The New York herald., 1879-08-02

the whole house. The hall is narrow not being
five feet wide at the entrance and widening TO nine
room for the stairs On the first hoor
the hall extends through the house. having front
@ aoors T the 0Ges room over on Ssse IS utilized BY
widening the rooms ON each SIDE 80
that the hall is just large enough to give
room for the stairs and landings 1t is lighted AZ the
top by skylight and on bright day this light
with the few scattering rays that cone through the
transoms and whatever doors may happen to stand
open. is enough to light all the halls reasonably
WELL On "A gloomy day the halls on the second ana
third floors must be very dark. In the evening the
halls are lighted with gas. The only ventilation of
the halls comes from the doors and transoms nell
tionet. from the grated windows that open. one
from each suit of rooms into the hail. and from the
doors and windows opening the roof. For. as is
usual In houses of this description. the roof Is
from the wash flight of stairs leads from the
upper stor. to the roof. and the little shed the
opening tor these stairs has the skylight, two win
dows and door.
LIVING WITHOUT ENOUGH LIGHT.
The rooms are arranged on the most obvious plan.
There is reach suit one room opening on the out
side of the house and two dark rooms. The first is
the living room, or parlor. 1t is square room.
about twelve feet wide and eight feet inches high
Those on the first floor q little higher and.
already stated, are not as wide, being curtaed to
make room for the halls In each of these outside
rooms above the first floor there are two good sized
windows opening outdoors and door and window
leading to the second room. This second room Is
the kitchen. 1t is nearly large the rst but has
no light ventilation excepting from the chimney,
from the window into the parlor and from its three
doors. one OF these leaus INTO the parOr, Into
the hall and one into the third or sleeping room.
This sleeping is the smallest of the three being
narrower account of the encroachment OF the
hall and not being deep the others. 1t is
lighted and ventilated by the door into the kitchen
by grated window about two feet square. opening
into the hail. and by window about foot or ff-
teen inches square. opening into so-caled shaft
leading from the top to the bottom of the house.
This shaft is merely a depression in the wall made
by omitting single layer of brick for width
OF twelve or fourteen inches. In the two upper
stories the side the eastery) better
lighted and better ventilated. having windows that
open to the heavens the house to the east is
only three stories III height On the westerly side,
however the next house is nearly the same height as
No. 309 and the so-cslled shaft is the only Of
lighting and ventiating the sleeping rooms from the
outside. iN~ N'tt
The house was built about seven years ago and is
in good repair. 1t has water pipe, however. aud
the water is not laid on inside the house All the
water that is used has to be brought from the small
hydrant in the yard. The wood and coal are kept in
the cellar.
Nos 303, 305 and 3O7 differ somewhat in detail
from No. 309 but of about the same grade.
They somewhat handsomer and newer, but are
hardly desirable. They not large and
have more empty rooms and more room allotted to
each suit that only twentsix persons live in No.
303. twenty in No. 305 and fortyone in No. 307