New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-03

90 by IL feet in dimcr sinn' 1n' thcy arc nr1-t ~
placed Ia the aeyway. r1o nnrrow quarters anu
poor ventilation together with the heat, cause
The air TO hcccwe laden With siekenIng oaors h hae
keeper OF the lodging rooms stated that no oad
lodge in s!aiiOnhouscs for ~ years ana o
refuse 70 work rypea.edy when they laa Tpe So,Tp
20 tak and sing and he had seen them play eap-I.ps
over beds They spent hours in laying plans LOT
getting through following day without work and IN
changing their ana nventing other devices 20 a.
became very offensive. and had 20 he stopped
Even the women would occasionally become oos'eIoua
and dlsOrdtry.
In the Eleventh. Precinct Police station the lodging
room small The city a part OF the Union Market
al East Houston and Sheriff SITS. for tue accain0uatlV
OF the officers the prisoners and dodgers Oh le En- %
Precinct The cells and lodging rooms are ON tns sae
"a men aud l3 women This IL about the aVeraGe mum
her There applicants this year tan asst lhs
attributed Ia tine unusually early setting IN OF the eo
weather II they recognized no dodgers are taken Tor
than nights. About twothirds OF me lodsers
one-half were Germans and the other half OF mixed
nntonates. The sergeant said that i Is very seldom
that native OF the United States applies Tor lodging
there Most of the dodgers were disgustingly Mthy'
POLICE STATIONS ABOVE UNION SQUARE.
At the sixteenth Precinct Stationhouse, at NO I'D
West Twenethst. there is only small lodging room'
and this is used for women. 1t VIII ac-
conmodate about 10 persons. and has been full
every night for the Last week. sometimes
applicants have to he turned away. These women hks
tie men, have to sleep hard board O;d' without
other covering than their own scaniy garments ana VIZ
only such pillows rs they can contrNe 10 lnAAo Aron a
tcles Of clothing.
In Eighteenth Precinct the ACCOMMODATIONS lui
dodgers are better than IN some 81 the others e SUI
ton is Twenty near Flfsi-dVe anu nls
remodeed and altered embrace many OF t more
modern improvements IN regard 10 Nehtli'ion;;
The lOdging-rOOms are situated nc the DacA oL
the house, but have ample "lnuOW'rVon Iol
the admission OF light and alr during uls uS 'io
when they are unoccupied. AT night boards aIo Liu
down TO form an inclined PLATFORM filStu aDou
loot from the hoor ihese p.tD.nls aao go, ~ ,eu
that the feet Of the dodgers are toward tr stoYs nc
tightly packed In. though tho sergeant sao tnat
they frequently take in twice "a many
nmmher OF dodgers here was i5 in the proportion OF -
males and 10 females. The dodgers 1T this station, the
sand. regular yagrnt- whose names 20 upon
the slate 1T Tine beginning of the cod wet4he 'l
until Spring The record SHOWS that thIeclortns i.
lsh ana other OneiOurtn Germans ana OF oler
natiOnaes. The sergeant SAID That II Is very I'Io
thing Tor respectable poor person to apply Tor odg5
at this station. The lodger. gather AROUND
doors oil the station about .. NJ anu
wait anxousy for the opening OF the
The moment permission n a On they lsh iOi 1he esee
spots in the line Sergeant added mat the
drs arc mostly Inc trlmps OF the summer season, VINO
have been driven their hunts by the cold ILey
come from an parts, and there were uuKeir NJ S o'
ton Last night from ms ylyania, NcSJersey, Albany!
ana the western towns uf tAis state. Connecticut 1lasad-
chuseIts aud Vermont Sew Hampshire aud Name.
IN rue morning the boards are taken up ana rue "hoe
room Is washed with powerful stream OF water ,,
During whole OF the past week, tle IWenty-mh.h
Precinct statlO-Aouse No. l37 West Ihltleii-st ua'
mad fuly il. share OF dodgers 10 can oner lodging To
about 70 persons. On sunday night % were III ~
Wednesday night II. and Lass night b'o9 men ahu -
women. There have been about tue same hunlDel %
dodgers here this year 10 last. lew eFoni"ka SIM
a gentleman nttIIed IN tho uniform OF an Oh
ficcr OF the United states Navy entered the sta
tOu-hOuse ana asked Tor ,OuS'nss't . I.' -
hat lie could not get aboard his ship, ana thal ne "s
IN very stTaiJeued circumstances Inc sergeant NV .V
desk seeing that ne was IesiSt'pio man ~ 'rt
tine best accommodation. ne cOuld-i piisolcl ? 90
suggested mat he had better 20 70 tne Ods.isnoe a.
Marion and Prince5ts. The necessary DAiIiA7 WIZ o
out ana the lOdgCr sent there. - ~ ,co
The r"enty-hIs Precinct statlohlouse ~ ~ aOJ
East Ihiri y-iItlist, Las room l3f aD"t ~
accommodate both sexes Last hisht lhero 49,
men and women Who were lodged lhcre' lAe hulpoi
taken care Of at is house thus year Is usH o'' '.
tat OF last wear. The dodgers are az! Wat the i"h'e
call FOUNDERS" going Que night to ono h"a,e Iuu
another night to second, many returning 10 'o O
which they first entered. Here thcy give u'AcleH
name and all the houses they assert "ltl great t'c
mence mat "l-cy were never Ia = St'i,i'i.iy,S %
crs before Tie lodsngrUOnis IA ts precinct - III
building separate luui the PRISONERS cc.4'' anu Du4'
,s,.c,I.y III Inc purpose iOT which .Iey are useu
At the Twentieth FIccLct StatlOh-lOu't' AZ W ID
West rty,cyentI-5t, there are three rooms ioI il
ana one Tor WUmth' situated ""yNG 1i'o t,rT| Ia
warmed by heater rom DclUW. AD"ut ~
persons be accommodated. ADuuS % M "u' l.
When night, very nccent men neg 80 e a'lo"eu
10 Hatd beds are iuit anu s,oc Oh nc
uo,r TAs they uio sometimes allowed TO DO.
The Twenty second Precinct 7taon-lcGse ~ 80, %
tbis vees' There it, accumulation iOr about 50 per
sons both For the past t~o or tnIee nss c
nere we're % male ANA u female dodgers TIC average
inns year. however far less imam tne average u list
me odgingroom at the Nineteenth Precinct Police Que,
81 .fun ~ tF-alut-st. near IA4It' e. Va" not 80 i''
- riapr a. usual. There - males aud 10 ioiie
dodgers. over ,hc prison. II q piiidi~ ~
lE, rear uf rue station. This Duldns vas once u"rl
Img Dut the Increase OF force in t-is precinct
compelled tue city 70 nire tAs a0di1iJiA
room. IAe IOdg4us-IOom8 are heated 10y a LARGO
uunsl from tIc stove, tnat also meats the
prison IL Is noteworthy facr that 10 matter now
o,r ANA Lot Tie ar As in THESE iodShs rooms 'ie III
mate. never pe!1n. o. window 10 he opened IL 10 Won
derru bow t4ey stand mi, stibnS atmospheric siIu
ser geant WhtcuilJ bat thry sttAI 90 Lac IT, Ihc
average attendance oil lodges az thir station Is t'f
Dat lie number frequently rIE5 much hl5htt' 14ia
greater -llrds al leasi-aie itl-I an" o.
lie rest one nall Germans ana t" other uai- Ie
of naked foIcI-u uauuuanuc>, me t"cuJ yAltu ilt-
nct Police station one OF he llirs' "a ,Ae Guy ,IN
being at LI-y Cut-t. ami Avenue - many o. Ac
dodgers prefer 10 20 there f,ec t1du stay ~ lAe ha4o"
,utrrr- IN faIS s;al.D IL rgc tiL3 loI detth'l
dl,.--sd person TO apply Tor lodgings occasionally
uuue of the lUdg r. aro 90 co4 a. 'tg ants ana
lAis always s followed Dy marked dhiluUoh Va lhei
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