New-York tribune., 1873-07-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
PEsru.ENcE KEPr AT Bay.


DENs UNDER GROUND VISITED BY TIE SANITARY
INSPECTORS -POUL ATHosPHERE AND OVER
CROWDED ROOMS.
There was CONSERVATION yesterday among
those denisens of the Fourth SIXTH and Seventh wards
make their homes the cellars oelo" he s'ree'
levels where they swarm IN sitting illyyentiated anu
unelean apartments. deputatiOn OF 30 meuoers u
the Sanitary Police. under the command OF capt iiie
and led by Sergeant Lsnrrts, left Police Headquar
ters. at IN, accompanied ~ Dr% fost' r"oS'
Morris, Bryant. Hamiltou, and Ham, HeAin
Inspectors. for the purpose Of removing uho
beds and furniture belonging 70 persons VINO fesoeu IN
places which had been condemned as unhealthy oy tne
Health Board but which had not been vacated Az tne
notification required. Abon 10 OF the worst paoos III
habited bv human sings in this city we're Vised' Ann
whore the apartments not closed the ponce re-
moved their the sidewalks leaving an ohoei
charge that the not replaced aef
their departure. In some Cases where the Inspectors
ordered the goods 70 be removed the police were ne
with imprecauOns. oaths and jeers from lhe laen anu
hloated hays, while or Two instances bhe Oco"
pants suppncated the officers 70 glVe ihetn one
two days longer before turning theh out
Finding the police releHtess they hystercaly shrieked
or gave way to pitiabe wangs. In all cases however
the occupants warned three or four unes 70
remove under penalty forcIbe election and hd re-
celved two OF three months notice to quit and had re-
fused 70 obey the order The first places visited were
NOS Is TO- &C. and Bsxters where the officers Iouho
upon their arrival that the occupants had iorestaiied
their visit and closed their spartmnnts No. - Feh-s
was also found eosoi aud At Nos 90 and % RoosoYes
the beds had been removed while No. % Roosoyeit-s
was shut up. In cellar at NO. 20 Batavia
st living mon a cot In q DARK room whefe
no ventilation could pos-bly reach he', was found
womanI evidently dying she ordered TO be removed
20 Bellevue Hospital Il found safe 10 do So The
beds and furniture the other apartments were ~
moved 70 the sidewalk. Beneath the sideN ana on
ethor side OF dark and filthy hall way, winch extended
70 the rear OF the house No 40 Cherry st., were found
five small dark bedrooms. occupied by score o bioaied
women OF all ages. NE atmosphere vas sitting the
rooms had windows, and the bedding ana eiothiug
we're a mass Of filth and corruption II was specify
cleaned ont by the police and the inspectors caused
20 be disinfected
In the cellar OF dance-hOuso No. IS Cherry-st-'
there we're discovered Two bedrooms, each ~ feet
with ccings only feet inches high In spite OF the
iniprecaiions OF hag occupied 1t the contents of
the place vetu all removed 10 the Sidewalk. Fifteen feet
under ground s. CherrYst was foand bedroom
and iunk-sBop occupied and owned by Henry Maduen
who presented revolver at the head Of reporter VINO
went ahead Of police He quietly submitted to the
removal of his goods however, when no discovered the
force OF the invaders. On the top floor Of
No. u Cherry-st. woman Was discovered
suffering from the typhns fever. She ordered to be
removed 10 the hospital and the place dsineeed
Far below Of tine street. IN the cellar No. 1913
Cherry-st., a tabe discovered set Win piai"s
aud seats prepared Tor about a dozen persons. The
dirty the ceiling. which covered Nl'h ft shd
smoke was only sS ieet hree Inches IRON tie lODr ana
several beds, were IN adjoining apartments Ihe occu-
pant James Ne we'll said hat he kept DJsrdns house,
ana that The table for the the DOardtrs, VINO
pnid fftcen cents f0r each meal Tho inspectors Wert
dissatisfied with mis- dome, tic ar7anst ments ana ordered
fbe removal uf hls cnattes the sideVak, in spite "
Newelle references 10 free country Ms "rshts''
''ii observation-disclosures" was the term applied by James
Hearn the of the basement OF No. 100 CheTryst
the which we're uiled Win Deds, DfOken-
down chairs Old deal tabe, and three or four prins
OF sailors luugo psntaoons aDd scarlet nec kludher
chiefs, sdOInlng the bgckened N-lls Lhe INSTITUTION
was deemed 10 couQ lCte1 On principles miincA 10
the public health, and the inspectors ordered ~ 70 De
promptly cleaned ont and fumiGuied me premises al
No so Pear-st visited III TIC afternoon Dat the
occupants had eo.ed me llaee.- -, .a,-
In the cellar of No y Cb1tharn-st.' Ku"wn a. dlv-
bell" and kept by sarah Burns ~ houe Gi resort
-four small rooms ~Fere Ionnd' soh.aiiis oia, dii-p
dated lounges aud bel frames the beds having Deei
removed by lie proprietor, VINO had Dern informed gI
the Intended rud aud who trusted by 50 doing 20 eda
eJec1O Bht an reeess nndef ne Dack sloOp lhe Ods
ana bedding discovered piled up and ready 10 he
replaced when the officers departed. A ray-bontd
woman took tue reInO.d " tlie eola VIZ
and laughed and josed with tho officers while they
removing the furniture 10 the side@ IL
By the worst place Vsilcd Va IA The cellar OF ho
HamtOn-st The house ~ about 50 feet deep and 20
ieet WIDE. highi families iyed m tle eghi rooms thAt
1anked the halfway ei ebdhL IIou ne LD4I ~ tuc ,St
Of house. These bedrooms not only received no
fresh air, Dut are hed WIN SloIs 60 oppEessis Ion
the NTH when hDounds "Iu rom In. soel s.i.n
passed immedstely below them, that the inspectors
In these 40 persons passed the restless and cFer-h
nights Il seemed almost miraculous that person could
have ever survived or aWOkc after breathing over ana
over the fOui atmosphere ~ the place. woman
VINO occupied Of the roJuls, Whefe not nIe 4
was burning begged piteJusly Tor the sake OF the /
infant IN ner arms, he permitted 20 reinnh /
Tor few days longer until sAe could obtain \
curned and rallied the Officers Ia searching lJf The
of tAe stencil which peY YdIed tle apLinehts the
inspectors discovered shat ueioU the Sidewalk was
large yault where water-pipe had burst, ana the I
escaping water hau ".thcl = Is.te an1uht n, IeiuSe @
INTO the Yault where lay decayinl and breehg peNti-
lence ana Tns Uccupans mad AZ been lTeFi-
osv ordered remove ami consequently the trahsfcr
ehatieis the ldeWllk was rrndered luptra-
tive The place ported by tn inspector OI tAr
district 20 HeuItb Board Whci Sill II oucr adopt
measures 10 fumisate the iremss- IDe lEein Sea AT
No u UamtOn-st found IN nearly The same cOntloA'
were occupied by three families and owned by hrh.
O'Seil The contents we're removed The 0ther places
that were visited NOS 20 ana ~ East Broad
way; Nos. lss 9J5 DIsiaOn-L; Nos. u anu ~ /
Orshard-st No. Jrsytl-st., No as EeeN-sL, aha
Nos 49, TO- and CbrysIet Some 81 tue-e places WeF1
Ivund closed. aud Oers prompt! cle-ned ou1 ~
cue police.