The sun., 1901-07-21
EAST SIDES BIG MOVING.
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Under ordinary circumstances the north
side Of Delancsy street between Clinton
street and the East River wouldn't appeal
TO tho average citissn ~ q particularly de-
slrabls place Of residence. 6tll. the fact
remains that the dvsllers there have prob
ably had more entertainment thrown In with
their apartmauts In this last month than any
other set Of rent payers In the town. They
escaped By the width Of the strsst when
property was bsing condemned for the new
Fast River Bridge. and from their front win
dows and nrs escapes they have been able to
watch In insolent security the mighty seurry-
ing OF their lees fortunate friends whoss
homes were practically pulled down about
their ears.
Every one on the condemned property
had ample warning. and some cf the early
bird mortals hurried out at the hrst warning.
found now quarters and moved into them.
but on the East Side. a. on ell sidss. the early
bird isn't In the majority. large perosntass
OF the occupants Of the condemned tsns-
ments preferred sticking 10 their old homes
until something more radical than warning
should stir them up. The radical measure
came with the sale Of the housss TO dealers
IN secondhand timber. Iron. glass. 10. The
buyers we're to have sixty days In which to
pull down the buildings and carry Oh the
debris. and they weren't disposed 10 waste
time
All occupants Of the buildings who had
not already fed were told 10 get out at once
or be put out. Then came Q scuttling that
WAS like nothing else 90 much - the mad
scramble Of creeping things whom big stone
y turned over suddenly and the sun pours
upon the dank bleached grass beneath It.
Out Of tho dark damp cellars, out Of the foul
smelling rooms out Of the squald rear tcne-
ments swarmed the great unwashed. bearing
their Larss and Penates with them-and
such Lsres and Penatesl
There are some good modern apartment
houses among the doomed. but. as O rule.
the thrifty tenants Of those places had been
among the frst to vacate and make other
srran nsements With their olive green and
red brocaded plush furniture and their monu-
mental crayon portraits they were COM
fortably Installed elsew where before their old
neighbors. like rats deserting falling house,
were driven out by the approach Of the men
who were TO demolsh the buildings and cart
the wreckage away.
All sorts Of vehicles we're pressed into
service for the moving. the ubiquitous push
cart b.ins. perhaps, hrst favorite. Men.
women and children hurried along the streets
carrying queer loads. Indignation was
the prevailing note In the crowd The sac
rilce OF the comfort Of the individual to
the welfare OF the public. didn't appeal to
the tenement dwellers. They felt them
selves distinctly abused. and they expressed
their minds In voluble Yiddlsh. Italian and
Irish Many Of the older people had lived
for twenty Of thirty years In one place. and
being torn up by the roots isn't . pleasant
thing. even when me roots have grown
IN mouldy. upfricndly soil.
Thirty weight years Twin In them same
two back rooms means an old Irishwoman
to q Sun reporter. AN me bein' put out a.
n I had niver paid me rent-nie that always
had the money for that sams in the tin can
on the clock shelf. under the matches
She was sitting on the curb on the safe
aide OF Delaney street. and wofully watch
ing the mon VINO were tearing down . three
able rooms from whose mouldy walls the
had "a: vdsnns Sd:nGs rssnsd %dsHsH
the premises, and an unspeakabls odor
noa.ed. out through the yawnins chssn
street smslla seem toiera bic. BY oomrarison
TO connect Affection and regret with the
place seepsd . thing im,Possibls and yet
tn: Ss sy s. ssnsa used pf 70 's' S:Ss sSs
plainsd tsaffaiiy. -shure. we've rot new
rooms with . pprty, pink paper on the walls.
and po,hin II e. ' riSSs place and Il. s%i rent
wsi. i. 'iSi S1id1: e: VII b IN. thing.
s GSd'f. .dS e: !ndle.y. loo. q. til.
The Az o ..ay ~ with .aIn T.. she said ..S:
sssa iy. IN Brooil;p m Has sy, say. sHRH: Rs:
4 Qua vsitin over i shar.. e could
ss.Ilss r. G.:. .s. Elsh my two feet I'd walk to
moTsfs. 'psrtisui.IIy .S. better class. i
20 9s 81 IN the vsrs ss
full to the caves; and where there were vacant
rooms the landlords, seeing that the moving
SroMd Srompy yoqf s1S d Ssr .ssd Sy n one
% which q number Of the condemnsd dis
s,iet refugees moved rent t. Jumped ,s Iron from
S M R.ns are cheaper IN
make the eastern district accessible. 80 many
% not ss lie to e: Old aGs. dTd
scross the river. accompanied by the con-
:.sSsG ss.cs1dnS sympathy OF their friends who
4 fat woman. In = blue point gown In
tended for some one Of less iowing and ample
proportions. brYshed several dirty children
from the doorsill she was grscing and made
room for the reporter beside her.
IT'S lively here now. sin't it'' she said.
senially
To accent her proposition there came
fresh excitement The stream OF small
children that filled the street set steadily in
one direction and swirled In an eddy around
an. imposing carriage that had driven up
.cemed suli intact Kil the women and
h1li-clad children. who were sharing the
IRE escapes with their mattresses and bed
ding. leaned over the railings In great ex-
element
out OF the dark hall OF the house where
Tie carriage waited, came rotund. beaming
young man clad in raiment that would have
mad" SOlomon's OUTFIT look like hall mourn
ing on his arm was young woman VINO
seemed worthy of him. Greetings were
buried nj them from the fre escapes and
and scattered "Goot-pys" reeklessly
Ny such pad luck. aindt ~ q neigh
tor called to the fat woman on the doorstep,
They was married just n little while
tle latter explained. "and he had such a. nice
.iorc on tho corner there. They was Twin
elegant. but the store was pulled down and
ther aafs goin' too. so they're movin' 10
A few tenants are stll lodging In the con-
femned district. having for some good reaso q
teen unable To leave. Some Of the llngerers
have illness in the family. Others have beef
Unable to find new quarters a. a price they
ppSed 10 moving until driven, but nj must
g. soon Already the district looks as though
tornado had swept through II, and the air