The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-28
s0cIETY'S 0UTCAsTs.
A Combined Movement Against
the "Sooial Evil"
The Board OF Education, the District At
torney and Property Owners Unite to
Drive the Occupants of Disrep-
utable Houses from the City.
The Shares for the InnOcentS Of
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Grammar School No. 10.

Protests from a Large Number Of Residents O.
the Fifteenth Ward District Attorney Al.
lens Determination to Indiot All Of
lenders After May His Warn
ing to Rich Property Owners.
When, last fall, the police of the central twest
sidel precincts OF the city began their crusades
upon gambling houses concert saloons, houses OF
questionable reputation and other kindred in
iqutties people opened their eyes IN establishment
at what was supposed to be u spasmodic move.
ment OF "the new police machine" and with
knowing winks, tae parties Interested SAID
"OH, WAIT LITTLE WHILE;
the excitement will blow over, and we will soon
have full swing again. Hints were thrown out
that census was quietly being taken OF the houses
In the Eighth, Fifteenth, Fourteenth and other
precincts for some purpose not known outside OF
the Police Central Office; but in time the excite
ment caused by these raids and the taking of the
census abated, and Tor some weeks occupants Of
certain premises have felt more at ease.
lt now transpires that for several months action
has been quietly and secretly taken looking to the
utter roofing out from the district on the west
side of Broadway, between Canal and Fourteenth
streets, OF the diereputabe houses that have rem
dered property almost valueess except for that
special purpose. Property owners VINO have the
morality Of the city deeply at heart claim that the
action Of other property owners in renting their
buildings for immoral purposes Is calculated to de-
crease the value Of adjacent property, and cOnse-
quentiy the latter combined and held meetings,
with temporary organization, as will be seen
from the petition given below. The residents Of
the Fifteenth ward whose petition should not be
lightly passed over especially protest agains. the
Board OF Education allowing temptation to centre
about Grammar School No. 10. in Wooster, near
Blocker street, where over 1000 children are lia-
bic to contamination. The petition Is 80 follows -:
To THE HosogABLx THE BoARD or EDUCATION or THIS
CITY NEW YORK AND ESPECIALLY TO THE TRUSTEES
OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS or THE FIFTEENTH WARD In SAID
We the UNDERSIGNED citizens Of the Fifteenth ward
Wooster street near Blocker street. now and has
Of houses used for Various INFAMOUS ~ and illegal par
poses which made the resort BY day and night Of
character and HABITS and that the pupils every age
az
apparently eoesssniiy on the increase in ali the adyoin
ns ana that as sa msny a
BEEN sss adopted By the
sanees and they appeal to your honorable body to take
Sn ass wi" The ss%ssa
with the IL this tor
sary aaoptea 10 sbse these evils We de@snd
the Sf the said school possible day
which it Is now located.
If I'll SZs;
g. .Ass hoS: 10 % Dec
The petition is signed by the following gentle.
men, as members OF the association
Charles Jenkins President No 6az Broadway.
dssSt: #: & Ssssfss 81: Street
AiSar T. IS aes9 Sc
f He. aSs No. no. * S s%'tS s1 street
S s:s, 3sss.
Tessas'Ss s SSissi ss:j S!sss ;one. street.
Al few days later the following document was
transmitted to the Board as supplementary in
formation. Attached TO 1t is q list Of eighteen
buildings in Greene five in wooster. TWO in Thomp-
son, one in Blocker and one In Houston street,
occupied for disreputable purposes giving the full
census OF the inmates as LIS females, the names
Of the owners agents and occupants. Among the
owners and agents for these properties are some
Of our wealthiest ctizens:-
FIFTEENTH WARD CIrrzESs PRorncrvE ASSOCIATION
To HSEonAsLr Board q EDUcATIoN AND EsrEoI
TO rnE TRusrREs OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF 1HE FrF-
c eT to Of tt
hne xsla oI his sy No. 10 s ID. in the
furnished the asosiation BY the proper authOri;
aud PAL.
ne 2sa inst in aesordancs with nom the
Gently the commissioners METROPOLITAN
Police e. their otse BY the Grand JTry We respect
dsrsSn ss Psi0n read ySur
rast at viii sy
ing the anxiety and sas ~, e jus; demands Of he
samuel willett No. "A Lafayette place.
W. Blackstone, No: q Lafayette place
Charles Jenkins, No Ss2 Broad way;
Charles Klein, No 1888 Wooster street
James N; Council, No 1870 Wooster street
joan aecco 81 No tsfSHs s1t Street
sShn Is ssuA F aa1 I
r Esnsl sc 8 H%ty srse said
,st MacdSHrai and # xmity street ''' ~ 80 ''
Francis w Cooper: owner Of property corner Amity
Amos Prentss No. 2o5 Thompson street.
William Benjamin nj No. SS Thompson street
Alexander g Castle NJ D., No, q Washington place.
Tnomas H.
place. .
John Reeves No. lh5 Blocker street.
James Ooddngton. No 1856 West Houston street
George z. Fox NO. Amity street.
John s. Prince. No. G73 Broadway.
Silas s. Furbush No. 100 Wooster street.
Day Nichols, iron works No, 1879 Wooster street
. II. L. Richardson, No. 80 West Fourth street.
George Guinal, NO. 1f3 Vest Fourth street
Charles Kerrigan, No II West Fourth street.
Thomas Gardiner, No 27 Greene street
John Twessel No. AZ West Fourth street.
George j. Clan Ranad, No. IS West Fourth street.
e. A. Stark, No. So Amity street.
George w. Plat, No l05 Amity street.
J. DEkRIG, Acting Secretary
certify the above is correct copy-R l.. DoSNgiLY.
Learning that the matter had been referred by
the Board OF Education to the Committee on nv.
laws, consisting OF Messrs. Townsend, Farr Man
Beardsee and West, the property owners on the
18th Of January, through the Executive Com.
mittee, submitted the fOilowing:-
FrrxErrH WARD CIrrzgxs PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION,
No. 6f3 BROADWAY Jan. L. 1874
To HosoaAsE Board OF EDUCATION, Nos and I4s
brand street, New York -
GENTLKMEN-A delegation Of citizens representing the
sgners OF petitions Nos and addressed TO your honor
able body, committee of the above named
in atte ndance the 18th at the meeting OF the
Board of Education.
That delegation learned from the proceedings of that