Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-26
HOUSE TROUBLES
STILL PLENTIFUL
Arbitrations and Adjustments Be
tween Landlords and Tenants
Over Moving Day Continue
to Go On.

Moving Day" troubles are not vet
over, Like the Austrlans, they are IN
full retrcat, but there's enough of them
left to keep lot of landlords, tenants and
arbitrators busy today ut least and prob
ably "a few days more
Real estate agents report the situation
very much better tlan few DAYS ago
they thought IT possibly could he. Many
OF them have adjusted or had adjusted the
difficulties between the landlords they
represent and the tenants Oi the houses
and tins means that large number oi
eases were disposed Of, because there was
hardly real estate man IN the cltN VINO
did not have trouble OF some sort or other
The cases that have hung tire are
chiefly those with special features that
could not he settled Yesterday These,
however. are beng taken up by the various
centres Of adjustment and arbitration and
Will he arranged satisfactorily
That Moving Day passed OF so
satisfactorily and with So little genuine
trouble ls matter of much satisfaction 70
the authorities Mayor lawson SAID
today that he was not only grathcd but
surprised at the way things had gone
MOVERS rRoFirEEHNG.
Onc Of the worst phases Of the day rested
neither with the tenants nor the landlords,
but. strange to say, with the teamstcrS
and haucts who did the moving Tor that
part Of the. community that had 10 change
It's quarters These individuals saw a
splendid chance to fattcn their pocketbo"k
and they went about II with all the ardor
aud enthusiasm of the cfarmcr-uarkctcer
of Ming stret IN the palmicst days oi hls
prIce-huCancering MI the tTaihc VIII
bear was his motto Here Is an instance
not without brothers and sisters
Three women III certain section OF the
city wanted to move from the house where
They had rooms - second foor IN ano-
other house that They had rented IN part
ucrsMp They had engaged . man tn
transfer thclr effects hut when the time
came for tho cxopus be did not turn up.
>nothcr They tired e. got disappolncd
them Nn,l finally hcv turned IL despair
to q third man. and toollshv talled 70 hs
hum lis prIoc he and two helpers
~pcnt exactly sIN hours on the Job OF ul"N \
tng thc cuutcut, If three rooms across the
street Aud when the three women sur
vc>rd the litter of stuff the men bad piled
hcitcr-skcltcr INTO tho floor ot tho house
thcN bad taken and asked tho movers
how much they wanted they replied
twenty dollars
Think of if' Twenty dollars for NOV
lng thc contents VI puly three rooms from
ouc SIDE ii the strc..t ~ tho other Md
there Ma no ono to lrbtratc his matter,
cfhcr
t~ ~ tie landlords who have not vet
come under the umbrella and manifested
desire t. act with discretion ~ The matter
40 -raIs,uC her they Wlll do - or
thr government viii hc asked - com
luauact,r some rnorc housos OEo man
whn owns more than hur,!rrd properties
ln various scCtinnS at thr city and who
gave his tenants notice 81 boosts ranging
from onc-thlrl ~ one-half what they
were paving has bcrn told i /. ~a1i. that
i tvcutN per cent Increase VIII ~ tol"rat-
c, and no moro
one ar THE ->sE-
ON ease That much Interested ariitra-
tors was that 81 a woman who rented a
Iari 81 a huIsc IN the centre of the city
~ho Is ihc widow 81 i man who fell not +
lor Azn lighting for the stars and Stripes /
III hranrc ~hc ha~ twn chlldren She /
kad .n aaynG SD month for her /
quar-. cr- and WAS tpii that she would +
have III nav s. She ngcrtei and made I
The landlord under pressure
sand he wo'.lI come iown - so THIS
case Is sui lIntgr atfSlder1i tpr-
Auothor landlord act I'd n much better /
Spirit He had uiAe ho.l- 5 and had raised I
rents from slf to SIS and SIS 10 So. /
There w.,s 4 roar of protest and ar hltrators
got busy " hen told that unless he was
reasonable IN bis demands he government /
would commanders ms houses he turned I
the whole matters of rent over to the +
arrtratprs. which I'll this instance We're +
those of the Non-ParnSau League and I
told them he wouii abid by what figures /
thcN Nti
Still another case although Of differ
rnt complexion came to the potIce OF the I
lnavor 1 man employed hy one Of the +
big industrial concerns IN the cIty. com
planned that he had bought house expect i
ing 10 move into il with his family bat I
found hat the tenants under the old I
owner wcre holding fort and were refusing
% get ont. on the ground that they had a
;hi,,vard worker living with them The |
,hlp board folks were appealed To and the I
new owners said ne waS perfectly willing I
70 let the shlpyard worker stay So long
Is he could move IN with his family I
But tins was rejected a an offer and the !
owner found himself hoISclcss