New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
HOLD BUILDING CODE.
Criticism of Neoo Rules Causes
Aldermen to Delay 4ction.

Tho ,-onos.s NEW building code after being
criticised yesterday before the ouiioihs coiii.
of the Board Of Aldermen by persons ihtereS'eu Al
reinforced concrete and by those VINO opposed te-
strictions regarding the height OF new ouiioihss'
was sent back to the Building Code Commission
for more hearings.
AS already stated in The Tribune 1t Is pianned 10
let the report 20 over to next year. Ihe reVison
o,,r,,seion then will he cut down from thirty to
fifteen with Alderman kenneaHy, OF ChaIies E
Murphys district. as its chairman
Alderman Grifenhasen is chairman OF the COM
mittee and presided at the hearing. Wiiiam 6u'-
ler representing Eidlitz & Hulze anu cooilsei 'oi
tbe Rr;,dne Trades Employers Association pro-
tested that his clients had not had suilicieh. un9
to study the code proposed ana iie uee 80.
that nearly all of those present iet' TIC s '
Mr. Butler said:
.o,+ Of one hundred sections In the proposed
code thirteen are Objectionable. For instance the
proposed Section AZ is ore or theih' II -
tically the same ordinance passeu w u
Board Of Aldermen in 1905 ana Ve'oeu ~ ~
Mayor This section is covered by the laoor ia"'
save where it is wholly irupractcabe and unneces-
say =. r,,o..
Roswell D. Tompkins, of the Board OF BUSINESS
Agents Of the Building Trades, declared tha' 'ho
mechanics whose lives were imperilied IN 'he coh.
rtrrction of buildings demanded the inclusion OF
this section Lewis Harding master carpenter
chairman of the Building Trades Employers AS
sociation, said that employers were win the en-
ployes in their desire for safety OUT ne heio tha'
would have to be fastened top and bottom before
1t could be used.
Voicing similar sentiments. Mr.. Wait OF wait q
Foster said ne spoke particularly Tor those VINO
have concrete and cement construction interestS'
and pointed out that concrete buildings or any
considerable size were forbidden by the code. and
the effect would be to drive factory buolnss from
New York to New Jersey. Others heard were Paui
Starrett. of the George A. Fuller CONSTRUCTION
Company; J. H. Jones. of the North Side Board OF
Uip pa-
Building Trades Employers Association: Repre-
sentative Conover. o. the Mason Builders Asso-
ciation and John F. ORourke. head or the
ORourke Engineering and Construction Company
A E. Eliinger civil engineer. appeared In op-
position and with him F. B. Morris. of the
Brooklyn Builders Association. and F. Remington
president of the Foundation Company of New forh
Supporting the code proposed was an archi'ect
Mr. Brainard representing the American Institute
of Architects
Charles H. Bauscher of the Bronx Labor Coun-
ell favoring the CODE said he spoke for 15oVo
mechanics employed in building operations. Heolse
W. Babb president of the New York Board OIL
Fire Underwriters said the Chamber of Commerce
favored it. William F. Mcconnell. assistant secre-
tarv Of the New York Board of Trade ana Trans
nortation declared that his organization hao c"ieu
tba nroposed code step in the right oirecuoh'
Alderman Kenneay said he had recel'eu nun
dreds of letters from members OF various nuhici-
nal and civic organizations as wen as from so'io
Of the commercial organizations but ne was L"
cI,ned TO take more stock in one letter froin d
practical builder than In one hundreo e''ei' iio'
men who have no practical knowledge on the suo-
iect