The evening world., 1911-03-27

No. 2G5 Henry street.
hullding-FIre-escapc on rear wall ter
inmates In small area. Windows and
doors at FIRST floor are Iron barred.
Portion OF floor OF FIRST balcony re-
moved. Balconies obstructed Exits
through windows Inadequate. windows
being "a by 90 inches.
No. 9Gi anal strect-F1vc.story build
Ing No drop ladders.
No Observation-Disclosures Barred.
No. IS East Eighth s.reet-Windows TO
fire escapes iron barred.
No. 2S Waverley placc-Eieven-story
loft buiding-No fire escapes.
No. GO East Eighth street.-The escape
ends in rear area. from which there Is
no escape.
No. 2l Mercer Unsatisfactory loft
building-Flrc escapes end at second
floor. No drop ladders. Court in rear Is
closed ana there Is no means of escap-
ing from Il In cas- OF fire.
No. 80 Division s~trcct-F1oors OF bal
comics made OF wooden stats: windows
iron barred.
Nos 4l3-il5 East One Hundred and
Ninth street, four-story loft building
No direct fire escape leading from shop
at rear OF third story.
No. 25 East one Hundred and Tenth
street, two-story loft bullding-No fire
escapes. Rear windows iron barred.
Nos. 1914 Spring street, scven-s,ory
loft bu~lldlng-Single fire escape In rear
ends In closed court, from which there
Is no escape. Front fire escapes are
adequate.
No 70 East Tenth street-Opening 70
IRE escape is only l1x3s inches. and Is
n dangerous exit in case OF Are.
No. l2 SUFFOLK street. nvc-story loft
bnilding-Drop ladder hangs at balcony
at fourth floor and Is useless.
No. 81 Forsyth street. five-story loft
buildlng-No drop ladders.
No. % Pitt street, seven-story loft
buildlng-No drop ladders. Court closed.
Balconies Distracted by boxes and rub
bish.
Windows Iron.
Nos. rs and % West Elghteenth street.
eleven-story loft bullding-Fire escapes
end at first floor, with only two win
dows open TO this means OF exit. 4
drop ladder, II one were provided would
lead 20 the cellar and a closed court on
70 level with IN" cellar. All windows
from cellar to said court are iron barred.
while tho ones that could be opened are
padl1ckl.
Nos. 7i5-Tl7 Broadway, twelve- story
hullding-No FIRE escapes. This building
extends n fun block from Broadway to
Waverlcv place,
No. II Firth avenue. oleven-story build
ing-Np Gre escapes.
No. 2 West Fourteenth street, three
story huilding-No nre escapes.
No. u WASHINGTON place. olght-story
huildlug-No fire escapes.
No. l2i Prince street-Flre-escapc
terminates In a court yard.
No. % East Broadway, four-story
and basement huilding-Fire-escapes
terminate on second floor.
No. 1923 East Broadway-No drop
ladder.
Other buildings where violations
exist. but not so fragrant as those men
toned above are;
4. No. 80 Cannon street. No. CO, East
Eighth street. No. 260 Canal street
No. 80 Division street. No. 80 Mercer
street, No, % Wavorley place, No. 81
Waverley place, No. as Willett street
: No. 237 Division street. No. lib RiIr,
, street, No. 1873 EsseS street. No. rs
Grand street. No. Bog West Broadway
No. 2S3 Madison street, Nc. As Orchar,
street, Nos. 90 ana "a East Eight
= street. No. 10 East Eighth street. No
l02 clinton street, No. 80 Lispenar,
street.
Fire Escape Rules absurd"
, ITO be sure, these do not represent al
OF the nagrant violations OF the Bulld
Ing Laws that n thorough investigation
Of the shops and lofts in this city woul,
. reveal They represent only some o
u the hrc-traps we discovered In tn
a courFo ~ our investigation.
Dr. Moskowita ana Miss Wald agree,
" IN characieriz!ng the hre-escapc regula
,r lions as absurd.
The law provides that there shall n
a tiro-'srape, nothing more-Iust ON
fire escape Imagine how utterly US,
less one fire escape would be IN case q
"a fire In a modern .kyscraplug lot
= building, Instead OF proving a means ,
salvation. II would prove an adde
source NJ danger. \ single nr,-cscar
hlled with panlc-stricken people -ernw,
ed beyond its capacity. with men an
H. women scrambling. |claWing, lighting
II Is too horrible 10 contemplate" sal
A Miss Wald.
What we need IL a nrc escape m
which shall take into consideration II
z size OF the building and the number
n persons employed IN IT," added u
M~oskowitz. And there ought to
" \ ."p uIlils ana arm leaders, Compctei
Lowell headed, intelligent persons.
WHY, in most OF tho factories v
Inspected the working people dldr
know the location OF the elevators nj
lis exits. All they knew was the 70.
- leading 20 their machines and out in
~ the street again.
10 1.-THE most dangerous buildings
n all" continued Or, Mskowitz, ARE :
converted buildings-buildings viii
cy have been made over from resldenc
In into lofts.
nm Let me impress thls on YOU" ne CO
" GUIDED, "the buildings We have not
] cluded IN the list are not by any mea
adequately protected nor do We wish
convey tho impression that they q
10 safe. W. mean only that they ha
lu Uniformed with the low limit Of I
law"
III 'I.9 Laasg Jaw also provides that