New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-08
SCHOOLS BEHIND TINE.
WORK ON THEM STOPPED.
Strikes Are Blocking SolOing OF
-. Crcscd;nc Problem.

-s.,,.s o4 various trade unions. together with
the shutdown ot the YARDS Of builoing rna'eiisi
dealers as told The TribIne Yesterday are ser
oJsly delaying work public school Duilolhss
,b-o,,,lo,,t the cit, on various school buildings
f. tho course Of erection list OF which was gwen
10 Tribune reporter yesterday at the puiioins
Department Of the Board OF Educatlon Pee'S
strikes have stopped work entirely Now fnat tne
ts,ilsns material dealers have closed their yards
On account Of demands Of team drivers and truck
men il seems impossible 10 finish the ne" puifo-
fnes on contract time
At the Board Of Education it was said that many
az the strikes which had delayed the work were
not due TO the wage question bu1 to splitting mars
on minor points and also 10 disputes between
unions Several examples were given
In instance. the stean11irteris union PUT IA
some pipes which the plumbers union declared
they should have done-result q strike announcer
case The electrical contractor on one OF the ouiid-
inss sublet a contract 10 non-un.on shop TO hang
some fixtures This firm agreed 10 employ only
union men and pay the prevailing scale. and al
though the fixtures were not to be hung for three
months the result 2 strike Here Is report
on school buildings under date of May 8;
Public School No a Manhattan. One-hunoreo-
snd-tventy-sixth-st. and Third-ave-To be com
pIeted September. 1903 All work ceased because OF
fraickn1en going out on strike May Impossible
Il get building materials
Public School No 81. Monroe and Gouverneur-
s4s-To be finished December 1908 Carpenters out
strike April S
Public School No So ore-hundred- and-thirty
hsth-st. and Jenox-ave.-To be finished July. 1908
Carpenters cut on strike April Il. roofers April
3 Work stopped owing TO lack Of material through
strike Of trucknen May
Public School No 10e. Mott and Characteristics
To be completed March !. 1900. Work stopped
owing to the cart drivers and ezcavators' strike
May !.
Public School No 10. Broone and Cannon-sts.-
To be completed april Il 1904. Work stopped be-
cause Of strike Of cart drivers and excavators.
Public School No. Iss. Manhattan, East Houston.
Lewis and East Third-sts-Largest elementary
school building in the world, TO be completed in
July. 1908. All work stopped Carpenters on strike
April Il; laborers. April %
Public School No. 80, Eighty-second-st. between
First and Second-aves.-To he completed October
owing 70 cart drivers strike
High School Of Commerce Sixty-ffth and Sixty
sixth SITS. OF Broadway; building nearly COM
pleted: carpenters on strike
Morris High School. -and-sixty-sixth-
St Boston Road and Jackson-ave., The Bronx;
plumbers out April 8; thermostat men, April H.
carpenters, April II; plasterers laborers and ex-
public School No l4s. Havemeyer-st. between
Ncrth Sixth and Seventh SITS, Brooklyn; to be
completed January l. 1904 laborers out on strike,
Nav l.
Public School No. AS Centrsi-ave and Noll-st,
Brooklyn: be completed November l, 1903: labor
ers strike on work and excavations, May l.
Public School No. 49, -hIndred-and-sixty-
completed September J. 1903: tIuckaen On strike
NAY I. and all mechanics have had to stop for
want Of materials.
Reports have not as vet come in for balance OF
schools in Brooklyn. Queens and Richmond. but il
Is expected the condition OF affairs prevails