Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 260, 18 September 1916 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, SEPT. 18, 1916

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Rlverdale might have become the usiness section of Richmond had not e' National road been built," deares Harold H. Peterson, Earlham aduate of 1916, in his thesis. "A pclal Survey of Rlverdale," a copy which has been presented to John elpolder. The Irst settlements in Richmond wrn In that nnrt nt tnwn .which la )w known as "Goosetown." In 1807 meeting house was started by the -lends. This is now the hut at Tenth id North G streets. When the nanal road became the principal ute of travel from east to west, the isiness section naturally migrated to ain street. Mr. Peterson made his survey with e assistance of records in the Sosi Service bureau and under the Lidance of John Melpolder. . Few Tenement Houses "There are 614 houses ' in Riverle.! There are . very few places .in chmond which would correspond a slum in a big city. The ones hich do exist are nearly all near fun Bireei ana in ine aowniown aiscts. . Rlverdale has but two or ree buildings which legally would i classed as tenements. "On the other hand, Rlverdale has me of practically all the ills and mses which can be found anywhere, here there is no overcrowding as families to the house, there are tny instances of serious' overcrowdsr found in which colored families eleven slept in three rooms. There an abundance of shacks and huts lich are absolutely uninhabitable, ich are In use. A tent in which a lored man and his wife had lived I turn voari Ufa a fsMii4 Wo ands in many basement? the year una ana shallow wells are in compn use. Build Factory Homes. "The railroad which arrived in chmond in 1853 from Cincinnati via kyton, struck the death knell of verdale as a high priced residential strict. Its very location, however, buld make It if properly cleaned up c bunt up with adequate houses, the bst desirable section of Richmond r homes of factory men. Richmond s grows to considerable size and e problem of asportation is be xisg a serious one to the working as. Here is a section of Richmond ar the very heart of the factory disct which can be "re-made" and will lp to solve this problem and will a financial asset to the city. It 11 be necessary to make the fae ries obey the anti-smoke laws better fen they are doing at present. The river in not un-health:ul t cs part of town as very liitle sewage Iwp Into It above the Sixteenth street rver. Easy to Cure Ills. "It will be comparatively easy to re its ills, and yet. unless they are red and done so In a saUsfaotory anner, RIverdnle M ill continue to be eyeoro sn(j a ntfijch in l he nosIs of Richmond. 'The average death rate In Richnl U 11 per thousand. This is v for cities the size of Richmond, le death rate in Rlverdale is higher an . in the rest of the city. The ath rate in Rlverdale Is 18.1 per rtusand population. The death rate Richmond excluding Rlverdale is 7." fir. Peterson points out from expies that contagious diseases are rd to stamp out in this district. A nrlet fever ' epidemic lasted from ne 1912 to March 1914. Infantile fertility was also high. (This has en cut down materially since me say was written, by the work of as Lillian Mahin, the city visiting rBe.) Charts Show Statistics. Charts showing vital statistics for S3 show that the death rate per husand in Rlverdale was 150. This higher by far than In any other ace. The rate for the whole city i 31. Ithe still birth rate is exceptionally L'h in Rlverdale. Causes More Deaths. ITuberculosls of the lungs causes hre deaths in this region than any ier communicable disease. The rrage rate per one thousand for B3 was 134.5. The rates for other Inmunlcable diseases follow: Tybid fever, 25.5; measles, 12.7; scarfever. 34; other forms of tuberosis, 21:. pneumonia, 72; dihorrea n entritls. under two years, 84.9. ITyphoid fever cases in this district Ivo Increased steadily for the past years. In 1915, 190 cases were ported and fifteen deaths resulted. 1910 there were only twenty-one kes and two deaths. The number of ;es has increased steadily since it time. Most of the cases have n in September and October. (It h alreadv started this year.) Three Reasons Given. Three reasons have been given for high typhoid rate: 1 The large mber of shallow wells. Half of the tes In 1914 were traceable to two illow wells. There are twelve bwn wells of this type in Rlverdale the present time - and ten others ich the occupants claim are not in . 2 The second cause was traced

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to the milk supply in 1913. 3 The danger of flies must not be underestimated. The unsanitary conditions in some parts are a menace to the whole city. 4 The carelessness of patients. "The death rate is highest among children about ten years of age. "During 1913, statistics prove that the birth rate in Rlverdale was higher than in the rest of the city. "The most striking fact observed is the surprisingly low birth rate among colored people in Rlverdale. Out of 33 children born to colored people in 1913, only nine or 29.97 per cent come from this part of town where 50 per cent of the colored population lives. Water Not Available. "A total of sixty-one houses in the Rlverdale district are so located that It Is impossible for them to have city water installed unless some additional mains are laid. The Richmond water supply was found to be good. ' Several houses occupied by colored people have no water supply whatever, it must all be carried. Sixty-nine houses which could be connected to the mains are not. There are two kinds of wells, driven and dug. Both as they are found in Rlverdale are unsafe. "In the cases of several of the dug wells, the tops are broken and nothing prevents dirt and various articles from falling in at the tops. "Under the head of toilet facilities are found the worst conditions in Riverdald. The majority of families in Rlverdale are using out-of-door privies. Only 7.43 per cent of the residents use inside closets. There are no colored or foreign houses equipped with toilets within the building. About 120 houses are uot accessible to a sewer. No Sewer Connections. "None of the houses between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets from the railroad to the river can have sewer connections. This is a grave mistake in the city planning and ought to be corrected at once. A sewer can be run down the alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and emptying into the present sewer at the foot of Twelfth street, making it possible for all these houses to connect. Few privies are connected with sewers. "Under the head of bath tubs there Is sot much to say on account of the lack of them. Colored and foreign people do not feel the need of bath tubs and only the better class of native whites seem to require them. Only sixteen tubs were found in the whole district." A municipal bath, at least during ; Several of the streets stand muddy I long after rains .because of the lack jof proper drainage system and for ! the same reason several basements have no outlets. ! Garbage ordinances are reported as i being disobeyed. I i "One abuse which is quite notice-! MILTON SUFFERS HEAVY FROSTS MILTON, Ind., Sept. 18. Frost and ice was the story of Saturday morn tng here.... Miss Cora Kellam and Miss Mary Sills were at Richmond Saturday. .. .Thos. Conley, of Albany, visited friends here Saturday. .. .Mrs. Mary Nugent went to Dayton Saturday to spend the fortnight with her cousin. Mrs. Mcllhenney. . . .Mrs. Geo. Klemm was at Fort Wayne over the week-end to visit her sister, Mrs. Lenartz....Mrs. Chas. Nugent, of east of town, , entertained the Home Circle, of the eastern neighborhood Thursday. The Circle will meet with Mrs. Oliver Taylor at its next meeting The high school baseball team played at Hagerstown Friday evening. Milton was defeated. ' Mrs. Mary Nugent Is arranging to have a sale of her household goods, Friday, September 22 Mrs. Jas. Ullery returned Saturday from a visit with relatives at Richmond and Greensfork. She reports having attended a Bible lecture at Richmond, also at Greensfork Mr. and Mrs. K. Sylvester went to Richmond to spend over the week-end with Mrs. Amanda Crubaugh and Mrs. Margaret Ellis.... Mr. and Mrs. Will Heigham were called to Richmond Saturday, owing to their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Philliy Heigham, having fallen and broken her leg Mrs. O. L. Beeson has returned from a few weeks' visit with Mr. and Mrs. Homer Newman and Dr. and Mrs. Vere Miller, at Columbus, Ohio. GIVES WOMEN WORK JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Sept. 18. The increased demand for clothing for the soldiers of the United States army has given work to 1.500 women, who obtain work at the Jeffersonville depot of the quartermaster's department. They received $20,000 in pay Thursday. They will make 75,000 shirts this month.

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able in Rlverdale is that of throwing slops from the back door. Additional 6ewers offer the only remedy. "Streets are both good and bad. "One of the most offensive and dangerous evils in the alleys of Rlverdale is the manure box. No covers are furnished in many cases and no attempt Is made to obey the laws. Get Few Improvements "With more than one-tenth of the population, Rlverdale gets one-fortieth of the improvements made in Richmond. ' Reports for 1915 show this. Amount spent for sewers, $39,182.47. Not one cent of this went into Rlverdale. Total Improvements done In Richmond last year, $206,733.47. Total amount spent in Rlverdale, $5,719. "There are thirty-five double houses in the district, one triple house, 276 single houses and one tent. "Italians live in the most crowded conditions; the average . number of Italians per house, 9.3; negroes,' 8.6. The negro average Is about the same as the white. "The highest rent paid is $12.00. This ranges down to $5.00. The average rate for white and foreign people is $10.00 a month. The rate for negroes falls , below this. The colored race gets more rooms for the dollar than the other two. This undoubtedly means that the rooms are poorer in quality. Rental it Excessive "The rate of rent is often excessive in the poorest of houses. Fifty cents a month would be too high for many dwellings now paying their owners from $5 to $8. Twenty-eight percent of the residents own their own homes. "One of the most startling facts brought forward by the study of the ownership of houses is that the majority of the worst houses in the district are owned by about three men. The following is the general condition of the houses: good, 58.9 per cent.; medium, 29.4 per cent; bad, 11.7 per cent. .General sanitary conditions of houses: good, 44.3 per cent; medium, 34.6 per cent; bad, 21.1 per cent. 'l About 64.68 per cent. of the houses occupied by white people are electrically lighted. Few Use Electricity. "The percentage of electric lights among the colored race is 36.21 and among the foreigners, 88.89. "General intelligence of the people, good, 55.1 per cent; medium, 34.3 percent; low, 10.6 percent "During a period of six raontis, sixty-five families out of the total cumber of 350 have moved. "There are thirty families of foreign ers living in Riverdale, twenty Italians and nine Hungarians. "Few children go to high school from this district" MURRAY TO OFFER MUSICAL NUMBER In presenting Arthur Le Vine and his complete company of ten at the Murray the first half of this week, Vaudeville patrons will be given a real treat when this condensed musical comedy appears. Arthur LeVine offers "The Flying Dreadnought" or "From Coney Island to the North Pole" and during the entire act many catchy musical numbers will be offered. The Morton Brothers, a pair of young men who are apt at making music on the harmonica and in fashioning various devices from bits of paper, will provide their novel offering. "La telle and Valveno," the classy athletes, Polter and Coate, singers and dancers, and the Three Westons, in . a posing specialty, will be one of the interesting features of the forthcoming bill. While plowing in hi Monroe, of North Livered up an old coin b1770 and the lnscriptiu.. Unas." I. T. n'e .oDarken Your Gray Hair Have Beautiful, Soft Hair of an Even Dark Shade. Not even a trace of gray shows in your hair after a few applications of Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer to hair and scalp. Q-Ban is no dye, is harmless, but makes scalp and hair healthy and restores the natural color elands Tf your hair is gray, streaked with gray, iaaea, ary, Dieacnea, thin or falling, apply Q-Ban as directed on label. Soon all your gray hair and entire head of hair gradually turns to an even, beauurui aarK shade, leaving all your hair healthy, fluffy, soft, radiant. thiolr fu of life, fascinating; so evenly dark and handsome no one will suspect you use Q-Ban. Also stons dandruff and falling hair. Sold on a money-back guarantee, uniy 50c ror a big bottle at Fihe's drue store. Rtrhmnnd In Out-of-town people supplied by parcei post. Adv. AT RATLIFS Out of The High Rent District No. 12 North 9th St j-BUY HERE AND FOR LESS

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With the heavy frost Friday night, the approach of fall and the continued cool weather, Ivan Beck, Wayne township agricultural supervisor and Mr. Tuttle, supervisor in Boston township,

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