased u. Fire * likely q occur IN any house III
f. something that cannot apparently b" SUCCESS
fully guarded AGAINST. and deem u a great mis-
fortune thai any ives should be lost. but In this
HuGsou-st case ! understand that one man made