BUILDING MATERIAL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7852, 14 July 1911, Page 1

BUILDING MATERIAL

USE OF OLD AMD NEW REPORT BY ENGINEER TO CITY COUNCIL. Tho city engineer has presented a tc* port to tho City Council on a motion passed by tho council regarding the inspection of aii building timber, both old and new, by the corporation. The engineer stato-s that there is quite sufficient power for tho corporation to deal with the material. > Tno whole question was us to how far the * corporation official* should go when inspecting bu.idmgo being croc ted as dwelling Uuuses. There was no doubt that Uio jfreatt&t offenneis were a low speculative Guilders in the city. It would ho d.fficult for a corporation official to condemn materials m a dwelling house, where ihe person erecting the oawas a Ltan oi email means, and who was desirous of erecting a small and cheap dwelling lor himseu.

• “ I clunii, ' says air Morton, “it is usej less to expect mac aii persons slum uu jcvmpeiJca to go io a.ciL.*.ec;s lor me*, puiiio auu Sup«,nis.ou, uuhougn umiuubceniy a person wunuut nuu>vieuge oi | banding wouid fJL sa »'guaiaed l>j uuopcing inis motaod oi pi-octaiue. .t am. oi opinion time the juaiter uouni be tasiiy I improved xi person om.aiug premise* j would engage tno service Oi svinewne hav- ) ing an expert Kuo»viOuge or oUiiuing Umuus, say, repumo.e luasiei ! buuaer or contractor, to inspect ana 1 report to the purcuaser the v«uuo oi tnt ouiadings uuuer considu'aaon. it, oi course, may ho d-ilLmt vvueu the material is hidden by means of sheathing, paint, paper and scrim. ‘Xi would, in my opmion, Le useless to expect cnac tue two Doiiuing inopectois of mo corporation can dp spc-ct the whole of the umber need tjirougiiuut Wellington. Even with a clerk oi works pdicanentiy engaged on a largo builulng it is estremoJy uiihomt to ensure mat uie wiime of the nuueriiu is. what has oeen. specined. How much more dihicult it would oe tor two uicpectoib 1 goinig over mo whole of the city to give | a satisfactory supervision to the ciaes oi building material being, Ucod. "The city engituer has undoubtedly ! buffieient x>ower to condemn m a ter in-1 i which is nob strictly in accordance with tho by-laws. 1 am of opinion that if me (council dtoiros it a suici-er supervision can bo made of the bnAdings being erected, more pameumriy as i-egarda materials used. At tne tame time 1 desiie to point out that it wiU bs difficult to enforce the provisions of the by-law unless a sufficient unmoor or inspectors are employed lor the purpose.”