Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-09
WHERE TO LIVE A PROBLEM
Apartment House Offers Modern
Convenienoes at Great Savir7.
COMFORT IS PRIME REQUISITE
Plan T. n Great
Help 60 Tenants, for Much of
DrudEery t. Done Away
with.

Perhaps no problem confronts the pros
pective tenant. householder or family Of
today which is OF such Importance as
the selection OF a place IN which to live
Environment. comfort. convenience and
cost. must all be considered by tho care
ful and economical tenant.
Environment. by all means the first ele-
ment 20 be considered, and the most far
reaching in its subtle Influence, should
be carefully considered, and house or
apartment taken which II located in n
we'll established neighborhood. Here the
apartment house offers a surer solution
in this respect than the medium priced
house whose surrounding neighbors are
regulated by no one and are constantly
changing. On the other hand, the choice
OF tenants that make up the community
in the modern apartment house IL made
| by the careful building manager, on whose
judgment depends the success or failure
OF his building.
/ Comfort Is one OF the prime requisites
OF the home OF today end includes proper
( heating, sanitation. lighting and ventila-
ton. Probably more than any other fac
tor IN bringing the modern apartment
house into existence, was the enormous
/ cost uncertainty and inconvenience Of
heating the ordinary detached house. The
modern steam plant has solved the prob
! lem at a fraction OF the cost Cooler
temperatures In summer are brought
about by brick walls with hollow tile lin
! ings. while plenty Of windows, balconies,
/ French doors and awnings are found in
the latest buildings. Sanitation is as
sured by the installation OF scientific
! plumbing. and an odorless garbage in
Generator in the boiler room abolishes the
nuisance OF hauling garbe.a
Convenience IL Essential.
Convenience should be carefully an
alyzed Location with reference TO
church, school business and transporta-
ton lines. should be studied. A con-
venient location is n JOY forever, as II
saves a world OF time and considerable
expense in the matter OF lunch money
and car fare, which, perchance, may aug
ment milady's supply OF pin money. The
conveniences of the building itself. as
planned by the architect should receive
close scrutiny before being accepted
There should be ample clothes closet
| room, refrigeratorB should be built in at
the proper height to make STOPPING UNI
necessary and should be connected by
] an open drip. See that the gas range IL
OF standard make. with double oven and
in good condition. Ascertain the size OF
the hot water tank in the boiler room.
II should contain about thirty gallons
! for each tenant unless there are over
/ twenty-five tenants in the building. In
which case the number of gallons per
tenant decreases in proportion TO the
number of tenants. Finally, II II is an
apartment under consideration, ascertain
II the janltor orders and brings i'm the
ice removes the garbage, scrubs rear
stairs and steps, etc. thereby reducing
the drudgery OF housekeeping to q mini
mum.
Value for Money.
The Item Of monthly or annual expendi-
ture for rental IL one that each tenant
must determine for themselves and hav-
ing settled on the amount the remaining
problem is TO get value received for your
money. II you are considering detached
house located at considerable distance
from business, you should adopt a rule
by which TO obtain the amount OF rental,
the figure quoted by the agent being only
n portion OF the actual rent which you
assume, For instance, II a house Is quoted
at $40 per month, you must add the cost
OF each Of the following items: Coal, ash
hauling, water rental, car fare for all
} members Of the family, gas Tor summer
heating Of hot water. and a reasonable
amount for man to tend furnace ana
lawn. Your actual rental will be over ser
an increase OF 80 per cent, and II is folly
20 try to evade the Issue, or make your
self believe that all these things are not
rent, for every item OF the above expense
is taken care OF by the landlord and in
cluded In the figure quoted as rental In
, the apartment house OF today.
} Therefore, viewed from every angle 1t
/ would seem that the prudent and econo.
, mical tenant would carefully consider the
} advantages obtainable nowadays by what
might be termed the semi-co-operative
plan, which has brought into existence
the various types of modern apartment
houses,