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One was the burning of a rear house in Mott Street, from ap  pearances one of the original tenant houses tliat made their owners I'ich, The fire made lionieless ten families, who had paid an average of $5 a month for their mean little cubby holes, Tlie owner himself told me that it was fully insured for $800, though it brought him in $600 a year rent. ONE WAS THE BURNING OF A REAR HOUSE IN MOTT STREET FROM APPEARANCES ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TENANT HOUSES THAT MADE THEIR OWNERS RICH THE FIRE MADE HOMELESS TEN FAMILIES WHO HAD PAID AN AVERAGE OF FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THEIR MEAN LITTLE CUBBY HOLES THE OWNER HIMSELF TOLD ME THAT IT WAS FULLY INSURED FOR EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS THOUGH IT BROUGHT HIM IN SIX HUNDRED A YEAR RENT
of 1807 tliat owners of swine were pro- liibited by ordinance from letting tlieni rnu at large in tlie Ijuilt-up ^Google GENESIS OP THE TENEMENT, 11 And yet experts had testified that, as compared with up- town, rents were from twenty-five to thirty per cent, higher in the worst shims of tlie lower wards, with such accommodations as were enjoj^ed, for instance, by a " fam- ily with boarders" in Cedar Street, who fed hogs in the cellar that contained eight or ten loads of manure; or "one room 13 x 12 with five families living in it, com- prising twenty persona of botli sexes and all ages, witli only two beds, without partition, screen, chair, or tabic," The rate of rent has been successfully maintained to the piesent day, though the hog at least has been eliminated. Lest anybody flatter himself with the notion t!iat these were evils of a day that is happily past and may safely be forgotten, let me mention here three very recent instances of tenement-house life that came under my notice. NNUALLY CUT OFF FROM THE POPULATION BY DISEASE AND DEATH ENOUGH HUMAN BEINGS TO PEOPLE A CITY AND ENOUGH HUMAN LABOR TO SUSTAIN IT AND QUOTE AND YET EXPERTS HAD TESTIFIED THAT AS COMPARED WITH UPTOWN RENTS WERE FROM TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY PER CENT HIGHER IN THE WORST SLUMS OF THE LOWER WARDS WITH SUCH ACCOMMODATIONS AS WERE ENJOYED FOR INSTANCE BY A QUOTE FAMILY WITH BOARDERS AND QUOTE IN CEDAR STREET WHO FED HOGS IN THE CELLAR THAT CONTAINED EIGHT OR TEN LOADS OF MANURE OR QUOTE ONE ROOM TWELVE BY TWELVE WITH FIVE FAMILIES LIVING IN IT COMPRISING TWENTY PERSONS OF BOTH SEXES AND ALL AGES WITH ONLY TWO BEDS WITHOUT PARTITION SCREEN CHAIR OR TABLE AND QUOTE THE RATE OF RENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINED TO THE PRESENT DAY THOUGH THE HOG AT LEAST HAS BEEN ELIMINATED LEST ANYBODY FLATTER HIMSELF WITH THE NOTION THAT THESE WERE EVILS OF A DAY THAT IS HAPPILY PASSED AND MAY SAFELY BE FORGOTTEN LET ME MENTION HERE THREE VERY RECENT INSTANCES OF TENEMENT HOUSE LIFE THAT CAME UNDER MY NOTICE
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