New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-18
HlLPTN on TIE STAND
ELLISON WHOLE THING"
c.,n,r;utendent WGS Lame-COuld
Not 90 .AboUe Third Story.

LalTlIr AN4 ~ Nlrr---
..ssEed foreman az the lio" No'A % ' -.
eS'--'--r7r fo- Pole g. schwandtner. was the ohlet
- Yesterday az the inquest into the collapse OF
t--el I5e was a member or the oio sam f'IKs
-...s-~ftes' Union. Haipin showed no disposition
- anybody. not even himself. 5ls answers
s-e crisp and short and olreat.y 10 ,he PolI~
-. -es been employed Re said. in the latter part
d, September or early in October ny son"ano'her'
O -, -.-+-srrfrg frm TO superiutend the iron
o. --...r lie had had eighteen years expert
c1ls' -r- .-, r-tf-o ,-o-ld ga s-eel
e1cc r1'A - -. = ,r,,-,.
rorkia- ,-.l..,,. f.e.vree- s and 10 o'clock
egeT ea
81 the n0t.-.7 ..-.- zy-,,- ..,s 49,. 49,.
enc aas He had been on the eleventh floor
y. ,--- after De returned from luncheon. he had
-, m -r- frh. Ere said that there were ten or
- -r-- rf iron Old tlo eleventh moor. dlstrlD-
,.es r order as -.'l A-o-'- pr --e y
"a estimate. trrre were about thi-ty-ilve columns
-.- and --r the floor beams. except eleven.
Nrf .--.... .,,-.s ~ tpfs SORT ~ sro,
O. well ar0a' '2.IF pieces u '-.S p. - = o,
=, no sst ur. on FEBRUARY Is one OF the Ital-
vas - ---t,s ,.ss a++ertior 10 tho e..
Gar derrick Dc. CAIRO. .--7 ~ nv 20
.,st the building was oAt ol plaIH'. As me result
- i-s---..-- lr PIT on wind braces, and by use
ot-. ,-----s and GUYS pulled the building
80 -ra--.
~ ,---, ever work on p building that leaned as
- -4 --.s-" asked Frank Conover. one o: the
-y.f ir ny time. and I've seen good many
,.rsr.s go -1 " ssiE Helrin.
r-r-,- ssf ---- tho building. his eye.
-. ..y Inches ont ~ plumb. leaning eastward.
n, 5s --t trfrk -he 'rcnUorl had been structural
!. v,-t.-rs lv The pulling hack As 10 the holes
~ tho to-s be- declared thar N every instance
,-sv rs-e ct rho proIer size.
rrsr-,- -.as examined rv M Train as follows;
- re. .r--s ANYTHING about that building that
- y Allison was su0erirtendinE? A.-Why,
1r Allison was tae 1-y-T . . --,~5e,sS N-e,-.-
l-l-t -- -.. .5 -usr along the work as fast
80 -r-Ts
Odd be ever see you 80 lire5 bT S-bW-sn5t-
A-tte oa...1 49, i---v-7rx and I must have had
~ plans -,-.-...,--
WAS shore much <eS.2E eooLl e 5.i, 1t
a ige TO- -rr,- tTi me tired FiraIlv. Allison
49, 81 -ra and said 20 me that could have half
al the building for my ssiI y ne ,s1-' - ~.
other 5at -oI It1 r-i-it rr----t sand a-i
49, and -fe-a vas always ldck about the
vav che street v1e ofstru. te'- ~ ~ ~, 80
thar ordered a- .. ~, r. All re men on the SOB
"a ~ -rs+ VAS sd
Q-Di5 ne ever give YOU any insirucJloIIst - :.
Yes he leo ~ .--. ne so,,a o-7ers about get
.. ~ ,--- ont al the road and I'D on the build
,rr hui the last time be tried that was two weeks
before the crash.
Ha'r,n sad tla- French. tho inspector Tor me
-rr5irrs Department. told him 20 stop Work unul
che floor arches were completed. and threatened
Tin with arrest. Work was stopped on the MONDAY
-e,e5irr the collapse. but that. according 70 Hal
-fr was really on account NJ lack Of material
Preceding Tal0fu Thomas B. Neville. Of Neville
A. Rage the architects who drew the original
r'zrs for the Darlington. declared that he first
heard IN 1I- Trains Office that Filing o. sand.
cement and clrders hai been substituted for the
arspr5oe brick called for in the specifications M
Aris-r. contrary 70 his testimony die not consult
- .t.--~-- s- ~--7,ar November or December.
Ills firm never ISSUED any certificates for work
cone knew nothing about the letting ~ contracts
ard never saw the third set OF plans They simply
-tr~s5 tho arr'ication FOR the Waite plans. They
mover submitted plans 10 the Buildings Department
c-rri-- r1- concrete filing between the arches
am REGARD 10 this matter OF our being personal
said BY. Just one OF the jurors. ana nm .,,.
speak for an % the Jury. ] want MI Ne'l"e 70
understand 'llat 'l'eIe : 10 So -i.,,-,s
Ta1t ~ 1he jury NC =
oser "a Starr % $40, and start. and go On. con-
ftanty shifting the responsibility. We want 10
amended 20 stor these criminal rr~actices"
J..,.--- .--s T. t-,- 7---.s.t,
Mrs Barbara Guerther to-a in proben fnslsh
how Frank Allison. who was killed IN the disaster
on5 who had a room All her house. reached home
one day in the middle of February looking trou-
bed lie said in the high wind that day the
building went over two feet.
DO yop think thar The signing of names TO
plans submitted 10 the Buildings Department other
than chose OF Tho architects who draw +barn Sc q
-.-.t..- 80, ,.- ,-.-.,,ao.. - 1r-
Just. of Roth an engineer. the next witness.
NOS certainly co.
And you would Doe IN Favor o. amending The
go "
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10 mean s.-1 --T. IRAN ihat ans ooay VINO
fOr
suE?"
Yes"