New-York tribune., 1904-10-12
FOR SAFE ELEVATORS.
HOPPER'S AMENDMENT.
Superintendent Wants Forty More
TaspectOrs-Another Victlm.

TasDectOrs-Another Victln.
gupertntendent Hopper OF the Buildings bu-
,eau told q Tribune reporter yesterday 1nal
Al being wei, he hoped on January TO oeslh
20 put into operation his plans for the peter
,,rotection os the elevator riding public Inc
need for precautionary measures has been re-
,,eatedly voiced IN The Tribune.
I have to-day submitted TO the Board OF Al
.s-..,, 4" said Superintendent Hopper. "a pro-
,,s.g avoerdroent to Section 1Ol Of the Building
code uroviding for the inspection of elevators
ana licensing Of elevator men Our plans Tor
rbe reorganization Of the Buildings Bureau
Itch ar. NOW before the Board of Estimate
,.,,,,r,r. The appointment Of I'VE assistant chief
inspectors and some forty additional inspectors
Al 1,resent have only twelve OF these lhspec-
tors Twelve Of the additional forty VIII pe oe-
,suea 10 this elevator work. making TWEEN
:. eo,,- ,n all. AS they VIII receive $1,000
YEARLY apiece this VIII mean an increase OF
-,,,e so5Ooo for the better protection Of the
o,s,,stors hut believe the public viii appre-
cgste that IL IS weu worth the money. There are
about six thousand elevators 10 examine ana
I expect il win take the twenty-four men one
year TO do the work
Mr.. Hopper spoke OF the difficulty he had re
Gently encountered in inducing the owners OF
freight elevators to install governor saIeues'
Some Of them he said. protested that only one
man rode in the freight elevator. but MI HOP
per pointed out that recent accidents hao
shown that passengers frequently used the
freight elevators in emergency; thaL asloe from
this the protection of a single man was worth
the outlay.
M Hopper said that the proposed reorgan-
iszation Of his bureau contemplated the division
OF New-York into i've districts. each district
having an assistant CHIEF.
Dr. Charles c. JoIiffe. Of No. 283 West Sixty
-eghth-st, was seriously injured yesterday py
falling from the second floor TO the basement
through the elevator shaft in the Miller Build
tng, at No. 1881 Broadway. He was removed to
Roosevelt Hospital. injured internally
Instead Of stepping on the floor Of the ele-
vstor. as he thought he would, the physician
stepped into open space
Or. Jolliffe has an Office on the second floor OF
the Miller Building. close TO an elevator oper-
ated 10y Clifford Gaskins. colored man.
Soon after midday, according 10 the police
William Holding the special officer in the build
ing who was on the second floor wanted TO go
downstairs. Gaskins, 1t is alleged, was stand
ing against the wall near the elevator door,
which was open, reading paper. Holding. the
police say, not desiring 10 disturb him. stepped
on 10 the elevator ana lowered himself TO the
ground floor. Then he started the carriage up
BEa1n ana II went 10 Lae Top nooI
DR. Jolliffe left his Office TO go downstairs. He
saw the elevator door open and stepped into
the shaft
resolution the proposed amendment 10 Sec
4ion lOI. Of the Building Code. was introduced
sn the Board Of Aldermen yesterday, and re-
serred TO its proper committee II reads as fol-
lows:
Sec. 10. Inspection. installation. alteration and
Tie Slir7er-1ferdert Of Buildings shall cause an
inspection n elevators carrying passengers OF en-
3ioyes 10 he made At least once every three months
and shall mako regulations for the Inspection in
Etalation. alteration and operation Of such eleva-
tors. and shall also make regulations for the in
stalation, alteration ana operation Of freight ele-
RaIIIs VIZ = 80 eilu Z sia4 ESQ 49, pr
scribe sultable quailnca-ons lot persons VINO are
placed IN charge OF the running Of passenger or
leDsirs found necessary 10 any such passenger or
employees elevator 10 be made without delay by the
10 exist which endsnger life or limb by the
tic from the Superintendent Of Buildings the
use OF such elevator snail cease, and il shall
first obtained from said Superintendent that such
elevator has been made safe. No person shall en-
. ming any passenger or freight elevator who does
No person shall rsn any passenger or freight eIe-
rator in the city Of New-York unless he shan first
CaJion 81 he badnr In which ne 'tu Is rRn NM a5e 5 10
1sssenFer oT feil, & ~ - ,5 W I'm - .iIs ,i. i sjo
from the Superintendent Of Buildings certificate
lift shan have notice posted conspicuousIy there
80 Al their own risk"
ANY owner, agent. architect builder contractor
Elb--,oltractor, foreman. any other person who
Lll shall knowingly violate any Of the provisions OF
ne onlding code Jaws, ordinances, or regula tons
snall be guilty of rnisderneanor. punishable b1
me- or imprisonment. or both.
Express elevator 20. ] in the Lords Court
l"huiIs' NO - Wiliam-st, dropped about
three floors yesterday. Some of the passengers
were shaken up. Chief Clerk Nicholas Knox
Ino Ahofnas Kelly, a stenosra pher of the State
Elecuons Department, with two Of the type
sf Lloef gre were in the when il dropped
st stoiH me nIteenth floor. The safety clutch Of
The car stopped and held 81 II i,,7nrisone6 tba
pairs We're being made