The New York herald., 1869-01-21


" course IN all these places there u very tte o.
comfort and cleanliness Stark poverty show itseiI
crook and Granny Of the miserable abodes. There
are, however some very good tenement honses. A
nne new row has just been completed III Coiuin uS
street, near Rvington and there are some ID eventn
street, between avenues and ID. on both sles the
street, and also in sixth street. between tte same
avenues. These are OF the usual class OF four anu
nye story brick tenement houses, with small rooms,
narrow Railways, dark bedrooms ana hiSh rents.
AS 20 rents they M are gn ~ room
seven dollars y month Is charged. ihis "
the great manufacturing ward OF ne c,ty'
tunately there is work dong only In one of then
The principal iron works OF the city are In inis ward
bic class OF houses they live in enhances individually
the terrible bitterness OF their poverty.
THIRTEGNTH WARD.
Continuing cur tourney through this section
OF our city SO very nearly made up exclusively
OF tenement abodes, we md no improvements IN
the class and style OF dwelling houses. huge
built buildings stare one In the lace with inmates
crowded into them like so many dumb beasts. Grin
ayarce shows its hideons visage IN tne crapea sea
bright sunlight from the height Of surrounding
walls never enters and the pnre atmosphere OF The
ings OF lthy rags and IN huddled groups about the
scanty fires and scantler meals poverty reveals itself
in its worst aspect OF mingled want and woe ana
seeming utter hopelessness ~ regards the future.
There IL not street Ia this ward that Is not nlled
win tenement houses In Broome street, towards
the East river and IN Willet Sheriff and Pitt streets
are TO be found the worst class, and those the most
crowded. In Clinton between Grand and DIVISION
streets, anu In Albany street are some more ive
for family. These houses are well built with high
ceilings, hall ways wide and rooms OF good size aud
This ward IL about equally made mp OF private
tened "Young Jerusalen'' from the number OF Jew
pedlars living here Is pronounced the worst section
In the ward. This place Il in Essex street be.
OF large brick tenement houses i've SIX stories in
height but crowded eonpactly as 1t Is possible for
II 10 be. There Is very imposing row OF tenement
houses IN Allen street, The east side, between De-
lancey and bF1ome streets. These are Six stories
high, including the Easements, which are let out for
business purposes they are said TO be mere shells.
very good class OF tenement houses have been put
up on the site OF the Old brick church burial ground
mrs ass ama gU s PST pr onr % "l' oe
each iamiiy having fouI rooms, Tor which they pay
from eleven TO sixteen dollars month.
burial ground is a similar row - brick structures.
IL is called "Lovers' Row. from the mum her OF
pretty waiter girls and young milliners and seam
stresses occupying rooms there. At the lower end
OF Cnrystie, between Canal aud Bayard streets,
some very good tenement houses-that il, tenement
street. between Essex ami Norfolk streets are some
nye story brick tenement houses, very well put up
class Of tenants Nearly opposite the ForsS N street
church are three very OLD brick tenement houses ali
crowded and nithy.
This old Quaker ward, as 1t used 10 be called, has
sadly degenerated from what 1t used 10 be- German
peaars, with their cunning and dark bcad-lke
eyes, lager beer venders and petty dealers OF al
sorts OF petty wares with few Of the old politicians
who ssil stay here and control the vote OF tne ward
have displaced the sleek and robust fraternity OF
broad brims and shad bellied coats The old Quaker
mansions sucn as are not used IA cheap boarding
houses, are let out to two three families. Many
OF these old dwellings have been topped out by the
addition Of two or three stories and thus
converted into tenement houses. The worst
tenement houses in the ward In Cherry street,
on both 0es, between Catharine ana Market streets.
Thesc are occupied by Engiishmen PRINCIPALLY. Xiv
ngtun street. rather alley, running Henry
street Is fearful locality filed up 1t is with un
usually old wooden buildings, all crowded TO their
utmost capacity and indescrbapiy 1lhy. The re-
constructive influence or good fire IL greatly
needed here There arc no modern built tenement
houses In the ward except Nos. 236 and 23s Henry
stories having front OF Nova Scotia stone ana the
remaining stories fronts OF Philadelphia brick They
are well constructed, with high ceilings, rooms large
and well ventilated and rents high. They are the
nearest approach to model tenement houses 10 be
found in all the eastern section OF the city.
SIXTH WARD.
This is the grand central point from which to study
the mysteries and mseries OF tenement house living
In our city TO undertake TO describe the wretched
ancient undertaking. Ever body knows OF the
house No 65 Mott street, seven stories in height
its Class ia the city. Everybody knows OF Donovans
lane, running from Pearl to Baxter street. filed In
every nooS @ M and Granny with Chi1amen n Everybody
pied by organ grinders and their grlnning CHATTER
ing monkeys Everybody knows OF the cheap odg-
ings at Nos Is and rs Baxter street, where dodgers e
hudded indscrimnately on the noorless ground.
Everybody knows or Nos. u, 40, 81 and a baxter
street. occupied by Itaians In mont and by negroes
In the rear. Everybody knows OF the past history
OF The Old Mulberry street baptist church,
and 10 what base uses It has come at
hardly be imagined, and nowhere except here ut the
Five Points can be found more degraded class OF
inmates This vicinity abounis with these miserable
abodes OF the most wretchedly' miserable OF our
city population.
This ward may be improvement on the sixth,
but u Il only shgh Nearly al the population live IN
tenement houses. and nearly a these structures
inat, although being tenable are not tenable The
worst class of buildings Is 10 DC found in Cherry,
Water, Roosevelt and Oak streets, and the better
class IN Few Bowery and Chambers street. recent
census " tnis ward gives the exact number OF
tenement houses, the number Of families occupying
them the names of the owners OF the buildings ana
results arr tose mon when nblIanihronsts s,t mas
wei ponder. The number Of tenement houses
3is IN which live $3.50 families. This seems In
credible, but % glance at the number OF families
occupying separate houses removes all possible
doubt Of the accuracy OF the report. For instance.
Nos 90 and 3s Cherry street are occupied by 700 fam.
iies; Nos - and 81 Frankfort street occupied by
seventy families; No. II Roosevelt street by sixty
four iamiiics; No 10 Roosevelt street by fortytwo
families and Nos. 10 and Is OF the same street by
thryour ana forty families respectively. In Nos. "a
and - Cherry street are 100 lamies In No. - James
street are thriy-six families. We might continue
this record 70 almost uurndmg length. II u appsl-
ling 70 ser with what inhnman ana criminal reck.
iessness human beings are thus haddicd togeths
What do the rapacouS landlords receive az rents on
these buildings. one house owner receives <Il, 600
year. another sI,OOO another $4,000, another $4,000
aas a ,,ae!, ~ oa oa y s,cs ana m sv year Tor
ony very few decent tenement houses In the
ward aud these have been erected lately.
Nos ~, "a. - aud 80 Cherry street are iivc four
story brick buildings ana bulit with all tle
modern improvements. The landlord has q man con-
sn'.iJ looking after them. aud everything Is a. neat
am s.ay ~ on man-ofwsr. Tie rooms are large,
cslng. hgh and periectyentilati0n ~ secured. Are