New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-19
Health and Comfort of the Poor.

81" 10 not RIGHT for the weslthy thus 10y renting tens
euts hssitsiion 10 profit by the wreicned
edpe,s on the Poor-thus 70 gains out Of their sick
ness and death They have no RIGHT 70 aIio" Wrso
wreched houses 70 be human haolIsIons' mner eS
sbundAny able with sacrifice Of their essenus nle
eats replace them by substantial whole and yer eheaP
house,. which would protect and shser Is
habit them" lc0"T@T h"f'"' ~ :.
Tho folloO,ing memorial is now in circulation
among our citizens and will soon be presented to
the Legislature We ask those who on reading
il deem its objects humane, just and eminently
conducive to the health and happiness not Of part
only but the whole community-since the sickness
Of part endangers the health and lives OF ALTO
cut out the memorial below attach It TO sheet OF
paper and solicit the signatures thereto OF their
friends and neighbors All petitions returned to
this Office will be promptly forwarded to Albany
and submitted TO the Legislature
To III, legislature Of the STATE of Neao- York
The undersigned citizens of this State respectfully
represent
That by the laws Of this State as expounded and
enforced by our Courts, the occupants Of dwelling
houses or Of tenements rented such compelled to
pay the during their occupancy for the prem
ises they occupy whether those premises be kept in
good repair and in tenantabe condition whether they
be suffered 20 to decay and become utterly unfit for
human hsbtstions That many Of the dwelling houses
In the City Of EewYork built for the purpose of being
rented constructed in manner so slight and ira
gle as not TO afford protection to the occupants from
either wet or cold weather. when they are newly
built and that thy very decay and become wholly
understandable engendering among the occupants colds
coughs consumptons fevers In short sickness In all s
distressing forms and premature death That houses Of
this description crowded together and so nearly
the ground about them as to render needui and
onht nat
such neshborhoods are seldom entirely free from small
pox other losthsome and contagious disease
The uader.gned are constrained by solemn sense Of
duty to their suffering fellow men, to peorm the painful
task OF stating the Legislature the appalling but YET
notorious fact that very many Of these houses belong
TO wealthy men OF to large estates and rented Al
prices which yield an enormous interest upon their
value The per cert OF profit which they yield Is isr
Crater than thst of any other OF houses the city
THE wealthy thus profit by the wrctchedness Of the
poor thus make gains out OF their sickness and DEATH
The undersigned would be recresnt 10 their duty as
human bengs to say nothing OF the duties OF Christians
and Of Republican citizens II they did not call upon the
LEGISLATURE for the immed ate appointment of numer
Gus Committee OF their body TO proceed TO Newfofk
and by personal inspection of the premises and invest
CATION of the facts OF the case, qualify themselves 10
recommend to the Legislature the most sautary, effect
usl and immediate remedies which the power OF the
Legislature can apply and hst laws be passed prohib
ting the collection Of rents for dDspidsted and unen
sntsble premises and authorizing tenants 70 recover
back MONEYS which in advance or otherwise they may
In future pay for such premises with interest costs
and damages In hne. to put Landlords who exact rent
for untenantable premises which brne on SICKNESS sno
death upon the footing OF vendors OF unsound decsyed
and unwholesome provisions calculated to produce thu
same cslamitous effect
Y,.. York Jan. 10, ls47 Courier Enquirer, 18th
We doubt there being any necessity for sendinc
Legislative Committee to this City. II we mis-
take not, novels nearly as bad as ours and quite
numerous in proportion to the size OF the City ma
be found this day in Albany and by developing
the facts in regard to these the Legislature will b
able to frame the right sort Of law as well as by in
curing the expense OF sending Commission to TIN
City. What is needed is ACTION and not merely
flaming Report