Commercialized Prostitution in New York City Part 23

APPENDIX V

MONTHLY EXPENSES OF TEN DISORDERLY APARTMENTS IN TENEMENT BUILDINGS

------------------+--------------------------------------------- _Maids_ +-------------------------------------- _Lighthouse, bell boys, etc._ +-------------------------------- _Butcher & Grocer_ +-------------------------- _Gas & Electricity_ +-------------------- _Telephone_ +--------------- _Rent_ +--------- _Address_ _Total_ ------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+--------- No. -- W. 43rd St. $36 $ . $60 $10 $8 $75 $189 No. -- W. 45th St. 32 . 60 10 8 125 235 No. -- W. 49th St. 64 . 75 12 8 100 259 No. -- W. 50th St. 64 10 80 10 . 100 264 No. -- W. 55th St. 64 . 60 12 15 110 261 No. -- W. 58th St. 44 . 55 8 . 36 143 No. -- W. 58th St. 52 . 60 8 5 50 175 No. -- W. 58th St. 44 230 100 10 6 50 440 No. -- W. 60th St. 60 . 60 8 5 75 208 No. -- W. 65th St. 32 . 40 7 5 60 144 +------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+--------- Monthly Totals $492 240 650 95 60 781 2318 Year's Totals $6396 3120 8450 1140 720 9372 29198 ------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------

APPENDIX VI

MONTHLY EXPENSES OF EIGHT FIVE-DOLLAR PARLOR HOUSES

---------------+-------------------------------------------------------- _Housekeepers_ +------------------------------------------------- _Maids_ +------------------------------------------- _Cooks_ +-------------------------------------- _Butcher & Grocer_ -----+-------------------------------- _Piano Player_ +--------------------------- _Cab Boy_ +---------------------- _Gas & Electricity_ +----------------- _Telephone_ +------------ _Rent_ +------ _Address_ Total ---------------+------+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+-----+------ No. -- W. 38th $152 $112 $40 $200 $88 $56 $45 $12 $166 $871 No. -- W. 41st 152 104 48 250 100 . 45 15 210 924 No. -- W. 46th 140 96 44 240 80 48 45 15 230 938 No. -- W. 46th 136 144 44 200 80 48 60 15 225 952 No. -- W. 46th 80 128 40 200 80 . 45 12 175 760 No. -- W. 47th 144 88 44 240 . 40 45 20 250 871 No. -- W. 49th 200 88 40 240 . . 40 20 200 828 No. -- W. 52nd 140 112 48 240 80 60 40 15 150 885 +------+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+-----+------ Monthly Totals $1144 872 348 1810 508 252 365 124 1606 7029 Year's Total $14872 11336 4524 23530 6604 3276 4380 1488 19272 89282 ---------------+------+-----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+-----+------

APPENDIX VII

CONDITIONS ON THE STREETS OF MANHATTAN IN MONTHLY PERIODS FROM JANUARY 24TH TO NOVEMBER 15TH, 1912, SHOWING STREET WALKERS COUNTED, AND NUMBER WHO SOLICITED MEN INVESTIGATORS

----------------------+--------------------------------------+ _All Streets in Manhattan_ _Period_ --------------------------------------+ _Street_ _Street_ _Walkers_ _Walkers who_ _Number_ _Counted_ _Solicited_ _of Reports_ _Investigators_ ----------------------+---------+---------------+------------+ Jan. 24th to Feb. 24th 482 104 157 Feb. 24th to Mar. 24th 492 133 149 Mar. 24th to Apr. 24th 490 104 129 Apr. 24th to May 24th 883 117 214 May 24th to June 24th 1203 118 259 June 24th to July 24th 696 72 245 July 24th to Sept. 1st 1048 52 201 Sept. 1st to Oct. 1st 451 45 69 Oct. 1st to Nov. 1st 738 34 134 Nov. 1st to Nov. 15th 276 14 39 ----------------------+---------+---------------+------------+ TOTALS 6759 793 1596 ----------------------+---------+---------------+------------+

----------------------+-------------------------------------- _Broadway_ _Period_ -------------------------------------- _Street_ _Street_ _Walkers_ _Walkers who_ _Number_ _Counted_ _Solicited_ _of Reports_ _Investigators_ ----------------------+---------+---------------+------------ Jan. 24th to Feb. 24th 38 8 9 Feb. 24th to Mar. 24th 105 25 22 Mar. 24th to Apr. 24th 195 25 28 Apr. 24th to May 24th 435 46 74 May 24th to June 24th 562 40 69 June 24th to July 24th 479 25 114 July 24th to Sept. 1st 593 20 87 Sept. 1st to Oct. 1st 209 18 22 Oct. 1st to Nov. 1st 352 16 55 Nov. 1st to Nov. 15th 207 12 12 ----------------------+---------+---------------+------------ TOTALS 3175 235 492 ----------------------+---------+---------------+------------

Of the total number of street walkers counted, over 47% were on Broadway.

Of the total number of street walkers who solicited investigators, nearly 30% were on Broadway.

Of the total number of reports on streets, about 31% related to Broadway.

APPENDIX VIII

NUMBER OF REPORTS ON STREET WALKING IN MANHATTAN, DURING PERIOD OF INVESTIGATION FROM JANUARY 24th TO NOVEMBER 15th, 1912, ACCORDING TO POLICE PRECINCTS

---------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+------+------ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sept Oct Nov 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 1 1 1 Total Precincts to to to to to to to to to to Six _Pct_ Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sept Oct Nov Nov Months 24 24 24 24 24 24 1 1 1 15 ---------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+------+------ 1 7 3 2 12 .75 2 7 2 3 12 .75 5 1 1 .07 6 1 1 3 1 1 7 .45 7 8 10 2 2 .13 12 1 4 3 8 .50 13 2 4 1 1 8 .50 14 1 1 4 6 .38 15 22 7 18 14 26 14 8 1 6 1 117 7.33 16 3 1 1 4 1 1 11 .70 17 2 1 3 .20 18 18 10 8 16 4 16 15 4 13 8 112 7.02 21 24 13 8 21 32 11 12 2 7 2 132 8.25 22 17 22 8 13 28 13 15 14 10 140 8.75 23 35 21 28 73 64 69 51 28 40 13 422 26.40 25 1 2 21 2 3 2 31 1.95 26 4 13 13 29 38 59 37 7 18 7 225 14.08 28 1 13 13 14 12 11 11 6 81 5.08 29 1 3 1 5 4 4 2 3 23 1.45 31 32 3 10 7 15 10 11 20 5 11 2 94 5.90 33 1 2 3 1 1 8 .50 35 1 1 .07 36 9 18 4 5 9 5 9 5 9 2 75 4.70 39 3 5 5 3 16 1.02 40 1 3 4 .25 43 14 12 7 2 2 2 2 3 45 2.82 ---------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+------+------ 157 149 129 214 259 244 201 69 134 39 1596 100.00 ---------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+------+------

APPENDIX VIII

POLICE RULES REGARDING DISORDERLY PLACES

_Captains of Police Precincts._ It is the duty of a police captain to report to the police commissioners on the fifth of each month:

1. Steps taken to enforce provisions of the Penal Law with reference to disorderly houses within his precinct.

2. Steps taken to enforce the Penal Law and Greater New York Charter regarding concert saloons, dives and other places where disorderly, degraded or lawless people congregate.

3. Steps taken to enforce the Liquor Tax Laws and ordinances relating to various crimes above mentioned.

No. 55 Under Rule 42.--When any room or building in any part or portion within the precinct is known to the captain to be kept, used, or occupied for purposes of prost.i.tution, a.s.signation, or other immoral purpose, he must give notice in writing to the owner, lessee or occupant, that such room or building is so used, and that it is a misdemeanor.[316]

No. 56 Under Rule 42.--If the occupation and use of such premises shall continue the captain will obtain warrants for and cause the arrest of such owner, lessee or occupant for a misdemeanor and cause them to be prosecuted as required by law.[317]

No. 100 Under Rule 42.--Captains will make charges of neglect of duty against any patrolman under their command who fails to discover a serious breach of the peace occurring on his post, during his tour of duty; or who shall fail to arrest any party guilty of such offense.[318]

No. 13 Under Rule 45.--If a policeman is on duty on a post where houses of ill-fame are suspected to exist, he should be careful to restrain acts of disorder, prevent soliciting from windows, doors or on streets, and arrest all persons found so doing, also carefully observe all other places of a suspicious nature, obtain evidence as to the character and owners.h.i.+p of such houses, by whom frequented and report results of his observation to his commanding officer.[319]

APPENDIX IX

PARLOR HOUSES: ADDITIONAL DATA

_X_ 25. _Sixth Avenue--a one-dollar house._

March 5, 12.40 A. M. The investigator visited this place at the solicitation of X 26, a lighthouse stationed at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 29th Street. He counted 14 inmates and bought a pint bottle of beer for 25 cents from the madame. The names of some of the inmates are Mignon, Helen, Violet and Georgette.

March 6, 1912, 11 P. M. This house is reported as running about a year.

Names of some of inmates: Alice, Louise and Mabel.

May 25, 1912. Rosie, X 27, was an inmate here on this date.

July 21, 1912. Flora, X 28, and Violet, X 29, were inmates here on this date.

August 25, 1912. The proprietors are X 30, and X 31. The madame is X 32.

_X_ 7. _James Slip._

At 2 P. M. on April 10, 1912, there were seven inmates in the receiving parlor. One of these girls said there were three more, making ten in all.

All were dressed in the regular parlor house costume and all claimed to possess medical certificates. Tony, X 8, is said to be connected with this house, and reaps the profits from the business. The girls receive one-half of what they make, _i. e._, twenty-five cents from every visitor. The sanitary conditions are very bad.