The New York herald., 1869-01-31

all others, with suiiicent houseroom Tor comfort:
aud the Iact Is SO common as to make IL the general
rule that people live IN the house for years
without Knowing the occupants OF the apartments
below, above or beside them, and but seldom, II
On this plan several buildings have lately been
erected In this city with separate halls on each oor
and IN a few Instances even with separate stairs
But the rent OF these floors rs too high for the
mechanic and the w0rkmgman. None Of these can
pay, tort, or hIty dollars month merely to have u
iy absorbed by small tradesmen, people with salaries
from 500 TO s2o0oby, IN fact, the higher stratum
OF what are called the middle classes. These build
ings are therefore not tenement houses and afford
no homes for the sturdy population which swings
the hammer or Plies the needle or the awl.
Tue DISADVANTAGES or THE TENEMENT HOUSES.
The tenement house, though based, as was said
on tle European plan y deleterous ofshoot from
pleasant and healthy hsbitations tenement
buildings are but AN aggregation OF huts and shan
whole enclosed with brick wall and called sstene-
meni" The disadvantages OF living, aud partlcu.
larry OF being compelled 10 live In such place are
MANIFOLD anu so evident 10 every Intelligent OBJ
server that they need noe be detailed. Chief among
then and which, 70 our recollection, has never been
sufficiently considered, IL that 1t completely DESTROYS
the cnlObiing influences o the family CIRCLE that IL
removes all ncitcmcnt for home Iifc The family is
the uiit on wnlcn y based the security and pros
pcslty Of the state. Not man. not woman alone put
both united, with their offspring Ia the family, are
the foundation on which the mighty educe of the
state 4 reared With the decline OF the family
begins the decline. In a s0ciopoitca aspect OF the
state. hut famiy home, family life, IL. IN Inc
very nature OF things an impossibtIity In tene-
Inent house. The moral cohesion OF the family the
authorty OF the parents over the children the pous
submlssion OF the latter 10 their parents IL not
only iooscned, but lost I'm the turmoil OF the
mnltitudes swarming through the whole place.
1t Is but a lodging and feeding place, hut
neither house nor a home. The innu
OF this upon the general state OF society espe
ciay upon the growing youth IRON generation To
generation. cannot be underrated. The want OF
wholesome restraint IN children the want OF a home
OF family hearth, around which cluster our thouqhfs
and rec0cctt0ns, results In after years in dsrerard
of all restraint OF law. In recklcssness, and conse
quently leads to crime. And n Is this dlsndyantaoe
0f the tenement house systcm--these evils which n
necessarily brecds--that public attention should no
more directed W, In order " lessen Its threatening
consequences
IL s needless speak Of the Injurious eject 70 tho
health aud TO the general tone OF the popuIntjon
which this system bcgcs. Special acts have been
passed, boards OF health instituted with s,mmarv
powers, improvements suggested and partially en-
forced hut upon the whole the evils Inherent In me
whole system have not been reached. While hcre
and there more violent ana offensive sore has been
removed, the whole unhealthy system still remaina
pointing to the paramount necessity OF provIdInC
not only places for lodging, but actual homcs with Al
faculties or home life, for this class OF our peopIe
HOW AND WHERE TO no IT.
Long Island, Wegtchester county and the datrtcfa
Of New Jersey contiguous 10 the Hudson otYcr almost
unimIted opportunity 70 the founding Of VILLAGES
ed iesRe ssssieusaA fog tho meoaanlo, the smail