, 1874-09-20

| TIE JAS1ToE
informed the visitors that ho WAS compelled t
destroy all the buckets iu the house, or else
contaglon wonld surely have been bred. It va
the habis CT the inmates, until recently, to lcav
their might soil" i'll those buckets, outsid
their DOORS and so add to the horrors OF this in
fcrual Lostlery. There is hardly rcdecnin
feature about tlis st. James Hotel. A rag tent
| gypsy-Gke, on the prairie. would DO intinitel
| preferable to the Irving death imposed upon th
denizcns of No. 40 South C1erk street. It is
wonder that any person would permit such
thing, to be owned by him. It is 4 monument @
| disgrace to the owner.
| THE AVERAGE Rents
paid by the tenants range FROM So to S. pei
month hardly over over that. OF course tie,
change very often. for very few people have
stomach for the ''St. James" after months
imuurement within it's sinking walls. Tilt
place ought to be vacated" remodeled, or else
entirely destroyed. It is plaguo-spot TO Chi
| should be given to it without delay. No teue-
| ment-louse in Now York can compare With the
structure in thorough yilcncss.
The next place visited was
NO. 53j SOUTH CLARK STREET,
n frame tenement owned and rented l,y Mr..
Martin. It, too, he's many Objectionable feat
urea, but it i5 not one-eighth part ns bad as the
dreadful hotel Tho rentals range from So to
50 per month. Ahoyo aud below it arc num-
Der OF rooEerics filed with the very dreSs Of
their gri:ny, bloate;i features Ut doors and win
dows without tho shadow Of remonstranc from
tue police patrol. Tho condition Of the street,
from Harrison to Twelfth, is abominabie-noth-
ing like it anywhere in tho West. Verify tha.
section Of Tie city is given over nnto Belial.
81 In Now York City all this would he renedicd.
Suppose cholera, Or fever, broke out in this To-
cailtS, what could stop it? Tle landlords ought
to bB Eeid responsible, and other municipal reg
&1n%I@ rt,@ tc ,k-,1
where fallen women arc crowded arc thronged
With I'll kinds of yerirln. Tic beds and bed
ding crawl With them. Disease IL rife among
t.1s.a. and thcro is no remedy. It is really sick
CHING. Aor we'll go and seo specimen OF
1uE ITALIAN TENEMENT
a bad one but far from being the very worst"
The explorers thea d1ove to place in rear
Of the HOLLY Tree Inn'' restaurant, No. lS5
Last Monroe street. aud there discovered nest
Of fose:@acis.--nearl! all from Savoy,-oghteen
or twenty families with plenty OF children, COM
pressed into 4 brick building OF moderate pro-
portions. The place is owned by ~ Italian cit
izen,-Mr. Crny. 10 all theae families there
Is allowed only single vater-eloset. and that on
the ground floor. Even tho basement is garri-
Honed by the corps Of ras-pekors. The rooms
speaking, filthy. Tho visitors were re-
ceiycd By a crowd of swart!.y, rag
gcd, :aatiish-1poking men. aud some stout
cutly-lla1rcd, good-humored
women: not one OF whom could speak Euglis!,.
Some OF the children. however, could, and
chatted away quite freely. They explained that
their fathers we're apple-venIerr, rag rckers. or
musicians, and that their resources did not
cnablo tle1n TO cay for better quarters. They
were. therefore. compelled to uso what they |
could afford, paying. ca an average. So Ter
mouth for tic apartments they occupied. On |
being asked il they felt no ill-hcalth from the |
sitting atmosphere aroand them. they replied |
bat 'Aey were used to it. Nearly I'll the |
nen were late arrivals from Italy. aud Il
no1o degraded sample Of the once ail-potcnt !
hem retained the classic features Of old Rome,
>ut that was all. Yet the denizsns Of Mr. |
,slny barracks aro not By rloalls tho worst |
Epes OF their class in Chicago.
The Board OF Health were next observed
Now re have seen some of the worst features
lie best OF the class
The visitors then went to
NO. 1874 ERIE STREET,
TOW of t'vo-story brick buildings, rented bva
AS found to be occupied by very
e1atable class Of people. generally me-
.,:..ics and their families. The rooms welc
o"n2 to be well-nrrapsed, lacking in ouly oEe
ariicui2r: transo:as over the doors to furnish
atHsal ventilation 1t il strange that in this
Sc oi Golstcd advancement any house owner
an be found to construct bouses destitute OF
nc leal:ES Aygienlc principle of good air, II
sel 10 be q habit wears ago. both in America and
Europe. to build houses with total ,llaregard
yentila:ion. In fac. IN air-current used 10 be
onaldered as 3 deadly foo to health. Modern
viLxa:ion has discovered that fresh air ia the
1eatcst friend OF humanity; that ia, fresh air
sopcriy regulated. Therefore it il singular that
ny person caa DO found ignorant OF selfish
l1n1lSn to construct places Of human abode in
hlch this principle Is wholly neglected. Apart
ON this defect, the tenement house No l34
rlo street is 10: much removed from IN ordina-
! clearinghouse in point Of comfort. In point
TACT, 1t IL far ahead OF somo Of those con-
asns,-gcnteel places of semi-starvation, and
1e concentrated horrors Of hash.
Iho next place visited was
THE SWEDISH OVERWHELMING.
o. l32 Sangam1n street. near the corner of
lest lEdiara. It il routed by q person named
orehaus. This place lB clean aud decent
L current. The atmosphere is closo aud ap-
reaches the sitting. The Children look ghastly,
. certain Indication of bad air,-aud. in ali
,sCects, it might be much improved.
This remark applies to several other buildings
the same character in the Eleventh Ward, au
tuatcd Ill or about the region referred to-
FOURTEENTH sTnEET
Now" sail the Eoard Of Health officer to tho
'rorter, ''yon l.vo seen aomethlng Of bad
ass OF tcncmenta: lhavc, however, reserved
'rther experience. We shall drive to tho pstcn
rear OF Michigan asenne, on Fourteenth
rect, where the young Italian was
urdered Monday night 1t is called Indiana
'enuo although its ,pretcnzions 10 that dis ,
notion arc very Slim
The visitors proceeded to thatpon and found
ut tho region indicated began at the head Of
aurteenth street, near the lake, where it Joins
diana avenue. There are two d.lapidated |
ooden houses. Nos. i, =, g. and 4, once inl1ab- :
ID by decent people, but now abandoned to
allan lazzaroni, who would do infinite tliRgraco
the alleys and quays OF Naples From The
background burrow called the basement. to t :
e topmost garrett tho houses are filled with
adans-neu, women. and childreu-of tho ,
west order. Their chief vocation is :
THE NOBLE ART Or RA0-P1cEIXa |
ID the entire carne-house HmeIle of tainted
iment, stepped in swill beer md stn1e alcohol.
1e mon who hang around the place are the !
west types OF human Eocicty-a!nlost b1ac}-a !
oss between Polish Jews and the very worst | Z
LES OF plantation darkics 1t is impossible TO | ,
pposo thn: these beings have III their veins
@ blood Of tho conqucrors Of the anclen. 2
'rld. They must have descended from tno = :
of Hannibal. who soiourned ;.
any years III the sunny plains of Italy. >
he explorers were received not oyer-gTacious-
by drunken woman, clothed in garments !.
dolent of dreadful smells. :
SHE sa1ELr or GIN AND TOBACCO
d spoke a Kind OF bastard English .Ihia c1ca- :
re- showed her FIsitnrs bcr r1n.Y, f1,ro /