Mower County transcript., 1903-06-03


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father. contain seventeen fanni,,ps,
They are as + 4. .nnnse vnn know front
and rear tenem.nts Thev are 3hoth
horribly nnt Of rpnair and absolutely
6unfit for human hahitatinn. Take tha
reyents ia anv of the ninas ana onlv
one waste nine has = fran THAT is If
no value because Of the condition Of
the catch basins. which are below
ground and have simply become so
clogged with grease that they are cess.
pools that overflow the court and even
run over into the basement. where two
families are living. Back Of No.
10 on the alley is a stable in which
vegetable dealer keeps two horses
and COW. These are directly under.
a room which has been added to the
old brick bakery, that is in terrible
state of decay and threatens to fall
down. If it does, as it is liable to do
at any time, it will certainly result in
the death or injury of the tenants. All
the plumbing is in direct violation of a
distinct city ordinance which makes it
an offense to put in piping without
traps, revents and catch basins to lac-
cumulate material that clogs the sewer
connections. The overcrowding is SIM
ply indescribable. GE@
I'm both these tenements that you
own and control there is less than 200
square feet of floor area for families
of from five to seven, living in three
and two rooms. There are six bed
rooms in No. II that are absolutely:
dark and that in spite of the ordinance
which provides that every room of a
tenement or lodging house must have
window space equal to at least one,
tenth OF its floor area. These rooms
not only do not have one-tenth window
space, but they do not have any at ALL.
They are simply dark rooms, the only
light and air that ever enter them be-
ing what can get in through the door,
which in many cases opens on middle
room, which in turn has no light or
air except what can enter through a
shaft between the front and rear tene-
meOts only six feet wide and into
which the tenants throw their garbage
because the boxes in front are broken
and overfowing. Father, these human
beings are rotting in these inhuman
surroundings, and no language can
convey the awful horror of child life,
the cruel torture of mother life COM
PEELED to give birth to children, to
nurse sick babies, to prepare meals to
endeavor to obtain sleep or rest, in
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less space and with less light and air.
than a human IN being would grant to a
suffering dumb animal. Father, the
properly owners OF tenement buildings
~ tnis c,'y are paying aess attentlon 70
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