New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-20
TIE TENEMENT COMMITTEE.

The Committee, consisting of Messs. Duganne,
Shea and Brevoort, and accompanied by Mr. Down
ing Superintendent of SaDitOry Inspection, and the
Health Committees of the Common Council, met yes
terdsy and made a tour Of inspection through the
First, Third and Fifth Wards. The party also
attended by the Health Wardens of those respective
Wards.
halt was made in front of the brick dwelling
house, No. 80 Broadway, which was pointed out as
having been unoccupied for last ten years. until
within few m)nths back when the lower part WAS
let restaurant. The building is the property of
Mrs. CIugar, somewhat eccentric lady residing up
town, and has been kept completely furnished since
the death Of her mother, which occurred about ten
years iLce. II was stated that Mrs. Crugar refuses
10 sell the premises, and it will probably remain pretty
much IN stata quo until her death.
The COMMITTEE then proceeded to No. "a Greenwich
street. said to be one Of the better class OF emgrant
boarding. houses. The place Is kept by German,
named Charles RaH and contains 80 bees distributed
among sOme half dozen apartments. One room, about
Ia feet square had ten beds mort Of them double beds
The present average number of boarders is from ~ to
30; before the tmig ants landed al Castle Gauen
the average humber accommodated 10 the hou'e was
from SO to 60. The prices are "a Il week ior Doafn,
and Elk TO eight sbliDgs day TOR transient ooarders'
Al No. 10 Washington street the party saw
sight front building, th'ee stories high, with
stable beneath, sad to beloIg To the Adams Express
Company, toubd in a most dlla pdated condition,
aud occupied by number of lrish families. On ap-
catnDg the place, gaunt, g1zzy.loOk'ng cur
ifrust, his head from a secOnd-story window aud
b lked seeming defiance at the lntruder-. Some
boy shouted care cdnm, but the dog-lays mad not
yet, and nobody WAS frightened. As tue Co IL
mite. Wis eDt.r ring the door, insvldua standing
b, uquTed they going to knock the old snanty
down. tie volunteered further to remark, that it
high time il was done. The place waited ulng
mighty baG; il was sight for any to look at; It
u -lame TO New-l.Tk. TIE rooms up tai were
I, uro IL tie most miserable condu on--s Iok aimed
of the pest dye, and half tue mortar falleu from
Il. Size walls Gnd ceilings. One %. the Irish women
.xIress.d eff in ptsOus accents, cxclalmng that
The lOous were full of " the Gthrop" " he Oud
C. ling said she, ." ouId nesilfh The ropms in
upper story rpv-iably 40 ,ded VIII. it ralned
above nist The pluvlI 'rescoed CELL q plainly
Indicated the fact. The tenants said when a heavy
lain up al night, the water presently began to
pour down ON their b. Dc, and they had to move them
about the room until they found spot not quite
wet as lsewher-. The building contains about sixty
peIsOns and the rooms mt from 81 to IS Der month
Uidng to location and conveDences. l. of the
roomr six feet by ten found living WI; ~ with
five Children. The owner of this house Is Mrs FIan-
nsgsn, who lives in Pearl street.
Directly in the rear of this is another tenement
house three stories ia hight ard some hundred
feet in sIgh having two alley openings to tue street.
Here living eighteen families who pay from s. 10
81 per month for apartment with two very small
bedrooms connected. The families al lnsh. The
CT ndon Of the apartments was found to be on par
with th6se Of the fIent buidipg-smoky unveutlated
Of troubl,d with the dthrop.' The lessee Patrick
Hogan, was ssked how much rent he paid for tue
whole building, and ssid As expect TO see Cd,
pay 81 goo year, and s255 for taxes"
The party now proceeded TO visit Castle arden,
ard were cturroSsly received by Mr.. John A. Kea
nedg, Superintendent s,Us 800 smigrants were a.