New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-29

The effect of this excessive crowding IN badly con-
structed dwellings upon the deathrate is exhibited In
the fact that this half OF the population OF New YORK
yields rs per cent OF the total annual sickness and NOR
talty The excess OF this oyercrowding appears when
we state that the abes English sanitarians TX the
maximum density for health at 81 persons 10 he acre
Rnt while commerce has been driving the poor from the
loSoer wads of the city, new feature has been added
70 the problem OF providing suitable homes ior the
poor in the the valuation of lands over
t4e entire island. This must result in preventing the
extension OF tue Of the tenementhouses IN the
vii be followed Nv sim further concentration and
orowdng in the present tenement-house districts lac
truth IL that between the high price, ana hence unava-
able lands in the upper portion OF the clly ana en-
eroachments Of commerce IN the lower districts, INC
tenementhuuse population Is Delng yearly crowded no
narrower quarters, though that population steady
or The degree OF pressure OF TINS class
upon surface area IN lhe SeNehteehn anu
oiher wards already frightful must eventually, II no
adequate remedy provided. result In deathate OF
enormous proportions IL Is u hXeu anu unchanseaole
Lave that when the number OF persons On gwen area
living on the surface in low buildings exceeds Ger
tain limit the annual mortality VIII remove the suriaGt'
An eminent authority on the movement OF population
has stated that New-York annually loses 10000 inhab
iants who cannot hnd suitable MONIES on tis saI N anu
who seek residences In the neighboflng cles Oh new
Jersey Those who are thus leaving New-lo fk nave
been accustomed to city ie and seeh ~ Inell cVIn
pulsory exile advantages OF munclpal adlnnlsua
Of the population annually leaving in such numbers,
N is proposed 20 increase the territorial limits OF ms
Tayms and Kingsbridge in the County OF West
chester. This district seems TO have been intended
York can overflow Its westerly boundary is the Hud-
son and Harlem Rivers. nearly all OF which affords a
max
10 The dockaCe facilities OF New York city. From the
North to the Bronx River series OF ridges all running
sontherlv. extend toward the city, having between
them broad plans. upon which the homes OF the people
can bo built and at the same time opening OUT upon
the Harlem River Harlem Kills and Long Island sound
IN euch manner cause natural drainage INTO Tue
water Tie United States Government IN three years
hence will have removed the distractions at Hell Gate,
so that New York will have another gateway 10 Europe
via Long Island Sound. aud IN a very few years
WSstcSester wards viii be 20 thickly populated
that the Harlem River, instead OF being the
boundary Of the city viii be the center of its commerce
ere viii always be a class Of people in NewYork who
win live in cellars and tenementhousos; but tens OF
tboueands Of our working classes desire and deserve
sometbiug better. This is question OF public Leah,
pubic comfort aud public morals, IN the highest de-
cree The proposed annexation meets fuly, We thhk
The adOptIon OF the measure VIII afford homes ana
nurc air nj cost that VIII put them Within reach OF the
workugmen That city is IN dangerous condition that
has no middle class to stand check upon the PRIDE
and avarce " the uch and he resulting envy and
awesSiless the Nery poor. without more territory,
NewYOrk fast becoming such city, ana lOr thls Fea-
son. above all Others We advocate annexation.
Al tte CONCLUSION OF tus WORK the Committee ad-
iourued TIL TINS afternoon AT p.