Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-02-02
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Big Scrap on in Tammany
Hall Over fireproof Ma
teriaI in Buildings.
NATIONAL FlREPRO0FING
TO REPLACE ROEBLiNG

There is big row on in Tamman4
Hall, New York, in the outcome 81
which Perth Amboy is deeply interests
ed. II seems that for somc time pasT
the building code of the city Of New
York has been so arranged that tho
Roebling Construction Company, III
which the Croker family is Interested
has had q monopoly of the fire PROOF
construction work, which has hifherta
called for concrete material. BY vot5
of l3 to the board Of Tammany ext
perts, who are revising the building
core of New York, have changed the
wording so as to throw all the worH
! into the hands Of the National Fires
proofBg Company with headquarters il
| Pittsburg, but which controls the se75
eral freproofng plants along the Baru
tan river in this vicinity.
The Change In the Code.
The real potent change in the cod&
that effects the Roebling people is the
change that will be ordered in the cols
struction of freproof flooring for build
ings that must come up to the require
ments of the commission. The calling
for below tiles and new arch construes
tion floor supports, it is said, puts The
Roebling firm entirely out Of it and
others as well, but makes things just IN
"spple pie order for the material AND
work done by the National Fireproofna
| concern.
| Behind the scenes il is a battle be-
tween Charles F. Murphy the present
Tammanv boss, who is with the Natiors
al Fireproofng ompany, ard Richard
Croker, the former Tammany boss.
The result reached by the Binding
Code Revision Commission is NOS fnaL
as the new code must stin come befor&
the Board of Aldermen for adoption and
later before Mayor Mcclellan for ans
proval. IT is believed that Boss Mu1y
ply VIII have no trouble the Bosrd
of Aldermen, but terrific struggle is
lexpeeted to come later.
For more than five weeks the strugs
gle has been going on under cover, II
was the effort to save the monopoly
which has poured3yss. ssi.ans.s-----a. thhd
pockets of his f4asF -. wit VIII
Richard Croker 9o fh4s x5SzzFs<a z--zrsssr.
terrific fight has been put up Bg hS,,}
self and his friends to prevent fh.9,
| Invaluable prize from passing ftslo the
hands of the newer generation Of Tams
many rulers.
The fight has only just begun; and II
was declared today that, unless sorn4
compromise is reached, it will develop
into the bitterest feud in Tammauy bis
tory. That 1t might even res-1 u r
Croker s return to this country
reassumption of political activ
/ timated by his friends.
Big Fight Kept Secret
Richard Croker, Jr., is secretary %
the Roebling Construction Company,
| Young Frank Croker, before his tragid
death, was connected with the concerns
Its principal competitor in the fres
proofng line has been the National
Fireproofng Company, which is the
trust controlling the hollow tile type 81
freproofng
| For over two years there has been 9
great deal of political juggling over the
revision of the building code.
Not even the members of tho conn
mission knew about the fight between
the Croker and National Fireproofng
interests until three weeks ago Thsd
q report which had been presented by 4
subcommittee on freproofing came up
for action.
The National FireprooAng Company
which falls heir TO the Croker monopoly
has as counsel Daniel F. Cohalan thief
adviser of Murphy. The boss him III
and the two Sullivans, as well as othe.
powerful Tammany men, have been um
derstood to be heavily interested in the
company.