The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
FIGHT ON FOR one
INSPECTION BUREAU
Nearly Every Commercial AS
ISOLATION Joins in Protest
on Building Regulations.
BIG COMMITTEE CHOSEN

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Consolidation Of inspection functions
Of six city and State departments that
deal with the construction and altera-
ton Of buildings Is TO be demanded Of
the Legislature at its coming session
BY q body of representative real estate
owners. business men and manufacture
ers which was organized last week.
Declaring that the present system of
inspection by six unrelated departments
causes great losses to owners and build
ers and that the system Is an unneces-
sary financial burden on the city. those
who have Joined the movement will ask
the State lawmakers to give to one
department the power Of enforcing all
laws relating to building construction
and alteration Ia this city. Practically
all city officials having declared their
belief tina Il change from existing con-
ditions is necessary. the views of the
members of the Board of Estimate are
to be consulted in order that relief may
be gained as quickly AZ possible by
means of a bill that will he satisfactory
to all interests. +
= Commercial firms, dry goods houses.
automobile makers and dealers, hotei
men, builders, real estate incu and man
ufacturers have Joined the campaign, o
driven to protest 10y tho conflictins 1r- =.
ders issued In regard 10 their properties
by six departments. each working at
odds with the rest. Nearly every civic
and commercial association In the city
from the Merchants Association 10y
TO the smallest taxpayers organization
10 represented In the movement, hav- !
Ing Joined not only to help right the
alleged injustice of the present system,
but also to bring about a lower tax
rate by eliminating those functions of
], branches of the city government which
overlap.
Conference Committee (hOsca.
From the great number of Organiza-
ions and persons behind the campaign
a conference committee has been Sc
lected to be known as the Conference
Committee OF Real Estate and CONNER
cial Organizations IN the Matter NJ Con
soliIating Various Departments New
Having Jurisdiction over BUILDINGS N
New York city. 10 have active dire
ton Of the movement ar executive COM
mittee has been elected with Alfred X.
kirkus Of the Merchants AssociatiUn
and The New York and Manhattan Real
Estate Association as chairman.
Associated with Mr.. k!rkus Oh this
committee are
Paul j. Bonvit. OF Bonwit. Teller &
Co: Stewart Browne. of the United
Real Estate owners Association Will
lam h. Browning. of Browning. King 4
Co. John +. Daniel, Of John Daniel
Sons d Sons: W Il. Greenman, OF the
Brooklyn Builders Association: John j.
Halleran. Of the Flushing Business Mems
Association: X. II. Johnston. OF the
White Company Cornelius e.. Koln. of
the Staten Island chamber OF Com
me:ce l.. NJ II. Mcclure. president of
the Real Estate Board of New York
Charles Partridge. Of the Brooklyn
Board Of Real Estate Brokers :. j.
RcyiIla. OF the builders r"o,ect!vc Asso-
c!ation Clinton I. Roe. Of the Cham
Der of Commerce. borough OF Queens
Isadore Saks. OF Saks N Co. Clarence
:. Shumway, OF the North Side Board
~ Trade Robe, l.. Simon. OF the Real
Estate Boa'd o. New York George II.
siege, OF the West Side Taxpayers AS
ISOLATION. and Charles 4. stewart. secre-
tary OF the Automobile Dealers Associ-
ALTON.
Seeking the assistance of city officials
n framing a bill for consolidation NJ
building Inspection the committee has
asked the members of the Board Of ESti-
mate to stat" their views Of what the
substance of such a bill should he, de-
claring hat il the members of the board
will agree upon a plan for consolidation
the next Legislature will gladly gran:
the relief sought. The Mayor, Deiu;
still Corvalescing from his recent opera
ton, his secretary, Theodore Rousseau.
Replied to the committee that the matte
will lie one Of the first to which Mi.
Mitchell will attend on his return 10 Of
nee,
George McAneny. President OF the
Board OF Aldermen, and acting Mayor.
declared 10 the that ne ii
FULLY alive TO the need OF settling THE
question of consolidation Of building in
spection al the next session OF the Leg
stature, He said that bills are now
under consideration aiming TO remedy
existing conditions.
AdnmsOn IndOrsrs plan.
From Robert Adamson. Ere Commits
eioner. who II regarded as the Mayors
representative, the committee learned
that IA tentative draft has been made
for a plan for the solution Of the inspec-
lion problem which Mr.. Adamsun be
lieves will meet the views OF all inter
eets.
Meanwhile the conference committee
has instructed its counsel, George w
Olvany, to prepare a bill for introduce
tlon during the first week of the next
legislative session, TO embody the ideas
arrived at after consulting the views Of
the Board Of Estimate on consolidation
Of inspecting departments. From this
bill will be eliminated all details 10
which objection was found in former
bills for consolidation.
No claim can be made against the new
bill that II aims at the destruction of the
Tenement House Department, for the
only features that the proposed consoli-
dalton will take from that department
will he the supervision Of construction
IN new buildings and of structural al
tcrations In old ones.
The new bill Is intended in no way
70 reduce inspections, but on the other
hand, 10 obtain greater efficiency, Al
matters are now u builder or an owner
who desires to make an alteration must