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. . . Blocks were rented of real es  tate owners, or * purchased on time,' or taken in charge at a percentage, and held for under letting." BLOCKS WERE RENTED OF REAL ESTATE OWNERS OR PURCHASED ON TIME OR TAKEN IN CHARGE AT A PERCENTAGE AND HELD FOR UNDER LETTING
o 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. 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. Worse was to follow. It was " soon perceived by estate owners and agents of property that a greater percentage of profits could be realized by the conversion of houses and blocks into barracks, and dividing their space into smaller proportions capable of containing human life within four walls. LIES 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 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 WORSE WAS TO FOLLOW IT WAS QUOTE SOON PERCEIVED BY ESTATE OWNERS AND AGENTS OF PROPERTY THAT A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF PROFITS COULD BE REALIZED BY THE CONVERSION OF HOUSES AND BLOCKS INTO BARRACKS AND DIVIDING THEIR SPACE INTO SMALLER PROPORTIONS CAPABLE OF CONTAINING HUMAN LIFE WITHIN FOUR WALLS
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