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or Malone: You are Kiving evidence before this Bourd as to vhether/not you think thio building ia dangeroua and ehould be taken da;n becauee of the plumbing [hat ie in it. Dorcy: I am telling you the condition of the p1u�aUing. I haven't anything ta 8ay that the building ia dangerous. The plumbing is in deplorable condition. The main etackn are adequate. 11ie housc drain is adequete; but the fixturea are in deplorable conditlon on ttie main floor and thc top floor. Malone: Dorcy: Malone: Dorcy: Drneghertys Ingram: Dougharty: Ingram: Dougherty: Odegard R�au � Dougherty: Aodgere: Dou�herty: Rodbere: Doughi�rty: Cul lar,han: Dou3h�ety: Wheze the tenanke arel Yee eir. The Taveru would bc paesable. Barbershop2 I wae not in the barbershop. The tavern was paeeable. It xas vezy poorly kept. That portion of the plumbin�; was adequate and pussaSle. Abou[ tho drop cord in the livinK quartezs - I don't want to imply that the Mire aas safe. In vi�w of the observance� do you iiave any opinion ae to the eafety of [his building and to LC occupanta attrlbute aolely Co ttie electrical wiringY Safety to occupante - I wouldn't say it wae eefe� because it is open wizing� old wirin�. You naver know �hen ie ie going to break davn. Your muin complainYle the open Wiring. It ehould be encased in condui[ and �unc[ion boxca. What eize wire ie in there? I didn't open any particular wiring. I[ is hard - I would asaus�..it wae No. 14. It was the general practice at that Cime. Today� xiutkxtha the way we 11ve� with the uee of lampe� etc.a no one would he content Nasn°t someone been in there to bring it up to present requiremente in regards to fusing4 a(r. Dou�herty lescriUed tuae•stata and said thap should have had non- tamperable fueeai eo that no penniee could bo used) It wouAd ba hard to detoxmine khat they had in the wey of circuLts.Nhere they use nob and tube� Uiey uae ope� sp::cing. If any of it had not been soldereJ� oxidatton would build up resistance and an ordinary li�ht bulb could atart a fii•e. The only way to determine would be to go en3 open up the eplice. The reason you did not like open uirin�; - ther�+. are other buildings ehat havd it. Ien'e the reason that you did not like it - it createa a fire hazard7 Open viring in concrete buildinge - you would juet burn wiring. Iu wood build- ings� it could take the whole building. Ia this buildin� contrary to the Elecerical Code wha[her it Se occupied or whether it ie vacant4 Some portione are not in accocdance witli the Code. No Inepector could have lookad at it and approved iC. (Mre. Morrell aeked a questi.on. Mr. Ingram objected) Odebard: What is tlie policy of the Iuepection Department in regard �o old buildings if they wera to be re-wiredl In ragard to old buildin�a iu bringin� thec� up to the exiatin�; do cocle� is it a reyuirenent of Che Building Department that they be brou�;ht up to the axistinU coda2 - 5 -