New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
ALLISONS TRANSFER SITE. i
Coroner Says One of Contractors
Has Left T'O5gH.

The Allison Realty Company. owners OF the-<s
collapsed Hotel Darlington transferred title
yesterday TO a plot 55x1O05 feet on the north
side Of Forty-sixth-st. 200 feet east OF sixth
ave-. the site of the hotel to Joseph H. Camp-T
bell. The stated consideration was nominahoE
c. Fl. Campbell is the vice-president Of the
cor,nanv ww
From ali the evidence in the hands Of the
authorities it would appear that the DarlngtonSt1
collapse. in which seventeen are known TO have ~
been killed. due to faulty construction AfSo1
though Assistant District Attorney Train was
investigating yesterday to see whether the rear
wall might not have collapsed because Of quick-c~
sands under the foundation. this theory seems y
entirely nuIIhed by the declaration OF the Buid~"r
ings Department I'D
Henry o. Cole. a special Inspector OF masonry -
crawIed under the twisted iron beams and hesps--.
Of brf k yesterday. and when he had made ~
thorough examination. reported to Deputy su~ss
perintendent Jordan that the rear wall wasei
intact Not crack in it," he said '0i
Henry de Bots Parsons. the consulting sn~so
sineer who is acting advisor to the Districts
Attorneys Office. was at the scene all day. &c
cannot give any decisive opinion yet" said hesN
The accident must have happened from one orr
a combination OF these causes: Faulty work.
manshiD. overlooking. poor material or a shift~o-
ing of the foundation. We cannot determine az
TO the foundation until get the debris allsc
cleared away. The material is good; have exec
l IT,
cause the beams bent but didn't break Wefsi
| have some testimony as to the loading. but or
/ that 1 cannot speak The workmanship remains
to be determined"
Assistant District Attorney Train put much
/ effort to running down the story about the
| quieksands He had his Office many ola
| residents of that section. who could tell about
any subterranean waters. Deputy superintsnd-
ent Jordan. too. did some investigating. "a g..
/ talked with Walter Reid. the builder OF the
l Patterson. directly in the of the i'll fated
Darlington and Buchanan & Fox. its architects
/ They told him. he said, that they remembered
i no quicksands when that hotel was built
1 There was an extra coat OF concrete put INTO
i the cellar of the Darlington. Mr. Jordan sad-a-
/ The front Of the foundation was built on rock
| In digging rock clay was struck hrst- This
\ clay was soft. Mr.. Jordan said. and the extra
/ thickness Of concrete was necessary TO prevent
| damp basement.
| partment. who has been in Florida. will be back
tomorrow. He left there as soon as he got
formed of the progress made. and soon as he,e,
reaches here viii take charge Of the work -
violation against some of Mr.. HOpper's hrmisai
work. There was not necessary any further5o
The violation which consisted in having the
walls too far ahead OF the hreproofng work. Is
Coroner schOler was at the scene Of the ruins
| early yesterday. He said:
| John Schwandtner, OF Pole & Schwandtner.
the iron contractors for the Darlington. left hsi6
| home, No. 237 East Seventy-ninth-st., at mid
/ a
| left the city. I believe he has skipped. County
| detectives who have been trying to find him.
/ learned that he at home during the nigh8-r
and went there at 100 O'Clock. but he had
! gone"
During the afternoon A l. A HimTneiWricnts-
general manager Of the ROeblng Construction
Company, visited the ruins. and said that he.
was OF the opinion that one OF the supporting
columns which rested quicksand had shifted
and caused the disaster siA
Two more bodies were taken from the ruins
/ yesterday. The first was identified that or
Emil Hencher a plumbers helper. who lived
at No 7S6 East One-hundred- aTd-fOrty-
The second was that Of Walter j. Christopher
| a stoneCutter OF No. 1.2S7 First-ave- 90