New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-04

main 70 the majority Of those heretofore described, and
need not be further referred TO.
Al No. ~ Ridge street n . rear wooden br'Hiog,
knowp a. Fort Nonsense" four stories 10 hight 40
Inhabited e1clunIveiy by large number Of eo@ored
families The ysrc was toerabIy cleau and the
clear which 10 not surprising, ne the co,ored people
tsss The rsPo.aton OF beng t.r ,s:. hhy in Their
oeslipg, and more less Of the tenants here we're
raid TO be addicted to this ruioous Woe. A policy
shop yswus at the very entrance Of the alley leading
to the Fort and II believed 10 derive con-idsrsbls
custom trum that quarter.
AMER looking thOvgb No. 66 Wuet street, the Com
mee balt.o ut famous locality deeig nat.,d as The
Barracks" oon,isting Of two three-stoy BRICK build
jppr tusted about twenty feet spar, and extending
fcm Maohattsn place 10 Goerck street. Tho eastern
bnF of 1.-THE Bar acks" IL said to be owned by T. D.
Hervilly, merchant DONG busiDsss a. No. IL Ex-
change place. The occupants are nearly al ts'm.o,
ard among them are some who get their living by
picking ON the river 1t low tide, the rsgs thro IN
over board by the scaveDgefs. Some OF the rooms
were found to be- infested by great nu nbers of
those loath-ome and annoying insect', bedbugs.
IL was rot an uncommon thing to ace the
entire aide walls thckly dotted with FED spots,
where there creatures had been crushed by the nfur
st.d occupants. Some Of the inmates declare1 tina.
sl ep at night impossible, owing to the attacks OF
these troublesome marauders. The tenants say that
the agent n. elects II repair the premises and will not
evel put up little plasterng where urgently needed
With ,riaing expense the houses could be put IN
dec. condition, apo kept TO- The western halt OF
parties ana has been quite neatly fitted up with green
binds ana an outside coat Of paint, presenting
mark, Contrast with the ghastly other half II Is no
more just say that the whole place seems to be
kept much pOre clearly than when the Comm tee
e1smintd j. lat last Spring. Doubtless the attention
which Las been drawn to this subject, through the
ysl atoms OF the Committee and the published ac-
counts in the pape.s has sssrted in producing this
result
NJ" ZIG Rivington street is also filthy SCOT, ne srly
full Of families from ba,ement to game, and Is owned
by n Mr. Ketchum Of No 309 Sixth avenue.
But Of all wretched localities that in the rear OF Nos
SO and 30 Sheriff street. called Rag Pickers' Para
disc has scarcely parallel. There Is CT old wooden
bul6ipg three stories high, and something over 100
feet in length appearing about to fell down with it,
own weight. The occupants are all Germans, and
III, st Of them engaged in the refined and intel-
le,tua employment Of rag picking. Some boil bones
for living, and numerous bags were seen yiog about
the premises filed with raw bones and emitting
forth dead, noisone atmosphere, intoerabe to any
but to those whose have become callous from
lo1 habit The owners Of these enements are james
BoSe aid Christian Snyder, the latter Of whom il q
hoilow.faced misunderstanding German, lately
grown we.to do off of rsg-picking aud now, appar-
emily luxUriating the proceeds of hs gains Many
OF The inmates OF the houses here look feeble and de
crepit, a. if the want of wholesome food
and air and frequent ablutions had impaired
bodily their health, and made life burden,
There is rag depot 10 the front on Sheriff street,
which together with the habtatios 8, ought to be
abated as nuts ,nce, dangerous to the health and
and comfort Of the city.
After nsp, citing Rag Pickers Row" on Third
street, similar locality whose name indicates ITS
character the Committee &C journed its abers to the
let of Augu.t next