Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-03-17

through the key-holes to leave no coubt OF
the character of the occupants. 1t was
here that one of the reporters had most
romantic adventure, the exact details OF
ghich would occupy too much space Tor
narration.
The old brewery, on Seventeenth street,
was next visited. There the Italian method
ofliving was exemplified IN all It's glory
In the east end of the huge apartment once
given over to the heating and spouting OF
harley, there are about eight beds, ana
about fifteen men elept and eat tneIe
There was a red hot cooking stove IN the
close room. and scattered about was broken
bread and other eatab.es, while sundry por-
tious of the interior mechanism OF deceased
COWS hung from the SIX foot six ceiling 10
the second floor room of the adjoining
building. the apartment being about twelve
Inv twenty feet, there were eleven bsds and
a hot stove, the combined effect pelng
rather overpowering A tall pirate, upon
whose frame dirt had accumulated until II
almost amounted tobark, presided over
this place, and was shOveling out lltn Win
a broom when the panty called. The ad-
accent premises were il pestience-D breed
ing condition, and few barrels OF cnlorlue
ofIime could have beer used to advantage
Inst around the cGner was the snot
tower.u and that was the next place lnVa
ded. The west part q the building covers
about twelve feet squire of ground space,
and ia three stories high. The lower floor
feemed to be unoceupiej, but In the sec
end was man and bis family. The NIUE
room was Theoretically sealed, as usual'
and hot stove was blazing away, cooking
suudry pots of beam d cabbage. On the
third floor, to which the party assembled
there were four big beds, and TWO OF the
visitors had to stand on the stairs, being
unable to get into tie room. The air was
foul naturally, and he steam from the not
stove and the cooking cabbage down stairs
made it tenfoid wore.
"How many men sleep here?' asked a
rep,rter of little drl VINO had followed
the party upstairs.
"Twoa herea, an twCa heres, an twoa
heres, an twos hera," said the girl, lndl-
eating each of the four beds A lot OF
mouldy bread lay in corner, and on one
of the beds, was SOM pieces OF bread ana
pair Of very dirty shoes, huddled up to-
gether.
"Who sleeps dow stairs?" was asked
Of the girl.
"Me, an fadda, an brudda, and twoa
sista," vas the reply.
That made thirteen people living eat
il g and cooking in two ten by ten rooms.
No. 50 Seventeenth street was the next
delectable spot. Here were five double
beds, and several imlromptus, cOntrived
out of sundry barrels and boards. One
double bed had a pilt of boxes at each
end, on one side, and wide board LAID
on them to widen tue bed. The men
seemed 10 be away, bat the place swarmed
with women and little children, including
several babies in arms.
Being in for it, the party went to the
celebrated and horrible Castle Garden"
and weut through so much OF the Goml-
Giles as the already sorely tried stOmachs
of the gentlemen could sta0d. There are
no Italians there; the place is inhabited
solely by Americans, but more wretched-
ness coald not be well condensed into as
many square feet. There are about five
families and twenty-five people crowded
into five small rooms, dirty beyond pc er
of words TO describe. In one apartment,
boy about ten years Of age, who had been
bitten By a dog, lay on mass Of filthy
rags on bed, fostering sore on his leg
which seemed destined to cost him much
future trouble. Here there seemed to be
no end to the children, and all we're rag
ged, dirty ard distressed.
The remedy fOr all this is not very ap-
parent. A step in the right direction would
be the adoption of some law limiting the
lumber of people who shall be jsmmed
and crowded into one room, and this, add
ed to rigid inspection by the health au-
thorities, with power to clean up premises
where owners or renters refuse or cannot
do so, would work wonders. AS it is, it
will be miracle if the advent of hot
weather don't bring some SORT of pestilence
Into these barracks.