Litchfield enquirer., 1858-04-22

alongside the professional "bummers." H. had long sought in vain for employment, ant ! now only managed to keep alive by dining a the establishment of the philanthropic Farmer ill Ludlow street. This gentlemaI's name ap pears to be as familiar as household words il every station-house
 Owing to the comparatively rural neighbor hood of the Twelfth ward station-house, whiei is situated only a short distance from the liar lem river, the number of professional lodger. is much more limited. Twenty-six persons the average number accommodated through the winter-nearly all males-were quart red in rather contracted basement room but the scrupuous cleanliness of the walls and cell ing, and the comfortable mauner in which the sleeping platform was constructed, rendered the appearance of the apartment, after what had been witnessed in lower wards, quite re- freshiug. The roof of this station, however, being leaky, somewhat incommodes the exem- ptary policemen in another clean apartment nearer the sky. An increase is noticed in this district, of over three times the usual number of winter lodgers.
 At the Thirteenth ward station, is pair of GOODS properly capaple of accommodating six teen persons, twentyeight are very often secur- ly locked. The females are also allowed the privilege of being locked up in ten criminals cells. The latter, however, are as clean as could be desired. Average number taken in during the winter about fifty. But 10. with standing such goodly troop, from twenty to thirty applicants are nightly sent adrift,
 The accommodation ill tue Fourteenth pre- cinct, for lodging purposes, consist of seventeen cells. Very often no less than five lodgers are penned in one cell, where they are obliged to sit up straight, and by mingling their breaths together, contrve to half roast and half suffo- cate each other The average number accom- modated here is thirty-fve. The usual disgust ing effiuvium saluted the n0stris upon enter ing, but it was comforting to learn that decent persons applying here are usually accommodate ed ill the drill room. It appears that as many applicants are nightly turned away.
 Five cells and a cavern-like room are the inducements offered to dodgers in the Fifteenth ward. h the cells (properly capable of hold Ing one each) three men are nightly packed, while the females make shift, as best they can, sleeping upon beggarly array of boards and broken benches Twenty-Five is the average humber accommodated, while at least twenty nv AioAS oAO hSuIIJ tuiuCu IHdy. A huLii- Der of neat looking servant girls without the means of advertising for places, were discover cd cooking potatoes and onions, while horde of promising kittens were asleep by the stove.
 In the Sixteenth ward, the average number of lodgers is about ffty-nlore than double that of any preyi us year. The accommoda tions consist Of ten badly ventilated cells in the basement, and a pen capable of holding eighteen persons. The latter, however, is made to accommodate twenty The rest male and female, (for fear, probably, tbat harm might come to them, are benefcently locked n tue cells. Tie number of applicants is more than double that of any previous year
 The highest number of lodgers accommoda- ted at the Seventeenth precinct station is one hundred. But to the comprehension of any other than policeman, it would ever remain a profound problem, where such number con trived to pack themselves. And notwithstand- ing this crowd, the establishment is often completely filled at 5 1-2 o'clock F. M while almost an equal number are regularly refused admittance. The accommodations consist ot eleven cells and two filthy, dizzy cribs. The odor which emanated from the horrid pens, as the sergeant opened the door, was sufficient to render breathlcss an army of scavengers, and an array of l,alf-uaked savages met the sight One lrishman, in particular, formed complete specimen of the genus "bummer" A shock of hair so knotted and tangled that the most perseyeriug louse would find it difficult tt thread it's maZes, overshadowed a pair of eye brows that appeared like brushes, while his flaming proboscis shone forth as complete $ whskey-blossom as ever adorned the frontis piece of the species. Add to this a coat, whic! appeared to be double-breasted behind and be fore, and pair of corduroy brooches as greasy as the "ways" upon which the Leyiathan wa, launched, aud you will perhaps be able to form some vague idea of the individual in question
 The Eighteenth precinct usually accommo dates from fifty-fve to sixty lodgers. They arc slowed away in two apartments for males and females, capable of holding, properly, abou, twenty each. Eighty-threc, however, are sometimes quartered in the two rooms, upol which occasions they lie on the stone flags al the foot of the platforms and on top of eacl other. There are also sine cells, which ar' sometimes occupied by lodgers. Twenty-Five however are nightly refused admittance fol want of room
 Eight cells with firm stone floors constitute the accommodation for lodgers at the Nine tceDth station, which are occupied by an aver age of twenty-five lodgers
 In the Twentieth ward there has been grea1 increase of dodgers during the winter. There ] are accommodations for only twenty, however at this place, more than twice that number be l ing sometimes turned away. They are accom- medated in ten Tagged cells on the ground floor.
 i At the Twenty-frst precinct station ther are seven cells in the cellar, most of them be ing furnished with the usual plauk to lie on while others contain but scrap of board, ant some are absolutely without anything but tn naked flags
 It appears that, notwithstanding the lodger are compelled to be locked ill these filthy an, illventilated cells, the poor wretches swarm Ii at i've or six o'clock in the afternoon, for fea of being crowded out at later hour. .