The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-15
LID SPUT ON VICE
IN TENDERL0|N TILL
CRUSADE SUBSIDIES
Disorderly Houses Ordered to
"Be Good" Until Excite
ment Blows Over.
MANY STILL RUNNING.
One Hundred Places Flourish
ing Within Fey Blocks, Says
Member of Force.
MANY STILL RUNNING.

The Tenderioin has been ordered "a
close the blinds and paddock the doors
until the excitement over the present
vice crusade begins 10 smouider and dc
down. A ten-day notice has been served
on all vicious resorts that tolerance II
no longer purchasabis and that all man.
ner and form Of police protection has
been withdrawn.
This applies TO tho many disordsriy
places In the immediate vicinity Of the
West Th1rtisth. West Thirty-seventh,
West Forty-sevsnth and West sixty.
sixth street stationA 40 well 40 to all
Of the less prstentious and wide-open
resorts IN obscure side streets and dim
alleys
Police Commissioner Waldo yesterday
had his ohhcisi attention drawn to the
fact that three disorderiy houses were
running within one block Of the Yves,
Forty-ssventh street station. There wa
nothing sensational In this news to
those acquainted with the Tsnderioin.
On West Thirtisth street. Just of Sixth
avenue. there 10 . row Of six disorderiy
houses. that have been run in q COM
paratively wide open manner for the
last ten years. and this locality 10 not
half . block from the Tenderloin sta
ton.
ONE HUNDRED FLoURIshINo
HOUSES STiLL RUNNING.
A. . mattsr Of fsot. there are run
ming to-day. or there were running
last night. moro than one hundred
nourishins disordsriy houses between
Twsnty-third and Forty-sscond streets.
west Of Sixth avenue. This estimate
was furnished BY . man connected
with the Police Department. In the
Same district. thsrs are from three
to five hundred listed flats. WHOSE
occupants thrive ON vice. but who,
It u stated. are not subjected 10 police
shake-dowu.
On West Thirty.sevsnth street, no.
FAR from Seventh avenue and within
the immediate view Of the West Thirty
seventh street station. there 10 a ak
story building that has been VIGOROUSLY
wide open for q decade. Night ana day
shifts OF policemen pass this house SOW
eral times q day and Its inmates have
long been familiar figures in the dis
trict.
Commissioner waido's informant ID
quoted ~ stating there are three dis.
orderly places on the block with the
West Forty-seventh street station. A
dweller In that block pointed out to-day
q dozen houses Of o. character described
In the penal laws Of the State. The
doors OF every one OF these houses are
provided with lookout panels. and for
years there has never been the least
effort to disguise the sort of entertain.
msnt afforded 10 visitors. Cards Of
these Forty-seventh street houses arr
openly distributed In the Tsndsrioin.
RESTRICTIONS ON HOUSES ARE
FEW WEST OF BROADWAY.
There 10 an even longer row OF such
houses ON West Fortieth street, running
In an unbroken line toward Eighth ave.
nue.. The same tenants have dwelt II
this row for fifteen years unmolested
rhore are certain restrictions. however
such as maintaining q closed front unit
=. NJ. and keeping the blinds close,
at all times. As you 20 westward frou
Broadway In the Tenderloln the restr,c
lions are not 20 severe.
There v q resort on Forty-fourtl
street. east Of broadway. which has