New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06
PLAN OF MODEL TENEMENT.


and tenants who had been ,hrcefourths Of 90" year
In the houses Tenants Interest ~ that f"-"rN"
fund was - be- A. their option. credited i' mem a'
ron, or under certain condifions-c0nvcr'ih" into
stock Of tho company The nrsi three or -FOUR f"'tS
did not dsappont the PROTECTOR - ~" enterprise
The 4 per cont interest on their Investment WIZ
earned and a ufiIo more And during that Tim"
exuorlcnce seemed - justify their expectations ~
securing a better class Of permanent tenants win
Ices loss hv evctions and non-paymen Of rents ihan
,aus ., tho 10, u the ordinary tenement mouse
owner Bu, the last two years. when nave oe'h
lean and bad for wagc-carners. have STRUCK me
company rather hard.
The tenemcnts in these houses never were cheap
II ,ras not intended that they should be. That -
they were not cheap In comparison with hk" sI"'"
IN other houses OF fairly good character Inc
,ores, rent for two-room tenement was " per
nonth and the highest 81 Iut 'or that III"
tenant had rooms that opened on tho outer All
not one dark. the air I'm them was good u'i'SS
no I'm the socluslon OF his own apartments. choS"
10 make IT other wise the stairs ana halls we're
clean. danger from fire almost entirely elm
mated: laundry. bath. kindergarten ana other con
veniences and advantages w"r" nj hs coinmh"'
In short they were desirable homes for families
earning fair wages for their labor and able to count
upon a regular II small income But when labor
grew scant or failed altogether and the little mat
tho unfortunate laborcrs stn. by any means,
enabled obtain was needed Tor 'ooh '"'"
cheaper homes were necesstated. without regard
TO their comfort hcalthfulness. so long az they
afforded shelter
The company. recognizing the hard necessities
n, the situation and sympathizing with the I'M
fortunate tenants, dealt with them as l"niontV
as possible. in some cases allowing th"m 10 s''
as much as five months In arrears. and theh 10
move out in peace with their scaniy BELONGINGS
II vas n kindly mode OF procedure. but not one
calculated to make up that per cent dividend
TO say nothing OF the reserve fnnd" particularly
when about - per cent OF the tenem"nts were III"
occunied And those have been the conditions
under which tho company has been Struggling
for two wears Las, week there were twenty
eight icnemcnts vacant In the company houses
and this wa not an unusually large number w
course 40 many would be empty II some an
Proclamation to strictncss in selection hah TO,
obtained. Not infrequcntly tenants wh" Woui'
doubtless have been paying ones hay" b'rh r.
iected because they contemplated carrying on the
tailoring business IN their apartments. running
LOT OF sewing machines might and day. "hi'h
would have annoyed other tenants and violated one
Of the rigid regulations OF the company. Ana other
rejected tenants. not a few, have been such az
having moved out leaving four or hvc months
rent unpaid have returned within fortnight
wishing to rent apartments again Whether they
fancied that moving squared their debts and gave
them a RICH: TO "A fresh start or thought their es-
tablished insolvency had been forgotten already.
has puzzled Mrs. Morrell. the agent OF the com
pany. not a little
The MIN and sixth stories are those in which the
nercentase Of unoccupied tenements is largest.
They would De filed II the rents we're reduced
u,tIe hut the tenants argue that at such a height
&c for two rooms si2 for three is 100 much rent
The three-r room tenements. II should he explained
are the end ones. larger and better lighted. while
those OF but two are in the middle. and receive
,beir light and air from large area spaces; ade-
ouate for health, perhaps. but not exactly what
aven a playful fancy would characterize as cheer
full , -. .,, -,
have occupied their apartments since the houses
were opened seven years ago put among 'ne o,ne,s
.aaas bav. been very numerous. particularly
a,,rg the last two years. during which tenancies
-, from one TO three months have been very IRE
ouent. At present nearly all the tenants are
HEBREWS and a considerable number are Russian
. nd Polish who do not understand any Enghsh'
Misunderstanding perhaps the recording a"ss ,