, 1879-03-25
TEN EMENT-HOUSE Reform.
y Practical Scheme for the improvement
Of tho I.uigihE* at the Ponr-A t;ucl Wnrl
on 1susinus4 t'rinclp!cn.

Il Practical Scheme for the improvement
OF tho I.u.iginEA of tlls Pour-A t;octl Work
MI Businss+ Princlp!es.
.trr Turk Erf"fng l'a+f.
A number Of gentlemen of this city hayr
formed NIL association to bnlld model tcnc-
Isc,lt-huuau somewhat TN tic pleI+ot, thu l'ea~
body tc1en,cn,s in London. Mr. Jutnes Scott,
OF Scott Brothers, one Of tho grntlciacn inter
cstctl in the Scumc, said this morning that the
proposition 10 crcct model tenrnlcpt.house
grew out OF tlw conversation OF number OF
ucntlc1ncn most ot whom were connected with
the t!ry-gootls trade, who lInvc agreed to form q
stuck company with capital Of sl,0to,O0o. OF
which III per ccntum shall be paid fn when the
organization Is completed. With this s!,m It Is
proposed to ercrt II slodc tenement hu!ltliut,
somewhere between Stxtttth ami Elshttrth
strccts and Second MID Niuth avenues, which.
Willie It will furnish greatly superior nccoiHnlD'
tlatjons 10 the wrctclletl ato]es III wh!el, ieu OF
the Iaborfns clasa hrs obliged to live, will ut the
sa,an time return fair profit Oh the money In
rcstcd.
from London, and willie in That city lind closely
examined the PratIody tcnclnrnta MID The wnrk-
Ing Ut thu plan, Tic found thar thcae buildings
invariably isnnrovc'l property II their neighbor.
,t' tltat thcy ICY Welded nn annual dividend ot per
crntnIn. lie thought that similar buildings
could BE- erected III this city anti EIHdc TO Yield
MI allllllal income of moro than 9 per ceutn'n
per n.,nurn on the money Invested. II IS nrn.
FUSED to scc,lre sixteen lots uf ground, situated
ut thr end Of n block, SD Int 'rDntuGe of a.H,
feet OIL three streets caN hr obtalned, an'l %
this ground 10 erect tlic flfst building, which
wllI lIe of brirk, Ave stories I" hight, With II
Will be three entrances to this court
yarl, ono frnni each street, antl tho OH
trnures t. the building will he from III. cpuFt.
tfoI uYf,hnfR tift II central lfJt1WnY
eight or llfne feet ydo viii be laid ont OH cach
jlonr, iltinlIng around nlt parts u tho build
inS, Wide staFenscs will con'icct tl!esc tloors,
anil srro will also be 0nc or it!urc elevators III
lie hullhing. The roo,us will l'o arranged on
either side OF this hallway, me! will be lIghtra
uull rereye a!r either from tic street " the
cutrtyurl, cxrcpt IN TINT part of the building
In tla ecntre Of the block on tic op'oslta sldee
from tho courtyard, which will recevu light mud
uIr from weil.htlr. Every room fn the bnlld-
Ing will receive direct light and alr and there
Wit BE- 10 DARK Or Inner rooms. The building
will be In charge ot Il janttor, .xho will have
gc1lrrai sapervlston OF thu building, ind CT.
force nil necessary sanitary lE1e9sslres, Tie
rooms will tu lofty, nut Will ha uf 'aryc dlme's-
sluns. ,,,
douu o.t Il,s roof nf tic building, which will b.
surrounded on MI sides By tarnrct brick wall
ak fcs. hiEl, 1t IL thaught 'hllt. the better
class u slc tc'cmcnt population Will BE- glad W
egSs ss s.syss sass i os s's II H. ss .sd t ut
wuIie no ptfeustyu system, Ut espionage would
bu established, yet any tenant VII" proved t,iNs"
sstf at d tllattets0Mc Temperament OF iAtlet ~
ohseryu the sanitary regulations II tho house
would nut be permitted u retllan ln thu ho..sr
wl,fie, n further sntlltatlent for tie tttiai'th
to keep thcr rooms Glenn aud iu order, II Is pro-
posed that onG.ttfra Of lale nrolts aheye ner
tcut sllatl be divided amous thuse tehaBts WIN
nay ttcir REM prnlnplly uni nroyu themselves
honest aud Industrious, uni obscrre ali tu sanl-
tnry regulations Of sle building.