New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-02-18
THE TRIBUN T..
Rents and Tenants.


7o=tte Editorial tie Tribune
evils complained Of iy .,eguator.sin your
paper Of Thursday ast exist TO alarming c.-
tent, But he ;ak. d. ,housh our odLandords
had an ear 10 listen to his Complaints on a hear
10 be moved Would it,verc 50. But had he
ADVISED them TO raise upon their,anan,s he would
ziIave come nearer Their determination. Tie
ruth Is, that the taxes arc oppressive IN the
city, that the houses ordinarily 10 weld in re4litg
4 per cent must nominaly yicli iU=pef cent
And these taxes must be increased For tour
years HENCE commcncil. July Isl, the Cr)tons
Water will cost the ci:y one halt dollar pes gal
lon and these are but the beginnings OF taxa
ton. Thus the Landlord, To pay hl- way' rlH 81
maze his real estate pay liz way HE remedy,
however, is ut=hand What old man has forgot
ION that the Chancellor Livingston charged -
per passenger 10 Albany and tha, ecrJ Company
would to this day have been charging s. instead
Of & for the same distance. Rival boats and rival
companies have reduced the fare
The | 100 houses now being erected in Br"ok-
Ism ard Wilamsburgh will bring dowa= on, rc,s,
aid il thcy do not, twice tina, number VIII. w,
ar. crclibly told thai houses in Brooayn tul
1900. that command 5000 here, and The saneia
the case in Williamsburgh. We u,t,rlN despair
O. Landlords exercising compassion They know
no scale Of Ysduclou de8cendme. They t.ninh,
dream believe only il The ascending series and
until the adiuccn, Island capitalists compel them
to change, they will continnc To dream oi Eenl-
=lo!- increasing and Injuries unbounded.
FRIEND OF REGULATOR.
II &c, There Is much absut,!i'5 and nonscnsein the
abo,e communication, yet j; has some good sug-
geslions and we publish. il because the subject Is
enc Of very general inlercs.ra talk Of hard
hearted Landlords aud the Ike, because mon do
not choose to take $500 Tor house when they
ca. rel 81 goo, Is moonshine which school-boy
should be ashamed of. Undoubtedly there are IN
diydua instances of cxrorrion Tor instance, where
Landlord puts up the rent 500 because the tenant
: has made his sland more valuable and he knows
thai said tenant will sooner pay The additional
Charge than move. But the general rale /, that n
house is worth wha, it will fetch and he who asks
owner TO take $500 tar a dwelling when ii will
bring 5000 solicils charity. The fact is, lhni the
yely conformation OF our Island renders; morally
certain thai rents will always BE high in the lower
part of til" CITY Here is u narrow tongue Of land
between two noble rivers, aorlcrcdhv lines of slip
rins thicky dotted with steamboat whalves, at
which strangers mall quarters daily arriving
In this nurow gorge fifty thousand people must do
business, while ncarlyn many mutt livo. We, for
Instance must hire and have place OF business
below Chambers-st. at whatever co>t--so must
thousands of others Of course where there is
much competition for small space OF ground, II
becomes Of great value; it commands high rents
because il is worth them We're the lower chd o
the Island much wider, rent would be lowci' Dr.
cause the intrinsic vatuo OF a location here would
be less; and what now=l'ay 10 the landlord
would 90 Ia the bool-nakei, the laclnan and
car,rnnn These rents never viii go down, except
from a decline Of the business OF the City, which
would make matters worse-tor tenants. Eut
dwellings MAY hc lower, and they will be when
We have more houses built a, the most convenient
=atacen, points with more slcaa, trtryhoat> and
railroad cars running to them. is a great hercsy
vet 10 sax that Il good doub!ctracl Railroad running
up Broadway and another up HudSon-strec', would
be OF great benefit 10 the People Of City, and
would make rents cheaper and the streets cleaner,
safer and more quiet, ht, the day will como
Ell. Trida1c.
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