, 1881-02-16
A Row Of Mayor Harrison's DWELL
lighthouses Carefully Ex.
amined.
The Inhabitants Tell Their Tales Of
Woes from the Deadly
:. Sewer.Gas.
Defective Plumbing M All Sides, nntl a
Gcneral Luck OF Thorough
Ventilation.
Several Other Houses Waited in thb In
torcst of Health and sani-
tatlon,
Gtnera1ly lad Condition Of Affairs Found 10
E4lst IN E'Ty Instance.

Il GeHc[nII1 nAu C0Allti9u vi AhhuS E1uAu "
E1ist In E,try Instance.
WALK UP, EARTERI
In tho COURSE of thpr lMrtyrnHtions ycstcr- !
day TllE TRIBUNE Health Commissioners wers |
Icu by tntc 10 a very handsome twn-story hnd |
basement block OF rnnrllr- fronts eftrntcd 0u !
tho enst side Ut Mnrshird nvrtuc. between !
.1nrkson md van ll,tren STRUTS. It has been |
tleir r,l,u Whenever they iMssca through IL
nuight1orhool where tho dirty condition Of tho
struts 4cuu&r,stct disugrGrAbly With tho helt
nppcnraucu Of tho residences to select II block
thero for Investigation, mud Hitherto fhuy |
have nut fniicl to fluid II cnlttc1itly iii nGcd
Of aanttnry reformation, They mounted tho
stairense leading to tho frnnt door uf tho
fortt,erunost house In tho siarshlclt nvcn.io
block nud wcrs on tho point pf Ringing tue hell
WHEN au,alt boy passing utt1tctcl isIclr nttru.
tltn, md o.o Of tho Investigators hucd him
with: .... ...
"IIoy, Gnu yon tell nc who Owls this D1otk?"
ssiuyor Harrison" can,u tho reply.
The Health Commissioners lo?kctl ut ORC
nluthor, md uach reld III the others fncu tho
acknowledgement TINT II mstnko Init only bcch
csrnllcsl b. Ii happy aculilcnt. Tho rcporter was
tho first to break tho s!lencu with thu remark:
"Nuw, 1t would have bGcn ricu0Ils for liz to
have hunted thrHuYh IL h!Nck bcto1yng to tho
MuyOr for evidences Ut ali uissanitary condition
of utrnirs.''
II Rhoud sny 20: MS ii Mayor Of Chicago
could ao% sacn 10 eS's ~ '"' u"''S'' a''o "e''
F'n'ent os us .c'a".s ,.'s y, c,,o,, ,,t tho ,,st
| Mayor ChIcnRO evUr bn.l"
Whit a lucky escupnl Curtor would have
learned Of IT, uud wo should never nuye hcurd
the Inst of It,"
"iucky insteed. The Idea Of tho best Mayor
allowing tho catch-bnsin Ill one Ut Ills rnntoa
| residences IL 70 unclcnasctl!'
"i)r tt any Of their plumbing ilxttlrGa being
"or OF any OF tho oecup1hts eohp'a'h'n8 Oh
scwer-gaa."
rctrent and Ind .!eynto o,rselves to 4 block owned
| by Il landlord not no largely responsible for tho
gool sani!nry condition 81 the eiy sinhuni.ant."
1pst Sayor Ihcaro ever na,i mist bo tic best
| iandlUrI That tu1,aut ever had. Let us tlcpurt.
At this moment tho front door opened aul tho
investIaa;s,fs fulnI thc,l,scfyys tueo 10 facu
vita ths Ia,iy Of tic house. sbv explained that
MI ier III ano as to M @ i"r tc to ssss bolr
,bS Sor y rSk H n o thor nIr ro
I retortrr pro3crtc,i to npOl3uJxe:
Inn Gc IsE tpy v"i" tn, ~ istake. Wonrcsontsms
TME T,tlnuss @ wo bud intcmieti to make IN lnvcs.
n.r,, =, ,n1 ta4 y rionved "a Mnvos inrrso
,' tm'' 't'i"n thH,, III NV s,.wnr. nns-"
~. t rIs to ialy interrupted WITH somo
,ynr,nth. II vol arc On The LOOKOUT Tor sewor-
wns. wnt',!Mi Tua, - ~" "'' o' 'A' '' '0s 'S"S'
gus ~" ~. ,>,,,. ,r, ,r,,,. ,,,o,,r ,,,Acr
rho wao'o nI, block s IL ai,ont M fuii Of t."
..Pardpn INC, Ma.lall. thero n,uat be sotno
Yhs h osa l. sy e b ga ,S ss sst bart yn
meat, MID tho Wator Department, md ti,o p
II i poc f tn !ist 1isa m IL par
fuci satnry canlitton.'.'
= Hut tlioro . sowos~ras right In this house;
mt ~ lstl 1t snn1c tins En hut Bti very
Lad in,leu,l. Won't you como Iii ind Judge for
yourselves I"