(Photograph  marked  Exhibit  13,  September  22.)
The  law  is  designed  to  increase  the  strength.  It  is  not  as  strong
as  the  law  requires.  This  picture  is  43  Avenue  D.  Eront  wall
is  out  of  plumb  6^  inches  underneath,  and  above  15  feet  high  over
the  sidewalk,  it  is  nine  inches.  Two  buildings  show  cracks,  and
the  building  shows  hanging  over.  The  inspector  was  there  and
made  his  report.  There  is  an  inspector  standing  underneath.
(Photograph  marked  Exhibit  14,  September  22.)
This  picture  was  taken  on  Eighth  avenue  and  One  Hundred
.and  Eifty-first  street.  The  construction  of  front  building  on  both
corners  are  not  put  up  right.  They  hold  up  the  strength  of  a  five
or  six  story  building  by  an  iron  plate  only  about  an  inch  thick.
The  trouble  is  the  front  of  the  building,  over  the  window,  is  held
up  by  an  iron  plate  which  is  only  one  inch  thick.  That  iron  plate
is  sustained  on  both  ends.  There  are  no  girders  underneath  that
iron  plate,  no  iron  girders.  There  are  two  inside  beams  under
the  iron  plate.  These  would  be  sawed  off  or  cut  off.  It  is  an
inch  thick  iron,  afterwards  there  will  be  a  cornice  of  galvanized


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iron.     The  cornice  would  cover  the  defect.     That  building  is  not
as  strong  as  it  should  be.
(Photograph  marked  Exhibit  15,  September  22.)

By  Mr.  Hoffman:

There  is  no  foundation  for  the  front  of  that  building.  No
foundation  underneath  this  here  at  all.  It  requires  that  this  iron
plate  should  have  a  different  construction.
Q.  Is  this  an  iron  beam  there?  A.  It  is  about  two  feet  and  a
half  out,  it  is  too  heavy  w^eight.
