New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REFORM.
MANY CITY PASTORS PREACH ON THE
SUBJECT.

THE REV. J. II. MILvMNE POINTS oCi i"H
MISERY AND CRIME ENGINEERED BY THE
SYSTEM AND SUGGESTS THE REMEDY.
,..,.o ,,,,x,or ., c,erpvmen in the city preached
yesterday On tenement-house reform Al,ions ",a,
the Rev. J. II. McIlvane OF the riesp 1 - ION
church of the Covenant. said in part as iolows'
believe that am within within the bT t hre' Condition in
Witch large proportion of our tenement house
population lives overbaance the r,sa JCIa agencies
eomSneG This city Contains the most densey pGp
uaed district in he world Jnn population is
s5s oOc 70 the square mile In the Tenth WARD II Is
dNSsn T ann %9st q25ssy Fh
part Of population the life 9t pedsS IN that
IN the yerv heart of our city We are fostering
hotbed of epidemics, nursery OF paul
crime. which cannot fail to spread moran co"''e'o"
these people as Ssss wh re a n0t snd to
Contend with the forces opposed to them III tne
the wace-earners whose wages are too scant 10 ar
ford better Accommodations They are pe COAL maj
yoy bny for s. ton they s and So for They
pay rent per square FOOT ,or s ae on Murray
I'm and in Ffth-ave careful INVESTIGATION shows
that these tenements yield their Owners d"
Now il this kind Of property will pay IL per He cent
under such evil conditions Sa why o % favorable q
dtons? That and win 90 so s is shown no. wb oy
In London upward Of S0OO@y Is now m INV sent
and producing results among the lowest class when
in than he b% Of the
cleared and model tenements eonstf h me-
SnIldnss which they replaced. and to, the same
class of people. They have paid for twelve years
'e in NewYork it has been attempted on small
scale by the Improved Buildings Association, ana
ny p9rson of tSe present agitation company will
IN Ike a
Because these people suffer IN silence or n re Waste
Of human life and character go on increasing anna
wealth and luxury beyond all estimate? ,,a.,
at Rs hc Church ch ena Of the Divine Ffthave
and Forty ffth-s from the text "inasmuch as yt
have done it to the leaa. of these, we nave zone
One hundred and fifty clergymenh he sad s sn
day to a consideration of the tenemen,-nouse p PROP
H Hen, be found? In the luxurious homes of Murray
Hill by the affairs of fashionable churches? DOUBT r
and sinful men and women. But more often l
think. in the crowded thoroughfares Of 9vely Ne ,H
wretched Of the Door To ,hs question I
What + of business and pha
hropy He smoke Of he good work done BY n TeS
A hs heareTs to pro by the Of liverpool
London and Glasgow and build good tenemends nus, on
Peabodys plan of 'philanthrophy and per cent
TAMMANY MUST BE BEATEN FIRST.
The Rev. Thomas Dixon, jr yesterday, in AS
houses of New-York City and the people who al
lowed them to stand. He would be drunkard
himself most likely. he said, if he lived in tene-
The tenement said Mr. Dixon ,,Y It's the Is 9 9ns
c cy in IN the 'n World Eighty per cent the entire
population of this city live in second ana third class
fenements Unless these hotbeds of SIM. vice ana
misery are torn down and wiped out, 90 not be-
eve possible for this city to exist fty , yeaps
that holds your city together. and the Lord only
how Ons this r will sh fe to LIVE life
in tenement such exists in this city He lives
i,hf the aa tenement s%' he goes the saloon
believe possible snsd to hS w b ees Sone Bu i
won't be done long as you merely lie sun ana
ticket d. If had t nancy b wGT np
these tenements and stand off and watch them
The Rev John A. B. Wilson Of the Eightsse1 nth
my qqSsstlSSe aft
that the state Of things existing in the Tenement be
Speaking Of reforms. he explained how in Liyerpoo
the Victoria Square had been S 0H od
ern improvements The experiment proved great
SsS Formerly pS1y a Rsdi Sfn' the ss gSi
yerpDo s Ta I GOSPEL yeny csnTe6 in the
city city, ought to be open the poor; 4 the people
Wont to US S I'VE go to Of
by law Roll up sentiment on TINS question apa1 i'k Re
sneh proportons that it freed the shackes from
100000 slaves"
HOW TO REDUCE THE VICE AND CRIME.
How the Poor Of New-York Live was the sub
feet at the Bedford Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, OF the Rev. Clark Wrghts sermon yes
,erday. He remembered the time. he said. when
A. T. Stewart had a luxurious home in Morton-st.
not more than a block two away from this
church. Bleecker-st. lined with fashionable
homes of wealthy NEWCOMERS. 4 later period
found the rich living in homes with brownstonc
fronts uptown, while the downtown parts he had
spoken of were inhabited by well-to-do people. The
third and period finds great portion In the
neighborhood of the Bedford Street Church occu-
pied by poor ltalians and other nationalities Oar
wins doctrine of the survival of the httest Is re-
versed that IL is the sur val OF the poorest
Or. Wright pointed out the appalling conditions
In which these people grow up In degradation and
vice statistics show" said he that 80 per cent
of the children sent TO Catholic protectories lead
lives OF crime when discharged These institutions.
which receive s. So per week for the keeping OF
each child committed there get thousands of dol
lars each year from the State.
what can be done to improve the conditions OF
the poor? Cease crowding the people into these
tenement houses. Encourage the people TO move
uptown, where there Is more room. Make the
sanitary arrangements perfect as possible
Have the city authorities make thorough inspec-
ton OF tenements at regular intervals. Build the
houses low keep the rents low, keep the mortality
rate low. Let the landlords be satisfied with per
cent rents instead Of 50 per cent. Hold the land
lords responsible for the condition of their prop
erty and let the city authorities publish black
lists of those who fail to keep them in suitable
condition"