The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
When Commission CT

| yesterday morning tksSs1oll
 preceded him and weSe on ha him: Commissioners Ward,
 Hornady, Truss. Building
 Matthews, City Engineer J ,ss,on of
 drick, Frank Nelson, Jr., :.
 Bowie and two newspaper It 'oNn9
 A spirited conference folon Wlth
 garding tine recent action of3uffalo.
 sioner Barber in roping off sdiately
 ouiiolng' or wnlch MT Neis dy is q
 of the principal owners. ;+tor
 MT. Nelson insisted on
 ybo+her conop,issioner Rarbe, ummer
 rectly quoted in a Saturday v, and
 paper regarding the matter, ie this
 that the language reflected undled
 pei soiiails' MI. i's'i Dei erals article complained of. ' The controversy caused a lot fell terest at the city hall and when they over MT Nelson issued the foll
 statements the 1 "The article in an afternoon paI at ] last Saturday, January 22, in refer jn | to the Hood building did the ow IS Ol lldl DQIlQlllS d SidNC ilJd5tlNts T | Tn the first place, it is not true t.. | the Hood building was practically co | demned as therein stated In the ne2 place. it is untrue as therein stated tha Mir Kendricl1 called up the owners o | the building and told them to make tn needed repairs at once. Nor is it tru I that the owners refused to make an 1 repairs. Nor is it true that any con dtions whatsoever justified the infer la h,,iJ al hn1 tr h1 or was, in danger of bAhg condemne and ordered torn down.
 "The entire purport of the articl did a grave injustice to the owners o the property The fact is that the build ing itself is absolutely safe, the wall of the building being among the thick est and strongest in the city. The onl thing that happened to it was smal piece of cement plaster at or near tn top of the building became loose on ac count of the recent freeze. The yer moment the matter was called to my at | tention, without any delay whatevel and by that I mean one hour after be | ing notified, I ordered it repaired. Tn first intimation that I or any of tn l owners had as to this matter wa l Friday. MT Massey, who had been look ] ing after the building, was not in hi office at the time and I immediatel
  1 give the matter immediate attention He at once made the necessary ar arrangements with MT. c. M. Allen, con 1 tractor, and Saturday morning MT Al | len was ready to begin the work an
 was only waiting for the walls to dr l off from the previous nights rain commence when the ropes wer stretched around the building.
 l We were first ordered to put a she up over the sidewalk before touchin
 the plastering. This was done Saturda and as soon as that was completed tn loose portions of the plastering wer removed, which only required littl | time.
 l ''The owners acted in this matter a soon as it was possible after receivin the information, and they have neve hesitated at any time to obey the or ders of MT. Kendrick, the building in spector, or any one else in reference
 this matter.
 "It was stated in the city hall at
 conference this morning in reference t | this matter that MT. H. A. Mosley tol Mr Matthews, the building inspector that the owners refused to repair tn loose clustering. MT. Mosley is mem Der of the firm of Mosley, Henderson .
 Davis Realty company, and says that h made no such statement to M
 Matthews or any one else, and that tn
 statement, if made, isn't true.
 | FRANK NELSON, JR."