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Young vagabonds, the natural offspi ing of such "home" conditions, overran the streets. Juvenile crime increased fearfully year by year. YOUNG VAGABONDS THE NATURAL OFFSPRING OF SUCH QUOTE HOME AND QUOTE CONDITIONS OVERRAN THE STREETS JUVENILE CRIME INCREASED FEARFULLY YEAR BY YEAR
: " Crazy old buildings, crowded rear tenements in filthy yards, dark, damp basements, leak- ing garrets, shops, outhouses, and stables * converted into dwellings, though scarcely fit to shelter brutes, are habi- men "multiple domicile" in a desirable street, with tlie following comment : " Here are twelve living-rooma and twentj-one bedrooms, and onlj six of the latter liave any provision or possibility for the ad- mission of light and air, excepting throagh the family sitting- and liv- ing-room ; being utterly dark, olose, and nnventilated. The living- rooms are but 10 X 13 feet; the hedrooma SJ x 7 feet" • " A lot 50 >i 60, contained twenty stables, rented for dwollinga at $15 a year each ; cost of the whole |600." :oy Google 14 HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. tationa of thousands o£ our fellow-beings in this wealthy, Christian city," " The city," says its historian, Mrs. Mar- tha Lamb, commenting on the era of aqueduct building between 1835 and 1845, "was a general asylnm for va- grants. HIS QUOTE UNVENTILATED AND FEVER BREEDING STRUCTURE AND QUOTE THE YEAR AFTER IT WAS BUILT WAS PICKED OUT BY THE COUNCIL OF HYGIENE THEN JUST ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK AS A SPECIMEN QUOTE MULTIPLE DOMICILE QUOTE IN A DESIRABLE STREET WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENT QUOTE HERE ARE TWELVE LIVING ROOMS AND TWENTY ONE BEDROOMS AND ONLY SIX OF THE LATTER HAVE ANY PROVISION OR POSSIBILITY FOR THE ADMISSION OF LIGHT AND AIR EXCEPTING THE FAMILY SITTING AND LIVING ROOM BEING UTTERLY DARK CLOSE AND UNVENTILATED THE LIVING ROOMS ARE BUT TEN BY TWELVE FEET THE BEDROOMS SIX AND A HALF BY SEVEN FEET AND QUOTE QUOTE A LOT FIFTY BY SIXTY CONTAINED TWENTY STABLES RENTED FOR DWELLINGS AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS A YEAR EACH COSTED THE WHOLE SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS AND QUOTE AND A FOOTNOTE QUOTE THE CITY SAYS ITS HISTORIAN MISSUS MARTHA LAMB COMMENTING ON THE ERA OF AQUEDUCT BUILDING BETWEEN EIGHTEEN THIRTY FIVE AND EIGHTEEN FORTY FIVE QUOTE WAS A GENERAL ASYLUM FOR VAGRANCE AND QUOTE
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