Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05
NO WOMEN NEED APPLY.
Swell Office Building Will Remain
Vacant Rather Than Rent to Women

Swell Office Building Will Remain
Vacant Rather Than Rent to Women
Pittsburg has a fine, large new sky
scraper office building, in which there
are over 1000 rooms, whose appoint
ments are among the finest of the
| country. This would not, however,
make it worth while to write a news
paper article about it in Minneapolis
or any other distant locality. 1t is
quite certain though that the Farm
ers' Deposit National Bank buiIdir &
will be heard of by many who Will
| never see it and would not ordin-
| arily have any interest in it's tenants.
Its prospect Of public notice lies
| in the fact that the directors of the
| bank have instructed the agent 20
| rent to no woman or to firms employ
! ing women. The ban is also upon
| physicians, dentists, manicurists and
others following like professions. No
! deviation will be permitted from the
! rule laid down, even though large
| numbers of the rooms remain vacant.
Tie apparent reason for the restric-
| ton is not so much that the tenants
| themselves are undesirable but that
| their patrons, who are largely Of the
| fair sex, make trouble
1t is stated that the women create
| confusion in elevators and annoy
! other tenants with inquiries for this
or that person, and it is the desire Of
! the officials to avoid this. The I'M
| desirable reputation attained recently
| by one or two Pittsburg downtown
| sky-scrapers on account of womer
| caused the action.
| Even the male tenants whose occu-
| pations are not banned will have tC
pass under a rigid scrutiny for only
men Of unquestioned standing and
| legitimate occupations will be able to
| secure offices.
Rental agents are inclined to be
| somewhat skeptical about the rule
| being WCrded so as to exclude women
| specifically and state that if it does
or even if that is the basis for it's re
strictions they know of no similar
! case in the country. There are build
ings in our metropolis having nc
women tenants and others but a
small number, but that it due to the
| fact that they are undesirable for tbs
| kinds Of business in which the womel
are engaged Or that the women are
engaged in occupations that are rea-
| sonably barred from some kinds OF
| buildings. Practically all desirable
| office buildings exclude musical stu
dos, some object to artists studios
and still others prescribe physicians
and dentists.
Most agents do not have hard and
| fast rules upon the subject, but, il
| they are careful, they permit no one
to go into a building who will cause
dissatisfaction among their tenants
! generally.
A E. Tonne of the J. F. ConKlin &
Tonne company, was positive that
| there was no discrimination against
women tenants in Minneapolis and
said a very pleasant word for them
| based on an extensive experience. In
the interests Of their tenants the rent
| al company tries to place people in
the locations best adapted to thei:
/ business and for that reason some
buildings have few women, while
others are largely tenanted by them
Mr. Zonne has found them not only
quite as easy to deal with as men
but good pay and otherwise reliable