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Real estate record and builders' guide: [v. 100, no. 2598: Articles]: December 29, 1917

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REAL ESTATE AND fCopyrlght. 101". by The Record and Guide Co.) NEW YORK, DECEMBER 29, 1917 WHY CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY AND DUPLICATION OF WORK EXISTS UNDER PRESENT LAW IN connection with tlie accompanying chart it might be of interest to briefly review the events which Iiave led lip to the present distribiuion of autliority relative to buildings, their construction and occupancy. On March 25, 1911, one of the most diiasirou5 hres, as far as loss of life was concerned, occurred in the Triangle shirtwaist factory, corner Greene street and Washington place, Manhattan. By EDWARD F. HAMMEL, C. E.. and LESLIE V. HUEER, C. E. relative to construction, alteration, exit facilities and occupancy, and created an Industrial Board. Chapter 695, Laws of 1913. attempted to amend the Fire Prevention Law so as to avoid conflict of authority, but this was not entirely accomplished. As a concrete illustration of the dis- tunately, from the very start, instead of endeavoring to concentrate in a single department the exercise of the municipality's police powers with re- si)cct to proper supervision over the construction, alteration and occupancy of buildings and clothing such depart¬ ment with adequate powers, the tendency has been to create new bureaus and departments and to dis¬ tribute authority over buildings, always creating an overlapping of jurisdiction. tribtition of jurisdiction over building construction and occupancy assume a tenement house with partial factory occupancy and fire extinguishing equip- RESIDENCE BUILDINGS BUSINESS BUILDINGS PUBLIC BUILDINGS FRrVATE DMELLINCS TENEMENTS HOTELS LODGING H0U5E5 TENEMENT WITII FACTORY OR STORE FACTORY DEBMnMENT 5TORE OFFICE BUILDING Building v^iTH HftWROWSOCCURiNCt GARAGE THEATRE MOTION FimJRE ^HOW CHURCHES 5CH00L5 cTc BUREAU or BUILDINGS BOROUGH CONSTRUCTION USE & OCCUPANCY PLUMBING LIGHT &VEfnilATION LLEVATORS CONSTRUCTION UStaOCCUPANCY PLUMBING UGMT&VtNIILMlEW ELEVATORS CONSTRUCTION USE & OCCUPANCY PLUMBING LIGHT &VEKTILW10N CXiTS ELEVATORS CONSTRUCTION U5E&0CCUPANCY PLUMBING EXITS ELEVATORS CONSTRUCTION USE & OCCUPANCY PLUMBING LiGMTavENTlLATlON tXiT5 ELEVATORS CONSTRUCTION USE a occufv^cr PLUMBING LlGHTaVtNTllATlON EXITS LLEVATORS CONSTRUCTION USE aOCCUPANCY PLUMBING LlGHTavtNTlLATlON EXITS E L £ VATORS CONSTRUCTION U5E&0CCUPANCY PLUMBING UGMTaVEHTlLATION EXITS ELtVATORS CONSTRUCTION USE a OCCUPANCY PLUMBING UOHTaVtrOTlLAnON EXITS ELEVATORS CONSTRUCTION USE & OCCUPANCY PLUMBING LIGKiavtMlLATlON EXITS Elevators DEPARTMENTOr LABOR STATE HOURS or LABOR EMPLOYMENT Of MINORS flEDKAL INSPECTION CLEANLINESS 3AM E SAME ELEVATORS SAME PUlMBlN&aVimLN riRC DEPARTMErfT CITY U5[a OCCUPANCV ORIGIN OF FlRtS U5E& OCCUPANCY FiRt EX UNO'APPL ORiGlNOF FIRES USE & OCCUPANCY FIRE EJ(TINGAPPL EXIT5 LIGHTS ORIGIN OF FIRt3 USE & OCCUPANCY FIRE UTI NG APPL EXITS )r>».cTORx ORICINOFFIRES USES OCCUPANCY FlRt EXTINGAPPL ALARM SYSTEM DfiILL EXITS LIGHTS ORIGINOFFIRES U5E&0C(UPANCY F«{tXTmCAPPL ALARM SYSTEM EXITS LIGHTS ORIGIN OF f IRES USE&OCCUFANCY FIRE EXTlNO APPL ALARM SYSTEM EXITS ORlGlNOf FIRES COIttTKULTION USE & OCCUPANCY FIRE tXTING APPL fXITS ORIGIN OF FiRtS PROTECTION fROMfANIC USE&OCCURANCY flREE^TlNt APFI ALARM SYSTEM exit:) LIGHTS ORlGlNOf FIRtS USEaOCtUPANCY FIKEXTING APPL ALARM 5Y.^TtM exit:) lights origin of fires TENEMDT HOUSE DLFARTMENT CITY CONSTRUCTION U5E& OCCUPANCY PLUMBING Ll6KTaVENTIL/,TlON EXITS CLEANLINE55 - CONSTRUCTION USE & OCCUPANCY PLUMBING . LIGHT&VtNTlLATlON EXITS CLEANLIN5 BAKERIESIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CITY CONSTRUCTION MtOltAL IN5PEaiON PLUMBING LIGHTS VENTILATION CLEANLINt55 5AME Overcrowding SAME 5AM E SAME OVERCROWDING HEATING SAME ^Mt Same ME at INO SAME DEPARTMENTOF W\TER SUPPLY GAS&ELECTRiaiY CITY ELECTRICAL WATtf? SUPPLY AND GA5 EQUIPMLMT 5AME 5AME smi 5 AM £ SWt SAMt 5AM t 5AM t 5AME. POLICE DEPARTMENT CITY STLAM BOILERS SAME SAME SAME SAME 5 AM E MME SAME SANE SAMf DEPARTMENTOF LICENSES CITY ULLUSlS IffifTiOfv a /JLJC/f^iO/V . 5Tf?CPi0Tt1 CO>»S7ffUC7fO'