New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-05

a. Oak in l room; Oak, IheHty III i"0"'
o, usd;,on 10 in room; 1913 Water, IN room
.,a dozens Of places with to in room VI
,ho ,se collars. 1Ol are dirty" and OF the occu
,. e,s are adirty" All that part OF the " arc
h.,we.n Roosevelt and James and Oliver os'o"
Madison on the West and East, and Chstnaui a1'
Front on tie North and South, comprs"s ,.O
than a dozen blocks, is sbominably h'ny my
n,as,,yound and dirty above, with ali tne Gun
cor;,snt, Of sweltering cutters and hlthy eDey''
,;.h d,zens Of vile dens Of prostitution Inc pop
L., a the Fourth Ward in lS45 was Zl'OO0-
IT. cellar nooulation is in %. The people are
Inc 80 rs.,.c,sr--nearlyt wo-thirds foreigners
and sailors. sss
The Fifth Ward returns 80 Easements 20
,oon,s residents 51l; OF these ~ oaseHeh's aud
1ss occupants are marked dirty. The I i''n
Ward ia. rather notorious, at distance anu
searcely less SO here, as the abode oil vast nun
10, of cour,ezans; but here we do not una hl'n
and sin in partnership in proportion 70 s"u ou~'
acter of its population, the Filth IS relna'A"Oy
clesn were it not for the colOred Popuauoh' 'iei0
,.onld no very little TO complain Of There are ie"
,,.o.s where the packing system is IN practlce-
AZ II Leonard are 10 in 2 rooms al DOL o''o"
uicb 0 in room and not many instances u "''e
,bsn to a room--ayerage about u 70 room
,,Dn,., ;on. 9o362. The dirty places are west
p,o.dwav from Duane TO Anthony, Thomas street,
Ao,honv from Church to Hudson, Leonard from
West broadway to Hudson. Not many foreigners
~, ,sr,e number Of colored people OF dirty ha-
bits.
Wa now come to the Sixth Ward-the
GIVE Points" the st. Giles, the Cite OF
New.York-the scene Of more monstrous stories
Int a distance) than any other spot In America )
and vet is not such an awful place, after all except
u The great number of its low houses OF illame T;
,lo,o IA far drtier ward up town, and as Tor us
;,iouities. il has some fast growing competitors
The Sixth Ward return shows 25S Easements 7'0
,oor,s and 1.l56 occupants-or less than "A IN a
,oono nonulatjop 10 residentsin cellars being
!. - At Mulberryst. are 10 in l room;
This place, and 10 Mulberry, two large nVe story
bouses. contains sizty-nine families and Aree AH@
d,sd and fhy-seren personsA 1853 Anthony rear
in n room; Sc Centre, 20 In rooms ie" H.
.,snces of s in rooul--but very rare, as may be
seen by the aggregate. The dlrtlest part oil tne
Sixth may be found in Elm from Pearl to Anthony
Centre from Pearl TO Franklin Cross IRON
Centre to Mulberry, Pearl from Cross to City Hall
,lsce Anthony from Broadway Theater to Orange
Leonard from Elm to Orange, Orange from Chat-
ham to w alker, Mulberry from Chatham to W ai"er'
and Bavard from Orange to Mulberry Oi all the
Wards which NAV be characterized as dirty, the
Sixth is the least crowded with cellar population.
The population is probably two thirds OF foreign
birth ar children of foreigners, with full sprnklng
of blacks.
Tho Seventh Ward returns 80 Inhabited base
ments 42s rooms ,2sO persons Of these 7s base
rosnts and $40 persons are dirty The central
norton Of the Ward is dry aud clean at the ex'
trenities-the Hook above and Catherine Market
below-are some very dirty places 1t has Po-
mutation of 25,566, or in 20 In cellars Al az
Henry At. there are q persons in 2 rooms at III
N.a;soD "a in G rooms; at 40 Hamilton, p IN
rooms at $50 Water IL in room beyond this
instances are rare of more than 3 or 4 IN room
Cherry. Water and Hamilton SITS. near Catherine
Madison in some places, birmingham ana scam
NELL and Jackson Nv alnut) and Madison Monroe
Chsrrv and Water near jackson are the W0rs
n,sces Of filth. The rate Of inhabitants in cellars
3 in room. lut IppUi~e''t -
here and there q negro, and flew foreigners
The Eighth Ward shows 26i cellars 5o' rooms
ISL occupants; Of these SO Easements aud %
people are dirty" The population OF the War
is 3OoOO-in cellars, in 26i about IN eac
room. There are not many instances OF close
hacking than or in ROOM at - CnarHo
are l2 in 9 rooms q. III Charlton
in rooms The headquarters OF tith are IN ho
ten row. in Laurenss st. ffom Grand 70 Monroe i
Thompson from Broome to Spring and sewers
small patches here and there in the center Of tn
Ward, aud up Narck aud Bedford SITS. III
Eighth Ward is in close competition with tn
Fifth in the line of hsrlotry in rum we judge 1t l
ahead. Population three-iourths nstive-the re
mainder having large minority OF negroes
The Ninth Ward returns a formidable list a.
inhabited cellars, $50 rooms, 900 persons, or ,
per room; population, SO,9o7-ratlo Of subteuar
cans, ! in Is. About one quarter OF these come IN
der the head of dirty" viz lo2 Easements an
5ss persons. The packing system does not preva
very extensively; at 572 Washington are 10 in
rooms, very dirty at CTS Greenwich 5 blacks
l room; at 60 Fsctory'st. 10 IL rooms; ct l.
Greenwich Rv. 10 in room; at "a Iwelishst ID IN
4rooms at ls3 Amos ST. in room at G2 W.
Washington place, l0in2roomsi at Al Christophe
Al. einl room; and number OF instances OF to
q room. In regard tooutward cleanliness, the Mn
Ward is miscellaneous, here and there ce'
spot and then block or two Of dirt. Perhaps Il
worst places are the streets Of 1.-THE village ne
the river, say omHsmmersey through the WI
the main streets-West, Washington, Greenwic
Bleecker, Fourth, Sixth and Greenwich avenue
are in good order; Factory-st. is narrow and apt
ha dirty. The population is about threeourt
native, the remainder chiefly Irish.
The Tenth Ward returns sS2 inhabited bas
mepts. with 44s rooms, and 1853 Inhabitants, or
maroon: population aO,993, of which in 20 a
in cellars. The Tenth is on higher ground than a