New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
j" LITTLE TIM" TOO BUSY
Hasn't Any Time to waste ON rate
of Building Code.

Timothy p Sullivan, vice-chairman AND ram
many leader in the Board of Aldermen was
too busy Yesterday to give much attention 10 the
wbereabouts of the building code which the seven
teen members of the revising commission spent .he
better part of eight months last year III piiis''e
up and making suitable TO the IeQuiie-
r,,ents of city where building is going on all 'le
time An explanation for the sldeuachils a
proba bic burial for all time Of the code by the a'e
board which Mr.. Sullivan also controlieo, at n'
meeting, December 81, 1901 as relateo III
The Tribune yesterday, was out OF the ieauei
programme for yesterday He gave little hope t'si'
the revision of the code, which has cost the cits
considerable expense and which should be Hiaue
under the provisions of the city charter every nse
years, would have early consideration from 'ie
new body of the city's soons, which Is sure To
carry out his behests.
The Tammany leader said. however that + hao
had object in obtaining the appointment Oh
additional members of the commission oe-
yond safeguarding the public interests ," hei
the commission originally appointed last spriHs
the Republicans and the Municipal O"hersh'p
League men had a small majority in the Board o!
Aldermen. Little Tim said last night that IN .he
appointment of the commission the city au'hofiteS
had been shametully ignored, SO when the Muhici
pal Ownership League members decided last sum-
with the Tammany members, thus CIV
ing the latter the control of the Aldermen, ne
merely tried to set right the oversight by appoint
ing additional and proper persons 20 represent .ie
Fire Commissioner and the superintendents OF
seven appointees on the commission, said Mr.. Sui
livan. There considerable opposition to the
makeup of the original commission The appoint
rent of the new members simply In the pubic
interests"
Though Charles H. Israes, of Israels & Harder
architects who was one of the original ten MEM
bers of the commission, that Little Tim toid
him in the presence of another member, Eiec'u'
Litchfeld that he would that the revised code
was revived and the majority of the men on tiie
commission appointed, the Tammany leader couIo
not confirm this last night. There are seven 1neln-
bers on the building committee of the board 'which
will have the appointment of the commission and
that committee VIII not De appointed uh,i heA'
Tuesday, he said.
In contradiction OF what MIR. Sullivan had TO say
about the personnel of the original commission OF
ten James Clarke Mcclure, engineer VINO Was
one OF the commissioners added When 1dhi-
many came into control of the Board of Aldermen
last summer said yesterday afternoon that al
things considered, the makeup of the commission
was excellent The seventeen members were of the
best standing In their various lines of work ana
they had spent vast amount of time and thousht
in making a building code which would meet pres
ent conditions The present code" said Mr. Nc
Guire is antique. to say the best about It. Inc
commission has met at least week since last
March and oftentimes three times a week for
this we have received compensation Taken as
q whole the new code which has been prepared ~
the commission is good one with the exception or
a few minor corrections and revisions in 1t. some
of them are contained In my report on fire
proofing so / not casting any aspersions on the
work of the other commissioners.
Mr. MCGUIRE said he had allegiance to Little
Tim and had no knowledge of his appointment To
the commission until he returned from Europe On
April last He had met Mr. Sullivan ex-
cept once and that only casually al a Jefferson
Day dinner