The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-16
HOUSING PLANS
DON'T CONFORM
TO C|TY'S CODE
Architect Failed to Observe
the State and Local
Requirements.
FIRE ESCAPE RULE
WASN'T OBSERVED
Many Changes Will Have to
Be Made in Projected
Buildings.

Plans drawn by a New York archi-
tect for the first apartment structure
projected by the Bridgeport Housing
Co., to be located at Atlantic and Rem
nell streets site have not met with the
approval Of the building commission
ers and will require changes before
they will meet with the fire protec-
ton requirements Of this state, it was
learned today.
The plans have not been laid off,
cially before the commissioners, and
the technical matters of stress, fire
walls, and other details of construc-
Ition that will be required under the
new Bridgeport building code, have
therefore not been definitely, passed
upon.
A tentative examination Of the spec
ifications Of the building, however, at
once disclosed features that will have
to be remedied before the building
will be permitted. Chief among the
features that have met with disap-
proval is the matter of fire protection
TO the many persons who will be
housed in the structure.
Daniel M. Rowland, building inspec-
tor of the city, while refusing to dis
cuss fully the details of the plans
which had at once been pointed out
to the Housing companys officials as
transgressing the building code OF
Bridgeport, as well as the state, called
the attention Of every architect and
builder to the fire escape law of 1911.
This law requires that every build.
ing above three stories shall be
equipped with both outside and inside
escapes. In the drafting of the plans
by the New York architect the matte,
or outside escapes is said today to be
one Of the principal features of obiec.
ton to the erection of the building, as
planned. s(s
Designed substantially in the shap
OF two crosses the bases of which NEE
the difficulty Of providing. escapes fo
all apartments from the outside, with
out greatly disffguring the structur
from an artistic standpoint is locke,
upon today by local architects will
extreme doubtfulness.-
The likelihood Of some delays in tn
erection Of the building due to thi
apparent unfamfliarity with Cpnnecti
cut laws and customs seems probable
| A meeting Of the building commit
tee was held this morning at the Of
o
which was not announced at its con
clusion.
General Manager w. H. Ham Of tn,
Housing company, refused this morn
ing to comment on the status Of tn,
Esituation. From persons in clos,
touch with the situation it was learn
ed that he has been absolved from re
sponsibility, the plans for this build
ing having been considered and pre-
pared under a previous management
It is expected by those closely in
| terested in the big housing movemen
that many similar episodes will occu
before plans can bed rawn for the
many structures contemplated tina
will at the same time meet the re
strictions imposed by the Bridgepor
building code, the economical necessi
| ties and the artistic beauty which i
| the aim Of the aesthetically inclined
| members of the company to infuse il
the project.
Builders in this city have beer
| unanimous in proclaining that the re
Gently instituted bull ling code ha.
placed unnecessary hardships ant
greatly added expense to buildin,
here It will remain for the new1.
formed company which. include
many members instrumental in tn
passage of the laws which now bese
the, to solve the problems for othe
builders in the structures now pro
posed on a. large scale.