New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-18

The Advisory Council of Real Estate
Interests. through its industrial code
committee, which consists OF JULIUS
FRANKIE. chairman; Louis j. Horowltz,
Frank A. Pattison and Evarts Tracy,
and which has been considering all the
rules and regulations promulgated by
the Industrial Board. has made certain
recommendations with regard 10 the
proposed amendments to rules relating
10 construction. guarding, equipment,
maintenance and operation OF elevators
and hoistVayS in factories. Public
hearings were held upon these proposed
amendments before the Industrial
Board on April :. when the Advisory
Council was granted the privilege OF
submitting a brief upon these proposed
amendments. which brief contains the
following recommendations:
With regard to hoistway Enclosures,
as there is nothing in the proposed
rules which provides for vertical elld-
ing doors or rolling shutters, and as
these doors are very much IN use IN
factories. we would suggest that they
be included, and therefore suggest the
amendment to Rule No. 400 to read as
follows, the new words being IN single
quotations:
sliding gates or doors and rolling shut
ters' for existing and future installa-
tions used for passenger and employees
elevators NAV be full automatic, manu-
allv operated or self-closing, and, un-
less full automatic. shall be fitted with
a substantial lock or latch, and all
doors shall be arranged so they can
not be opened from the outside, except
with a key"
In Rule 407, which prescribes that
vertical or horizontal sliding gates or
doors that were installed previous 20
the adoption Of these rules may remain
i'm place as installed. provided the
gates are sufficiently high and strong
for the particular requirement where
they are used, the word "telltale' has
been suggested as a change for the
word "telltale" chains when gates are
less than q feet inches high and are
set closer than twelve inches from the
hoistwav line. These telltale chains
NAV not be less than feet long and .
inch centres must be suspended from
the landing edges Of the car platform.
Where there are automatically oper-
ated trap doors. so constructed is TO
from a substantial floor surface when
closed and so arranged as TO open and
close By the action OF the car IN its
passage both ascending and descend
ing. II has been suggested that. IN ad-
dition 20 such trap doors. the hatch
way shall be adequately protected on
all sides and all floors, including the
basement, by railing or inclosure at
least ; feet inches i'm height, rather
than feet inches in height as pre-
scribed in Rule 4l2
Under Rule 424, where elevators
must be equipped with a speed gov
ernor when the downward or upward
speed Of the elevator exceeds 200 feet
a minute or $50 feet a minute. respec-
lively, and it shall under these condi-
tions release the safety equipment OF
the elevator. il is stated that car safety
will not be required for direct plunger
elevators. The council feels that this
might be source of danger. as some
plunger elevators are liable to accident
in case the car should separate from
the Dunger. The counterwelght would
throw the car up through the roof. This
should De considered.
Under Rule 1874, where there is the
danger of physical injury TO persons
bv contact with couuterwelghts at the
bottom of the counterweIght runway.
il il prescribed that the weights shall
be guarded on both sides with sub
stantial metal shields. The council
feels that, since most counterweights