New-York tribune., 1909-11-06
NAY COST Sl,OOO,O 600
TO REPAIR BUILDING
MAYOR assigns Places for
Holding Court.

Courts Building were made Yesterday ans
some more divergent opinions were ex-
pressed. The Official opinion is now ex-
peo'eo on Monday CT Tuesday. as the board
OF survey has been appointed and has made
Its hIst inspection. The ofRc!al hoard is
composed II Owen Bra.narG. OF C.rrare &
Hastings. representing the American Insti-
tule of Architects: Nelson r. Lewis cher
ems Eineer q the Board OF Estimate ans Ap-
poIuonmenI representing The Conlroller
hnc James Wlskerman. represenfing In.
Euiidings Department
Amons the unofficial examiners were John
f. o hcurke. president OF The o. .Rourke
EnE .neerins CONSTRUCTION Conapanv ana The
FOUNDATION Company. and Chief Croker OF
ne FIRE Department The official exam
iners said thai they would have nothing TO
ave OF Gnu they made their report about
Monday OF Tuesday. The unofficial exam
liners mace estimates Of the cost Of repairs
varying rom $4,000 10 Sl.G50.0eo.
Mr. ORoUIke was called in by Judge
Poster lie said that the building was sew
era inches OK Of plumb and would have TO
be lacked up. No,hing could be told about
The foundation, he SD. untIl tie excava-
b5As BESIDE The piers had reached the
spies. Tins opinion gave rise 10 tie un-
oahoal report that the building would be
closed until repairs were made. and thar
the Work would take from three months 10
a year
The official board inspected with partieu-
lhT care The keystones q The arches sup
porting The mann hoor. Mr Lewis remarked
THAI from "A hat he had seen the inclination
of the building seemed TO be toward the
centre.
John Cl0ushen, Commissioner Of Public
Works, caused grief among the alarmists
b. saying THAI the building was nye inches
out OF plumb but thai there were some
business buildings in the city more than
twelve inches CuJ Il plumb and 10 one had
moved out Of them. Then Fire chef Croker
came Gown and trealed the whole affair as
Joke
y wish they would give ne a bed on
the top aOor" he said. There is no
steam heat Yet IN Engine House SS. and
lave 10 seep in the cold"
do you can these Cracks?" be asked
when he came out after gong 10 the up
Per floor. Come with me and ] will show
you some cracks"
CRACKS IL FIRE HOUSE.
He took the newspaper men across
White street 10 the headquarters Of the
Second battalion OF The Fire Department
and pointed out a crack in the floor under
Engine 81 and crack In the rear wall
=
Those are cracks" he said They
have ueen there TWO years and they haven't
turned my men out Of here. The Criminal
Courts Building is all right The talk
about It's fall ng is all bOsh II will be
here long after We are all gone"
Battalion Chief McKernan of the Second
Battalion SAID that the fire house sup
ported mere weight TO the square inch n
proportion than the Criminal Courts
Building. He enumerated two engines
weighing FIVE tons each. a water tower
weigh ng seven tens. TWO tenders weighing
two tons each and fifteen horses weighing
eleven ani One-Lah tens.
And forty tons OF coai in the cellar that
are likely 20 slide into the subway. chief"
sad one q the men.
Chief Croker said that the FIRE house was
built on sand the same as the Grim nal
Courts Building He blamed the subway
Tor thp cracks in the walls Places where
the floor had sunk several inches were
pointed out The second floor was several
inches OF OF level and the wall was pull
ing away from the ceiling on the second
story.
But that nothing" said Chief Croker.
''ycu should see Engine House s., in
l6gd street west of Amsterdam avenue.
You can walk through some Of the cracks
bad"
The streets around the building were
s.u closed yesterday. while q couple oS
hundred men and women wandered al VIII
up and down the stairs and through the
corridors. lighting their way by candles.
District Attorney jerome was on hand In
the morning and about hundred OF his
employees reported fbr duty. At noon the
or.ce was closed cor the Gay. Judge Foster
sar IN chambers al day on the third floor
and Judge E0sa-sky heard some special
election cases on the second mezzanine
hC0r.
The coroners, headed by Julius Har-
burger. moved back and established them
selves wiol some stable lanterns in their
cl1 5Fces on the ground foor. julius
said that Il the building was dangerous
some ,ne niEat be killed. and il any one
WAS Kidd The cCrOuers should be on the
f--, Tne police shared the coroners'
rooms.
MAYORS PROCLAMATION.
MAYOR Mcclellan yesterday. after con-
s1ltfug with the Corporation Counsel and
Tie engineers who nave Inspected the
.-.eira issued the following proclama-
ton win rclererce 70 temporary quarters
f.r he courts and other branches OF gov
s-a~lert deDarred from the Criminal Courts
H.ldDg:
D.. George 2. Mcclellan, Mayor Of the city
NJ taW l0TE. aCl-g unce the authority
.. section -- Ol lne greater NeW lork
a..e. give Iltlc no lc- tnat. until sucn
rL. as The Criminal Courts Building has
..t. .tr-lIed and made safe auc The 81
Deg ...e.l..f 0f buildings has certined lhst
.H. sad building Is in q proper condition
..r .rg-ta.cg. mat
Tle C.rr -cUri building, in City Han
pa al- DE Nerca-uis Association
.re $50 a 10 e. Lafayette street
T-.o... ~ Manhattan, city Of New YORK.
... ..... G. e-Eralec and assigned as
T.U ... t-e holding of the Ccui o. bel-
-..s..r- ~ me e2ce Tor The county
NE rrrars Prison building, in Centre
fr.r -re me r. Il FeEimcni nlOTN. cor
E.r ~ .-ll s-reeI and PARK avenue, iSpI-
E' Cr --.Ila- -.aU4 CITY ~ Ne" hpIh-- a.
fa..s fcr ne holding cf ne Court o. Spe-
Sessions. sL1 ~. .-.
INK gerelsr1 Market building. Nh street
and ssfh ater1e. BaolRn ol Nanhattan.
E- RI ... YORK as me pace Iol ~
...r- I'll t.e Ciy Magistrates Cou-t OF
70. ~ District, a Division.
MURPHY TO TAKE 4 VACATION
Charles r Murphy. The Ts-amany leaoeI'
uI cave town on Tuesday Tor Two
weeks. vocation al Mount Clemens M'cil.