New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-11
STRIKES MORE MENACING
DeIag an School Building Spreads
alternate Plan Criticised.

O. y J. Snyder Superintendent - Scnooi
buildings. yesterday declared that the s'rlke o.
y,ssons' helpers was uenacinE all WORK on "e"
school buildings throughout the city WINE p"
serious delays had yet been caused pS nv
strike the situation was becoming graNeT- i'e-
Esrding this De said;
The striking la50rerE were efpioNeu OF
.,yentv-foyr Different buildings, ana hlne iho-e
buildings win soon pe ready Tor uieih. n =. -
these men have NOT eft their WORK anu -, "
Public school SO =. Brooklyn the Sliiht -l
heen settled entirely. or course. ltls S1llh' ~
Interfere with the starting OF work on any ne"
contracts Tor school buildings u IL conilhufs ;.
This VIII be especially so n the lab"ieis w
,,.-l 81, 3D.. excavations also decide TO 20 out
I d. not see that the situation is clearing uI-
A member ~ the committee on buildings q
,be Board ~ Education expressed doubt as 10
the exue6.cHc, OF letting contracts Cor compile
zion in 20 SHORT 3D. po'iod rs IS proposed ht TIE
Building Department. He said
Tho HuGdnr department rs pre2afirg Z" az
verfisa for figure uIoH @e>rrai slllool $1,000. O." y,
a. has been published. u is about 10 SCI me
dates 81 completion from the starting @! VIZ
six au6 eight months on The anieNeS S5ia ~ ~
and twelve months on tne laiEtS' INNINGS
am ~ .hr opinion that all ~ these peitoGs ar
TOO sh0~, FOR the completion 90 the uaeft'i
The |olor-ea -erness of Tho committee 10 nas'si
work Oh school structures mas defeat llsell os
its own demands Tor speed. ,,
The time allowed for the anneNes sn9ulu og
eight and twelve months. instead OF SIX anu
eight months. while the periods SET ioI tIe
larger Jobs should be twelve and tfieen months.
I-a Their than eight and twelve months. No school
building car be erected in Jess than eiSht months
under any pressure that we are able 10 BRING
20 bear. We could not pay 10 have the WORK
pushed da, and might. The shortest period ever
taEeu 90 erect school was eight months and
six days.
Paul Stsrrett. superintendent 81 the construc-
,ion department OF the Fuller Construction Com
psry. doubted the power OF the Board OF Edu-
cation 10 get its schools built within siy months.
He said:
A plbIic school is one Of the simplest sort 81
strurtures and a small one could easily he put
nm within eight months. ] do not think max
one could he erected within six months, now
ever without greater expenditure OF Ihone1
than The Board - Education could arord- / 90
not think that a large school shoulo take =
much longer period fhau a small buildlhR. II j.
I'M "a Question of how much steam IS put on ln
Tho beginning ~ the work
I am OF the opinion that the chief source OF the
trouble 81 the BOARD Of Education IN hastetlhs
tho erection Of its school buildings IS the result
az the custom o. employing number OF con-
tractors upon one building, rather THAN placlnS
tho entire work with one contractor.
4 member Of the committee on buildings eN-
r,,aiuad recently that II general contractor was
DELAYED single day by minor contractor. no
forfeit could be taken from him II he exceeded
his time Emit five years.