New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18

TESTIMONY OF EXPERT OBSERVERS NEED
or ADDITIONAL SMALL PARASITIC
CHERRY-sT MODEL HOUSES.
The Tenement-House Commission met yesterday
in the old criminal court building. Richard Watson
Glider, the chairman. announced that it would re-
celve reports on the tenement-house system in for
egn countries Professor f. r. Gould, Of Johns
Hopkins University, and Dir. Albert Shaw. Editor
Of THE Review of Reviews" who have studied the
tenement house question carefully in Europe. were
invited to give their views the subject Professor
Gould said that New-York had the best sanitary
laws in the world He said that New-York COM
pared favoraby with some European cities and un-
favorably with others regards the overcoming
in tenement houses. "New-York" said he com
pares favoraby with Glasgow, in which in 1886 40
per cent of the population were living In tene-
ments of ROOM" He gave statistics or the
money appropriated by the municipal government
in Glasgow. Edinburgh and Liverpool for the build
ing of houses for the worklngmen He declared
that there was always loss on the money ex-
pended He found that the poorer class of working
people did not benefit by the building OF the houses
The rents were high and consequently the poor
people could live in the houses.
The system, however had It's advantages also
The sanitary conditions of the cities were improved
and public opinion was awakened to the necessity
Of observing the propriees Of life in tenement
house quarters.
In London the houses built for the working
classes generally two stories high, and in Glas-
gov three stories high -..e tenement-house on a
twenty -five-foot lot never seen in English
cities
The English scheme Of building houses for the work.
ingmen was not desirable in New-York, he thought
He recommended that the Health Board receive
power to destroy unsanitary buildings.
Professor Gould said that. as far as his invest-
CATION went the system adopted in Belgium for
houSfng WOrkingnlen good Inc GON-
eminent there authorizes a loan from savings banks
a society formed Of selected by the local au-
thorites ;he building % houses for the work
ingmen. When houses were built on this plan the
scheme worked in an excellent manner. ASKED II
he would recommend the adoption OF the beiSlah
plan here he replied.
"Not at present. But when We have rapid transit
facilities and some other improvements to our mu-
nicpal conditions | think the Belgian scheme would
be the best that could be introduced"
DR. Albert Shaw described the working Of the
housing Of the poor scheme in London. 1T has
the effect" said he "of drawing tine people from the
congested districts Of the city ana spreading "e'
Ue then described now the London city Council
built small parks wherever 1t could throughout the
city He sad: This increase III the NUMBER Vi
small breat hlng-paces in London has been OF m
mer'.e advantage to the sanitary condition of the
city / would recommend that the number OF smaii
baths and laundries should also be increased ,.
Dr. shaw then spoke about the improvements tnat
precautions against fire there Were 50 excellent
that II costs less than half as much 10 run me
fire department in London as was spent oH ''7
New-York fire Department. ,, c,o,
Professor A. G. BernheIm. OF Columbia Soilege
CAV. his views as 10 the building or model teie-
ment- houses He is secretary and treasurer OF Lne
,'herrv-si model tenement-hOuses. lie sail tna'
the charges for water in tenement-houseS "e'e en-
cessively high. lie declared -. 49, .ho
.Th4 water should not be charged ior pX uLS
mann. cor su.d IN teneme houses there shouli
he a special rate fixed. and the occupants shou'u "o
M. discouraged from putting in baths . c,
Tpr,,f. fisTnlsm
- model tenement houses were built, IL was IN
tended they should pay per cent put as M
49, ~, fact per cent all that was recel'eh
An adjournment was taken until tomorrow al
30 p.