New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

,yilt entirely u brick stone iron or
ofhor hard lucOmbustible material ana
in which no woodwork Or other imam
mable material is used IN any OF the pdI
CtiOns iurrinss or ceilings Dul lA-s ~
milton shall not be construed as pToulUlt-
inc elsewhere than in the star mans OF
entrance halls the use OF wooden !ioOI4le
o. TOP % the freprOOf floors or tne US
Of wooden sleepers. nor as prohlDluhs
wooden handrails and treads II mace o.
hardwood not less than TWO lnches thlCh'
Tho height Of q teuemenb house Is Inc
prrpendicular distance measured IN q
straight line from the curb level 70 lle
highest point q the ToOf beams, tAe
measurements I'm all cases 70 pe IdheH
through the centre OF the facade or the
house; where q building IS on q corner
lot and there is more than one grade OF
level the measurements shall be taken
through the centre OF the facade on the
street having the greatest grade.
Some other important provisions Of the
law are as follows
No tenement house hereafter erected
shall occupy more than 80 per cent OF
corner lot, or more than ~ per cent o.
any other lot: provided, that the space
occupied by fire escapes Of the size mere
iubefOre prescribed shall not De ueeIleu
part OF the lot occupied. .,..
For the purposes Of the Immediately
preceding paragraph, the measurements
Shall be taken at the ground level. except
that where such a building has no Ddst-
ment and the cellar ceiling Is not MOI
than three feet above the curb level, lhe
measurements az 10 the percentage or a
lot occupied may be taken at the IeNei u
the second tier of beams.
The height OF a tenement mouse mere
after erected shall not by more than one
half exceed the width Of the widest street
on which 10 stands, SUCH helBht sHdli uc
the perpendicular distance measured III d
straight line from the curb IeVeI 70 ~, vi
highest point Of the roof beams PiOEI I,' :,
that where there are bulkheads eXceedlhb
ten feet IN height or exceeding IN d! q
q per cent Of the area Of the roof nv
measurements shall be taken 10 the typ
Of the bulkheads. but this snail not apt1S
70 elevator Enclosures not exceeding ~
teen feet IN height; the measurements il
all cases shall be taken through the cen
ire o. the facade Of the house. a..
Behind every tenement house herediIe
erected there shall be a yard eAteIulue
across the entire width Of the lot ana, eA
cept uuOu a corner lot, al every point
from the ground 10 the sky unoDstruCteu'
except that fire escapes or unlncloseu ou'
SIDE stairs may project not over HNt Lee -
IRON the rear line OF the mousse the uep.i'
Of the said yard measured from inc eA-
IRENE rear wall Of the house 10 the redi
line Of the lot. shall be as sci loi'h ~
the two following paragraphs OF inns aCt.
Except upon a corner lot' the oSPVn %
tIt ward behind every ltHel4i'iiLL,, -. "A
hereafter erected fifty feet IN helshI sIlaIi
be not less than sixteen feet IN ever
part. said ward shall be lncredseu ,, ~
Qefth one foot for every additional w.
feet Of height OF the building or irac 'l1 I,a
thereof above fifty feet; ana may uo
decreased In depth one foot TOT ven
twelve feet Of height Of the bulialH6 80
than fifty feet but II shall never De less
than fourteen feet In depth In any part
The employees OF the department no"
number forty-One persons. exclusive OF
the members Of the board the latteI
serving without compensation.
The roster Of the department includes
the secretary. who is also the executive
head Of the force; plan examiner ana
an assistant. men specially trained LOT
That very particular work; one stenosIa-
Pier four typewriter operators hVe
clerks and twenty-seven inspectors, one
Of whom is detailed as PHOTOGRAPHER ON
ployed on part time and paid for the days
IN which he is actually at work.
Every plan for a new-law tenement
house and every plan for material al
terations IA an existing tenement mouse
is scrutinized by the plan examiners DC
Tore the work on the proposed bulldlhs
can be started. II the plan Is IN accord
ance with the law. the approval OF the
department Is placed thereon ana one
copy returned 20 the owner or his agent
while the second copy is filed in the Of