The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-18
MANY WILL MOVE
THE TINE OF ANNUAL EXODUS OF
TENANTS APPROACHES.
ON FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER
FAMILIES WILL SEEK NEW QUAR-
TIERS FOR THE COMING YEAR.

Renting Agents Busy Arranging for
the Many Transfers of Residence
That Are in PrOspect-Terminatio
of the Leases Always Accompanied
by This Change-Dcmand for
Houses Not Affected by Extensive
Building Operations of the Past
Year-ThOse With Small Rents Es-
peciaIIy neutrality-suspicious. Go
With "a Rush.
The annual exodus of the housewives
and families of Savannah from old
places of residence to new will take
of the city have been busy for the
past month arranging for the many
transfers in prospect.
The Oct l movement of Savannah's
population is a feature of life in this
city, though in other cities similar
movements, of course, take place at a
fixed season of the year. In this city
leases are always fixed to terminate on
Sept. 80, and that day and the next
dissatisfied housewives make their
changes.
The demand for houses this season
has been good, particularly for those
the rents of which are not high. This
is true, despite the fact that building
operations during the past year have
been extraordinary comprehensive and
have largely increased the number of
houses and apartments offered to let.
The real estate and renting agents who
were approached yesterday all agreed
that there was no sensible diminution
in the demand for houses.
Apartments in Demand.
Apartments in almost every residen-
tial part of the city, at all desirable,
are snapped up almost as fast as they
are ready for occupancy and offered
the public. The people seem to have
a special fondness for homes of this
character, which offer especial induce
ments to small families.
The want we nave greatest difficult
ty in supplying" said T. E. Youmans,
of the firm of Youmans & Demmond,
sis for houses renting from SIS to SIS
per month. 1t has always been the
case in Savannah that this class of
houses is most in demand, and there
is no change in the situation this year.
There are very few of them not al
ready leased for the approaching year"
NO." said Mr.. Youmans, in answer
to a question, rents are not higher
than they have been in the past. 1t
strikes me that rents-and commits
sions, are about the only things that
have not suffered an advance in
price"
Rents and Locations.
1t is probable that the renting agents
have their full share of difficulties and
trials in dealing with prospective ten
ants.
Most persons believe" said one of
the agents, that they are less desira-
bly, located than their friends, and they
are always ready to make a change at
the end of the term of their lease
They very infrequently stop to con-
slider that the location of their homes
is probably responsible for whatever
differences in rent may exist and that
they probably would not be willing to
live in a section in which some of their
friends reside. But it is very hard to
explain these differences and distinc-
lions to Them
For the past three weeks the rent
ing agents have devoted most of their
time to discussions with tenants, and
the rush will keep up until after the
first. For a large part of the time
their Office forces have been unable to
handle the rush.
Another business in which active pre-
parationS to handle the exodus are now
in progress is that of furniture hand
ling. 1t will be the busy season for
those engaged in this occupation, and
moving vans, that have seen but little
use for the past year, reinforced by
emergency supplies of wagons, are now
being brought to light and put in shape
for work.
In two weeks the streets of the city
will give the casual visitor the impress
sion that majority of the city's popu-
lation has been thrown out of house
and home.
Refreshing, cooling, enervating--