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The gai'den gate no longer swung on its rusty hinges. The shell paved walk had become an alley ; what the rear house had left of the garden, a " court." Plenty such are yet to be found in the Fourth Ward, with here and there one of the original rear tenements. THE GARDEN GATE NO LONGER SWUNG ON ITS RUSTY HINGES THE SHELL PAVED WALK HAD BECOME AN ALLEY WHAT THE REAR HOUSE HAD LEFT OF THE GARDEN A QUOTE COURT AND QUOTE PLENTY SUCH ARE YET TO BE FOUND IN THE FOURTH WARD WITH HERE AND THERE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL REAR TENEMENTS
ccount, " the proprietors frequently urged the filthy habits of the tenants aa an excuse for tlie condition of their property, utterly losing sight of the fact that it was the tolerance of those habits which was the real evii, and that for this they themselves were alone ^responsible." Still the pressure of the crowds did not abate, and in the old garden where the stolid Dutch burgher grew his tulips or early cabbages a rear house was built, generally of wood, two stories high at first. Presently it was carried up another story, and another. "Where two families had lived ten moved in. The front house followed suit, if the brick walls were strong enough. The question was not always asked, judging from complaints made by a con- temporary witness, that the old buildings were " often carried up to a great height without regard to the strength of the foundation walls." It was rent the owner was af- ter ; nothing was said in the contract about either the safety or the comfort of the tenants. CCOUNT QUOTE THE PROPRIETORS FREQUENTLY URGED THE FILTHY HABITS OF THE TENANTS AS AN EXCUSE FOR THE CONDITION OF THEIR PROPERTY UTTERLY LOSING SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE TOLERANCE OF THOSE HABITS WHICH WAS THE REAL EVIL AND THAT FOR THIS THEY THEMSELVES WERE ALONE RESPONSIBLE AND QUOTE STILL THE PRESSURE OF THE CROWDS DID NOT ABATE AND IN THE OLD GARDEN WHERE THE STOLID DUTCH BURGHER GREW HIS TULIPS OR EARLY CABBAGES A REAR HOUSE WAS BUILT GENERALLY OF WOOD TWO STORIES HIGH AT FIRST PRESENTLY IT WAS CARRIED UP ANOTHER STORY AND ANOTHER WHERE TWO FAMILIES HAD LIVED TEN MOVED IN THE FRONT HOUSE FOLLOWED SUIT IF THE BRICK WALLS WERE STRONG ENOUGH THE QUESTION WAS NOT ALWAYS ASKED JUDGING FROM COMPLAINTS MADE BY A CONTEMPORARY WITNESS THAT THE OLD BUILDINGS WERE QUOTE OFTEN CARRIED UP TO A GREAT HEIGHT WITHOUT REGARD TO THE STRENGTH OF THE FOUNDATION WALLS AND QUOTE IT WAS RENT THE OWNER WAS AFTER NOTHING WAS SAID IN THE CONTRACT ABOUT EITHER THE SAFETY OR THE COMFORT OF THE TENANTS
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