The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-31
PURIFYING QUAKER CITY SLUnS.
The "Herald" Placing the Board OF
Health the Right Track-A PiOus
ssCull'd' millionaire Who Is Opposed
to Chloride of Lime.

The ssEIerald" Placing tho Board OF
Health on the Right Track-A Pious
"Cull'd'' millionaire Who Is Opposed
to Chloride of Lime.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3d. 1873.
The people Of this city are just beginning to
realize the beneficial results OF the HERALD'S expose
OF those filthy, Notwithstanding therOughfares-
Alaska, st. Mary's and cambridge streets. The
Mayor himself became impressed on account OF
their miserable condition that few days ago he
ordered special meeting of the Board OF Health,
the object OF which was for them to take
the matter into serious consideration, and
arrange plan OF operations, and the
result now IS that the Boards agents, after
q thorough overhauling OF the tenement houses OF
those streets, have reported upwards Of one hun
dred as nuisances and unfit for human habtatiOn
unless thoroughly renovated and fumigated. No
tices were also served on the owners and tenants
OF these dens the effect that unless they attended
to this matter promptly they would be elected, and
the expenses Of fumigating and cleansing the prem
ises would be performed by city Orcials
charged against them. Up to last evening
nearly one hundred had complied with the order
and whitewash and chloride OF lime now render the
atmosphere In those neighborhoods comparatively
pure. The only serious trouble the Boards officers
have encountered so far has been with
RBv. DIR. EDDY, THE AFRICAN PREACHER,
who owns IN the vicinity of hundred tenements
III IIie scCIiOu Vi ClIF pdCcu Ill Category OI
''nusances" by the health inspectors. This chen
utterly refuses to bulge an inch, and declares that
nny Of s0 hts t. Srse bg IN the
officers he will sue the city for damages
To test his sincerity Health Oficer
Addicks was instructed by the Board to open the
campaign in Africa. and he did so with nattering
results, and the Board were laughing in their
sleeves at their success but just here the reverend
man and brother showed his hand on applying to
the Court, and succeeded in suelng out
preliminary Injunction restraining the health
authorities from interfering with his prop
erty. In five days the case will come
up IN Court, and some interesting developments in
relation to the filth and misery reigning In Pnila-
delphia's Five Points will be further ventilated.
The Rev. Joshua T. B. Eddy is supposed to be OF
the weathiest cOOred men in the country, his for
tune being vari0usly estimated from one hundred
and fifty thousand to two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, all or a greater portion OF which he
has amassed by specializing in real estate and sell
ing religious books and tracts. He is
great on religious topics, and diligently
searches the scriptures. But as a landlord he Is
relentless, and is rough on the poor darkes who
fail to pay up promptly. He lives in poorly fur
nished house OF his own IN Alaska street and min
giles but little with his c0lored brethren. The Board
OF Health are confident that by the close of next
week thew will accomplish their ends, and COM
pletely renOvate the 3lums, thus following to the
letter the HERALD'S advice.