New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-23
.AHEARN TO USE PROBE
.4ppoir,ts Commission to Investigate
ColIapse-McAdoo Lends Hand.

Borough President Ahearn appointed a speoiai
commission yesterday to investigate the SoiI@pao
Of the tenement and apartment house puliohes "a
Sunday and Monday It's members are Thomas ).
Brady, No 1,12S Broadway. ex-Superih'e'ioeiiS -
Buildings; Otto NJ. Eidlitz. No. 4Ss 0th-aEe' pe-
dent of the Mason Builders Associauon' 80
George A Just 5th-ave and 40th-st., sfauua'o
of the Troy Polytechnic institute d 0i''' AM
suting engineer. Said Mr. Ahearn;
bsva particularly requested this commission 10 70
examine the plans now on me IN ae and also
IL eTa5ine The Construction of these buildings a9o
to ascertain If they were an investI-
pation as 10 the materials used in the constr @
of these buildings and the character OF the Work
informed On them. with view to deterTnlning
the cause of the G0apfe and proceed as ex
peditiously as possible to examine 'o III smcb
Observation-Disclosures as In its Judgment the commission
deems advisable.
The buildings Department last night ordered
that the west party wall of the new founda-
lions for an apartment house at Nos lao. l4i
and 149 West 102d-st. be torn down, and that
work be begun anew on the building. The orders
came as a precautionary measure. The walls
were UP only fifteen feet so. but. as they had
been built in the extremely cold weather. they
were condemned.
The Bureau OF Buildings fled lis pendens yes
terday against property the north side of 135th-
st. ITO feet east of Lenox-ave, one Of the struct-
ures which collapsed on Monday. The walls are
cracked, bulged and out Of plumb, and portions or
the walls have already collapsed. Gottlieb Karpas
and Joseph Wittner the owners of the property.
Acting Superintendent German received reports
yesterday from thrtyeight out Of the forty nspec-
tors charge of the forty inspection districts in
the Borough of Manhattan. Most Of the buildings
were reported to be SAFE" although some We're
described being good or sometimes as only
fair" In the latter cases. presumably, the IN
spector had already put violations" the build
ings, and ordered changes.
Inspector Robert Aud. Of the 37th District, re-
ported as unsafe the six story apartment house
in the south side of 14thst 17o feet east OF 7th-
ave, and the six story building in the north side
of 14Sd-st. 425 feet west of Lenox-ave. Measures
were taken to insure safety IN each case.
The Buildings Department shored up yesterday a
$3.50 Lorillard Place. IN The Bronx, which threat
ened to fall and demolish the home of Sergeant
John ]. AIcKeown, of the Tremont-ave station.
The building IS owned by Barnet Masor, who IS
said to be connected with the Bay Shore Iron
Works. No. 1893 Avenue A.
MADoo AFTER FIRE ESCAPES.
The recent collapse of several new buildings in
Harlem and the loss Of life by the fire In AIen-st
have caused Police Commissioner McAdoo to make
plans for police investigation Of fire escapes. He
said yesterday that he would for the inquiry
Of the detective sergeants who were sent into
the upper West Side to search for the "hold-up"
robber. The detectives will go into the districts
the fire escapes of which have been blockaded by
tenants with household furniture, and will make
to-holse inspections They will make arrests
ascertain who the violators.
Mr.. McAdoo said he did not want to the reg
ular patrolnen for FIRE escape investigation because
If he did, the men post would have a ready ex-
when they were found off their posts by the
roundsInen. They could say then that they were
looking for rubbish on fire escapes.