New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-15
Reforming TENEMENT-HOUSES.
ADDRESS by FELIX ADLER AN ASSOCIATION
roRMED-ITs AIMS.
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ADDRESS by FELIX ADLER AN ASSOCIATION
FoRMED-ITs AIMS.
Felix Adlcr's address yesterday morning In
Chickerng Hall principally devoted to shetcmhg
the methods pursued by Ocavia Hill in her work among
the London poor applying the results OF her e1
percnce to the tenementho reform In New-ior@
About fifteen years ago Miss Hill assumed the manage
ment wrotched tcnements In the worst part Oh
Maryebone Parish and subsequently obtained cohlroi
OF eleven more In the district Mr. Adler shetched
graphically the terrible condition In which MISS iii
found these aud the degradation of the tenants
Her management. however introduced order. ceanii-
ness. health and happiness into these dismal abodes
1.-THE methods which she employed, said
the speaker "were directly opposed 10
those ordinarily pursued She did not open sunday
school she did preach to- her tenants, nor an she
give them aims Her fret ruiz sy yo enfSr rss rs
because she knew that While the accumulation oi slh'h
ass 's S o rspndV beesc uues pay
rnis are promptly received the poor class "f tenement,
enous :" SEQ that unless she made financial sncerss 81
her undertaking her example woulh NOT no in,,owe"
IN The newt place Ahe sol rl tenants Tho best oashlenA
ample IN those parts ~ the hnsr lot whirshr was ~
slonsible Railways and salfwhyH we're hrpt
win serupnious neaihosH, nhu hlihp"th tn
pairs were introduced only gradually she lasls,ed
on maintaining them, iMci'rta in , ,ano''I tm
lions Of The building are frequently torn down anu Vos
wood, and this Il the excuse given ny New r"h
landlords for the wretched condition 81 thelr hnnses'
Miss Hill however gives the result OF Ler experience
peOplf ashamed To abuse place lhht i
tenty cared for and when her tenants Iouhd lhat sur
faithfully performed her duty they became more mint
ful of their she further provide general assem-
bly, room for her tenants organized sewing easstsi anu
arranged excursions and amusements lot inc chluIt
Her work thoroughly successful and she mas proved
that III connection win iarec ~, 49,
culture and firm will are better fitted than men TO carry
sarily subject limitations IL oilers no remedy Tor
those tracts OF hopeessy unsaniiary houses which can
sell and secondly proceeding as it must upon the prn-
sipe that is to be paid promptly 1t cannot dea Win
poorer classes which in times Of depression are LETT
altogether without resources.
As remedy for these deficiencies Mr. Adler repeated
the plan which he proposed week before 81 ave
corporation with loan OF pubic FUNDS Wlch shouu ue
endowed by c Legislature with power force auois
to sell houses which are beyond repair by cohtehS
themselves with four per cent upon ihelr sch
corporation would he able to rent rooms az low ngule
and yet retain margin of two per cent as an insurance
fund, 10 ne dis rbutcd among the poorer tenants III u
Of necessity The lecture closed with description OF
the wretched condition OF the sOcaled bend in Baxter
and Mulberry SIS anu nropoaitlon 70 rtlc,S ~ tme
evil by street directly through the block, thus
giving more light and air.
4 number OF gentlemen interested IN teneinehtnonse
reform yesterday at the rooms of the Young Mems
Hebrew Association at No. 40 West Forty -secondst
and ORGANIZED the Sanitary Aid society Of the Tenth
Ward Of the city OF New-York Among those present
were Professors Felix Adler and Isaac l. Rice the Rev
DIS. Jacobs. MendeS and koher; A. : S09inons lssae
Bernheimer. eN,Judgc I.aacs and Joseph Bhmcnthsl
The officers elctcd are: President Joseph Bumenthd;
vice presidents, Isaac Bernheimer ana T. X A. eeils-
man secretary. Lee kOhns; treasurer, Frederick VA
than. The movement was started by Professor Ailer
and its main object Is 10 Improve Tue tenement HOUSES III
the Tenth Ward. NJ A. Kurshcedt OF The Committee on
organization and Bylaws. said 10 TRInuNE reporter
None Of the gentlemen connected win me society i've
in the Tenth Ward. which j. bounded by the BoweIy
Norfolk Division and Houston SITS The idea is 10
select agents VINO will go among the houses and nves
their condition and how the people live Ihty VIII
report TO the Board of Directors, who will take such
action as may be necessary by complaining 10 me oau
OF Health and in other The hope l. that the
movement viii eventually take sucha shape lhst sIllia
societies VIII he forne All over me CITY ana thSt ,he
will result in the erection first OF model lodging
houses and ultimately Of tenement houses built accord
Ing the most approved sanitary plans with particular
reference to light ventilation ana cleanliness.