The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

combine sufficiently 70 secure legislation
which wiz make this exploit less easy. AS
tie law is NOW, landlord can obtain NJ, h
ing that The tenaut possesses. as for cit
for his debt. except through the ogd airy
legal method Of suit, judgment, and a.
'achment: and often, before the macnin-
cry of the law can work, the tenant has
flown with his goods TO some unknown ref
uge. 1t is proposed, therefore, % ask for
the landlords Of apartment houses virtu-
ally the same power which the law cow
gives 10 inn-keepers-tha of seizure
ana holding at least some Of the prop rty
of delinquent tenants. Not a few Lind
lords, however and many agents do not
regard this proposition faYOrably. They
pO.nt out that the better remedy is o
unite and abolish the free-rent system, 10
investigate thoroughly The antecedeut Of
applicants require good references Sc pc
cially a recommendation from the tenants
previous landlord-and perhaps oXa t Sc
curity. y form suggested for the last
equal to a months rent.
In a great number of cases-practicaly
all dwellings, and hlgh-c,ass apartment
houses-refer5nce are required; and it
throws a light on life in a great metropolis
to know that sometimes the names Of men
Of high standing IN business and society
are the references Of tenants who turn out
TO be the reverse Of respectable. Are they
=
They are generally genuine" he re-
Piled, and given upon demand through
fear-a species Of backmai'
The noisy tenant forms a type with
which the agents of apartment houses are
often called upon to reckon He may not
be disorderly in the sense justifying the
Introduction Of a pOiceman-there may be
nothing against his moral character; he
may only insist upon boisterous laughter
and conversation and horse-play with
chosen spirits until, it may be, wee hours
of the morning. He may not be amenable
to patient pleading or vigorous eXpostu-
laton, and in the end the landlord will
choose between putting him out and hav-
ing an empty house on his hands. "One
Of the hardest things for the occupant of
an apartment to learn" said an agent
lis that he cannot conduct himself in it
as he might in his private house. He has
too many near neighbors, and apartment
houses are too generally constructed on
the principle of a sounding-board. for any
tenant to claim or be allowed the liberty
which would go unquestioned with a dwell
ing"
There used to be a cause of considerable
trouble to the landlords of apartment
houses which has atterly disappeared The
table supplies of tenants had way of
getting lost while occupying the dumb
waiter. The losers would usually complain
to the agents, who, though not responsible,
would necessarily be annoyed. A num-
Der Of test cases eventually established the
fact that leaving on a dumb waiter is not
a delivery to purchaser and tradesmen,
thus made aware of their own responsible
ity, now generally insist upon direct de-
livery.
In spite of all the trials which undeni-
ably fall to the lot of the landlord and the
agent, it is generally believed that the
fullest and most formidable exposition of
them would deter few from accepting the
proffered role of a landlord, however bur-
dened with great properties.