New-York tribune., 1908-01-14
PARKER RUINS SAFE.
TR 1FFIC TO BE RESUMED.
Investigation of Cooled WaHs
,Sho7ced Danger Exaggerated.

NJ, ,,,rs ~ the Parker Building were cool
enough yesterday morning, sixty hours aIter ."e
outbreak of the fire that swept 1t last frlo"y
niqbt killing three fremen to permit an 1nspec-
80; -rba rasult of the investigation by the bureau
90 buildings was the expression of an opinion iate
Yesterday afternoon by Superintendent Muipn'
that the ruins would stand He thoush' lie u
vestigatIon by the board of survey to-day "oul
be followed bv the clearing of Fourth avenue ana
the resumption of through service ny '
and Madison avenue surface ine
AS the steam and smoke disappeared II was 70 80
sble Yesterday to see where In ali PropAp.'' -
bodies of Fallon. OF the fire patrol ana y No -,
of the Fire Department, are lying. toward INC
80 ,ar, of the building five panels back from
+bo front and near the 18th street wall, there IS
a great section some 20 by 30 feet in extent toin
clear through roof to cellar hu'oieuo
Foot of rubbish. twisted ironwork and material OF
all sorts are piled up in the opening rslls " .'o
third story. and two hundred men worked al udy
,d riobt Yesterday clearing this stuff away uhe
bodies of the lost are probably lying at 'he
hottom and it is hoped that they VIII DC iouLu
some time to-day. ....
chief Croker came on from Pittsburg yesterday
morning and took charge of the fremen ne
.ooned after n look at the building, at fears ior
its safety and went through the whole struc'uie
at once He had opinions to express ABOUT 'h0
FIRE or the condition of the hose OF the depdi'
ment. :,
superintendent Murphy said last night that ne
tbougb+ the building would not have to be torn
down He said that little of the upper par " u
the 10th street wall, where the hre hau Do9"
hottest would have to be replaced, ana thdI 'ie
tock wall at the angle with the 18th street wall
.oan,od m he in bad condition This wall has not
baen thoroughly examined yet, as the necessary
snoring would endanger the men who are trying 10
clear away the ruins that conceal the DoueS oI 'ie
lost fremen. -, H.
The subway resumed operation through the uaii-
qer zone Yesterday according to schedule Ihete
was good deal of timidtty In the morning Houi .
few persons caring to ride between -"u anu If'il
streets but by evening the crowds were as Dig sls
ever The timber crib reassured many, althoush
the engineers seemed to think it an unnecessary
precaution ..,
AS Patroman Tubman, of the OAK street stauoH'
detailed to watch the fire lines at Fourth avenue
and 18th street was standing at that point last
evening he saw a with a silk hat step INSIDE
+he fire lines He halted him just Lieutenant
Shields shouted that it all right The patrol
man then let the man pass. Then he was toid that
the man he had halted was Mayor Mcclellan
Almost Immediately after the Mayor had oeen
allowed to pass through the fire lines Deputy Coi-
missioner Bugher informed Sergeant Donnehy'
PatroIman Tubman and three other polcemerthat
he would make a complaint against them for allow
ing a reporter stand at the southwest corner OF
18th street and Fourth avenue.
Hugh Bonner, former chief of the Fire depart
,nent and now Deputy Commissioner, said yester-
dav that criticisms Of the hose specifications or the
department were made chiefly by manufacturers
and that the department knew what 1t wanted IN
the wav of hose. He said, too, that he had drawn
the recent specifications.
There was some trouble during the day in con-
nection with the work of clearing the ruins. Frank
Cramer business agent of the Shorers Union
thought that Iaborers at 81 a day were being en-
Moved instead Cf union shOrers at So 80 day, and
tried to arrange with Bartholomew Dunn, the con-
tractor and Superintendent Murphy, for a change.
Mr. Murphy said that shorers and riggers would
be used to-day when there would be occasion for
skilled labor but that laborers could do the shovel
ling that necessary yesterday without diff
Guilty The officials made light of the dispute.
The complete list of the tenants of the burned
building obtained yesterday from its management
follows:
(stores and basemenPeter Schneider. Sons
& Brunswick Bake Collender Company
Second Neutrality-suspicious. Company, surgical instru-
Third foor-B. Saubac & Co. embroderies.
hCor-A. & NJ. karagheUshian,
Fifth hoor-Cyclopeda Britannica Company. the Lon