New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-09
EVILS TO BE REMEDIED.

specttug Inc block contained between AyenueA First
ave. Second and 1hrd-sts. An OF tidyness pervades
tins block Germans prepOnderate this neighborhood
fact which is usually voucher for neatness.
No lO4 EAST THIRD-sT.-Tbe rooms are comfortable
and the house ~ good repair; but The back ara Is
SirssctIv Under the wSinSows have no covers The
ci0set venulatOr Is cnoked up, ana tue place is
No. AZ FIRST AyE.-Excepting during RAIN the closets
receive uo wafer. Deposits accumulate, Therefore,
and when the ram does come II makes the door very
offensive. Unless the rain is unusually heavy, the
closets are not cieansed
BAD DOORS AND DARK ROOMS.
Dr. Everitt 5. Warner Of 1928 East Twenty-ffthst is
rapidly pushing his work First and secOnd-sts Ave-
nueA and Tue character of the block is such
that be does expect find any hagrant nuis-
ances. The chief Of complaint is from the
closets
No 100 EAST sECoSD-sI-The interior rooms are very
dark the only communication from without being
sDiall windows opening into the Railways. The
No IN EAsT closets are very had bad
top floor, where Often the water does not run.
THE WORST BLOCK IN THE NEIGHBoRHOOD.
Inspector Mahappy has completed his work on th9
block between Twelfth and Thireenth-sts. aud First
ave and AvenueA 1t has fulfilled its promise OF being
the worst block neighbOrhood. The large number
Of stables occupying the interior block constitutes
NUISANCE Of great magnitude; and tne dirty habits OF
the tenants together with the neglect Of the property
by the owners have brought the houses condition
that it nothing short OF fire can remedy.
No. AIS EAST TWELFTH eT.-1deSug through Jbc lower
hail. the yard IS reached, which Is long, narrow ana
winding ana is nearly hled with STABLES, IN which
nontcs Tnde a al the yord Nh en- Is yery tiIti,v
No 437 EAST TwELFTH-sT.Ihe rear building Is only
The bcdT0oms are dark IND tenants complain of The
odor from tn slops thrown from tue windows. This
is done, they say, secretly at night that IL l. never
though the air was very bad there was plenty OF 1t;
for the very narrOwuess OF the space between the
houses made II sort Of aiIShaft and strong draft
constantly moving. The slsrways are narrow
making the dwelling a certain death-irap IN case of
fire. There hr escapes GU SIDE the house; 0ut
they are usually closed with rubbish. or with flower
No. 4O5 EAST fwELFTH-sT is handsome sx-sory dou-
shop the basement and barber On the other side.
No trouble exists IN the house itself: out, as III
many cases, M thrust upon the inmates
by the caToessuess OfocCupants Of adjacent houses
aud the OF Inns house an of nsiye closet OF
tenement Thirteenti-st pOutes the air.
so AIS EAST CHIRTELSTH-sT.-A stable yard at this
nuu5er presented the fOuiest sight ON tue block
Alter wadiug through yard literally covered with
filth, tine inspecting party passed down an inclined
This snch condition tnat the inspector
on the cellar door the depth of over TWO Inches
and had run Jown from the yard above As tue
tenement. could not be included IN the inspectors
report but nuisance and plague-spot, IL viii
So.43O EAST THRTEENTH-sT-Tbe house fronting on the
street Was sg6 espSe!sl Gs% Dat passing through
stairs found beaped with DIRT. In au upper
story a man lay sick upon soned mattress. he
had Ueen for a week without medicine, attendance
and al most without food, until a priest had come 10
h. aid aud brought him remedies and something 10
eat HIS wife nal chosen this time, after SIX months
OF sObrety, 10 get drunk, snd When she was not
lying stupid on the nJor, she was quIrIelhng VIII
him or the ghbors ana was not in condition even
give him wafer 10 drlbk
No. 432 EAST THRTEENTHsT-ln this house there was
wAs mot "a bedroom tnst received gut eEOugh TO en-
able QUO 10 see 81 a glance what was IN It. A sleep
ipe eGiid was only discovered oy moving.
No ASS EAST 1mRrEENTHsT Tins was the worst
specimen OF az underground h&pitatlOh discovered
The bedrooms baG no windows what Net. ana what
little they m ght receive IRON the nam room was
off al
wooden shutters in tie rear u smut out tue smell OF
wOOdOuse in which IS heap OF art two ieet deep,
the sweeYings OF months. The said lie could not
someone would do Jonn A. Foley Is the owner.
No 40 EAST 1mRIEENTFsr-Hefe tne ARRANGEMENT
OF rooms : the same as NJ No. ABS. The bas ment
was deserted Inc closets IN tue yard were hlthy
bey Ond desert pttOn; the manure box belonging 70
he slaDe was 1nco'eiCu alu ny s,i -" tS $500,
with garbage. TIE cellar was hlled WIN reluse.
The roof leaks into the bedrooms Arthur fOey is
No 444 East THIRTEESTH-sT-Tbe yard Of this house
Is nearly filed with stables, IN addition % which j.
manure pit FIX feet deep, which Is said never 10 De
covered. Moisture exqded IRON At and MED tne
yard with puddies. A low covered aiey connected
this with The street. ana was Itself uucledn: Toe
closets Ia dis2fdcefu condition. All TINS was
only i've feet below the windows Of houses ON Az
enne-A, whose occupants complained OF the NUS
No ZIG EAST TmRrEESTH-sT.-The closets are situated
Ia a cellar under toe sidewalk, ana are very VHeH
siye. ,Ihe naiis have no yentliatoh1 s,,,e q r,no
80. 100 AyENUE-A-A man was fouLd nnlhDlnR a pine
cover 10 tue vault, which had been USED ioI t4Se
weeks uncovered Inc Ieiuse aoOut - 49,
While ne had covered IL with ashes. The basement
six feet eight lneGes below sfouho Tue cenihT
at that height being flash with the street. The mid
die rooms we're dark and the ventilation bad ok
persons occupy the basement
no 2O3 AyENUE-A-A Chinese laundry IN the basement
presented q striking contrast, IN It's neatness 10
most Of the quarters. One distinctive feature OF Tue
IaodatiOns hunks. one above the other against