New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-24
BETTER TENEMENT-HOUSES.
r.,,s s1rpJECr TO BE THE THEME OF
CONFERENCE IN THIS CITY.
,vr,,-xNoy,N SPEAKERS TO SHOW THE --LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS HERE AND ABRoAD-ih

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DEVELOPMENTS HERE AND ABfoAp-i'
Cal. INSTITUTIONS TO BE VISITED
An improved Housing Conference lasting rsD
DAVIS is to be held in the Cnted Cna.' h.re
,nr mex, week Its deliberations Will begin "".
80 r.,.r,on, House Committee of 1894. under 'he
oha,rmanship of Richard Watson Glider anu Wv
,gh,h special report to the Commissioner Of haDv-
rrcnared by Professor +. X. L. Could 'e'' ' ~
ject - ,, =, Tuesday
The conference, which Will beglh Oh 49,.
evening March g. has been called by 'he Dop
-. :, ,,uau,,ps of the New-York Association ioi
I-nnrovinr the Condition Of the Poor H. u''
Cutting Is the president OF he assool"''O'
Dr. w. H. Taman its general agent.
Andrews president OF the United states 90
Bank Is the chairman Of the Department " n,r
,s and his associates are Walter l.. 'us"'
1891 Tovnsend William Warner Hopp'i anu
1,ra,c,s Y Greene This committee mas asSo0,"
Ter :. a larger committee. which has prep'''u INV
programme. ro.e,,ne at
Th. conference will be more than niee's
which theories regarding the housing OF "V' Ns
,,eon,e will be considered ii is eApeO'e' '.,.
49, nth be formulated which Will commend i'seii
-, tho hest Judgment OF experts In teneme'i'-"ou'e
cons,ruction--!n all probability. the lorma'o" "a
building company A an evidence u 'e
ra,ure OF the conference. a member oi INC "
citation has offered 10 pay the saiai' u -
,arv for a year. for the express purpose oi io''i
,a,rg and administering definite lines OF action
COLLEGES TO BE REPRESENTED.
,.,,,a,,0rs n the conference have been sent 70
al ~ tho universities leading colleges ana 'neo
,osical semlnaries in the country. and II Is eA
nected that there will be several professors VI
sociologv economies and history ana ii' 30 nun
nor of students from other cities N al'ehud"oe' "
addition TO the three meetings. arrangements nave
been made for visits to leading INSTITUTIONS oos.
nhranthropic and municipal that the work OF INC
Pathological labor atory. Dr. Toman calls 'h'S
civ may be studied at original sources
on Tuesday evening President Cutting Will oc-
cupy the chair and will explain Tie scope anu
objects of the Conference" Professor T. H. u.
(ould Will follow and answer the question: WIN
1mnroved Housing Pay?' The answer which ne
will give may be anticipated from these minus
printed on the programme under professor "o"'u
ionic: "d Experience shows that improved nous
ing almost universally brings a normal coh'hel'iAi
ye,urn when conducted with this end in view ~
Necessary conditions TO be observed In conducting
,pnroved house enterprises. CD How TO house the
artisan or well-to-do working-man e) HOW 10
house the poorer laborer. Co How TO mouse 'he
sbif,less poor the dissolute and the homeless
Professor Gould has said elsewhere on the gem
eral subject of giving better homes TO the poorer
classes: The solution Of the housing problem con-
sists in discovering the means OF housing 'he
great mass of city jewellers with fnanciai pI prom,
and yet in such manner maj nea',n. mo s,66
sound family life and social staDhy may DE- ;, ~ 10
served" The last speaker of the evening VIII De
Cornelius Booty chairman 0i as Seen
who vii discuss industrial Congregation
ternoon meeting which begins at o'clock John
Lloyd Thomas Of the Industrial CHRISTIAN AiIianCe
who spent several months last year In european
cities studying the questions OF food and lodging
for the laboring classes VIII speak On sscrbs
THE Birkbeck Company and Small Promoter; .n,
ship and Robert Treet Paine of B0soH VIII tell
Mayor Strong will preside at the evening NEE .n
ing. when Professor Felix Adler VII present The
Secretary Of the Glider Tenement House Commit
tee The h,, Next ct si TB ey@ Rrews The
Facts and Tendencies of Transit Facilities in Their
Relation to the Housing Problem
INSTITUTIONAL WORK TO BE STUDIED.
The Committee on Visitation. who will show the
delegates both visitors and residents OF the city,
some Of the typical institutions. consists Of the
Rev John g. Devins. chairman. No. 3S9 Eas;
Fourth-st.: the Rev. DIR. W II. p. Faunce and
James b. Reynolds. Those intending TO join the
parties that VIII spend the forenoons OF Wednes-
day and Thursday IN this way should inform the
chairman of the.r wish 90 20. the s.ze Of the
party will determine the number of carriages to be
Among the places to be visited are the Offices OF
the Police Commissioners the Commiss Toner OF
Marke, Place tie Hebrew ns;tute. in East Broad
way; the College and University settlements. tho
tan Alliance. the Cooper Union. tn. Grace Chapel
buildings on the East S!de. recently consecrated
Club OF Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church. the
headquarters of the City Vigilance League and tho
Evangelical .Nlance in the United Charities Build
ing. the Lodging House for Homeless Men
OF the Department OF Charities, and the city IN
etitutions on the islands, whore they will be taken
by a boat. through the courtesy OF Commissioner
Wright OF the Department OF Correction DR.
Parkhurst, Nir. Roosevelt. Colonel Waring Or.
Greer and William g. Hamilton will be among
those who Will welcome the visitors at their re-
spective offices.
Dr. Albert Shaw is the chairman OF the General
Committee. and associated with Tim are the fol-
lowing persons interested in philanthropic work in
this city: Felix Adler. Constant A. Andrews. s. D.
Isabcock L. de c Berg H. H. Cammann, r. Full
ton Cutting w. Bayard Cutting. John r. Devins
William f. Dodge, A. P Doyle Charles S Fair
child. ". H. p. Faunce. r. W. Glider d. II. Greer
William Warner Hoppin. W. r. Huntington. Morris
X: Jesup. J. Nicholson Kane. John La Fargo.
Woodbury. Langdon, Edward Marshall. ?. r Nc
Sweeny, Mrs. j. Pierpont Morgan. Henry Lewis
Morris. Moreau Morris. Max Nathan. O. Often
dorfer, Henry G. Potter. J. Il. Reynolds, Isaac y.
Selgman. Frederick A Snow. William Rhinelanler
Stewart Arson Phelps Stokes. Miss. G.. Phelps
Stokes. William l.. Strong, Walter l.. Sudan, w
II. Tolman. Howard Townsend W. II. II. yelling
and Buchanan Winthrop