New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-07

into the ground floor of No 545 Fifth-st. near Ave
| nue-B. In a back room there were seVerai louns
| men sitting in easy positions around tle iooIn'
| talking dollars and cents IN hgh KEY WIN Il ~
| fusion of oaths Al desk well-dressed young
| man was busiy engaged IN wrting. ne aPpeai
| once of the Inspector with book ~ his hand was
suspicious, and on note OF alarm from Ine you'nis
at the desk ,6e door Wns So' For the
| the afternoon the policy shOp"as earrieu WI WI"
FILTH AND sTENCnKs.
On Twelfth-st. between Avenues and Is, n
family was found occupying apartments on the hrst
floor. The mother of the family said she was trying
10 bring up her children as well she could, but
unless there was some improvement she would have
TO move out of the house. All Of the rooms were
permeated with stencil from vaults in the rear.
nan containing some disInfectant material was ex-
bibited which was said 10 have been recommended
by n physician who had called in. The wan faces
Of the children attested the unhealthiulness Oh tno
| place. rs.L .
was found TO be occupied by two stables dho dls-
illery The men IN the dlstlIeTy, whlcn was saiiu
wiched between the stables sad they were manu-
featuring weiss beer There were eight horses III Tue
stables. The pavement of the yard was maze vi
rough. uneven cobbe-soncs, and was swimming
with LIQUID filth, which hal ooze from The middle
Of the yard. On tine second ilOOI OF house III Tue
same street q man and his wife we're found occupy
| ing one large room and two small ones, IAS 1eet
each, who had six persons LIVING with them ~
bOarders and dodgers. There were htty persons III
the house IN all. When asked how so many were
accommodated the answer was shrue Oh tue
shoulders
Inspector W. G. Elliot completed the inspection
of thfy houses yesterday III the block inclosed by
Fifth and Sxth-sts. Firs-ave. and Avenue-A. Most
of the houses in the III 'trct h. said were Ohllt on
the same plan There were two families on iloor
each family occupying suite of roo rs consisting OF
one large apartment and two small ones. The
large rooms open ont to the air either front
or ak but the small ones, usually bedrooms were
VENT ,ated by means of snail WINDOWS ~ incnes
square communicating with the large rooms adJJn-
ing. The inner apartments were dark ana con-
tanned so little air 10 be stlfng. Iheie WAS ne
SAID. very little variation from the pIaI IN ihe
whole square At No. 40i Sixth-st., which is hYe
stories him, there fourteen families, number
ing thIrty-eight adults and twenty-one children.
Here tie inside rooms on one SIDE Oh me
house varied from the general pm
by having no windows opening mo me
large outside rooms Two small apcrtures, Is or ~
inches square, and opening INTO snort nails aliofdtd
all the ventilation furnished. hose living on the
otncr side of the house had windows IN each inner
room opening INTO the yard of the next house, put
as these just above the escape shaft OF want
belonging 10 the adjacent premises, they iared ~
reality wore than tner ueIghbors In this build
Ing as III most of the Others water Is supplied only
to the halls. The vaults were found To
be of brick, having no connection Win the sewer
aud were from fourth 10 halt full, IN consequence
of which the air IN the vicinity was laden WIN
vile odDr. Two families, six admits and two chlld-
reu occupy the back basement. One OF these fam
lies IL that of the janItor Of the building, In
another house the inside small rooms were dls-
covered 10 be ventilated and glted by small tran
SONS, 30 by ~ inches IN diameter over we
DOORS opening from main rooms; ana II
inch apcr,urrs opening INTO tht h1'ls. here ,nd
halls themselves were poorly supplied win ar ana
lighted only by transoms which ia most instances
wer. 80 covered up with paper or oid CARPET a. 10
exclude all light Although the vaults az this place
were connected with tine sewer, the drain was OF
BRICK two feet IN diameter, ana emitted a hIIil-
bic odor. In cellar at No, 4OI L tho
rear part of the house. Debris was piled ~ IN the
apartment " hich had been arcumulatug for ihree
years The room was made almost nnbearaoe l'r
one not accustomed TO the atmosphere, 10y Il cess
pool AT the door opening mo the backyard.
Another cellar was found inhabited BY an OH man
ana ms wife. bad arrangement ol pipes al
I.grr beer sa oon in SIXtl-sl. allowed escape OF
gas to fiji the entire pulldlug from the sewer
below grocer aud ms fanny occupied cellar
al No. iiS East SNtu-st., crowded INTO damp apart
meuts without lgNl. In nearly all the buildings
inspected IA this square the vaults were fonud 10
be without sewer connection. and lucompetey
furnished with escapes. one heuse, SNAPPED IKE
wedge wasat the rear only eight ft Wlde. FROM the
vaults at the end OF the house ihe escaPe-Ppe
opened INTO some of the upper windows ana nIieu
the house with uOisOme gases. Nearly the Wnole
of the lot was occupied, contrary TO law
I'm the binding a family consisting OF two adults
and len children found living M cellar, with
out light or aITj and the back door opening out IN
the usual cesspooi aud NTH. Al No. 43f tnere were
two families occupying cellar rooms, winch were
damp and full of foul Odors. An eXecraDle smell
was emitted from the vaults IN the yard filling the
entire place.
THIRTY TENEMENTs II A BLOCK.
Ferdinand Sands, \. b.. graduate OF Columbia
College is one of those who are working on their
second blocks Hi first district, the block bounded
by Fourth and FIftn-Sts. and First AMI Second
AYES. contained only thirty tenement-houses As
there were several large factories occupying a
considerable portion of the block. But some Of
these thirty were in very bad condition. In the
rear of the house No. 1886 East Fifth-st found
"A very filthy stable separated from the house only
bv narrow yard into which was drained
the waste water of both house and stable. The
closets were also in a filthy condition. and the
sewer connections were broken IN many places.
The occupants Uf Nos. 13 and II flrst-aye. COM
planned louu, OF the smells aud smoke proceeding
from candle factory on the corner OF flrs-aVr'
aud FOuTtb-S.
In ms second section Mr.. Sands found increase
of dirt and squalOT ana he expected 70 ind Things
worse as he proceeded At No. 2l6 East Ihlrd-ot. !
goats and chickens kept IN the C." lar, which i
a damp, noisome place, tuil OF decaHng vegetable
matter. At another house a whole floor win
large number of occupants, was 80 DARK that ~ was
with diihcully that objects III tue rooms couIu DC
dIsCeTned. The nhaDitantS OF the Ihlid-st. SIDE OF
the block, with scarcely al exception Bohemian,
are as rule a very dirty class of people. Iney are
untIdy ~ their habIts have 40 regard for personal
ceanlIness and clean their hOusrs and yards only
when the accumulated rubbish becomes 50 great AS to
impede progress. OuIy two sOll-Pipes have as yet
been discovered In the midst of this nest of MIN
aud wrctcheaneSs is "a house occupied by Germans,
and here everything rs neat aud clean and the floors
and walls are often scrubbed. the people
industrious and frugal, and the house has
huspitabie and hOmeke appearance. At No.
2Z2 hird-st. clgar-nakeTs were found at work ~
their bedrooms IN most cases happy and cOntented,
and all UNCONSCIOUS of tnc tact that the dust 81 the
tobacco was poisoning their lungs every night as
they slept.
AID FOR SICK CHILDREN
Henry King, president of the Seaside SAM
tarium acknowledges the rec lpt OF the tolowil add