New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-04
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here are many single bloc Of dwellings containing twice the
number Of families residing the whole Of Fifth avenue
than continuous dwellings similar these the Fifth
three four miles length There is multitude Of
whole Of the city Of Hartford which an area OF sesera
S Sab IN n lam % s eRjs q @ Ron Rbo ' Of Gn dSas %
"Phadelphis in 1850 contained population Of tG 62 di
were 81 z7s dwellings population OF 10000 smaller
NewYork, Philadelphia had eOi more dwellings than
Baltimore in 1850 with population Of 2o64e in 1895 fam
Boston in 1850 had population Of 1881 Chelsea suburb
Of Boston had population Of 20 Boston and Chelsea in
The value Of land In New York makes tenemen.
houses necessity They have sprung up within lew years snd
s =. , % =; m - J ,ba Sr,1,s.I nsid to The owner. IN
shape great thst it will he almost inpos,iby
arranged the accommodation Of l families the rates
than q 80 cent on the first cost so that some i've years
would suffice pay principal and interest This building stands
plot ground perhaps xlO feet There is an ssy in each
sde running the whole DEPTH aud being some feet IN width
Our tenement buildings almost invariably 80 consced as'o
current be passed through them after they
finished Each tenement very generally consist. Of room
families each floor story. In this one room the family
si do all their work cook. wash and eat DISGUSTING s'
details the influence, both the health
and mors' Of tbe people cannot be propeIy es,in.ed
opmen Of midst when how the
live The large house anded above occupied
them with different surroundings would make theselVe.
pear respectable bu, look single fac, in connection with the
Of per the money which their tenement costs The
sides
of the cellars Of the houses nine et-an arch thrown over
covering the flag Directly through the whole length
,Ise, & ne Ma ss h & % of . ysnl, are srrsnsed the
Along one oe & sg IN nomos by h horde Of fsm They
should h. called stalls rather than closets for there not door
connected with hi. whole there opening from
each division Of cellar this vault being lighted by openings
feet apart, covered with iron grating suoh OF smlaf 70
those upon sidewalks Thith aud odo Of this place are awful
And vel these only scconuodson afforded to hundreds
Of aud children amid hh such as no decent farmer
would drive his swine into and where there put htte more
reracy than upon public common Where there are such
bessy arrangements how they develop other than
bea.y morality Nor need BE- awondei mat mort people ae
York than suos, any other city On tue lace OF inc globe
the light and 10 ventilation impossby while the
rounGg without made to combine the very elements OF
deah The windows from each ROOM and they have but
two windows for light and air, and on 10 each room
these look against solid brick wall eight feet from them
beneath muge with inhalation these poor creatures make
Nearly all Of tenement houses are open 70 these Eey sc
things such 70 make death certainty 70 most 81 tne p3I
wonder no goes through these houses only he shall wonder
that ALL old and young do not die TINS elty we're ho more "a
yorab located Tor health than almost any ohs Guy on sn
nobody would hye here Let the same state OF thns'
exist in Oear aud would be lna, a. oGe zee, 40 % -
would LDdou But terrible as the pS csi sse' IS nhs moral
side Of the picture utterly appalling Whsi VIII be tne
h a b -, h. aSrrd soon II We would not be ensuph-d
wa. in the city during whole period Of the frs, ehosa
the wear previous than 0 notwithstanding the l.t
than half Of the population LEFT the city during the
where would riot where there were the most crowded
peshbohoods The block in Lsurens street between Bome
and Grams wss most terribly scougeo well remember
One Of the houses the morning the sixteenth "a.
,d bear no comTs 10 the present crowded Of
houses In 1892 there only here Snd there paee
which seemed particularly invite the dsase Now these
plague inviting ne shbohoods everywhere Then the
of The people York could leave for more healthy local.
iits II cholera yellow fever sau ioohold they mus.
sisy they could not account OF poverty esN Lei
cholera return here with the same Nenos a. az m hr,t
aud what could prevent the death OF HUNDREDS o.
# ~ ople weeks which about the time prev aed
then Scenes witnessed by dsy and BY night can hardly
from my but oanddy behese mat ron tns
altered condition Of our people IN regard 70 heii o~on. ~
their deeper poverty being compelled
to top hec mor;sy would be most horribly Increased
Dr. GRIscoN stated that Lieut.. Viee had prepared
series of large szea charts, illustrative oi the wafer
courses swamps ridges and rocks of the lower part oi
Manhattan Island. they originally existed lhs
WAS all interesting and important subject he remarked
as il had been asserted by responsible medical gentle
men that the unhealthy ana contagious oohltles o le
cV were closely connected with the dreeoh oi inc
original swsmps that the position of the latter could
easiy be shown By following the course of the former.
He moved that the Secretary should be instructed 10
call special meeting OF the Association 70 ,en 70
lecture by Lieut.. Viee, at the Chapel of the lniver-
stv Medical College in Fourteenth street, on Thurs
day evening next. Carried.
Mr. p. NJ. WETNoRE then took up the subject OF
the Street lnspectorship in lengthy speech. lie de-
nonnced the action OF Street Inspector Downing ana
argued that the employment of great h'iho,' W
caIis and the part OF the Mayor on s'nnay
pretensions though good move IN view oi 'he next
ELECTION would not answer the full demands OF sanitary
INSPECTION. lie also charged the reporters OF the press
with giving Mr.. Downing more favorabis aspect
before the ewes of the public on certain occasion 70
which he alluded, than that funetonary deserved. =,
The following resolution was then offered by Mr
WYTNoRE. and carried:
Rsolred Tha, in thr Of this Asooisaoa the .nPr 81
H ,tru,u clean the pubic does not neud- al 'hr
t drvolyiug uru the Municipal suthore. IN regard to
,he sanitary government of the city.
Dr. TurnIIL of The Nes- York Times said that the
rorors referred 10 by Mr.. Wetmore not written
,r apy of the daily papers by the reporters, but nad
bern sept in by some person connected WITH Mr.
no,,,;ng for which they were very thankful at the
time as the reports contained interesting nformatlon
ON motion OF Dr. Gh.Soa ;ns tUtbsr - mr.
sn s ipvesi cations on that important subject, after
,,b;,b tho meeting adjourned.