New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-18

habaton be at least two feet above the level OF
That no wallpaper shall be used in any tene-
ment or lodging house subsequently CONSTRUCTED;
and That now h on wa sha Or be removed
within sixty days after the passage OF an act vor
that purpose; the Board Of Health te have power
to make exceptions In certain specified cases
That the owners OF houses in which the halls are
not sufficiently lighted from without shall be com
fight, and that the halls Of ali tenement: houses
night
That the law be amended SO as to make it
the overcoming of tenement houses so that at
least 600 cubic feet OF air shall be afforded each
occupant of room in such tenement-house. in
stead of leaving the same discretionary with the
Board Of Health. as is the case at present.
That fifteen additional sanitary inspectors be
added to the force of the Health Department, and
that five more sanitary police be detailed from the
Police Department to the Health Department. and
that all police officers hereafter detailed from the
Police Department TO the Health Department be
those who shall pass a Civil Service examination
by the Supervisory Board OF Commissioners of the
Thai. within the next three years not less than
two small parks, a part OF each OF which shat be
and begun in the district east of the Bowery and
Catharine,st and south Of Fourth-st and that hat
amount of 100000 for such purposes. -
That school building shall be hereafter erected
and sufficient playground. or Fairgrounds. Of size
proportionate to the number OF scholars In said
sufficient open-air Fairgrounds be attached to the
schools now existing.
That as one OF the principal means OF proven
ton overcrowding OF houses and districts. rapid
transit facilities be pushed forward as vigorously
possible.
That in addition TO the free floating baths, main
tanned In the summer months. the city should open
in the crowded districts fully equipped bathing
establishments. on the best European models. and
with moderate charges.
That numerous drinking fountains and sufficient
lavatores be established in the tenement house
districts.
That the electric light be extended az rapidly as
possible throughout the streets OF the tenement
house districts OF this city.
That thorough inquiry be made az to the
condition OF the older schoohouSes in New-York.
and TO the sufficiency OF school accommodations
In general: and that the number OF kindergartens
be argely Increased In connection with the public
school system.
That Laws be passed making the offences OF
soliciting and the maintenance OF houses OF pros
titution in tenement houses punishable with greater
severity thar when they are committed elsewhere.
That the present Tenement-H House Board con-
sisting OF certain city officials. be abrogated and
that special commissions with full powers OF ex-
animation and recommends ton. be constituted by
the Legislature at intervals OF not more than five
years.
The report is signed by all the members Of the
commission, OF which Richard Watson Glider is
chairman.
Accompanying the report were four bills carry
ing out its recommended atoms. The bills intro
duced by Assemblyman Ainsworth in the As
sembly and by Senator OConnor in the Senate and
referred TO the Committees on Cities,