The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-01
|GETS NO AID FROM
POLICE JUSTICE
Building Inspector Butler Com
plains Of Continued Post
ponelnents.
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
Says Greek Restaurant Proppcd
Up on Barrels Is Menace
to Public Safety.
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE

back OF cooperation on the part of
Police Justice Crutchheld with the
work of the Building Inspectors office
is resulting in great danger to the lives
OF many persons who frequent n Greek
restaurant ut the northwest corner OF
Ninth and Broad Streets, according to
Building Inspector Butler Mr.. Butler
predicts that it will prove another
Monticello Hall In that case Justice
Crutchheid gave one continuance after
another for months until the unsafe
building settled tho question by tun-
ping down The restaurant is said to
be propped up on old. barrels, and its
owners have not attempted to contend
mat IL is safe for further occupancy.
III Wow OF tho second continuance
granted by the Police Court yesterday.
MT. Butler wants II distinctly under
STOOD that he will not DO responsible
for the safety OF the building or tho
lives of those entering it,
Notified to Nacntc.
fhe building Is tho old frame str,lc-
ture Mt S24-S26 East Broad Street +
thompson Brown & Co. agents, occu-
pea by Petor johnson and George Cor
dSles, with a restaurant on tho frs,
moor ana ivinS rooms above On Feb
uarS MT Butler notified the tenants
10 Vacate. giving them fifteen DAVIS. A;
INC END or that time they had made
one of the tenants told a deputv b,,ild-
ing Inspector that they would not move
until forced to do so. Mr. Butler re-
ported the agents. j. Thompson Brown
20 10 the Police Court. where the
usual series of contlnunnccs began
Yesterday the case was called ,e,ip
air. Butler was present with several
Oh ms deputies. who had examined tho
property ana were prepared to testify
as as 20 as cohdition, but at the request
81 %. A.torneE Gilbert *. Pollock, Jus
tice Irutchheld granted n further con
tihuanco. No bond was required of
me owner or occupants of the build
lns' Were they alone taking tho risl,
MIR. Sutler says, the case would not lie
Such an important one hui tho rovt,r
rant is naiiy frequcnted by 81 lar,~e
number of people who have no Lno,,
,eoSe OF the unsafe character of tho
building and it's imminent danger of
coiiapse. and who enter there aser,,
ms MAJ IL meets the requirements of
me city building laws. AS he rcp,rd,
the danger AS an actual and i,nmadi,.
one Mr. Butler puts tho public on NO
.ice mat If the building collapscs ,bo
plane must rest elsewhere THAI, on III.
o''ce' ms order to have il vacated nav.
ct. nS 49, suspended indefinitely by the
ticc Crutch1eld W JUS
fropped Up ON Old Barrels.
MT. Buffers written report In IN,
court says: w
The rear end OF tho building il
suPported on old barrels. The huild-
nb mas pulled away from the adjoin
,ns noi'o,hs on the west. and is lean
J ing TO the east ovcrhanrinr tic
street There is nothing thai So. he
uone 10 this building to make Il s,fa,
III MS letter 10 the agents 10, INC
r'opertS on February 3 Mr. Rutlcr
IN. foundation walls are very
nauiy decayed. especially the roar wall
when is crumblng. The stills and
auuu'ns are very badly dccaycd ana
80 poruohs have completely rotteo
60 m"'. ihe 1oists and flooring of the
.rSt moor are in such Il staca ar do
ieriora'ion that it has beon " n., w.
sary 10 put in some temporary nron,,
some or these props are very h,dI,.
uccd!cd- The roof is weak ana T.,
N'y leaSS condition. The ulastc,iro
-" we ceiling OF the second ,inor 10.
i"'icn. The stairway in the roar fror,
,hc hfSt TO tho second floor Is =,
u"nRcrous condition. In genera, Dc
ns IS IN the last stages OF dilap,
IL; ana decay. and YOU are HEREBY
80. '"al i"rthcr use OF tho Same
NUS be discontinued at once Tho
tenants of this building nu.t -
'ed 10 vacatc forthwith. as uiII W.
!o"ser assume any responsibility FL,
we sdiety or the building. or for tho
'ohs using and occupying same.
VIII Not Hc Rcspon.ibIc
In granting another continuance
non q ~ parties were present In court.
psti: 10 go INTO the case" said MIR.
,'uticr Yesterday. the Police Justice
"Hs hulilted the work or our office.
ana mas played into the hands of these
peoPie' VINO arc only playinc for time
save them ilfteen days To get out
rrho rcrornng Them To the court
nc court has given ono ten DAYS CON
i'huahcc, and now gives another we
''Nc oohc All VIC can, but I wish tn,
papers wnuic mako 1t very plain that
me Building Department will NOT he
roSponsipie for any injury or death
."ai may occur by reason Of allowing
tho continued use as q puhlic rosta,,.
rant OF building in this condition."
,,,,'udEc ShHrkrIford Dcsisnatcd.