The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-22

are compelled by necessity 70 have to station
sreets The ws ceiling and floor OF these cells are Of
stone, and continually wet Upon stepping into one
Of hsse places in which there is no fire. chill and sck~
snpg dsmpne instantly pervades the whole system.
Inc only warmth they receive, 7 any, IS from small
stove out in the passage Will supposed 10 warm
outside Of these css passage way feet
in width, is the lodging place for women. Taere is
side, which lie the only Accommodation for
sleeping, other than the wet stone pavement Of
twenty 10 thirty homeless human bsngs arc nightly
crowded into this apartment. Itmey therefore, be- we'll
necessity lie the wet stones the entire night have
myself seen these wreohed beings lying on the pave
ment, and another like sheep Ia the shsblee.
More miserable, heaithy and horrible dunseSne
not well be conceived Of These exist in the ofthe
metr orolitan city Of civil zed and chrstanised
try. The Cfce the Lodging for the men aud the
cells for prisoners and In my opinion totally
inaoequate and inappropriate to the purposes for hcd
efficient for the police force Of the cy-and this
necessity must be obvi 1usof what par smouut i'm
portence is IT, that the shall be provided with
heathul and comfortable lodgings in dry apartments,
properly warmed aud ventilated, and with scrupuous
regard to ceanliaess These nals for the websng
OF the men am fully persuaded cannot be obtained ip
Sixth district. To show this more clearly, I would
call your attention to some facts coming within my
own cognissnce 1b- number OF men absent by reason
Of Sickness duriDg the past year in the Sixth district L.
greater thsn in any other district OF tbs city rhs pre-
Yelling diseases have been pulmonary and other tubercu
lous affections eireases which well known to medi-
cal men TO owe their origin IN h degree 10 sleeping
In damp basement rcons. Several OF the in this
district have eied duri0g the year fron pIlnonary
diseases and there others eth Frustrated frog the
same diseases From NY owo knowledge Of The fcts In
these cases from the TO the Termination OF
the di.easer am foccsd to the conviction that thep
have been supnraducec l. great measure, if not
iirty from lodging in vault Whe3 the a6thori.
tiu hail core TO know ths actual condition OF tina Sixts
district station houss and It's wrt sched uncomfortable
ard unhealthy accommodation for the men, aud the,
horrible end than Ba.tle dungeon, for o. seuer.
ana dodgers oanno but besYe sr that INN hate stops
will Re taken 10 the whole esseb shment Ia
heal'hu situation, and to cause the cons.ruc lion OF
apartments for the men well as for prisoners 70 be
with greetsr regard to humanity The abogs far. sbnS
clearly the nece ssity Of erecting new STATEN house In
that district. IN connection with this subject hone
II will not be deesed mproner direct tbs Of
your Honor to the riRh construction Of buildings 10 lie
used station houses L. of the districts the
dwelling houses that originally hired AMI altered
ada pt hem ir small degree TO the business
of a station house st co, tlnue to be used The pre
syst Of poles can no longer De looked anon a.
an experiros Mt but must now be regarded az perna
nent de parte Mt CT the city government and eysrv arr
ran gem IN regar 10 it should be consel.d Win 5e
view Of placing it on permanent basis The erestion
of station houfcs ground owned By the city erd
approved models is essential the accomplishment
OF THIS end and would tend promote tue health aud
eficer cy OF the members OF the dcpartaent
YouriiruL ylcE AND ysGGAaoY in a report mad. 70
your Honor's Predecessor the 3lst Of October 1919
took Gon to cali h attention to the great and rsDd-
~ growing evil OF youthful vagran,y i'm morality AMI
crime existing in this community Your Honor his been
pleased 70 refer TO the subject your annual e ssage 10
the Common Council OF ety but it /, D,a.er Of 90
great public and Of such deep general in
teres that cannot conclude this report without again
recurring to liz more particular me nature
ana extent Of the evil presented in the report your
nonors an evh although ever varying ia
M ol ana pIe1o nan char@cferistics Of the moment,
= IN DO oesree Diminished either in extent or egsrava
..n un the contrary the Intermediates time has only
served 10 gieaiy lnctease us magnitude and render
sl noie paPaoie ana harmiig all It's oeusve features
.. Ivy y 70 oe ny imperative duty again to
isoa w. anu hP1ss upon, me contnued attention u
ie onIeI aso ~ toe cry suoJecs so deeply in
..etDg 20 us Wen o'ing and rs character Thio sub
Jeut NJ. eL aipdces nat,ers q muaciPai police po
lll.a eeonoiiy uhu Pupuc morals OF the highest i'm
loInce, put u also involves considerations OF iadvi
ausi a ara rs consequences o. nsT preciaole
ana ever enduring interest No community can be
hief.u Wen ponceo which permits the continuance Of
e. ~ ',h,; I ~ ~ % sontamina0ing
w. puoie anu - aesttuctlVe OF the public In
-, 80 - 49,. - ~ nA'uss' uoiic cCoho"
NY, 100 no ies REQUIRES us immediate removal or re-
; -. o Ise' ~ sn'e y .nse tenos uTec y 20 pau
suppur. an lmn,sn mem nor can u DC believed that
n p.opely IeearaIu Of IT'S own selfpressr-
VI u ne PRESENT inSiVIuudl we'll being AM fu
su,e Icp's oi ~ can zee tne ev In question
$500 s oa, - ~. ol, nIou1 hlskns .ue most
h;. eor's ioi as removal Whethe; therefore,
TINS SUBJECT be received as matter OF municipal police
PoIcli ConoLns puenc morale OF christian CHARITY 1t
800 70. ' IS s,'eotu'N sn,erl.sence OF govern.
nen Conservative at once Of he public interests and
philanthropy Itexstins laws faithfully executed and
Wisely adminlstersd be found Insult
t. ~ h hSsa' " restrain. u lnis evii, ies new
ssMatoN oe INVOKED and new AGENCIES created, which
hhsn co operate with those already existing in thu
semphniens OF Ing great ana vital object Respect
Iuli5 eubmitteo. dEu W. MATSELL, Chief OF Police.
COMMISSIONER or RErArRs INp SUPPLIES
The annual the ,,omn of Ren
supper for 1851 laid on the table and or,srsd to
be printed We extract the following The exnendi
ture Of the bureau of public buildings for 1851 for re-
pairs and supplisss St4 St3 "a Of which paid
50 lt0 for erecting station for tn. Fifth and
hXfesIlh ward police and charging