Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-27
stand it no longer, and in desperation sss
ths poor shelter Of the s.reet for rsiief.

stand il no longer, and in desperation sssk
ths poor shelter Of the s.reet for rsiief.
THE CHILDREN,
OF course, suifer the most The little ones
srs unable to understand Why they are SO
uncomfortable. and when they turn to their
natural protectors for comfort, they not I'm
frequently meet rebufI., pstulance. or even
blows. No man can toll or begin to sppre-
hand tho extent ~ suffering endured BY
tersmsn. house people, and particularly
ID. children, during this fearful ws,ther.
They we're stricken down like sheep with
the rot they have died like the victims OF
cholera. ard az day after day oftcrribls heat
was succeeded w night after night OF I'M
bearabls sul.riness, encouragement gave
way 20 despair, .nd drunken dsbauchsry
h.ss.ped tho sudden death Of many . vic
tim.
Many Of Us have read Of the famous
DOUBLE ALLEY
Tenement In Cherry street. owned By NJ.
Sweeney. We went through ii last nisht,
through the space whore some 500 people
livs and eat and drink and sleep in their
pens and in their misery. Five hundred
people make geod-szsd village in the
country; five hundred people make tire.
msndous crowd. What wonder 10 il that
the narrow stairwsys are dark and nm.
wholesome; that the little rooms are dirty,
lily ventilated, uncomfortable and un-
healthy; that the tenants are miserable.
poverty stricken, unhealthy and careless
The amount Of the business 10, that such
places AZ this Double Alley should be daily
sts rt~A nd
the hygisnis necessities Of the place %
looked after. The tenants fairly sWarnsd
in the dark alley, swarmsd on the side
walks, and stretched far along the block.
Those who had the courage 10 remain in
thsir rooms were in great distress; they
we're no. so crowded a. some Of those We
saw elsewhere, but the rooms are small,
and place that 10 made for two cannot
well Be stretched into comfortable quarters
for ten.
The GREATBsr DIsconyoRr
Was felt by the wrs,chsd dodgers whs oc
cupy the cellars and Easements on Cherry
aud Water streets. We went into one o.
them not far from the corner Of Roosevelt
street, and counted thirty adults and sigh
teen children on beds placed upon the Zee.
Hottie word don't begin to tell it. The
Germans have = theory that the "ssvsu
hinges Of hell" are the hottsst. boilingsst
points known 10 any compass, terrsstial Of
otherwise, but really we believe that the
Easements along thaes streets would no,
have suffered this week by the slightest
comparison. Aud the atmosphere, laugh
| il WAS literally awful, NOT TO say ofal 4
smell cannot we'll be dcscribed--its effect,
can, and whom the fact is recorded that Oh,
writer had less dinner on hts stomach
when he caino up than when he wen
down, the apprsciativs reader will readily
apprshsnd The point.
Dscency. sexual distinction, modssty
personal caution and all that sort Of thing
which ordinarily mark the living Of mel
and women, are Of course out OF the qucs
zion here. There 10, and can be, no sucl
| thing as Dc icscy, no such sentiment q
modssty. One and oil tumble into the eel
lar, pay each his or her ten, fifteen o
twenty cents, according to the style, An.
then turn in. The place is is dark, III,
beds touch ono another, the men are coars
and rude, aud tired, the women are Low
and blunted in every moral sense, tn
children arc used TO II, and orgies such q
dscent men have never dreamed of, are fire.
ouantly enacted there. This week, how
ever, there has been such horrible discom
fort, such perpetual, continuous suffering
| " tn hsat, tina, unusual irritation has bsel
manifested. and thu rodgers have found i
| ne easy task to kcsp cool inside. All nigh
long they have tossed and tumblsd, anc
swssted, and sworn, and wished for the day