The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-26
ALL In ONE DISTRICT.
Inmates Of DisreputabIe Up
Town Houses Must Leave.
a NEW ORDER BY CHIEF REED.
Tho Women or the Half World Aro IN
BE Gathered Together Below the
Ola ssDead Iase.,,

one or the most important steps taken
" the city administration siEes MAJOR
"ooa tcok Office w4s taken .ass evening
py Chief Ut Police Reed. waea nc sem CUT
verbal notiees 10 dlsosss:fy Nonzea that
i've north OF fesIer way thai X they we're
Fun In their Old nagnts on October they
you'd hay. to abide ny fns consequence.
AMY speaking. those consequences viii
soHsisf OF ride Ia the patrol wssoa, and
tasn q trial Ia he municipal court
lbs move II specially significant as IL
y a return 20 the system Of eon.sasng dis
soiuts women within D prescribed district
nay wssl not br allowed 10 i've on Y.sser
Hay Or or First avenue souta, or east %
oarth avenue soass1. While tie women
nave not been told that they must i've
within definitely outlined Boundaries they
know full well that the west lirnIt line
VIII DC oecIaental avenue. the north IErsar
ishs running east and west about midway
between yeassr way aud Washington
erect, and the east limit a llfse running
iOrth and south along the west side OF
Fourth avenue south
Mayor Wood and Ca.ef OF Police Reed
have given this subject careful consliers-
ton. and have looked al It from all points
OF view. Their conclusion has been tsat
as hong as they have a recognized coEsai-
ton OF affairs 10 deal with the best plan
l. that Of centraiizlng that condition
where tbs police can take care Of it, IN
is matter OF history that the hreak.ng
III or \ bitecnapei simply resulted in a
vide distribution of the inhabiflaE ele-
nent. on an extension cd the previous I'm
u from what WAS called the 'seadl.nA''
Yexler way, north 70 Pike street 4 SIM
tlar shake-up IN New York city simply re-
suited IN the filling Of hitherto respeeta-
bic flats with women OF bad reputation.
Paradise alley" enc OF sne most raoto-
rious places IN the ci ~. has aourlxhed tln-
der the "eTerywhere system as would
no. have been possible under the ''ilmst''
pan.
After chief OF Pole. Reed took Office h.
commenced 10 give the loGging house evil
question consideration. and once having
come 10 a conclusion that IL was time for
. general cleaning out. he proceeded To go
about Il ia uuist ana metsodical man
ner. He sent OFT flis officers ard detec-
tives with Instructions To inquire careful
Iy into the character Of the lodging houses
on Pike street and the principal avenues
connecting II with Yesier way. Then he
made a careful canvas OF the inmates of
each house and secured list OF the wo-
men who are supposed 10 be OF ghady
character
He Is simply waiting 10 see II a word 10
IRE wisn Is sufficient. or whether II viii
b. come necessary TO raid the more prom
tnent places In order 10 convince the wo-
men that he means business. The chief
thinks thar he has given abundant tine
ior all the women ~ charge their places
OF abode without diseomnoding or work
Ing hardshps upon them. Several COM
paints have neen made 10 the chief about
certain lodging houses. so he believes
Cat the majority OF the people will be
CAD 10 see a thorough wedding OFT OF a
concentrating element that has spread tts
eiriy wings over the heart Of the city.