New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-09
LEARNING FACTS OF Oily LIE e.
THE SENATE COMMITTEES INQUIRY.

THE SENATE COMMITTEES INQUIRY.
THE sTATEsMEN LOOK INTO CIGAR FACTORY AMI
THE NEGRO QUARTERS.
The United States Senate COMMITTEES on Educa-
tion and Labor yesterday continued lite INSPECTION
OF the homes of the workingmen OF New-York On
Monday next the committee Will begun
taking testimony IN regard 70 the telegraph striker
w. Il. Fnnk of the corps of detectives, again wen {
with the committee yesterday. The first place VS.
tied yesterday was an easS as 'eae%ss s oo
floor. all the apartments being the same size.
The first apartment visited was occupied by
German tailor, his wife and three small children.
There was front room used as parlor, and back
of that small Kitchen used also az dining-roon,
In the rear of which was dark room In which the
family slept.
You don't mean to say that you all sleep in that
dark room ia this hot weather ~ remarked Senator
Call. of Florida. to the woman.
"Oh, yes sir (; we have no other place." was the
"Well." said the Senaror, 81 would rather take
my chances of beng shot in battle than 10 oe
Obliged TO sleep in such roomP a.,
How much does your husband receive DAY !
inquired Senator Blair. ..
1.-Two dollars;. but then he don't have work all
the tine-onlv about three-fourths of the time."
How much rent do you payT
Twelve dollars and half a month for these
three rooms."
as well as they do" rem irked senator George. oil
Mississippi. He taen distributed peanuts to the
children. Senator Call remarked OF wan.Iac
little boy, He ought to have the Coney ls'ahd
"Oh, N.Y." exclaimed the woman in establishment,
1--WE cond no afford to go there"
The committee visited some other tenement
houses when Senator Blair askel Detective frlnk
10 show the II tenement-hOuse he saw descr be III
anewspap r. winch was fifteen stories hIeh IN ir0nI
and eleven stories III the rear The detective looked
lncred n llsiy at the Senator and asked: In what
part of the city wasIt locatcdf
Somewhere up town" SAID the Senator.
guess IL IS up TOO far for us" smilingy re-
marked the detective.
well suppose tnat was another one of those
newspaper storIes," said Tho Senator. lie
willingly dropped the subject. and listened 10
some Information in regard to tue origin OF tho
tenement house. he eaIiest one was erected about
iorty-hye years ago, wnen wnat Was knoWn as
Gotham Court, was bullt on the Wood estate III
Cherry-st In 1880 the Baptist Church IN Null
Derry-st was sold aud converted iitD tonem'nt-
house property Ine returns were large and IN
duced sim lar investments 81 that ~onn all along Mu
berry. Enzabeth Baxter aud the neighDoringst streets
private dwellings, were Oh tnged into TINS class OF
properly Efforts have been made at different
tnucs to control and reduce the evil.
In 1854 cpumlttee of tho Legs
lature rep0rie on tie subject, In iSoo-o|
the abors of the Citizens Committee OF Hygiene
obtaIned for New-York the passage Of the lene-
menG- housi Act aud led To the establishment oil
the Board OF Health. The plans Of all tenement
hou con struct"d hn the last three wears nave
II al to be- approved by the Board of Health.
The COMMITTEES informed that two-thiris OF
the deaths IN fhe CITY ocrir IN That hall oi the
DOUulatl ~ living IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lHo NVih-
mites was shown q single block CONTAINING ATTY
two toneme .l-holsrs occupied by $50 families.
r. prse ting 1873 Inma es and IL vas told thatthe
C .n,us showed hu nervous blocks ~ that KIND whero
the average OF population was 100 10 the acre.
S.nIior Cal, expressed the opinion mat there
ought to be LEGISLATION Ia compel the demolition oil
about one-half The buildings IN the tenimont as
trlct TO prOyido sufficient amount OF air-'pace tic
thought that II was nutra2 GUS 10 allow houses 10
be built 80 close together ,ha, there were MT more
than ten or twelve iect intervening between front
md ar han did wander that such
close. gloon, quarters cdu'ed scNncss anu conse
qurnt wrcichedness.
Some members OF the committee complained OF
the bad air aud the ten ment-nOu.e smell, and II
was concluded TO drop iJr tnr present that line OF
inquiry A visit was then made 10 Brown ~ Ear es
cigar factory at Ihii ty-cIS 1tu-st aud llrst-aVe
MIR Brown shovel the COMMITTEE through his
estabs hment, where several hundred einpioye,
we're at WORK, and exhibited tho operation OF max
ing cigars Senator Call was shown hey West
cigars made III the building which were SAD to be
equal to those manufactured IN FLORIDA. Havana
cigars and all other brands were iewise exhibited
Handmade cigars were manufactured tor tne
ne mOr OF the committee wnlie theY wd'cnsd the
operation. Mr.. Brown said that undrr the now
G1nIS wcp E've"a into s sf cigars had
been re iuced 81 thousand IN the wholesale
price, but II" reduction hal been made. ne ihOnght
by the retaier but better cigar was gwen Tor the
same money.
Senator George, of Mississippi. expressed desire
TO see the negro quarter of the city. Detective
FrInk len the way tu BrOome-st. ana Soufh FIirh-
ave- wnere the sou bern Senators found some
colored peT.Ons from tDrlr respective States WITH
whom they cnnversed ABOUT tn-Ir en-
pos ment. Senator Call expressed his opin-
ion that the colored people are much
better OF IN the SouIn than IN the oltcn tenement
houses III whlch he saw them Yesterday.
senator Blair the cnairman of tue committee, was
informed that there about 81 900 negroes In tho
city. more than can 10 round IA any county III
Florida, and. with two or three exceptions, mOro
than in any county IN Mississippi
4" How many irish and Germans are there IN tho
cityf" aske the senator
"Over 100000 persons who were born In Ire
land" was the feply gwen, land l75, 600 who im-
mi era ted from Germany"
well, 1t IS great CITY" remarked the Senator.