New-York tribune., 1895-09-06
NEW-YORK REAL
ur SAYS THE DEMAND FOR TENEMENT HOUSES
EXCEEDS THE stPPLy-MOsT LABoRING MEN
GOOD TENANTS SANITARY REGuLA-

| HE SAYS THE DEMAND FOR TENEMENT-HousEs
| EXCEEDS THE st'pPLy-MosT LABoRING MEN
| GOOD TENANTS SANITARY REGULA-
TIoSs GENERALLY REGARDED.
| William Henry Carpenter. real estate agent,
broker and appraiser. No 81 Lberty-st. has been
Identified for more than thirty years with the rent
ing OF property on the East Side lie Is thoroughly
familiar with all the details OF business there and s
| a man of excellent business judgment He said
yesterday:
The date for rental season begins May !.
There is no section in the city where the rentals
date from any other time. except In the drygoods
district and suppose I might add that there Is a
| tendency among the upper classes to lease houses
from October l. which marks the date OF their re-
| turn 10 the city.
Dealing more particularly with the occupants OF
| tenement houses owned by individuals or repre-
scnted by the executors OF estates can say most
positively that the collections are prompt and tina,
the demand for this class OF homes exceeds the
sunnIv Tho collections this year are better than
last year owing to the improved conditions OF
business
mo we rever dispossess tenant so long as we
are satisfied that he Is honest and tha, his pur-
pose is meet his obligations. Wherever there Is
good ground for liberal treatment privileges are ex-
tended. but whenever there is a suspicion Of un-
worthiness or immortality the law IL resortod to.
The quality of houses | represent embraces every
thing that can be rented. from SO per month up
ward We rarely ever have any d ,ffculty In col
Iectng the rent For several years used to go
around among the people each month. and rarely
found any one who not ready TO pay and In
many instances the tenants seemed by their actions
grateful not alone of their ability to pay but for
the accommoda tions afforded them
people are mistaken II they believe that proper
sanitary regulations are not applied In the main
tenance OF these tenement-houses. III Is our busi-
ness as agents or owners, to make the properties
as thoroughly heathful as possible. We employ
IN each tenement house a regular housekeeper,
whose duty II Is TO supervise every sanitary feat
ure and let me tell you that they are held to
strict accountability.
mo / do not believe that large proportion OF
the present tenementho house district. so-caled Will
Weld to the immediate demand OF the march OF
trade and for this reason the laboring man must
have his home somewhere upon this island. He
cannot be moro comfortably housed than IN the
apartments ,here provided The tenement-house.
instead of being the greatest OF curses, - really
one Of the greatest Of blessings wien properly con-
home in New-York than under the roof OF one or
these houses. though he may occupy only TWO. or
four or six rooms? There must, In the nature OF
things continue 10 be locality In lower New
York devoted 10 the homes OF the iaoorihg man
and do not think It is likely that the East Side.
certainly not below CatharInc-st. VIII see much
change for many years TO come The fact OF the
matter is much OF this property is owned ny per-
sons who have inherited Il from their ancestors,
and 1t is necessary for almost generation 10 pass
cause of the method OF entament which controls
the disposition OF H..