New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-16
NETWORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY is, 1879

rble stencil He certain, he said, that man. an
Italian was the only sweeper employed on Baxter and
Muberry-sts, between Chatham aud Canal He did not
see how could possibly keep such district
| properly swept woman who keeps a butcher shop
Mulberry-st. SAID she thought the streets were
swept this about two three times week she
pointed q barrel Of refuse which had stood twenty
hours front of her shop. little further one OF
the carts overtaken. This was about O'Clock III
the afternoon. The two men employed to empty the
boxes barrels the working very hard
The In charge said he had to for part OF Bay
ardst and all of Mubcrryst, aud another cartmau for
the remainder of Bayard and all Baxers He claimed
that he visited these streets every day. He spent some
minutes swearing at the Italians in general "These
streets ought to swept today" he said but ralned
little last night, and tho officers don't put the men
TO work The sweepers have TO loaf to-day and get no
pay for It, Look at them cutters They could be swept
to-day well at other time. You bet your ne
the is taken of, though. We all know how II
THE OWNERS OF THESE HOUSES.
When the reporter visited these Monday,
and also Tuesday, he was frequently asked by the
respectable inhabitants II ho had been into NOS
81 and 80 Nuberry-ss and the houses across the
street. Nos 81 and SO, indicating that they were about
as bad as could he found. The policemen also took the
reporter these houses sample rookeries For dlrt
and Nth and degraded dodgers. they level with
Bottle Alley" The reporter made inquiry subsequently
Of the neirhors "a to who owned these four houses
Several replied that the houses belonged to ex-hayor
smith Ely Two ia6orers' wh% were law
Jacob Vanderpoel, the Commissioner of Docks, VINO
n yes rf e where # wa found that the
property recorded In the name OF Jacob Vanderpoe
Mr. GRAY who lives in Newark is the agent for these
four houses With buildings In the court yards the
property contains about 100 rooms or apartments
Some OF the vacant, bur in the greater number
small there lodge from two to i've anu
eight persons Most OF them present dismal ana con-
children and tramps who congregae to buy the stale
beer sold almost OF the the ground
all OF the afternoon the scum OF the trans OF me
city, male and female. was seen crawling In ana out OF
these houses several rooms which visited con-
tanned from five to ten yaganonds ms stale peer IS
oTerco G 6y it, they drop on the floor or crowd
into the cellars to sleep off the debauchery "Ihese
houses don't smell bad now" said nelghbor, as
they did before the Inspectors made the Italians stop
collecting bones"
No 80 Mulberry ST. is one of the better class of Italian
tencmeuts. opens "a wide alley, where TWENTY-FIVE
or thirty men, women and children lying or sitting
upon the pavement. The three or ionr stores Were
swarming with human beings and reeking with hltl.
The who was In charge OF the house sald W. was
formerly owned by cx-ExGise CQinnissoner Mllilans,
belonged 10 Dr. ODOnnel ono OF the physicians
on Backwels Island. The anitor said the proprietor
mad made q considerable outlay in repairs and had
wanted to build anew, hut had declared that ne wouldn't
build 50 long there remained an Italian IN MulDerry
The Italians who sell stale beer always on the
Lookout officers ana their when they nave
warning IN time. They are always ready 10 1iDpef me
va uppa STAIR se stala beer, no keepa bones yes
aud svetpa saoon-maka music" One OF the nusances
was seen sitting on doorstep with money ciDmg
gcodnaured IRISH woman, was found IN an apartment
eight by twelve. with ten or twelve amps seated ABOUT
the room she couldn't treat her guests 10 beer she
SAID because she had just moved from few numbers
up the street, and was dead broke An old woman
came hyIug a door way, and from the curbsone,
bredthed terrible anathemd on those VINO nad elecLeu
her and started for another alley TO get her
other eye blackened Vendors were selling cheese
for , cents pound, ana found ready customers,
Cheese frequently sold at cents pound One room
entered where half a dozen inmates were nnchmg
cheese The disappearance Of the usual fena odot'
and the presence Of another scarcely more pleasant
testified the strength OF cheese even when IS old
GENERAL HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT.
The doctors have found very few sick children IN
these streets On fight Of steps counted eight
little Italians and another group in the yard
At No 81 Baxter-st, in window Of the tenement
house, was seen q SICK ft1ffun girl, lying IN a bed
placed close to the window, in which sat little play
mate tanning the rick one while TWO or three children
stood close 10 the bed and gazed at the pale face
group Of women and children seated on The steps
outside IL another court two ltte boys Melu LV,rms
wooden trunk from a basement into an upper stoll,
and % eu-year-oid child was crying as II ms hraTt
would break because they wouldPt permit him TO ride
on the trunk. All old woman was giving severe lec-
to stll older one IN lamp basement, {T
ego inc U hr anonfIi az household Effects behind
On this day size had returned and found That bOth her
t ~ ia wnman Not unfreGucntly one tidy
vas found where every other IN the house would
be full Of dirt aud squilor Tue presence oI cle"ny
and temperate woman explained the anomaly, IN
a rear room was found such a woman, clad III
clean calico hair cOmbed, face bright, ana piece OF
cbcau white lace about her neck. There was a hand-
uud ~ the table and the husband whose neatncss
seemed a reflex Of hers walking the floor with
healthy and Well-dressod babe. The woman had Only
one complaint. Her filthy neghbors persisted ia throw
ING garbage OF the back Windows ana the c9nse-
unence was that the little home she had wO ked so nara
TO uury was rendered almost unOearabc by the doors
from the next yard. 10000, ...
lis curious fact that while the most dcbased among
the Irshwomen OF this quarter Two with brutal Italians
the younger, best looking and neater OF them i've rom
choice with the Chinese Mott ST., VINO IL - sara
trent them kindly, do most OF the hOuseWOfk theil-
selves aud make prOvidcnt masters. Tie Chinese nave
taken possession of South hottest. Even the base
mrnt rooms Inhabited by them smell sweeter
than the upper stories where Italians congf",,
paie In one basement in rear building were iOund
four CAIuamen. Three smoking cigarettes before
a coal fire and one was curled up on bed preparing
upc for opium smoking. In answer TO "a question ne
said "Yrs, me smOkec opium no makee Glan Diu
m tkee two hours decent" He offered To sell OPIUM Ior
II so an ounce. In Chinese restaurant across tuo
street fOur Cinnamon found at dinner The peat
ness OF the table and the appearance OF the WANTS
yuad have done credit TO sccOndclass AMERICAN res
tauraut at least. The was apparently OF cholce
patterns of porcelain, and tho food quas ana rice
Chon-.,icks were in the hands OF the guests
who submitted TO the interruption with doclnty ana
genuine pOiiteness.
A FRAUDULENT MORTGAGE.