Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-15

ulation are due the management OF the
street car system and other public util-
tiles in Glasgow for tie discipline
economy and the high degree Of eff
fciency shown by the employees. the con-
dltlonS are so different from those in the
United States that no comparison can be
fair Or accurate.
Rigid Sanitary Inspection.
Everybody might wish that the sani-
tary inspection which prevails in Glas-
gov might be adopted in our own great
cities. Every workshop. every dwelling
every restaurant, saloon. cafe, dairy
butcher shop, confectioner's store. bakery
and all other places where insanitary
conditions might exist are carefully ex-
amined every week and tin tag is fast
ened to the door. indicating that fact.
Six woman inspectors. who wear no uni
forms. arc going in and out Of the tene
ment houses every day, examining the
cooking utensils. beds and household arti-
cles. and trying to induce the women to
keep their rooms neat and clean. to
battle their children frequently. and to
observe other rules of household hygiene
and sanitation. Every article of food.
tables and fish. are under the closest In
spectfon. No microbe dare show its face
In Glasgow. Whenever an apartment or
house is vacated the sanitary depart
ment must be notified. and it is fumi-
gated and thoroughly cleaned before an
other tenant is allowed to move in.
The municipality maintains the closest
possible observation over the inhabit ants,
and any one who inquiries at the sanitary
headquarters can ascertain almost in
Stantly any information he desires con-
corning the health and condition Of the
people.
Houses and Rooms Overcrowded.
There are 16:,443 inhabited houses in
Glasgow and they arc packed full of
people. Fourteen per cent of the fam
lies occupy a single room. which is a
terrible condition of affairs. Men. wom-
en- and children all sleep together on the
floor in the same place where they live
and eat. Forty-seven per cent Of the
families occupy two-roOm apartments and
20 per cent occupy three-room apartments,
while only - per cent occupy more than
three rooms.
These apartments are usually small, but
the building laws require them to have
certain amount of light and ventilation.
which, Of course, is good as far as It
goes. The tenement houses are substan-
TALLY built of stone and brick, usually
six stories In height and sometimes eight.
with no elevators. but narrow halls and
stairs. There Is running water and a
lavatory in every hall, but no bathrooms.
There is no law or regulation prohibiting
the overcrowding of these tenements II
is lawful for any number of people to
in sanitary condition. and SO the swarms
OF human beings OF all ages who occupy
these narrow apartments are not inter
fcred with
The City Improvement Trust.
These conditions are being gradually i'm
proved by what is known as the CITY
Improvement Trust which was organ
lied in 1868 for purpose indicated in a
preamble which reads: Whereas various
portions OF the city of Glasgow are SO
built and the buildings thereon are so
densely inhabited as to be highly inju-
iious 10 the moral and physical welfare of
the inhabitants. and many Of the thor
oushiares arc so narrow, SO circuitous
and inconvenient. Il would be public
and local advantage If various houses and
buildings were taken down and those por
IONS OF the said city reconstructed. and
new streets constructed in and through
various parts OF said city, and several OF
the existing streets altered and widened
and diverted"
Inc trustees appointed under this act
creating the trust have expended more
IMAM $lo.oO,DOO In the slums buying up
onapidated Old tenements. clearing them
than 800 model dwellings which are rent
cd at rate that will pay per cent on
the investment. That is SUFFICIENT to keen
them In repair. pay the interest upon their
cost and provide a sinking fund to re-
deem the bonds that have been issued at
maturity. a.
The trustees have also erected seven
model lodging houses, one for women and
SIX Tor men. TO accommodate homeless
persons and strangers in the city who
are 100 poor to patronize the regular
hotels Each lodger has a separate booth
or alcove with spring mattress, pillow.
sheets and blanket. for which he Is
charged cents night. There Is com
mon dining room at which meals can be
had at corresponding price break.
fast OF porrtdge and cup Of coffee costs
3 cents and with fish ) cents A who]e-
some dinner costs from 8 to s. cents. ac-
cording to the portions ordered \ pro-
vision shop Is attached to each OF the
lodging houses where unlocked food can
be purchased at cost
The average patronage of the seven
lodging houses is 200 persons daily and
many OF them are regular dodgers
A Widowers' Home.
Tie Family Home was provided for
the accommodation Of widowers belonging
to the working class having children with
no one to look after them. The house con-
tans 100 rooms. each capable or accom-