The New York herald., 1869-02-19
SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.
Meeting Of the Association nj Albany Ycstcr.
day-Thc Tenement Houses Of New York.
An Interesting Paper.

Meeting Of the Association MT Albany Yestcr-
day-T'he Tenement Houses Of New York.
An Interesting Paper.
ALBANY, Feb is, 1859.
The Social Science Association met at Agricultural
Hall this morning.
Mr.. John Stanton Gould delivered an address on
the cattle disease, which was a resume OF his lecture
recently delivered before the State Agricultural
Society.
Mr. Sanborn, formerly Secretary OF the Massa-
chusetts Board OF Charities read paper on the aa-
mnstration OF public charities, being principally
description OF the operations OF public charities in
the New England states. Mr. sanborn said that
Massachusetts alone expends four million dol
lars per annum for her charities. lie thought the
expenditure for the nation was sixty millions. OF
this forty millions By public charities. The speaker
believed that with the exception OF some localities
STATES
Mr., Eliot the President or the association. then
introduced Mr.. Charles 3race who read a very in
tereatng paper on model lodging houses.
r. Brace stated tnat Il was me small freenolders
q the country who carried the country safely
throusn the great rebellion ii Is the misfortune In
OUT great ciles that the working classes cannot OBJ
tall MONIES o. their own. Temporary homes they
havc-crowded tenement HORSES in wllcn lurs
poVtry, disease and death, but no place TO which
s@uei @ al attach the name Of home. In san Fran
CISCO tthe only city In this country where the man
mas been trcdl a loan association has been ar
ganzed-seyeral associations In iact.-thelr Object
ests ,ss , ~ ,vna w mechanics and workingmen Of
,las CITY snnlcleht means To purchase small chenp
nome ana by charging very small rate OF Interest
Only the system mas been successful. The payinent
oI ,hS Ioan y made ~ me recipients Ia monthly ia
staments and IN this way homes Tor the ndnsirians
can always be obtained. Nowhere In Inc ,yorid Il
lieie sucn nassng oi human beings az ID the city
oi New YORK, anu IN no city of the sue il there ~
much poverty and wretchedness. ln the tenement
houses the people are much more crowded than
they are IN either OF tie cities OF England or Fran%e
In portion OF New YORK city the reader stated !
population Of $4,000 persons 10 the scnore milo
could be found. The tenement houses Of New YORK
are terribly crowded, no such masslng o human be.
ngs n one house being found In the worst quartars
Of London. Tne moral erect of this tenement bonse
existence upon fhe population IL terrible 10 witness
These are the places where thieves murdersrs pros
ttutes and vagabonds are bred, and where they
hurrow like animals In NTH and wretchedness. The
death rate In these quarters IL also extraordinary
In some cases the rate has been as high seventy
SIX 10 the thousand, whereas IN the country aud
more healthy districts Of the city the rate OF NOR
talty Is only twenty to the thousand. According 70
statistics, out OF $4,000 deaths In New YORK
during one Of the recent years past nearly
1vooO occurred IN these noisome and crowd.
ed tenement dens. There are 1900 OF
these houses, some Of them habitable, but the
majority. OF them are greatly out or repair and
wretchedly ventilated. Strange as II may appear,
the great mass Of the laborers and mechanics viii
remain In the city, although In the rural districts
tney might 90 well. The question which now de-
manos attention IN, what means should be taken for
the erection Of model lodging houses which Will
pay lair profit 70 the owners. In England the ex-
pe,nent nas been partially successful the model
looxing houses erected by Mr.. Peabody being gem
eiaIy found too expensive to meet the wants Of the
workng classes. In one instance, however, the
system has been successful and has had a fair pro-
nt-nve per cent to the originator. The buildings OF
,ne modei lodging houses indeed, have been erected
ny r. on Sianey Materlow, and are now occupied by
many on tne most industrious and most deserving
poo, @ "a ~ Lqldon: In pars the plan has not worked
wei. we frencn people being impatient Of certain
i1eln. WIN strong appeal TO his audi ence 10 give
this mater theIr earnest attention. Mr. Brace closed
his remarks on his Interesting topic
DR.. GrpcOTn then followed with \ paner nm the
best mesls 70 be adopted for providing for better