Litchfield enquirer., 1858-04-22

use of female lodgers. The average number nightly accommodated during the winter, Q 2 both sexes, was twentysix, while about the same number have been sent away.
 The Third precinct offers great inducemcnt: Ito dodgers, from the fact that the floor of al old store-room is at their service. Females are accommodated in the cells-of which there are seven. The average number here is about twelve, and about fifteen are nightly turned away.
 The accommodations in the Fourth precinct for lodgcrs, consist of six dirty black coops, from which one of the most prostrating ol odors constantly emanates, while the patrol men are crammed together in a higher apart ment, where one bed is nightly made to ac- commodate two sets of oficers-ene set turn ing in as another turns out. The average number of lodgers here, during the winter has been thirty five nightly 7; average number of applicants about seventy-live. The six black coops are properly capable of holding eighteen persons, but, by crainming three into a place only calculated for one, thirty-fye gre shelter ed. There is no ventilation whatever to these coops when filled and closed for the night The writer recently saw poor wretch there, with a nose Ike red-hot iron, who oSSiilea SbtSst'oihiS lO SCG HiS lCau space of two inches between the bars, for the purpose of drawing good breath.
 Eleven badly ventilated cells, in basement, and pen capable of holding about three per sons constitute the accommodations for the female lodgers and criminals in the Fifth ward The pen is only fit for three persons to lie in, but is sometimes made to accommodate twelve. When the place is much crowded, the lodgers are placed in all tie spare cells, and allowed the privilege of lying along the floor outside of them. At this station almost hundred persons nightly apply for lodgings out of which only forty at most can be taken in. There has been q; great increase of applications here tic past winter. The male lodgers are locked up in sort of cellar where few broken benches constitute their beds.
 At the Sixth precinct station, two dark pens one for males and the other for females, capable of hol.ing properly, about twenty persons, are often made to accommodate fifty Tie average number of applicants for lodging is about sixty, out of which thirty-fvc are usu- ally taken in. The stench which salutes the nostrlls of the visitor, upon the opening of one of the lodging room doors, is disgusting. On the occasion of the writer's recent visit, a group of male savages were barely discernible in the filthy cavern some halfnaked, but most of them still maintaining their corduroy breech- cs and canvas shirts. One easiiy-cententcd wretch lay upon the stone floor of the apart Iieht in about two inches of slime snoring most vigorously.
 There is room for only eight women and twelve men, properly, at the Seventh precinct station, but by some method no less than thl- ty have been crammed into the mens arart- nent atone They lie upon raised platform, the foot of which reaches within eighteen inch es of the door. The women arc here accom- modated in two cells, and upon two platforms made after the style of berths. This is very poor establishment, and the men growl most audibIy for want of room. The number of ap- plicants, however, has fortunately been inferior to that of almost any other station-thirty being the average.
 Two apartments for men and women, capa- ble of holding about seven each, are all the accommodations afforded by lodgers in the Eighth precinct but the little space there is, it was refreshing to observe, was very clean and comparatively well ventilated. The num- Der of applicants at this station averaged fifty throughout the winter Besides the regular lodging apartments, there are fourteen clean cells, which are used for lodging purposes when prisoners are not superabuudaut.
 At the Ninth ward station the average number of lodgers through the winter has been about thirty. There are two apartments very much after the style of corn-cribs, which serve as sleeping looms for grateful paupers. There are also twelve cells, which, when not occupied by criminals, are converted into rooms for lodgers From twenty to forty applicants, however, are turned away every night.
 In two large rooms, over the Essex Market, the lodgers of the Tenth ward are nightly slowed away by the half hundred. Fifty is the average number accommodated through cut the winter. On entering the female apart ment number of poor Irish women were dis covered making tea ill couple Of tin cans over the fre while some scraps of bread and few onions constituted all the edibles. This establishment is probably the best in the city, us there is more room and better ventilation Two large platforms, perfectly level, and rais ed aboutaeighteen inches from the floor, com prise the sleeping apparatus. But if these platforms had only been made to slant little, a great dealof unnecessary discomfort might have been spared the wretches who are com. pelled to make daily use of them.
 The accommodations of the Eleventh pre- cinct station also consist of two tolerably ca pacious apartments for males and females, but for short time the female department has been rendered entirely useless by an accident to the water-ppc. The average number ac commodated at this station has been about twenty drought the winter-double the mum Iber of any previous year. An average of ter have been nightly turned away. The plat forms are here made slauting, and the rooms like these over the Essex market are lighted with gas. A large majority of the lodgers a : this station are constitutional drunkards ant D loafers but very often better class of per l, sons stray in. Amidst the motley Celtic, leu t tonic and African collection, was observed al l intelligent young Englishman, with white shlr e and neatly arranged sneck-tie, preparing to res