New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-22
WEDNESDAY,
MAY q, 1895.
NEW T,ENEMENTHOUSE LAW
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE
EMBODIED AS LAWS.
SYNOPSIS BY RICHARD WATSON GLIDER on
THE BILLS AND OF THE BENEFITS

AT WHICH THEY AIN
AL; those recommendations OF the Tenement'
House Committee OF 1894 which were emooa'eo Ia
bills and presented to the Legislature along VITA
the report OF the Committee on January ~ 1000
have now become laws. tho last OF the plis having
been signed by Governor Morton on May >. one year
from the time the committee was appointed.
A statement has been prepared by Richard wat
son Glider in order that the public may uhoer'
stand what has been accomplished toward carry
ing out the recommendations OF the Comm''ee'
Part OF this statement is;
The act creating the Committee became law
May 1894. with the approval OF Governor a..
who appointed the following: Cyrus Edson roger
Eater oba cbuch S and r. al Washington
Mr. w. Bayard Cutting was originally named put
Governor appointed Mr. Washington in his place
Mr. Edward Marshall was elected secretary sy;,r h
counse!. Messrs Foster and schuchman undertook
hs rs a 5 nTfPo to pass tchaps
1883 provides Milton fNT sne doss TO
Of Mulberry Bend, East River extension ana ~ 81.
cSmms wiib The work at Mulberry Bend The
establishment OF this park which was begun nnd s
the means OF promptly destroying some Of TN. the
n hs G T psce PARK for
greatly overcrowded tenement house s
S s bill TO @
small parks In that part OF tne ey 1t IN sh
To me the district east OF Bowery and
catberne.st and south Of Four,hs,. These parks
narr Of each park must be finished as a public
playground and the law permits scnooi-houses WIN
houses ' to Be erected these parks The PARK
Department has already begun 20, 10 constde e, zoe
,Gon and Board 81 Health comforting with tho
ar Board On the seors long bring the matter
the attention OF the Board OF street opening ana
Improvement. by which the work must be begun.
FAIRGROUNDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Chapter 3ss. dated April Il. was the third bill
% bacon1e a law 1t provides that thereafter no
school shall be constructed in the city OF New-York
without an open-air playground attached to or
used in connection with the same" The Board OF
Education in purchasing grounds f9T new
land for the above purpose, under the PROVISIONS
The fourth bill to become law is Chapter IS,
Of the Laws of 1895. II was signed on the 9Th or
lime iss3 This is the longest bill. and covers q
number OF subjects In connection WIN 'e"e"'eh''
This bill places the work of the sanitary inspection
thu Health Department upon peter 90 pass SIS
The reS o. by law Fifteen are hereby
added to the list OF sanitary inspectors. and hve
The CEILINGS oscaped cellars or easements
be @ 5 5ee Of Ghe oo Inc
The Committee having found that - per cent OK
h ns Of only per Of It's buildings and
having Furthermore discovered that more hres DC,
other door. procured the enactment OF the following
in the same law Chapter $50: After the first Day
boiled In any tenement house Is made safe by fre-
proof ceiling and side walls or unless the tenement
on on the premises except by permit Of and under
such conditions as may be prescribed by. the Fire
After the same date no part OF any tenement
f by Se T es
! tions may be prescribed by the Fire Depart.
Alter the same date all transoms, windows door,
other openings leading into halls or Into roomsj
boiled in the easements cellars the first floors
OF all tenement-houses. must be sodly closed VITA
the same material as the walls or partitions IN
which the openings exist. ,..
After the same date all transoms opening mo
halls from any portion OF any tenement-house where
paint oil. spiruous liquors or drugs are stored.
rest OF the wall and all doors leading into any
such hall or room from such portion or a 'ehe-
Hereafter no Wallpaper can be placed upon wal!
Old paper. All wallpaper must be first removed
and the wall or ceiling thoroughly cleaned.
ABOUT rNsANITARY BUILDINGS
novel and important clause OF the new law 10
that relating to the condemnation OF unsanitary
buildings. II Is based upon English legislation and
experience The clause reads as follows: when
In the opinion OF the Board OF Health OF tho
Health Department OF The CITY OF New 2rh, any
Sng or part Thereof When tI nas e ben mad By
said Board Is by reason 81 age. defects In ram.
age plumbing Infection with contagious disease; or
nuisance on the premises which is likely 10 cause
Sant Of othcr pr s,s IN the city of %ewYork or
because II stops ventilation In other buildings or
otherwise makes or coniuces 10 make other build
ings adJacen: to the same unfit for human habita-
ton. dangerous injurious to health; or because
It preverIs proper measures from being carried into
effect for remeiy.ng ans nuisance Injurious 10
health or other sanitary evils IN respect on suen
tile evils in or caused by said budine cannot be
Iemeded by repairs Or IN any other way except ~
lie same. said Board OF Health may condemn the
owners of said building demand survey of SAID
building in the manner provided for in case Of
u he Supreme coar in the county NewYork for
the OF sai oadinS Sdd proresa
ner prescribed by the code OF civil procedure except
as modified by this h act Upon ta ss n susnS or
any person interested therein. may in his answer
building or part thereof the may be. In
such case the Court shall not appoin; commission.
ers unless proof Is made OF the necessity OF SAID
DIES truction."
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRES.
With regard TO buildings. the Old proportion Of
s5 per cent OF the OF lot which may be occu-
pied by a tenement or lodging house Is kept but
whereas heretofore there has been An option on the
part the Building pepartmsnt to increase ease the s are,
at rs per cent the present law provides that no one
enlarged or altered. or ITS lot be diminished. so
that It shall occupy more than g. per cen, o. me
OF such tenement lodging house are in the opin-
lon of the superintendent OF Buildings. materially
improved he may permit the building 20 occupy an
area not exceeding Is per cent OF the lot and IN the
same proportion II the lot be greater or less in size
than a5x6o feet but this provision does not apply to
corner lots. In which, however. no such building
hereafter constructed above the first story, shan
occupy more than 80 per cent OF the area OF lot,
but the building must not come within ive feet OF
the rear OF the lot above the first story-a gain OF
one foot of open space.
The following provisions relate to the lighting OF
Railways:
..rhe owner or lessee OF every tenement or iodg.
inc house in the city OF NewYork shall keep 2
iight burning the hallway upon each Moor OF said
house from sunset until 10 p. m throughout the
year In every tenement-house in the said city IN
which there is hallway or Railways win NO WIZ
dows opening from such hallway outside OF salo
house light shall be maintained by SAID h ownes
& n m and 10 p. m. OF each day. unless said nall
wav sha be otherwise sufficiently lighted The Fire
Da11,r NJ the city OF New-lork ~ nereDy