New-York tribune., 1872-06-18

.-o 4. was dsposed OF by its congregation,
and although utterly ntSI lot ,ps 5 stories
IN hight and calculated 70 hOuse ~ "a an tho
, stories are darn even at mid day. Tue windows
are narrow aad entirely inadequate TO supply
% not entirely surrounded by others equally high,
pffectuaIy cutting of all chance OF Nenuhitoh. % ,'
The suites OF apartments consist OF an outer or ylng
oom and an inner bedroom. These rooms are aO0us
feet in length by or feet IN width ana are ossu %
eet In hight There is but one main entrance 70 .no
building and this is on the hrt noor There wee with
The front building but these have been con-
for these occupying the fTOnt building. AS l az
ready stated the building and fittings % bls h S Iocr
Were FIRE TO break ont in the night on one OF the @
doors, It Is difficult 10 conceive how ng ys being
could be averted, escape by me harrow 90 s aesltb
these enemenis one would suppose they
run IN the interest Of ourylhs sl@oun @ ancudes
az folo1Vs In this average population Of $50 persons
In the front and tenenents neIs
1nrin the past - MONTHS q deaths az nome, beside
evaps ofber that we're buried from hospital wards to
which this place is one of the largest & IN & e
s Of tepements which covers area OF than 1000
aaare feet the rate Of deaths to population lVns there
IN at the time is IS per 1900. -
DoNovASs LANE,
Huuning through from Baxter to Mulberryst Is mar
row pessapevay known rs "D0n0van'slane" ON either
aide of It are tenements OF the very lowest class Inc
apartments are about feet in length by 10 in WIDTH the
ceilings feet in hight. and the floors broken ana damp
IN the occasion OF heavy rain the water is sometimes
T inches deep on the hO0rs For room III TINS Wretchu
Zen the occupants pay monthly rental OF m h
IN the extreme In the yard is pile Of ashes ana gar
bage three four feet in hight ~ places, ana
No sS axert Is one OF the lowest lOdginghOuses 70
be found in this horrible nelshooIho%Vu % 30, hsn the
level OF the rear yard. one Who comes mere ~ V ~
-, ~ o,ciock n m especially II the night be rainy anu
tbe aiosphere outside close and oppressive rs IoIeeu
M sp of breath as he erters this suberranean den
~ p mon thing for 20 or more persons OF all
nd rh adj NJ
There Is no distinction Of sex. Each new conner ~
,osa yers ave sildd with drink when they enter,
and this combined with the foul atmosphe(e = III l"I y
cases sufficient TO produce congestion on tne ,bt a. y
common is IN TO find cOrpso the morning that ItN
cites speoi ccmmont Tue oniy Woauv - 'diSss of
Eases arc not more frequent Wheh VIZ v
Of the place are taken INTO almost
~, evsct coinferpart of its ueihbOr opposite. The
ecinS II feet above the level of the pavement ana
luSt on sTtcr Is alsS tenement and lodging collar
In This instance the conditions are reversed the ce
being u below the level OF the pavement ana y ee'
nDoite lie Tombs Prison are two cellars Gb feet from
,nent IHev IRE damp and unwhO,esOme, and have on
many occasions been complained % as dapgerous 70 t ne
health not only of the occupants, WHO are pf0st Ol
the lowest and most Abandoned character but OF he oo
cupants ot the adjoining buildings. .ooaa,, ,ora.
At No 81 Baxcr-st are two three-st0ry WOODEN tehe
mcnts front and rear. II would oe dbie9t 70 lmagiI
wreched hahitaOns tha tness & i'9o ~ show
m degrees OF wretchedDeSs that may he reached IN ths
reat CIV The building was comfortable three
mint mat formerly decked u has faded TO dingy
brown where IL Is visible aud has entirely disappeared
IN other places. Many OF the elapboards are
missing ahording view Of the interior, tt1e a1e
there are arertures in the shineled roOf visible
from he ward The building Is divided by q
narrow hallway, win stairs leading 90 the nooEs a9of
on either SIDE OF this 'front.' and rear apartments 50
that there are four families on hoor or u IN the l
ING Standing the top hOOF, one eau by the neVo
erse of the OF legs, and without raising tue
feet from the floor shake the building from foundation
"a earref There Is OOr where cannot. through
the cracks crevces what Is going ON IN the yar
outside The roof presents somewhat te appearance Oh
sieve and the tenants say that on tie occasion OI q
rain they mi ght well ont OF the building a. IN 10 lOf
an the protection il affords them Those on the hst H1o
per month"; that this wretched novel brings IN $40
month S92 year. sufficient TO rent gOod hOuso Ia
RrookIvn or even the part OF the island.