New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
CHINATOWN GOING FAST
o,1y LITTLE OVER 1000
DENIZENS LEFT
e.,5ou Census Shoes That Mike
GaI,in Has Scrubbed A'o0y
Tuo-thirds of Resort,


.,.,,-a. calvin. of the Elizabeth street
CaP'a-.- vho has Chinatown under MS
ponce ,o, q census OF the Chinese quar-
julisu'--- lt-t,, - fnd out what effect his work
II -. nm the district was having ana no"
','',. ,a.~.- chinatown would continue 10 oe
Hi1'- H,d Saturday 10 Monday resort LOT I''e
ne - - ,,e ,netropolitan district He iouho
LIN ,1,on one-half Of the former denlzens
'.os .,,s-,er had sought new homes. leaving
.,o-e .ran one thousand Chinamen AVlns
H."N -. -,antbs ago nearly three thousand
.re crowded together
=. +bose remaining nearly every one Is IN ar
Gov his rent some one month ana some
= ,,on,i7s Since July ! landlords in emma
-, have beer coming 10 Captain GAVIN Coih-
-,s;,;ng that rents were unpaid and asking MN
h.,n them make collections. Many OF the
-,,r.sb,e Chinese also. have appealed Tor heIp
N nav their rent.
n, the .uost. pleasing showing 10 the captain
a, ~ the great falling off in the number OF out
..torn Chinese who visited Chinatown yester-
s.v TT 10 the time that Captain Calvin was
MI, in command Of the precinct Chinatown aver
.ssd between five thousand and six thousand
or,-ostou-n Chinese visitors every Sunday
The nnlioe census showed yesterday less than
,,e thousand such visitors. This showing. the
,oice say. indicates that. with the strict en-
.,-cement Of the law, Chinatown will have
rsssed into history in another six months or
rear II will no longer he { resort for emma
men and show place Tor country cousins. In
s,ssd of Chinese the stores will be kept and the
tenement houses occupied by Italians. while
many Of tho tenement houses will he torn down
and factory and loft buildings will take their
places.
TOLD TO CLEAN THE QUARTER
Three months ago CAPTAIN Calvin vas sent to
fhe Elizabeth street station. and Inspector DAILY
yss put in charge Of the inspection district
General Bingham sent for Inspector DAILY and
told him that he wanted gambling and disor-
serly women cleaned out of Chinatown. Re
port 70 me in two or three MONTHS he said,
"snd tell me how YOU are getting on
Inspector Da1y consulted Clptain Calvin and
then said that he did not see why gambling
could not be stopped among the Chinese as well
ss among the whites. AS the first move in the
game Tom Lees place at No. II Mott street.
vas closed and a guard stationed at the door.
Old Tom had been in the habit OF telling the
cher Cinnamon that he had ''pulT' with the
roiiae. and the little fellows paid tribute TO
Tom 10 square them. When they Tom
closed I'D many OF them voluntarily went out
cf businoss.
The next move was 20 close the principal Hip
sns gambiin-, place. at No 22 PeiI street Then
Captain Calvin and Inspector DAILY started in
70 raid the men who thought they were strong
enough 10 hold out. Altogether. they have
closed hfty-siX gambling houses in Chinatown
II the last two months. A raid was made on
the ffty-sxth place last night and wagon load
Of Cinnamon taken TO the Elizabeth street sta
ton The places were about equally divided
among Mott street, Pel street and Doyers
street the three streets Of Chinatown. About
tSo-thirds Of them we're kept by members Of the
dip Sing Tong and one-third by the on Leongs.
WOMEN LEAVE SECTION IN DROyES.
Hand in hand with the raids on the gambling
houses vent the driving out Of the disordery
women Captain Calvin set date when white
women Who could not produce certificates Of
marriage TO Cinnamon must leave the quarter
Promptly the date set they were made to
pack np and move. The result is seen in the
Vacation of one hundred and twenty-five apart
nents by these women in the last two months,
Without the dens to attract them the out-of-
Town Cinnamon find no induCement to make the
ieng trip 10 Chinatown only TO buy groceries
shd sEeetmeats that he had much nearer
home The retail dealers find their trade falling
o. They cannot pay the high rents that China
to~n landlords ask. and they are closing their
flores and moving cut Only the wholesale
merchants continue TO do a profitable business.
tho these men, the police say, are welcome to
Esy
me police guard over the gambling houses
VII be kept until the Chinese move out and
zen ~ another race come in. until reputa BILE
ehnese take the places for legitimate business.
hFeady hve large tenement houses in Mott
s'tet in the heart Of the Chinese quarter. have
seh almost entirely vacated by their Chinese
eaants. and are now occupied by Italians while
w tenement houses in Pen street stand prac-
szay idle. There are half dozen stores in
.Agss street with the TO let sign in the win
coux
NaiaatoVn landlords are not yet satisfied that
* rev police administration stands for clean
.e-hato~n. The Italians viii pay only about 10
= cent of the rent that can he screwed out Of
NnTlese, and the landlords are loath to give
y lhelr nigh rents before they are sure that
e'1aons will change. Now that General Bing-
an, an Is out and Tammany is ia full power in
r'eFTg street the landlords are telling the
lines anu ''0-U oN ioi 'e''el
a., oiiiereace between Tammany regime in
~ ~ Hush AID tie last days under General Bing-
: vel shown by the words of reformed
.sNsioiary" vest rday. If we had had cap
= as'e ten :ears ago. she said. like the man
@aoeul street now. l could never have be-
'''As Chinatown denszen''