New-York tribune., 1909-07-20
WON'T PUT Up POSTERS
r,pv FEARS TAHN4NE'
ynply Cartoon on Notice of B"'ld-
inc Code Mass Meeting.
..ss5 IFS influence Testel'

Nall used its influence EesleIo'y ~
TsHnahs l-.fre af seven hundred -t-S...e'
p.eFeL' -,-io71s parts Of MahI1'UaIi '''C - -
ostelS 5,s--fsing the mass iilee'il-s -, ~
Bronx ,i,b+ 10 protest agal-sl ~ ,<Il,,,
5noh ,-I55ne code by Acting N11S'l 1t-S;.,fr-.r
he n1s srsnoe Of Charles T. Mu'p"E -. -. orc on
Tho niH1 eo7ne three hundred pos'e1S a. ~
,osras there - r-,,- sheets OF the posters
E1gA1 q s-ctfa7 Of a recent cartoon e'lll'1e0
show Q [..,e-y Missing" NJ MURPHY - So
"An''ls- tirr has evidently just hhlsheu d SI'l ~
as "a -ossl on the ground III lIoh' - " - -
fa0'u. On which IS the insc1ipl'o"'
sgete. % or No is Fourth avenue,
4 NaH -. - ,1,a RilIrostirE Trust. hau mace
via I- I,ts 20 nave the seven hundred b44'DoflIo os
sTr@Is - o'clock last night one o. lhe PoS>eis
co3eIeI s- Il o'clock in the morning on Z. oo"l'
va p -be Office OF the company fi''es''
eo'o-.--, ,,,ar X II Fulton manager or 'le coz
nnnale am the advertisn ng agency through
csrE4 Ca''S1 - 7.s5 l,4er given and announced
w.. ,rev would not nut up me posters -
Ula GOV an EXPLANATION he said that me HuI i'i's
f- fsN'I ms Objectionable and that pT'll'li'el''
oaI4oO- TgalI man had protested TO The iTin ABOUT
A. FnIton would not give the name ot me
= uIbo had objected ~
r., the United Real Estate interests. W".'H
w zinc ont the poster. threatened 10 bring
vas -. 777-s, r7elr1e called q meeting Of th1-r
he \
SUI = =. mass a-l The decision Of AIr. Van benren.
ansy.'.- ,,nbeld II is understood that lawyer
| 1I1 - instructed 10 bring suit immediately Tor
-,r-rerforrlance Of contract
- -l,.+ fba order for putting up the post
= .-.s given to an advertising firm IN sd street
e e -enressntative OF the Allied Real Estate In
They turned il over TO another firm tnat
- 11raa-d advertising, and the latter made
oe-- ---a-,s,.s with Van Beu7en & CO. for doing
q -+i,g The printer did not finish his work
- ,-sste-dav morning, and II was not until Iilat
-. tbat Nj Fulton knew what kind Of cartoon
= tsirg 1lsed lie said once that he thought il
=. . little strong but il was not until one OF
,hs masters had been UP on & billboard mot more
80 trro blocks from Tammany HalD for fifteen
a--.ss -,,a1 the decision was reached that the
-. mart of the poster could not be used MT-
-, offered 10 put up the sixteen other sheets,
si.7 contained statements about the new code, but
mo offer was not accented.
-ba Committee Of one Hundred declared in
.s.anpe7t last night that Joker" had been dis
,,rsred II the code in the creation OF board OF
-,ristrstien which should have the power 10 say
bo might practise in the city as engineers, archi-
,s-+s hrfders and master erectOrs Of steel and
i-on work The despotic authority granted 10 Il
Hrssr the provisions Of the new code Is beyond
an urecedent.' says the statement a code with
suo provisions must either be dishonest or grossly
-s-elsss OF the public interest II opens the way
for new line Of graft in the city administration
the dimensions OF which are appalling These pro
-sjoss viii give three men holding Office at the
MEASURE Of the Mayor a complete and absolute
cuutrol over the building business that. handled in
me manner IN which The authority Of the Buildings
srusrintendent has been handled, with instances OF
tsrortisrn would result in oppression
Allan Robinson. president OF the Allied Real
Estate Interests who is 10 preside al the Cooper
rriou meeting tonight said yesterday that they
into and
opoosed TO rhe so-csIled minority code, which, he
ssvs benefited the concrete interests at the eX-
rssss az the hollow tile interests. We are opposed
70 sny code he declared, which gives mo-
rcp5ay 20 any particular kind Of construction 50
Nrres the several kinds are safe and proper he
6ssred that the new code would increase the cost
@buldng by not less than % per cent
Thomas II. Tinton. Of Tucker q Ninton, manu-
fscturers o. reinforced concrete; II c Turner
u-ssHdent Of the Turner Construction Company. and
Patrick Gallagher contractor and builder. wrote
oasn letters TO Acting Mayor MCGOWAN yesterday
EFing reasons why he should veto the code
Henry II Keasbey. vice-presldent and genera!
manager Of the National Fireproohng Company
which has sometimes been referred TO as the
hollow tile trust denied last night that there
Fzs such trust in existence At the same time
!. asserted the existence Of a cement trust which
O. account OF its present monopoly in New York
sod its product here at s. 30. while the same
material was sold IN other parts Of the country
EE5 barrel
The real issue OF this building code war, said
IL Keasbey lis being concealed by an adroit
and malicious plan OF attack The National Fire
EOoang Company is being made the target oy the
siiackers, with the object Of concealing the real
p-pose-that the Roebling Construction Company
iad the cement trust want TO continue their
monopoly OF the freproohng business in New
FGk"
Ine Municipal Democracy last night appointed
COMMITTEES Of four, Of which Frederick c. Leu
oaScAer is chairman. 10 attend the public hearing
oaiore Acting Mayor MCGOWAN tomorrow at 10
geocA
'ohn D. Moore. one Of the members OF the
odno1lg Code Revision Commission, wrote 10 Allan
hooIlson last night asking have the opportunity
{ 'ae mass meeting 10 give the views Of those who
aFV the code. He wiz call al Mr. Robnson's
Sloe for reply this morning