New Britain herald., 1927-04-26
Pease Tells of Hood 1errors
 On Return Today From Midwest
FINES TOTAL S400 IN
 BUILDING LAW CASE
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' Iork Dining Rooms are located

Iork Dining Rooms are located Deputy Fire Chief NJ. T. Souney
 testified thHt the rear section Of the
 building at 294 Main street is dilapi- dated and the floor sags. The north
 wall of the other building seems 10
 be bulging and out Of alignment. lie
 said. As Prosecuting Attorney Woods questioned the Witn's. relative to
 the structures. Judge Nangan re- marked that while he does not ques-
 ton the chiefs cNpertncss as regards fires, he did not believe he cared to qualify as an expert on building Chief Souncy. it was brought out, made the inspection at the request
 Of the prosecuting attorney
 Engineer W. Vincent Barry Of
 New Haven, who is called in by In
 speCtor Rutherford when consulta- ton is considered necessary or ad-
 visable. testified that the roof on the
 Hudson Lunch building is out Of alignment. It is springy as if quite overstretch.d, he said. Unbalanced pressure made the wall bulge, in his opinion, and the building is unsafe m the vicinity Of the roof because
 q load might cause the bricks to
 let go''
 Judge Mangan informed Judge 1 Hungerford that Raphael has been
 between the devil and the deep sea" Tor several months, duo to his in- tention Of replacing both buildings | ht sfysI,, tt,,. ti if,l, naturally takes time. and the insist i cnce Of the authorities that repairs and removals be made, while tenants { of the buildings were protected by law against summary process. He 1 has had architects work on plans for a new building and at the same time he has been obliged to give legal notice 10 tenants to vaCatc. Judge Mangan revealed that Raphael paid $22.ooo for the lease the Hudson Lunch has on the building at @S4 Main street and has given the company Go days to va ! cate. For some time he has not col 1 l1ctod any rent for tenement in lhe building. William ]. Fallon has q lease on the other building and has been given time 10 find an- other location for his dining rooms. It is evident that Raphael is mak- ing every effort to go further than the building department has order [ ed him to go, Judge NanCan said. ! He will not only oysrcome the al- ! legged conditions which the city au- | thoriries complain of. but he will | replace both buildings.
 Prosecuting Attorney Woods 1 characterized the violations as | 'nagrant." Conditions existing in ] the two buildings are dangerous 10 ! life and limb. and he asked Judge | Hungcrford to bear in mind the . disaster at the North x Judd plant.
 Judge Mangan remarked that the ! danger would come from q load on : the roof such as snow, and it is not reasonable to anticipate a i heavy snowstorm at this time of the year.
 Judge Huugcrford inquired of Al t0rncy Nair as to the dates of th2 ittii'fS lD t'. Iii''lS lb Nttt,itf, 'llll III making his finding and imposing the fine. he pointed out that where as the legal notice was dated April 9, 1927. the first order issued by
 the building inspector was dated
 December 15, 1926,
 After court, Judge Mangan and
 Attorney Nair said they did not in-
 tend to appeal the finding ot Judge
 Hungerford.