Preliminary Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1912 ...Argus Company, printers, 1912 |
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Էջ 933 - ... same time? A. The captains of the different fire departments. Q. So that there are three local inspections going on, substantially co-existent? A. Yes, sir. Q. Then there is the State Labor Department which also inspects? A. Yes, sir. Q. So we have the spectacle of the State and city paying for four inspections. Have you any suggestion to make as to how that could be remedied and that expense saved? A. Duplication of inspections, of course, means that the cost to the State and municipality, if...
Էջ 4 - ... out the provisions of this act, payable by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller, on the order of the chairman of such commission. § 7. This act shall take effect immediately. APPENDIX No. 11. AN ACT to amend the tenement house law, generally. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 'Section 1.
Էջ 4 - The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary...
Էջ 183 - ... the use of wood partitions. Of course, a wooden partition as a fire wall is absolutely of no use. Q. Is a tenant required, or the owner, when he erects partitions in a building, on a floor, to file plans — must he do that and then obtain the consent of the Department ? A. No. We are advised by the Corporation Counsel that the erection of a partition is not an alteration, in the meaning of the Building Code, requiring the filing of an application. Q. These partitions are in many cases the cause...
Էջ 4 - The members of such commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
Էջ 726 - Thrpp of them were very bad, but the worst conditions wore the shops themselves. Q. In the lofts? A. No, in the rooms where the work was done, the converted tenements. By Miss DREIER: Q. Did you find any children around the tenements? A. No. There probably would be at another season, but business had been very bad. Q. How did the workers look, from the point of view of both health and cleanliness ; did they look as though they were strong ? A. They did not look sick at all. Witness excused. ELIZABETH...
Էջ 337 - ... nor any part thereof, nor of the lot upon which it is situated, shall be used as a place of storage, keeping or handling of any combustible article except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the fire department, under authority of a written permit issued by said department.
Էջ 557 - ... without much trouble. Q. Have you ever considered the subject of manufacturing in tenement houses, Commissioner? A. Yes. Q. What are your views as to the restriction of such manufacturing? A. It is restricted now pretty generally. You have to get a license for the house. Is there any proposition to go any further and forbid manufacturing in tenement houses ? Q. What are your views on that subject ? A. You mean in the homes ? Q. Yes, in the homes ? A. Clothing that is sent out ? Q. Yes. A. I do...
Էջ 481 - ... said commissioner, who may investigate the causes thereof and require such precautions to be taken as will prevent the recurrence of similar happenings. No statement contained in any such report shall be admissible in evidence in any action arising out of the death or accident therein reported. ''Sec. 2. The term "serious physical injuries...
Էջ 337 - No tenement house, nor any part thereof, nor of the lot upon which it is situated, shall be used as a place of storage, keeping or handling of any article dangerous or detrimental to life or health, nor for the storage, keeping or handling of feed, hay, straw, excelsior, cotton, paper stock, feathers or rags.