New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
ASKS F|REPROOF TESTS
Oliver Wants Experts TO Judge
Building Code Requirements.
STANDS BY HIS C0NCRE II
Manufacturers Again Argue Be-
fore Committee Against
Unfair" Provisions.

Alfred Oliver. representing the linton
Fireproofng system and other manuiac'-
urers OF concrete. who are opposing what
,bev consider oppressive regulations IN the
rronosed new building code. informeu
,isor,oan Kennealy. chairman or the
building Committee Of the Board Oh Al
s.-r,or a, the hearing Yesterday that To-
,,orrou he would submit arrangements
for a freproof test that would demohs,-ae9
the hreproof qualities Of various AiiiuS "
construction. o, ".o
we are willing" said Mr.. Oliver' 10
,est cinder concrete under the regulations
., the Bureau OF Buildings in Manhattan
storo arches under the Brooklyn regula-
,ions and hollow tile under the reSui"
,iors Of this proposed code. Mt oh'ei
IA that he would ask that the test pe
,,oda under the supervision OF the puiiu-
inc superintendents Of the various oorou7"'
ord that IL be attended by the DulIulne
a1,,,r,ittee and prominent builders ana en-
,ipeers from various parts Of the country
i,cIudinr men from the Massachusetts III
stitute OF Technology.
When the hearings were closed ye''e'
dow afternoon. Alderman Kenneally sai"
the committee would receive amendments
SUGGESTIONS and other communications Iol
two weeks. .,.,-o
Most OF the arguments yesterday were
against the limitations placed on coHoi e'V
construction Amons those VINO spun
we're J. p. n. Perry, Of the Turner. Oo"-
struction Company; william NJ N'n1on'
of Tucker x Ninton, and a fepI
tive 81 the Kennedy Construction I'm
panv. of Boston. Mr.. Ninton atteinP'eu ~
get from Alderman Kenneally the names
Of the experts who fixed a RESTRICTION "a
one hundred feet on the height o. rem
forced concrete buildings
THE committee drew up the code sara
the alderman. -,..s NJ
Vinton. .Ao 20
with the help Of experts was the re-
ply.
WHO were the experts
"rs there any reason why we should tel
you all We know" said Alderman JoHhn'e
| White | would like to say that aIle'
/ hearing as much about the code as nave
/ IN the last two years / consider ml sen Al
ex,ert. and am willing to acknowledge mat
7 an, responsible for a part OF that section
Mr. Vinton said ne had constructed
building Of seven stories, the owners "l
which intended TO put three additional
stories I'D some time in the future. "Couid
We do il under this code?" he asked.
! NO. you could not
We are not asking for any great con-
cessions." said Mr. Vinton. "Al we want
is what we now have in Brooklyn where
there are twenty-one buildings OF rem
forced concrete that are over one hundred
feet in height. Every one Of them Is per-
/ fectly satisfactory
Mr.. Vintop gave figures TO show that I'M
der the proposed provisions for concrete
construction the cost Of the building would
increase from is to 81 per cent This was
an unnecessary and prohIbitiye increase ne
declared.
The representative Of the Kennedy Con
str,Iction Company said his concern erected
/ buildings all over the country, and the pro-
nosed restrictions on concrete constructor
we're more severe than in any other place
~ which he had knowledge. He spoke OF
a buiIdinc 200 feet high in Liverpool. Eng
land and one in Scranton 1876 feet high on
tho ton story Of which coal breaking ma
chinery was in operation.
There was not word Of protest from
any one against the more stringent resula-