Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1851-06-11

III T.Cftorfal COI4 - tnS ~ 4 tribune.
CHANCES AT EtROPE--No. v.
BY-HoEzSE 6REEL.r.
| The Future Of Labor--Day-Break.
London. Friday, May 8, 1851.
j have spent the forenoon Of to-day il
Iexamining portion Of the Model Iodg
f ing Houses, Bathing ana Washing Es,ab
) lishments and Co-operzfive Labor Associ
; atoms already in operation in this Grea
{ Metropolis. My companions were Mr.
Vansitrart Neale. gentleman who ha.
5 usefully devsied much time and effort tt
+ the Elevatioa Of Labor. and NJ Gordon
nave, the aduary or chosen director O
an Association Of Cabinet Makers in Par
is, who are exhibitors Of their own pro
ducts in the Great Exposition, which ex
plains their chiefs presence in London
We were in no case expected, and Ell
Ijoyed the fairest opportunity to see every
thing as it really is. The beds were in
some Of the lodging houses unmade. but
| we we're evary 1>Il.rro~ oaeerfuliy and
promptly shown Though the rooms. and
our inquiries frankly and clearly respon-
ded to. propose to give a brief and
candid account Of what we saw and
heard
Our first visit was paid to the origin al
or primitive Model Lodging House. situ-
ated in Charles ST.. in she heart Of St
Giles. The neighborhood is not inviting,
but has been worse than il is; the building O
having been fitted up wien no man with
dollar TO spare had any faith in the
project, is an old fashion dwelling house,
| not very considerably modified This at.
temp, to put the Few VINE into old bot
ties has had the usual result. True, the
sleeping-rooms are somewhat ventilated,
but not sufficiently so; the beds are quite
too abundant, and no screen divides those
these lodgings are a decided improve
nent on those provided for the same class
for the same price in private lodging
houses. The charge is I'd (eight cents J
per night, and | believe 2s $50 cents) per
week, for which is given water, towels,
room for fire for washing and cooking.
and small cup board or safe wherein to
keep provisions. Egh,y-two beds are
made up in this house. and the keeper as
sured us that she seldom had spare one
through the night. ! could not in con
science praise her beds COR cleanliness.
but it is now near the close Of the week
and her dodgers do not come to her ou,
of band boxes. Only men are lodged
here The concern pays handsomely.
We mex, visited a Working Associa-
ton Of Piano Forte Makers. not far from
Drurv Lane. These men were work ing
for an employer on the old plan when he
failed threw them all out OF employment.
and deprived portion Of them Of the sa-
wings Of past years Of frugel industry,
which they had permitted TO lie in his
hands. Thus left des.iss.fc. fs.ay formed
a Working Association. designated their
own chiefs. settled their rules of partner
ship; and here stepped in several able
Promoters Of the cause of Industrial
Organixs alton sof fsksAin~.ennsaze.ssessss.
five per cent the amount ct capital re-
auired to buy out the old concern-viz:
SO, 800. They have since (about six
weeks) been hard at work. having an ar
for the sale at a low rate OF all
the Pianos they can make. The associ-
ates are fifteen in number, all working by
the piece except the foreman and busi
ness man, who receive $40 each per
week; the others earn from S8 to Sll
each weekly. | see nothing likely to de-
feat and destroy this enterpriZe, unless ii
should lose the market for its products.
We went thence to a second Model
Lodging House, situated near Totem
ham Court Road This was founded
subsequently to that already described, {,
its building was constructed expressly for
it, and each lodger has a separate apart
ment, though its division walls do not
reach the ceiling overhead. Halt the
lodeers have each a separate window,
which they can open and close at pleas
ure, in addition to the regular provision
for ventilation. In addition to the wash
room, kitchen, dining tables, &C., provi
ded in the old concern, there is a small
but good library, large conversation
room, and warm baths on demand for
penny each. The charge is 2s. al. (58
cents) per week; the number Of beds is
lO4, and they are always full, with nu-
merous applications ahead at all times for
the first vacant bed. Not a single case
Of Cholera occurred here in l849, tho
dead bodies were taken out Of the neigh
boring alley (Church-lane) six or eight in
a day. So much for the blasphemy Of
termiug the Cholera. with like scourges.
the work Of an .inscrutable Providence
The like exemption from Cholera was en-
loved by the two or three other Model
Lodging Houses then in London. Their
comparative cleanliness. and the GOODNESS
in summer caused by the great thickness
of their walls, conduce greatly to this
freedom from contasion.
The third and last of the Model Lodg-
ing Houses we visited was even more in
teres,ing, in that it was designed and con-
structed expressly 70 be occupied by
Families, Of which it accommodates for
ty-eight. and has never . vacant ROOM
The building is Of course = large one,
very substantially constructed on three
sides Of an open court paved with asphal-
tum and used for drying clothes and as a
children's play ground. All the suits OF
apartments on each floor are connected
by a corridor running around the inside
Cor back) Of the building, and the seve-
raj suits consist of two rooms or three
with entry. closets. &c, according to the
needs of the applicant. That which we
more particularly examined consisted ot
three apartments (two of them bedrooms
with the appendases already Indicated
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