New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-05

main "a The majority Of those heretofore described and
need not be further referred to.
A. No. ~ Ridge street n q rea, wooden bulldog,
kpo~u 40 Fort Nonsense" four stories IN hight, "a
Inhabited exclusively BY . large number Of coI,re1
families The ysr *ss tolerabIy clean, and The rooms
cesi wlich Is not surprising, a. the co'ored people
bave ID. repotstDD Of being far less filthy in their
hs bs than frregpers. Their besetttg sin i policy.
Dealing, and mCre or lea Of the tenants her. zere
raid to be addicted to this tpinous vie. Apply
shop yswps at the vey entrance Of the alley leading
10 tb. Ft" and ia believed 10 derive con- iderabe
custom IN IN thar quarter.
Aftr booking til, olgb No. sc willet street, the CON-
miee hat.c at fam rus Locality desienat-d a. The
Barracks" consisting II two three story br ok ouii
ings rtu.fed About twenty feet apart, snd ext.n1iog
G,m sohati- place 10 Goerck street. The eastern
hal, of sTbe Banaeks" II said IN be owned by T. ID.
Hrvly, merchant DONG business a. No. 10 Ex.
charge place The occupants are nearly all 'rm "a,
Al among them some Who get their living by
piekirg from the river at bow tide, the rags hro IN
eyei board by the scavepgefs. S0me Of the rooms
were f,und to be infested by great MI nbers Of
those loathsome and annoying insects, bedbugs
II was rot ibcoWm,n thing to ace the
entire side vale tbickly dotted with I'd spots,
where there creatures han been crushed by the inur
a;ed occupaDia Some OF the inmates declared that
H. .p at night impossible owing to the attacks OF
tbes. trouble sOm- marau1crs. The :, nants say thst
tie agent n. Gle tie repsr the premises, and will no.
e, I'll put up little pIs-tering where urgently neeied
With triHing expense the hou.es could be put 10
oectpt condition, ano kept so. The western half ct
psr.s sno has been quite neatly fitted up with green
blpds and an outside coat Of piiLt, presenting
marked cUrtr, with the CHASTITY other half II is no
NOR. just say that the whole place seems 70 be
kept much more clearly than when the Commi tee
e,snin. l. last last Spring. Doubtless the attention
v hich has b. en- drawn ~ this subject through the
y.ratIons of the Committee and the published ac-
counts in the papers, has assted In producing this
r, suit 49,
No. 3l6 Rivington stree. il sso filthy spot, nearly
fDl Of f-mies from Placement to game, and Is owned
b, a Mr.. Ketchum of No. 300 Sixth avenue.
But of all wr.tched localities that in the rear OF Nos.
70 aid 80 Sh. riff street. called Rag Pckers PaIa-
disc has scarsely parallel. There Is 90 old wooden
building three sto les high, and something over 100
f ct in ergh appearing about to tall down with It's
on eight. The occupants are all Germ1ns, ana
IN, at of them are epgieed m the refined and intel
e. tus employment of reg picking. Some boil bones
fer living, and Numerous bags were seen yog about
the premises filed with raw bon.s. and emitting
st nch almost overpowering The apsrtmehfs SEQ.
forth dead, noirome atmosphere, Noticeable to any
but TO tose whose nerves have become csllous kom
oI habit. Tie owners Of these tenemet Is are James
BOYLE aid Christian Snyder, the latter OF whom Is
hollow faced, misunderstanding German, lately
grown wet,. do of OF r3g-pickmg, aud DOW, aoosr-
emily, luxriiating the proceeds OF hi gains. Many
of the inmates of the houses here Ok feeble and de-
crypt, as if the want of wholes'me food
ana air and frequent ablu'i,us had impaired
bodily their health, and made life a burden,
There is rng depot n the front on She riff street.,
which together with the rear habtato"s, ought % bs
abated a. a puis 4nce dangerous TO the health and
'" Alter insp' citing Rag Pickers Row" on Third
street. similar locality whose pane indicates it,
cbaractt r. the Committee journed ts sbes to the
let Of Asgut he1t.