New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-20
MES FOR THE POOR.
,,rvcE SHOWING THE FILTHINEss OF
SOME OF THEM.

-.-,yoNY ABOUT CERTAIN HOUSES GIVEN BE
.ocr THE TENEMENT HOUSE COMMISSION.
rorement House Commission. which was ap-
"..d nv Governor Flower to inquire into the
POM, ~ the tenement houses of this city and
eo"" 'raest measures for their Improvement, held
" 80, Yesterday in the old General Sessions
,,,.c pefore Richard Watson Glider chair
pun" =, .he commission. opened the hearing, he
"" a. the following statement:
"o "S,,oIs in the various departments Of the city
Oaarnn,ent have rendered valuable assistance to
Eosei"mmnn,ssion. and the presence of MayOr-elect
the ar the second hearing is guarantee OF the
s s,srsst in the work ON the part of the new ad-
nihHr more families live Independently Is under
tSe,sw tenement. subject TO such laws and regu-
me a IN the subject Of tenements now exist or
htoHhSe enacted Much the larger part of the pOpu-
may NAV therefore be directly affected 10y the
iauo"sings now in progress. and all must be indi-
provs' sNectel a. the committees official powers
req svss,ga'ion an1 recommendation are 50 gen
OF nv" us 10 cover the question Of condemnation of
s'a .ss unfit for human occupancy, puphc baths.
hIu ssr small parks. increased school accom-
ho,by morals. etc. Of the masses of our people.
n.,rv a Leverich. who has been employed as
.-'.oc,or hy the committee for six months. the
49,, witness Among the six eight hundred tene-
~.,, houses he had visited were those at Nos $i5
=, Ell East Eeventh-st. which, he understood,
ssre owned by Edward Rafior. The witness said
3. house was generally dirty. while the cellar
fl.hN Inc Sink IN me CeI!oE was uS''i ny q
A., dealer % clean his fish. SO stopping up the
80, n the Iotriment OF the tenement. The inmates
rsrs mostly Italians.
", Rafiler Of No PIG East Nineteenth-st.. the
amer Of tie premises said he owned several other
,c,sss lie got probably 500 a month In rent from
,to F.ve3th-st. house. He denied that the house
w.s allied with odors. but admitted the truth Of the
,,snsc,ors assertion that the inmates kept the
house IN poor condition.
rF Murray. another inspector. testified % having
r,,.e3 No go Thompson-st lie reported the bui.c-
To-, &C thirty wears old and in filthy condition gen.
.rauv No. 2oS Thompson-st. was reported TO have
srhy and unsaniiary halls. The cellar was half
aid With ashes and the diriost the inspector saw
rSs sinks were generally leaky. Italians lived
bo;h houses and neither house was II lo n.iilHll
Sshi,a,lon \ real estate agent named McN vt.'i
"a he raurasentei The Edward Anthony estite'
Wv The executor OF the estate was Richard m
ihony photographer No. 0N Broadway ""' '''e
houses were sublet- =, Ill. 90 Al,
Insrs TOR Murray said he found the walls OF 4Vi
Fast Sixteenth-st. cracked. while the cetIar VA
exceedingly filthy 1t was freQuented by o"Jec''o"-
able persons OF both sexes. 81, =, ,.,s
7 Listener. agent for the property, sald II MaS
oHnel hy Joseph Marks OF Charleston >. =, WIZ
naid 81 for the house. He knew notnihs Oh 'i.c
rIndltion Of the house. he had been South lou'
j Brown part owner OF No la5 Firsi-S st; san, SAID
he bought the lease OF that house Iur SlvrV nom
the Astors He paid ground rent OF $40. lie got d
VEN, of $50 a month He said that there were no
FIRE escapes the buildings ana mat ne Hdu "''''
hsen asked to put any up. . ,, .,s,,o1
Inspec,or Darcy then testified 10 naNlng NiSItcu
the cellar Of No 40 East SXteenth-st IN me AFTER
sooa He found it damp. The commission ad1ou'he'