, 1881-02-20
rUE PUBLIC HEALTH.
=, f,ccupant Relates Her Visit to the
Best Mayor, Etc.
uu Mr Tenants Don't Like It, They Can
More Out"
rarr;ble Condition Of Carpenter
Street Roarding~House.

nontagious Diseases -small-Pox Slowly on
the Increase.
uARRISOS'S ROW.
Z. ANOTHER VISIT TO THE sEwEH-GAs.
:. SLOW do you do? Come I'M"
.Tharks. THE TRIBUNE received communi-
.a+;on. madam, asking
.0hl Are you the gentleman who came from
x,o uealth Department, and, utter examining
~ house reported to Mayor Harrison TINT the
--anchcs here were not scwer-gus, hut that they
80 from the filthy condition in which keep
pgrooms:"
IN 90 laudable IN undertaking. This visit is In
-asnonse to an invitation given -'
.By my husband Oh. yes: he was not in very
,uiable mood when he left this morning. He Is
considerably worked up about this matter, and
t:deertniucd to have it tixed. Let us sec, you
we're here Tuesday; i VEL wel,, every every day since then,
md one of them was rurher iusolcut. TOO.
amt know that ought to sny that exactly. but
he Kas rather important in hs own estimation"
Tour mart Ut the blockt"
'"The tirst time they came they said that they
-,-pre Health Officers, and that THE TRIBUNE bud
4 Fearful account, pack OF lies were tho
rnrds they used, as to the condition Of this
building, and they wanted to look over the
existed. Of course, invited them in, and told
them to 20 all through the house. They first
seat to the cltset: they found the water-serv-
Ire here out Of repair the same as you did; they
aid they could remedy tho trouble themselves
to Eve minutes, aud they tried to. After being
u there about ten minutes they came out, and
rcported to me that everything now was ull
tight: but my plumber. who came in about
half hour afterward, said that he
did not know what they had done;
would fix it; this he dill Calling the attention
Of these gentlemen to the stationary wash basin
ia the front chamber, they remarked that they
fteaches The water here runs all the time. and
drlps down through the iioor end ceiling on to
the parlor carpet below.
:laeye you made made, any complaint to Mayor
aNo, but VIC have to Mr.. Weeks, the agcnt,
vho says that he will make no repairs on the
~welL where did these inspectors next eo?"
aDown to the. second floor. into the library.
Hera taoy found the carpet pulled up end the
the room where there is 50 much .th. Do you
tee any acdumulauons Ut alth other than whit
has come down along the wall from the roof
1boyf?
|. is just to add that nothing In the way of filth
vas noticeable here or in any of the rooms.
There were cuspidorc continuing few cigar
AeGES
that had leaked down through the roof above.
Ihefnrniture was moved out several weeks apo
because of the trouble above described. The
carpet. new one. was badly injured and gave
eydenee, also did some Of the linen, that the
Toofns were damp and untenantable. The lady
Was driven out Of her bedroom on the hour above
from the same causo~ This was also some woeks
.kEa .
, sEwER-GAs.
But you have not answered the former
: question In reference to the presence Of sewer
:"'We}l will. After looking at the walls, and
Femarklng that the condition of things was not
rnsanitasy, they said. There is certainly q bad
: cdor in tnis room: It smells as as It there @ we're
then asked me what thought cnused the odor.
The fact fs, they seemed lost to account for it
themselves: and finally said that they could not
account for it,
Did they examine beneath the basement
AYES; But they said they could not discover
me TO keep the door locked for day or two,
and that they would come back. anu then see it
they could not find the cause. did this. and they
afterwards said the air ia tho was all right:
that there was 10 smell there: a rather strange
faet j i the odor was caused from dead rats,
~! Has yonr husband seen Mayor Harrison
No, he has not He does not want to make
write q. communication to TuE TRIBUNE, for he
said you reporters did not do Justice to the case.
If he vas home he could tell you more than
can. I know il he knew Of my mornings e1-
would not like it, ~ '&' ~ ~ '
aThen you visited tho Mayor yourself?"
"1es, and at first he was not disposed to See
aWaited?"
!. "Yes. and WIS Informed that this entire busi-
kpew aooe IL
that bis friends had assured him that it would
aot DO him any harm"
premises, is theref'
No. But he was very angry though, and
must say not very gentlemanly- I was at last
Permitted 10 see him and
what did he say2"
xtn %Tbat Is your nnmbsr2 Oh! you are lady
No more so than did your Health officers. I
Aso invited them in"
+The officers report thnt the entire block Is In
apesfsct n sanitary condition, with the exception
q one house, either No. ~ or Is, where they
sey they did discern little scwcr-gas."
81, "; Mayor. the plumbing in my house is GER
nnly IN Fery defective way. The bowls are
connhnaliy leaking and dripping down into the
patlor below Besides this, the roof Is leaking
9ay' 99aaly' and the rooms are constantly wet and
.Nell; why didn't you report it to Mr.
Ibid: Ihave done SO over and over again,
aut what good does it do? He says that no fur
tnsF IT repairs shall be made until May l."
~ where IS the SO worth Of plumbing that you
aao done and had to nllow you for!'
~ lnat expense was not wholly for plumbing. I
tae money was used to clean out the catch |
nasln and to ventilate beneath the floor to the ]
etsect and for the mending of bolts, locks, etc"
~. thirty dollars would be sufficient to do the. |
lp.umosng ~ 10 my house from top to bottom! II |
"s tenants are not satisfied |
THEY CAN MOVE OUT. t
9actory?'
p, +" e took 1t on Mr. Weeks recommendation. ]
ae certified that 1t was all in thorough repuir;
tas1 "a i bad lately been thoroughly renovated"
..," !" ell as soon as the show is or the roof I !
w scnu nun over to fix it. y
=. ~. Harrison, would you just step around !
suu ~ inspect the premises for yourself2 thiuk
sszt sou Tlll find them equally as bad as repre-
40. will take your word for it."
apparently. from the conversation above
s.s, snsn, the Mayors tcnements IN Marshheld
az M are not all that fancy painted them, aud
49,. 49, M M4,ere Is some occasion for complaint anu
s-eas ~. a1 o. the filth III Gaseous form does not
tt;aaalate ~ from cuspidore- Tho lady in ques-
~ vu very emphaticaIly reiterated the statement
~ made in reference to No. PIG. She says that
esr ess understands why the occupants now seek to
up the truth; that the report given in THE
! ddtntSE daatSE was literally correct; and that
;a ;neaa1 at this time, is in her opinion quite un-
Fss bas- Taking everything into consideration it
eIesH Iuvoses The best Mayor Chicago ever had to
tens up hts filth and to put bis premises INTO
set etssaole condition, tor, in doing So, he might