New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-16

of about le 900 persons continue 70 live In these IN.
healthy habitationsr There is an old proverb" rsks
care OF the pence. ard the pounds win take care d
themselves" Take care Of the cellars and the alleys
and the streets will take care Of Themselves
REFoBY-HoUsEBUILDINo.
Evidently there is a condition Of things crying WITH
half million voices for reform How set about IT.
Law must aid the community with few severe restric
tons upon tenement owners aud 1t will In time b
found that twice 90 much accommodation can be OBJ
tanned for the rental paid by tenants Twenty OF
thirty per cent profit come 10 the Of the subter
Fanean lodges and overground pest.bouses, enoushn
render the Five Points pattia and yet leave band
some profit Cherry-st, Baxterst, Gotham Court.
they knew It, ought to be twice a. well Of and yet no.
pay much money.
Miserable as tenements are, tenement living 10 -
markedly cheap compared to the high ruling Of house
rents and one.hsk the city can afford TO live In -
other way.
Room is wanted. tberefore Just a. much acoommoda
ton is practicable for the present cost The enlarge
meut of houses and Of Of necessity demanded
This is the exercise which the city must take to give h
lungs free play. Paris where 70 many live In apart
ments instead OF houses, though ten times a. ODD et9
as our own and never Boosting as high evii1atioa
has but fraction Of tho evils Of which We compAins
There the tenement system, whatever despotsm ros
the Frenchmans dsy, must be- suited to his wantA o.
France would be moro wutnous than 1t Is Inc Gauss
Of this good fortune surprising the Metropolis Of Amer'
democracy may be traced to tie convenient Super
vision of the laws aud the we'll studied economy Of ~
architect
REFORM IN HOUsEHOLDING
Afew reforms have already been pef cted end begun.
One Il these is tho Home. Buidir e Associato1 com.
Dosed Of Messra Jamea Ianox AspnwaIl Ar.
chbalc Russell. Willis james. and Morris X. Jessup.
These gentlemen propose desire Of profit bat to sell
houses for actual cost and interest. On Eighth md
NiDthsts, and between Second and Third.sts In VII.
| iamsburgh they design build at least twenty fOor
houses ona plan Of accommodation TO mechanics and
others whose not large but who have Tho
ambition to secure home Of their own. Six Of these
houses will be fitted for occupancy by the 18th Of
this month, and arc now for sale at their costs2 COO
One half Of this gum (sl 80 will DO ready payment the
balance in bond and mortgage at seven per cent the
company. Of course prsiTring 10 employ product
! c,rital In building such houses. 1t will not b.
difficult for the mechanic to borrow Part Of the purchase
money from saving funds and other money corporations
who would ask no better security than the home be
wishes o buy B1; in order obtain such house. the
proposing purchaser must give proof Of bis exact need.
good faith and responsibility and agree to occupy q
| east for one year and with family-no sub.ietna
allowed No money need be spent upon searching
title, as the Association have had 1t carefully OF.
amined, and will convey 1t with full covenants
but parties who purchase will pay for deed and in
surance. Now. although numbers OF mechanics and
Others, who would be proper beneheiaies Of homs
community cannot OF themselves offer half the suu
necessary 10 the entire purchase, YET, we thok
upon candid explanation, the company viii be dis
.urft tka
The neighborbood Of the houses will he owned by The
Home Building Association. The "a houses to be M
ished by the end OF the year will frmt Eighth and
| Ninthsts, aud comprise plot OF 200 feet square.
Twelve houses will 90 built on each font. havings
width of Ios 10 feet inches and depth Of 70 feet
The houses themselves are TO have depth Of thirty
feet be built Of good brick two stories bieh with
fat roof basement and caiar. Each is so comparted
that the upper floor has three rooms with closets two
rooms in back and tho other in front occupying The
whole width Tue parlor floor has two rooms divided
by hail comparatively large, but lot extending fom
TO back Of the house having been 30 arranged
TINT stairs leading ~ the second story and easement
are in the middle Of the house and run transversey.
thus allowing large back parlor The reception-room
also of excellent size. Basement Includes eeiau
and kitchen with many convenences. Ridgewood wa
ter is conveyed into all the cellars and gssppes are IN
every room The whole interior Is substantially neat
the walls eight inches thick and the parlors Ornamened
with cornices aud center'pieees. In Correspondents
with the accom- doors the allotted grosnd
outside is very liberal It is foncsd In 10 the depth Oh
20 f,e. back thus leaving, in addition to an ample p
vae yard space between the houses eo feet oy ~
feet long 10 be employed as Q common playground oy
the children of all the families An agreement must %
entered into by purchasers not " incose the commou
space until majority VI the owners consent IN writing
to permit each appropriate his portion Oh 'ny
feet In respect Of heathfaness and convenience 'n
locality is desirable. The ground dry ana hrm an0
,hs place in view of Ravenswood, AMI within SIX min'
utes' ak Of the Wiliamsbursh ferry Six houses WIZ
he finished by the middle this month AID nesouaoAs
s,r III cir purchase are ferAoe to Mr. Edmund conn.,
NJ On Na..au At. and the Rev. DR.. Dyer No Bible
House. Foarth.ave
The experiment Of tie Home Building Association "
;,rortant though it does not open general escsps
from tina asnoyances Of tho Tenement System. But the
sx,m,,. II followed will meet the wants VI consider
abe class Of sefimproviGg workingmen in every way
deserving all the opportunities which social justice and
bn,iness common sense can place within their reach.
Tho projectors of the enterprise believe that viii re-
commend itself to capitalists and useful invest
ment and with this hint landowners viii not th 70
discern method by which property can become lreoiy
valued and az much benefit be done TO the community
as to the individual pocket
COMMUNAL REFORM.
~Your old men shall dream dreams" we know from
Holy Writ. Upon this pleasant text, the Rev. Dr.
Muhlsnburg the highly esteemed head OF 81 Lakes
Hospital lately wrote his Retro Prospectus Oh Q"
Johnland.' St. Johnland is in Jss~0. The Asppy VII