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It was rent the owner was af  ter ; nothing was said in the contract about either the safety or the comfort of the tenants. IT WAS RENT THE OWNER WAS AFTER NOTHING WAS SAID IN THE CONTRACT ABOUT EITHER THE SAFETY OR THE COMFORT OF THE TENANTS
e rats of clammy cellars." Yet so illogical is human greed that, at a later GENESIS OF THE TENEJMENT. 9 day, when called to account, " 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. URROWED AMONG THE RATS OF CLAMMY CELLARS AND QUOTE YET SO ILLOGICAL IS HUMAN GREED THAT AT A LATER DAY WHEN CALLED TO ACCOUNT 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
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