Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-02-23
oRkINoMEN.
Lad pcsIgrs In Tenement
apfvfN 400 r.sa

v. Y y, conceived the idea Of erecting
W.. bildi 3 10 the Sixth Ward,
could BE- housed comfortably
PAN l',s.trioas poor who, heretofore,
n content with squalid apart
a poorly constructed, badly
~ foul SINE ling and uncared for
go such as used 70 distinguish
4 ,.,sr end Of this ward. Buildings
.,iog Do six stories and fronting on
Rsltle ANA Warren streets went
were iilled with just such a
,spants as Mr., White desired,
I. yew Workers with money and
/, ..l,,ble feelings heard Of these build
\ ..a uptown erected similar struct-
rhe idea at first was not TO
I, money, but only pay expenses.
i (. Va aseeytained later that even
i ,.aycd rentals dividend could be
49, ana old tenants are now
H.. 4 premium every year. Mr..
IN. ,l,erward built also in Willow
H.
&. John J. Kierst. a veteran archi-
NJ builder, for twenty-five years
/ hsn wanting to build an inn
- ieaement after his own Ideas.
~. down on the water front In
- street., near State, aud bought
.e n ground. 100 feet by 100 aud
oosrailoas. lie told his friends
n intended building a tenement
! !, cold pu, everything else IN tho
e.
1 81 yoa'll never get your money out
h { hoy said.
4 "a sgr oaI Of a monument in
.gga ellher. was iho iAeonic no
d n glcrsl had made plenty Of money
n s,sess, and having bison poor him
4 al sgs mind sharing some Of his
AL vllh tho people who need good
ms = much as anything. A year
!, H. work on ,he Imperial flats. a.
ais them. was begun. and they
un asa been completed DIR II. q
ssaergae. ehloi Of tho Building
sraa 0, tho Health Department, said
IL writer, whom ho met whiio In
pu.ss them:
q Sc had about n hundred fats such
asss ,haru would DO IA amazing
Az,s % Ia she number 81 diseases,
Iss y searlc, and typhoid tcyorn.d iph'
sHss zgasies. malaria. etc.
Ag8y Commissioner nr. John $
gss uas q lhe same opinion, and q
B= lhroagh tho flats with these gen
aia ooayiaced the wrs,ar THAT ih'
4 he ol4 tenement. with il sliInj
ways. bcspattersd walls nnd imper'
uausailoa, Is rapidly passsng away
j ss Sails ags aSe stories high and tha
b, aoi lelephono brick. with tcrrl
y o-aaasils aud bFuAn stonc trim
~ Tee grDlnd floor 4 given ~
egry, iauulry. lpbacco and oshe.
k Bark st tlsv stores ar,
qztsss,a a. ulgvo rooms for IA
aSsePrt Ia saa hallway, thcre I
teiF.e batlaa. upon touching whlcl
.Va; door opens. There y also !
uniirr. running from
cliat which Is supplied wit;
'aa,Asta lDv tic tenants, This celia
sconsv;ed tiour 10 unusual hari
~ Tho dyst thing that strikes
saoa y iia dryness and tho aband
~ q light There arc small win
w hack md front. and on either sid
Ena light shai,s. 80 toat long By 8
essdc. Tho bottom Of each shaft I
" ssa there u hoIo squarcly Il
oa'cg al IL II Is a known princl
nat ioul air Il heavier than pur
and yet ninc builders la every ,e
ssuc' shafts 10 that an attempt !
~ 70 forces Il out upon The roof. Ia
Of going that FAR the impur
'ssat breaks OIL aud escapes througl
MOSS looking out upon the shaft In
ae apartments. whore II breeds dis
Nhong the inmates. Mr.. Kiers
e. The opening in tho false botior
y shaft, and tho impure air iallin
contact with tho draft down fou
&c from the top, passes thruug
aoio' and Il carried on by Dir
running under the cellar foo
2 The curbsione Of the sidcwalt
~ what has not died escapes int
aeot This plan Il entirely new
'ould have boon patented, but MI
" says he wants % seo Il Ia ever
where the poor expect 70 live
W. hoor there arO twelve room
NJ Into four apartments, two fan
living In tho front and two in u
The hard wood stairway runnin
. upper floors is lighted by tw
sa'e windows from the shaft.
square hallway divides the fol-
,l'los and gas furnished by the owl
~ Il bright at night. in the plac
wy oil lamps, which doctors. n
,es and policemen have 30 oftc
wy over when business Gale
70 such tenomcnts. III
~ closets are nc the back