New-York tribune., 1909-07-23
CODES FRIENDS HEARD
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room challenged the statement. but MI MOORE
replied that he could show the proof IN the
building permits. Later he produced his PROOF
w D. Henry, president Of the National Flre-
rroohne Company the Hollow Tile Trust. TO
which. II is said the new code will give
r1onopoly, arose when the hearing reached sec
tons 116 and III. which refer TO the freproor-
ing Of buildings over one hundred feet In height
The charge. he said. that the National would
do S6,OOO.OOO of the S15OOo,ooo worth OF hre
proofng building annually done in New 1orN'
if the code went through. was false
u believe that we would probably do S1ooo.ooo
Of business instead of s6.oO0,0oo," he said
The cement industry is trust. Mr. Henry
said. and i'm proof told OF having 10 pay 80 cents
IN New York for the same amount OF cement ne
could buy for so cents in Pittsburg
PRESIDENT HENRY CONTRADICTED-
A. one point in his brief remarks President
Henry declared that the magazine Cement
Age" was owned by the Cement Trust MI
resIe,. the owner and editor of the magazine
who though in the ROOM did not answer the
charge on account Of the Mayors ruling as 10
the conduct of the hearing. gave out the FOL
lowing statement later:
Tho statement made by Mr. Henry. president
of the Fire Proofng Trust, that Jhe 9las4zlllt +t
Cement Age was owned py tIle dlIestI " NJ ~ -
Trust is ernphaticaIiy denied by Robert w -
1,,. tbe a5itor and owner Of Cement Age MI
I esIay stated that he individually held the con-
trolling interest and that MT n - l. = not
NJ the United states Geological! survey, iS H"l
ard never has been in any way nnanCidIl\ vi
offciaIlv connected with the pubhcatloh @ IN 4uTS -
tion. No cement companies Whatever nav 90
interest In Cement Age
= y Johnson. Western manager of the Ma
tionaI Fire Proofng Company, read from Nni'
,,,r,or,ad 10 be the rules Of the New forE
BOARD Of Fire Underwriters. which, as ne reao
,,,,t a extra premium OF cents hundred more
: h,,il5inqs fire proofed with cinder concrete
than on those that were tlled.
.vbat wear is that book of rules?" asked the
Mayor.
This years" said johnson.
zoos or 1902" asked Mayor Mcclellan
1903" he answered
9 + Shalcross, of the Board OF FIRE I HueI
~,,ars smoke I'D here in spite OF the Mayor
ruling on Interruptions
That's an old book" he SAID
The Mayor turned TO the hre under"Ii'eiS
representative o.. =, os,.o5
'.vyhat wear is il, Mr. Shalcross! ne asheu-
..1oa5 .. replied Shalcross. quickly
wen do YOU make any distinction between
,,,,,5trgs freproofed with tile and concrete?
pursued the Mayor.
THE DISTINCTION SLIGHT
wi, - per cent of the buildings of greater
- Wi, there is no distinction. and in the
a,I,ar o. Der cent our rate is only one cent a
hundred more on concrete than on tile
A Delos KneeIand. attorney for the Lyai Tie
ror,ranv with kilns at Perth Amboy, Eliza
ta,t,I,ort and other New jersey towns. appeared
TO put before the Mayor MS 81 R
proval of the code.
charles A. Bloomfield. of the New Jersey Clay
t,roducts Company, declared there was no trust
in the hollow tile industry; that his company
was an independent competitor of the National
and he offered samples of concrete and tile
which he said he had subjected TO 1000 degrees
1,obrenbeit The concrete crumbled 10 dust
while the tile block was intact. and did not
look as if it had ever been in fire
Alderman Kenneally took the floor then 10 de-
fard tho code presented by his committee He
enoke Of the Metallic Lathers Union. which had
Registered a complaint yesterday that It's men,
hers would be driven out OF business oy the
adoption of the new code
.oThe Metallic Lathers' Union said the
alderman never had more than five or six men
~ work az any one job in this city, and If this
requirement of washing and Sitting cinders will
drive them out or business Why II 'iiile 'iiey
were driven out
Iobr 7, Taggert business agent of the Metal
lie Iathers' Union, was in the chamber. and he
brushed TO the front as soon as Kenneany
stopped
"That statement of Kenneally's is false!'
shouted Taggert-
Taggert spoke at the Cooper Union mass meet
ing and is hOtly opposed TO the code.
The Mayor tried TO stop him this time, but
Taggart shouted the statement again before
William Butler. counsel for the Building Trades
Employees Association. managed to quiet him
with whispered word.
Following Daniel F. CohaIan. Secretary c. S
Smith of the German-American Fire Insurance
Company, asked permission to correct Mr.
Moore's statement regarding the elevator and
stair Enclosures in the German l. American Build
ing He said they were protected the out
side by brick and the inside by terra Gotta
blocks.
With that the hearing was closed.
Mayor Mcclellan intends TO go away TO the /
Adirondacks about noon on Wednesday. and he
said last night he would take action the code
before he departed.