New-York tribune., 1922-12-09
Hylan Red Tape
SnarIs Schools,
Declares Nudd
Defends Edgcalion Board
aud Superintendent Eitin-
ser Against Charge Build
ing DELAYS Are Their Fault
Contract Tie.Up Costly
Failure 20 Provide Ade.
1uatc Architectural Staff
Holds Up Plans, He Says

B'1ne Tor the school beil-inr crisis
vas ixed on The Eyian administrntion
By Howard W. fudd. director Of the
Public Edreatloo Association, In q
statement issued yesterday challenging
tha Mayors charge that building de-
lars we're due 20 Superintendent bt-
dngsr end tho school brllelng depart
riept
"Ths vsyo.'s srtenp' 20 ind a seape-
gost .or ths buiieibg crisis Is inde-
1snsibis' ss'5 Nr Nudd.
sTifty stsp," pes0rs Work Begins
Fsii9-s % ths ct. sdrainisfration TO
provide Cor sE otsouSte fTa IL the
buiidiny dspnrtScn. * d'sft thc nee
eAsHry plans Tor tgile = So is given ne
the Fundamental csa's III che state
merit. Another ia aid % be "thc in
tsrpiinsbis red tses known as fifty
atsps.' which rtquiseB endless confer.
vncss and redrastn1 Of plans and
spselneations bessfe sctual construc-
s!on can DO baxuns Contractors de-
lays In coupisrb 9 buildings, some "
whom have gone t-so years over it siv
ecEsfxet period 5 Sted as third
CSuse.
20 meet "a. grave situation caused
~ thls neGi c. tss statement SAYS.
hn6er the head % re lack OF technical
kaip IN the build department, "Dr.
Ettnrer and the building department.
fnaEy months ago indorsed The ofer Of
the American institute Of Architects
q ssoyidI drafting assistance al cost,
Gs AZ emsr7suey measure when need
Cd, for specific phases Of the work,
under the direction Of the superin-
tendent Of buildings. This offer,
however, vb,eh has been repeated by
the institats within the last month.
lies buried somewhere in The pigeon
holes Of the Board Of Education.
~MsA swhiis The Board Of Education
80 entertaining the proposal Of = New
Jersey architect, Henry b. Crosby, 70
farm out sections Of the work OF the
Buildings Department 20 private srchi-
tocts at a probable cost that would be
greatly In excess Of the value OF the
services rendsTsd
Draftsmsn Needed
There are serious objections 90 this
proposal The Superintendent Of
buildings has long since perfected
standard plans for buildings Of differ
ant types and sizes, and there is no need
Cor the e1pert assistance In formulat-
inR original plans which would Justify
The percentage compensation recon-
mended BY Mr.. Crosby. The real need
.s for supplementary drafting assist.
anee. This tho institute is ably fitted
20 provide, as it did 90 the Federnl
government during the war.
sThe policy 90 be determined by the
Board Of Education lin the matter OF
eontraetors' delays requires thorough
consideration OF such questions as the
enforcement Of penalties for failure 70
keep within contract time, the prompt
payment Of contractors when the work
Il completed. the letting Of contracts
FOR groups Of schools rather than for
single buildings, and the application
Of the cost-plus basis instead Of the
present plan Of a fixed contract price.
"Imperfections In present statutes
arr responsible FOR many Of the difh-
eulties, and, in so far as the trouble
has been caused By administrative neg
iect, Il surely cannot be charged TO the
City Superintendent nor 20 the Build
tngs Department