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Rents were fixed higli enough to cover damage and abuse from tliis class, from whom nothing was expected, and the most was made of them while they lasted. RENTS WERE FIXED HIGH ENOUGH TO COVER DAMAGE AND ABUSE FROM THIS CLASS FROM WHOM NOTHING WAS EXPECTED AND THE MOST WAS MADE OF THEM WHILE THEY LASTED
ce of much importance." Not for long, however. As business increased, and the city grew with rapid strides, the necessities of the poor became the op- portunity of their wealtliier neighbors, and the stamp was set upon the old houses, suddenly become valuable, wliich the best thought and effort of a later age have vaioly struggled to efface. Their " large rooms were partitioned into several smaller ones, without regard to liglit or ventila- tion, tlie rate of rent being lower in proportion to space or height from the street ; and tliey soon became lilled from cellar to garret with a class of tenantry living from hand to mouth, loose in morals, improvident in liabits, degraded, and squalid as beggary itself." It was thus the dark bedroom, prolific of untold depravities, came into the world. It was destined to survive the old houses. In their new role, says t\ie old I'eport, eloquent in its in- dignant denunciation of " evils more destnictive than wars," " they were not intended to last. NCE OF MUCH IMPORTANCE AND QUOTE NOT FOR LONG HOWEVER AS BUSINESS INCREASED AND THE CITY GREW WITH RAPID STRIDES THE NECESSITIES OF THE POOR BECAME THE OPPORTUNITY OF THEIR WEALTHIER NEIGHBORS AND THE STAMP WAS SET UPON THE OLD HOUSES SUDDENLY BECOME VALUABLE WHICH THE BEST THOUGHT AND EFFORT OF A LATER AGE HAVE VAINLY STRUGGLED TO EFFACE THERE QUOTE LARGE ROOMS WERE PARTITIONED INTO SEVERAL SMALLER ONES WITHOUT REGARD TO LIGHT OR VENTILATION THE RATE OF RENT BEING LOWER IN PROPORTION TO SPACE OR HEIGHT FROM THE STREET AND THEY SOON BECAME FILLED FROM CELLAR TO GARRET WITH A CLASS OF TENANTRY LIVING FROM HAND TO MOUTH LOOSE IN MORALS IMPROVIDENT IN HABITS DEGRADED AND SQUALID AS BEGGARY ITSELF AND QUOTE IT WAS THUS THE DARK BEDROOM PROLIFIC OF UNTOLD DEPRAVITIES CAME INTO THE WORLD IT WAS DESTINED TO SURVIVE THE OLD HOUSES IN THEIR NEW ROLE SAYS THE OLD REPORT ELOQUENT IN ITS INDIGNANT DENUNCIATION OF QUOTE EVILS MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN WARS AND QUOTE QUOTE THEY WERE NOT INTENDED TO LAST
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