The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-30
CHERRr HILLS DEC.ir.
ftaiiass. with "a Footkoid. are Crowdins Ont
Other Tenants.


In the shadow OF the bridge anchorage n,
Pearl street and Franklin square. Cherr,
street begins its tortuous way through the
Fourth and Seventh wards to the East River
The street from Franklin square to Roosevelt
street has n pronounced incline. and nifty OF
more years ago some one bestowed on tho To-
cality the name OF Cherry HILL The short
block has history in the lower wards. At &c
Cherry street was born n man whose Inwrit.
ten epitaph is: He was good to tho poor. "
That man was William N. Tweed. who. in tho
days when he juGgled the city's millions. did
not forget the friends OF his younger days.
The foundation Of the bridge anchorage is on
the spot where Tweed's chair factory was. and
where he worked as n mechanic.
Cherry Hill has other prominent sons. Ex-
Assemblyman james Oliver and his brother.
Frank. were born at 10 Cherry street. next
door to Twecd's birthplace. In the house ut -
Cherry street Billy Scanlon. the sweet singing
actor, confined now In Bloomingdale Asylum.
lived In his younger days, and when he was on
"a IT. Irish w tbs ii
Old Blind Dan Murphy whose daughter made
ao sensational td marriage With Justice DIVERS
ucts Of Cherry Hin. in the house at I Cherry
tss ssnr at
streets. occupied now by Earie.s Hotel. The
President I 1; Il the eompany lived there.
the sosd old days. For half century and
more Ern's sons and daughters wore in sole
snS as ss's s Ss wiz the s
order in the lower and somewhat iawless
m Italians. who had overlooked Crosby and
MuSsrry ftrSsts SG,hpEtitb Littl" Italy II
began SncrOncl the
ward: Two alleys on the hill. one single and
tn" other double. have room for hall dozen
years asc. Had the iii ties made It UNPLEASANT
em al might nj have bat
Indifferent liberation, was the kncll of their
Two and hs eee psn Ssrasa 10 II:
over. their ash barrel discoveries in the Yards
only shrugged their ,shoullcrs, No matter
might S the ren Sas ont
tho first Of the month: The Irish families
we're forced to movc. and. It being a matter Of
business cuisines s Ianuords , watched compacently tho
Year BY year the italians crowded in and the
ffSans The sn at ami
3s. with the alleys. are leased BY italian spccu-
lators; The tenement at 81 is Italian by u fair
came when John Healey leased 49, II. and %
to the Italians.
Of tho old families only the Potters. O'Harcs.
Sullivans Larneys. Davlses. Conroys. Cascys.
and Dooleys. who settled on Cherry Hill forty
to ilfty years ago. ara left. huddled together as
survivors Of the Italian flood, 1t seems e DO
swept from the hill! which has witnessed so
Potter. who has lived on the I'M for forty
years. and L. the sole surviving member
Of Liberty Hose. No. 10. which ran from
Dover street. in speaking Of the change.
said: "Its now about five years ago since tho
Italians first settled here. and II you'll take y
walk down to the single and double alleys.
you see what ki nd Of neighbors they are. In
the double Alley there are over 600 Of 'em. and
you'll find three and four families in q room.
Most of ,em are rag pickers. and there'll be q
plague along here one Of these days. The filth
A walk through the alleys disclosed a bad |
state OF affairs. In the yards mon and women |
we're asserting the refuse picked from the gut. |
,ers. The Railways and rooms are covered |
With filth. and the tenants arc a repulsive-
With a bundle Of complaints. and the Italian !
lousekeeper volub!y promised to have the |
walls whitewashed in n few days The police |
nan said the department was constantly re- |
eivinG complaints about the Italians. and the |
colony kept him busy. Ho didn't hustle tho
Italian. however. To that condition has Cherry
Hill. for fifty years m Irish stronghold. been
educed By Italian colonization.