New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-31
MILLER WILL NOT TALK
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time. | can't tdfh any hhv'''
OF his qualifications to hold the posi-
ton Of Superintendent OF the Bureau OF
Buildings Mr. Miller said that ne hen
the degrees Of Civil Engineer ana bscu'
Alor of Science and that he was ain ar
chtecturoI engineer
re an architectural engineer is NOT
qualified TO design building. who Isl
he inquired.
He said that his reply 70 the re1uesr
Of the Board OF Aldermen after the
Newark fire for information as to how
many unsafe buildings there were In THIS
city would be made IN due time.
AS matter Of fact" he said. every
body knows that the resolution asks ror
no specific information.
He denied that he had put the respon-
sihility for inadequate fre facilities In
the Asch Building up to Chief Croker,
and when asked IL he considered the
facilities inadequate. replied:
u have nothing more 10 say
He was asked about the list Of 1886
unsafe buildings furnished by Fire Com
missioner Waldo 10 the Bureau NJ Build
ines. and the inquiry was made as TO
what he intended 70 do 10 prevent a
repetition of the Washington Place dis
aster
Let il be distinctly understood" said
Mr. Miller, that is the opinion of some
one else. I don't know whether those
buildings are unsafe When We get
through With our examination We will
be able 70 tell"
What are You going 70 do about ex-
aiming other buildings he was asked.
L have nothing to say Mr., Miller
replied
What steps are you going ~ take 10
prevent repetition OF the Disaster
Nothing to say"
Who was responsible for the loss Of
life IN tho Asch Building
Nothing to say"
How could It have been avoided"
Nothing 10 say"
How do you think such calamities
could be prevented in future by amend
ments TO the law"
Nothing 10 say"
What do you think about securing a
sufficient inspection of buildings and
! fixing the responsibility on some par
ticular person or department."
Nothing to say"
Section JOS Of the Building Code, says:
I'm all buildings Of a pubic character,
SLch as hotels. churches. theatres, rcstau-
/ rants railroad depors. public halls and
other buildings used or intended 10 be
used for purposes Of public assembly
amusement or instruction, and including
department stores and other business and
manufacturing buildings whore large num-
bers OF people are congregatod the halls.
I doors, starways. seats. passa geways and
asles. and all lighting and heating appli-
/ ances and apparatus shall he arranged as
/ the Department OF Buildings shall direct
To facilitate cSress in cases Of fire or ac-
Cident. and 10 afford the requisite and
| proper accommodation for the public pro-
| lection IN such cases.
All aisles and passa gewayS in said build
ngs shall he kept free from camp stools.
| chairs. sofas and other distractions, and
no person shall be allowed 10 stand in or
occupy any of said aisles or passageways
! during any performance. service. eXhibi-
| ton. lecture, concert. ball or any public
| asSemblaee. The Commissioner OF Build
| ngs having jurisdiction may at any time
| serve a written or printed notice upon the
i
/ buildings. directing any act or thing 70 be
| done or provided in or about the said
/ buildings. and the several appliances there
with connected. such as halls, doors stairs,
windows seats. aisles fire walls. fire APP
! paratuS and ire escapes, as he may deem
| necessary.
Assistant District Attorney BostWct
had before him Yesterday ten Of the sur
yiyors Of the fire, nearly all Of whom
| agreed that the door To the Washington
! Place stairs was locked. r. j. William
son. the negro porter. another of those
examined, said that he did not believe
half Of the girls knew that there was a
stairway on the Washington Place side
Of the building He said that they all
| used the Greene street stairs. both in
coming TO work and going home. He de-
scribed the partitions in front Of the
elevators. and said that there were par
titions in front Of the Washington Place
elevators as we'll as the Greene street
| elevators. on the ninth floor
Total Of Dead Now IA
At the investigation being conducted
ny Fire Marshal Beers Samuel Bern.
stein. the operating superintendent Of
tire Triangle Waist Company. testified
that the clothes closet vas built last
year on tho old partitions. and that the
screen partition was built about three
months ago. He said there vas a sliding
eoor between the screen and the closet
The factory inspectors had visited the
building every two months. but he did
not know when the inspectors Of the Blu
reau of Buildings had been there.
Sarah kupla. sixteen years Old. all op-
orator living at No 1880 Webster ave-
nue.. The Bronx. died Yesterday in st
Vincent's Hospital. she was ono Of
those who jumped from the windows
Her death makes the total OF the dead
| IA
Jacob pashefsky reported at Police
| Headquarters Yesterday that his sister
Bessie, Of No. 80 Jackson street, had not
been seen since the fire. and that he had
| not been able to find her in any of the
| hospitals or to identify her body At the
morguc. He said that she vas last seen
! going into the Asch Building on Satur-
day. The bodies Of two more OF the vic
tins We're identified in the morgue.
! They We're Rosie Brennan. tWenty-thrcc
Years old, of No 2J7 Sd street. and Mary
Goldslein. eighteen years old, OF No. loi
ID street.
The funeral arrangements committee
OF the Womens Trade Union League
adopted resolutions requesting all
churches and synagogues 10 devote part