New-York tribune., 1913-07-15
NEW BUILDING CODE UP
Alderman HerbSt to Present II
to the Board To-day.
SAYS MONOPOLY is BARRED
Tile and Concrete Shoals Are
Cleared, Declares
Pilot

Revision of the building code is "a \.
| undertaken by the present Board OF A.
| dermen. Alderman Abram w. Herbs,
chairman OF the Building COMMITTEES .,
the board, which has been conside,,r,
the matter for some months. will prssar,
to the board to-day new code. Dur,,,
the summer public hearings will be hslS
so that the board may be ready to ;at.
some action after the vacation period
Previous attempts to revise the cod.
met with failure in 1907 and 1909 r..
cause of the warfare between the con.
hicting hollow tile and cinder-conere,.
interests. In the former year {, va,
claimed by the concrete people that tbs
code had been framed TO favor the hoI.
low tile interests The next time II w.,
declared that the concrete men had %,
the better OF IL in the revision dra,t
Early in the present year a PROPOSED
code that had been framed by a volun.
teer commission of builders and arch,.
tects was presented by Borough Presl.
dent McAneny. II was referred N ,b.
building Committee, which has used I,
in framing the code to be presented 70.
morrow.
Alderman Herbst says that his cod.
has been so drawn as to be impartial
to all building interests.
1t is not drawn in favor Of the hollow
tile. the cinder-concrete or any other IN.
terests," he declared. We had repre-.
sentatives Of all the interests before US
and We made 1t plain that we would give
monopoly 10 no interest. We got them
TO agree substantially 20 the provisions
as we have drawn them.
"It has been the endeavor Of this cen.
mittee to present for consideration
code based upon the essential require.
ments for the maximum safety for thosa
occupying buildings. with due regard 10
economical construction, and so far as
has been practical 20 encourage ireproot
construction with a view 70 reducing the
enormous annual fire loss Additional
safeguards have been placed around the
construction of elevators We will have
the proposed code printed, and it is our
desire that all intep sted study the draft
with great care and be prepared 10 ex.
press their views at the hearings"
Tho Superintendent OF Buildings un-
der the Herbst code Is required 70 regis.
ter all engineers, architects, carpenters
masons, builders, plumbers and Others
in the building industry. All buildings
are classified under two heads-publlc
buildings and business buildings Pub
lie buildings are construed 70 mean all
10 which the public has access and in
which there may be a congregation Of
persons for civic. political. educational.
religious or amusement purposes Fut-
ure buildings OF this class must be fire.
proof. as also all business buildings
which are construed 10 include all build
inGs used for or adapted TO the trsusac-,
tion Of business. the operation Of ma
chincry. the manufacture or storage OF
machinery or materials the housing Z.
horses or livestock or for any other IN.
dustrial purpose.
The committee purposely avoided unk-
ering with the fire limits. which has been
a pitfall for building code makers IN the
past. The fire limits as now established
are continued, leaving II 10 the Board o.
Aldermen 10 extend them as may be nee
essary. The section in regard 20 thea
tres IS practically left unchanged.