The sun., 1909-05-02

site Is already occupied by a building
the contractor Is required to secure q
separate demolition permit to clear 1t
for the projected building.
This separate special permit il granted
only TO house wreckers known to the
superintendent or his assistants as men
competent to take down, buildings. and
these wreckers must assume full respon-
sibiiity for any damage to life or limb
or TO surrounding property IN event OF
accident. The razing must be carried
on in conformity with the code require
Of the public comfort and conven-
fence, or otherwise the demolition
permit is revoked and she work at
once stopped by the department in
spector until more competent wreckers
are employed. Tho Police Department
aids the Superintendent in enforcing this
revocation Of a permit and stoppaee Of
rarely tho case, the wreckers in charge
are defiant and refuse to obey the order
TO stop the faulty tearing down OF any
building.
1t 10 noticeable that building opera
tions once begun are nowadays carried
to completion with marvellous despatch,
particularly In the case Of large and i'm
stances Of the Everett Building in Union
Square. the Fifth Avenue Building in
Madison Square on the old Fifth Avenue
Hotel site, and the evolution OF the Ma
tional City Bank building from the old
Custom House.
It is the business OF the department
inspectors to keep track Of the swift daily
means Of fling violations. These
notices are issued by the Superintendent
directing the responsible parties promptly
to remedy the defects noted under PEN
atty OF having the work stopped until
the remedy is forthcoming ,
Statistician Spencer's figures for the
decade show that aside from the phe-
years were the frat four marking the treat
boom that followed the creation OF the
new enlarged city, namely, 1885, 1899.
1900 and 1901. His tables show that from
january. 1893. up to the end Of the first
quarter Of the present year plans were
filed providin glfor q total Of .s5s new
buildings to cost In the Aggregate an esti-
under these plans s,0o6 buildings we're
begun at various periods and s.5o2 car
ried to completion. being 3.oeS less than
the number originally projected. Part
Of this Is covered by the buildings now In
progress. while the remainder, generally
speaking, were postponed or abandoned
operations Of comparative minor inn
During the same period improvement
were made under alteration plans.
affecting S,425 different buildings, the
cost OF these improvements being esti-
mated by the different architects at an
aggregate Of Sl21. 1.sl7.72s. and Statistician
Spenoer's records show thAt work was
begun on 27,sse buildings under the al
tsration permits issued by the department
heads And that q, 4ss buildings all told
were Improved, the additional number
were in progress at ths date Of the estab.
lishment Of ths greater city: his indi-
Gates that tribe over $500 Of the altera-
tions and improvements planned were
abandoned for various reasons.
The table gives the grand total Of the
capital investment epportioaed for the
making Of the new Manhattan - 81, lo0,-
e4s, sos and calling for the erection Of new
buildings or tho Improvement Of already
existing edihoes numbering all told 81, $50.
Of which the vast total Of 4e.o77 were
actually carried to completion. this being
exclusive Of the large number Of build.
ings upon which improvements and new
construction work b now under way. Tho
AbleS are.