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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. 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
ged them. In thirty-iive years the city of less than a huMdred thousand came to harbor half a million souls, for whom homes had to be found. "Within the memory of men not yet in their prime, Washington had moved from Iiis house on Cherry Hill as too far out of town to 'be easily reached. Now the old residents fol- lowed hia example ; but they moved in a different direction and for a different reason. Their comfortable dwellings in the once fashionable streets along the East Eiver front fell into the liands of real-estate agents and boarding- house keepers ; and here, says the report to the Legislature of 1857, when the evils engendered had excited just alarm, " in its beginning, the tenant-house became a real blessing oy Google 8 HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. to that class of industrious poor whoge small earnings lim- ited their expenses, and whose employment in workshops, stores, or about the warehouses and thoroughfares, render a near residence of much importance." Not for long, however. THE WAR OF EIGHTEEN TWELVE THAT DISLODGED THEM IN THIRTY FIVE YEARS THE CITY OF LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND CAME TO HARBOUR HALF A MILLION SOULS FOR WHOM HOLMES HAD TO BE FOUND WITHIN THE MEMORY OF MEN NOT YET IN THEIR PRIME WASHINGTON HAD MOVED FROM HIS HOUSE ON CHERRY HILL AS TOO FAR OUT OF TOWN TO BE EASILY REACHED NOW THE OLD RESIDENCE FOLLOWED HIS EXAMPLE BUT THEY MOVED IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND FOR A DIFFERENT REASON THEIR COMFORTABLE DWELLINGS IN THE ONCE FASHIONABLE STREETS ALONG THE EAST RIVER FROT FELL INTO THE HANDS OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BOARDING HOUSE KEEPERS AND HERE SAYS THE REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE OF EIGHTEEN FIFTY SEVEN WHEN THE EVILS ENGENDERED HAD EXCITED JUST ALARM QUOTE IN ITS BEGINNING THE TENANT HOUSE BECAME A REAL BLESSING TO THAT CLASS OF INDUSTRIOUS POOR WHOSE SMALL EARNINGS LIMITED THEIR EXPENSES AND WHOSE EMPLOYMENT IN WORKSHOPS STORES OR ABOUT THE WAREHOUSES AND THOROUGHFARES RENDER A NEAR RESIDENCE OF MUCH IMPORTANCE AND QUOTE NOT FOR LONG HOWEVER
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