New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-06

esgbt ycars and the smell was certainly sufficient
To lend strong credit 10 his words -.
Or J. IT. Holmes has an exceptionally neat us
trici that bounded by Second ana InltdS's', 'iU
and SecOnd-aveS Here nearly all the n0ussS %tS
built on approved plans, many beng Suppleu W.
Croton water and modern water-clOsets Om ts
floor The houses were not crowded with occupants
and were generally well ventilated. .r,.,.,-..s o,,d
In Tie block between Second ana Ihlru-stS' anu
Avenues b and C. is the second secton ass'g ueI w
Ferdinand Sands This block IS densely crowded
ami dirty In many yards all sorts OF amman ana
%egefabie refuse have been accommodating FOR no
one knows how long, and the an Is rank WIN ,ne
smell IF putreiacton inc WORK ot lnspeo.On neto
eping sights Will be presented 10 as the work
PICTURESQUE soUALoR.
Robert V. Davis, of No. l16 East One-hundred-
epd-fweuty-elg hth-st.. was employed in examining
tle block bounded by Frst-ave., Avenue-A, and
Thirteenth and Fourteenth-sts. He found the gen
eral condition Of the tenements which form the
greater part OF this block not very bad, al hough
there were several points to which he should call
attention. The worst examples we're on thirteenth
ST. from n. 431 10 No All. In the Easements OF
some OF them were junk-shops, filed with all sorts
OF refuse material, but principally rags, which were
collected about the city and brought there to be
sorted In one Of these little shops, about niue leet
square. amid "a heap Of rags OF many c0iOIs sat "A
very old woman. with Wllhkled Iac' am moving
gray hair, neither working nor taking note OF any
fling about her. She seemed indifferent TO the IN
truslon OF strangers, and, with her surroundings,
such as one seldom associates with his IDEAS Ol
American life. - 80
pyiug one side of an ordinary backyard, was
Stable. very dirty inside and ont, piled up on top
with debrS. Leading from tins mp 10 the back door
OF the ground floor was an lucIlntd pIailk WhIk
over when the horses were led through the house,
10 Inc street. There ha4 formerly been an Quiet
fr1u0t me next ward hut that Is now used for
stor,-vard and rs closed 10 the stable. small care
had beeu taken 10 make the stable as niue 0tJ G.
tiouable as pJss bile although IN many cases mere
There were stables in the rear Oh HoUsc' 'n'9 was
done. g.. l., 81. -., -
the closets in the rear; but IL terminates clFecty
under iIc tourth-stoy "lgd"" OF d room IN NJ.
49, whose occupant, "a sick man, gets poisoned air
20 breathe in consequence. FROM TINS house u
neral was IA progress ana within tAIee DIocAs
%viIJnvgs At No 4f3 in the rear there
l. a block OF four houses, fronting a nat
row courtyard, which are III lair condition; but
one Of hem is back to back with house ON r our
tecuth st.. with only twelve inches between the
walls. Although there are two large windows III
The taoE of the rOOGs they are close ahd Stlhihg
and So dark that y Was with dlhcuiIy! ana hot al
all until the eyes became accustomed 70 the um
light that the reporter could family discern the
figure ol . man who was lying Oh bed placed d.,
rrctly under the open window. Three chains and
,yasl ants constituted the entire furniture of the
ROOM Next 10 this, at No. AL there Is one large
ei..t ~, tIe rear which is used by the occupants
OF nine different houses, containing twcnty-elght
families Many of these closets do not appear 10
have the proper connections. II very Clncut
thing determine when tldl IS tuc te-ots
EVIDENCES OF TASTE AND COSTzNIMENT.
On Ayenue-A. IN the rear Of No. 217, family OF
four persons. a man and wife and two children.
was fpuud iu a room eleven feet square, with a
bedroom attached. measuring 10y feet. small
window under the ceiling furnished all the venta-
ton afforded TO the bedroom, except through the
outer room. in tie large room tue man was max
In shoes and the wife cooking. They sand,
however, that they found no difficulty IN keeping
well; and although the children could hardly be
SAID - be clothed 1T all, there were evidences OF
taste u the pictures on Inc wall anu ol ~
Incut 30 the smiling faces # the occupants. The
rooms throughout the building were generally OF
tins size. 40 The inspector ana Inc porter were
passing No. 432 East Fourteeuth-St., they stopped
suddenly with one impulse, to lnyestigate tde
cause oi a horrible stencil that came into the street
hall sunk below the level Of the street.
they found the cause IN manniac-
tory and salrsroom for pOt-cheese, winch dehcacy
was spread on q table In tempting proiu,lOn The
floor aud the approaches were suewn with garbage
aud dirt, and this combination OF INDUSTRY ana
soth pro luced powerful result upon tlie nostrIS
OF passers-Oy far out IN the street. Tie inhabitants
OF tins block were principally Germans many OF
whom could not speak Lngli Ia, but called upon the
children 20 interpret Tor them.
Edward c. Koch, L. NJ, of the School Of Mines
Inspected between Tenth and Eleyenth-sts, and
Aveuue-A and First-sye. He has spent four days
on the block, and viii require another day t. COM
pete nis work. he Board OF Health mas furnished
each inspector with a long list OF questions, some
OF winch require careful measurements; and IN
order that the work may be done properly 1t must
district arose from badly arranged closets some OF
them belonging 10 private houses adjacent TO the
teuemcnts, which the present Inspection does not
touch. AT No. l7G Frst-ave. he found two cases OF
scarlet fever, OOth of which have proved fatal 1he
room IN which they occurred Is an extension
aud s ventilated by skylight, which opens directly
uDd,r The third-stOIy windows Of the main building,
greatly TO the terror OF the mother OF the children
In the latter. lie ordered the house TO be dlsln-
feced ard lad 10 enforce the order 10 get 1t done.
AT No. 100 AyeDue-A there Is stable ia Jhe BACK
yard aud the occupants Of the house throw Their
garbage INTO the manure PIT some OF the Ventllat-
Inc shafts OF the houses are chOked by the bricks
winch are thrown down them by mlschieyOus boy
They demOsh the cmmneys 10 get the bricks.
and occasionally throw them into the street below
When a policeman Ia the victim, as was the case
last week, the sport terminates
First ana SeoOnd-sts, between the same avenues
as above, were Inspected by Il. > Warner, NJ. d. OF
No l25 East Twenty tifth-st. lie found the general
Condition very good. There are a large number OF
private houses and stores OF the better class ID ths
block which is one of the best IN the vicinity. Al
No 1O3 Second-st the closet yenilatlng SHAFT stops
at the third floor anu the OdOrs from 1t annoy the
occupants above In most of these cases notlhca-
ton 10 the landlord lnsures correct on OF the evil
INSUFFICIENT VENTILATION
INSPECTOR Lewis, who has been engaged on the
block between Hrst-ave. and AYenue-A, extending
from Fourth-st to Fifth-st., busy at work yes
terday on the Ffth-st. side. He found No. 43sl2 in
bad condition for living in on account OF INSULT
Gent ventilation The hOuse well built, in
good repair, and had originally been well provided
with light and ar but the owner of the lot facing
on Ayenus-A had built q dead wall against all OF
The windows at the back part of the house.
TINS wall did not seem 10 serve any pul-
pose, except TO shut OF light ana ar
from this House, and thus deDreclate the value
OF the property. The suites OF rooms consisted
of one large room fronting the street. back OF which
were two smaller ones, one used generally for bed
room aud the other Tor a kitchen ana pantry. As
the windows the smaller rooms were closer by
the wall these were simply uninhabltable Tor lack
OF air 4 young German couple were living on the
nd COOK