. Review of reviews and world's work. ifit does not destroy it, and with it good citizen-ship. To grapple with such an evil requires allthe backing which an enlightened and patrioticpublic sentiment can give. The commission, as appointed, had fifteen mem-bers. It is a matter of public regret that R. L. Gould found himself unable to Gould, as an authority on the housing of theworking people here and abroad no less than astlie president of the City and Suburljan Homes(ompany, would have been a most valuable mem-ber. At the moment of writing this, the vacancycaused by his withdraw
. Review of reviews and world's work. ifit does not destroy it, and with it good citizen-ship. To grapple with such an evil requires allthe backing which an enlightened and patrioticpublic sentiment can give. The commission, as appointed, had fifteen mem-bers. It is a matter of public regret that R. L. Gould found himself unable to Gould, as an authority on the housing of theworking people here and abroad no less than astlie president of the City and Suburljan Homes(ompany, would have been a most valuable mem-ber. At the moment of writing this, the vacancycaused by his withdrawal has not yet been filled. Robert W. de Forest, the chairman of thecommission, is a well-known New Yorker, alawyer of large practice, counsel to the CentialRailroad of New Jersey, a rational philanthro-pist, and for years the president of the CharityOiganization Society, which stands for sanemethods in all it concerns itself about. Mr. deForest took an active part in the agitation whichled up to the recent tenement-house exhibition. riioto by Hollin^er. ROBEKT W. D. UE FOKEST. (Chairman of the Tenement-House Commission.) 690 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI/IEIV OF REVIEWS. and bore fruit in the law creating the commissionof which he has been made the head. He pos-sesses, in a marked degree, the confidence of thebusiness community as an able, thoughtful, con-servative man. Hugh Bonner is the well-known ex-chief ofthe Fire Department, Iecently crowded out ofoffice by Tammany after a lifetime of service,during which he fought his way up from thebottom to the top of the best fire-fighting servicein the world. He entered the service as a volun-teer when he was a lad, in 1860, and was re-tired last year. As a witness before the lasttenement-house committee he helped shape someof that bodys most valuable work. Mr. Bon-ner is a man of calm judgment and invalu-able experience for the work in hand. Morethan half the fires in New York are every yearin the tenements, though they are hardly one-t
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