Show THE PARK PLACE DISASTER THE horrifying accident in park place new york seems to have awakened the city to the necessity of putting a watch upon the builders and of making a thorough inspection of all the buildings in the city that admit of the slightest doubt as to their construction it appears that the collapse of the park place trap has been predicted and discussed among the workmen for a long time that notwithstanding the numerous causes for fear no attention was paid to the condition of the building and the men were compelled to go on with their work anler this dead fall or lose their daily subsistence the papers are now crying out for vengeance upon the responsible par ties and in their zeal to atone for former neglect are organizing a system of secret information through which workmen may cause the immediate inspection of buildings suspected of being dangerous the world is leading out in its characteristic fashion of appealing to the lower classes to carry on the work and there need be no fear of its not being well wall done A thorough report on the death traps of new york would make interesting newspaper matter there is not a city in the world that has been so 60 reckless of the lives of the helpless and as heedless of the crimes of the strong in their methods of getting rich |