Evening star., 1920-03-25
MONMOUTH STILL
BEFORE RENT BOARD
Apartment House Is Scored
by Witnesses Heard by
! Commission.

Hearing of the Monmouth apart
ment house case continued before
the rent commission today. the Dis
trict Court of Appeals not yet having
acted on the petition of counsel for
James L. Karrick. owner OF the ouiid-
ing. for a writ of summary prohipi-
ton to prevent continuance OF the
hearing.
Neither Mr. Earrick nor his couh-
sci were present at the nearing "
day. though a stenographer took tne
evidence of witnesses and TeniarNs >
of counsel for tenants OF tne MOL
mouth for the owner OF the puiioiis
Commissioner Mason did not sit
with the commission today anu aiSo
was absent yesterday.
&. o. Holloway Testffies.
The morning session was occupied
nrincipallv with hearing the testl-
mony of Charles o. Holloway. an
architect of more than twenty Eea
experience who occupies an aPai
meut on the fifth floor of the Mon
mouth MIR Holloway. who Qualineo
as an expert as well as an intereSteu
tenant and complainant, told the
commission that the Monmouth idcNee
features of modern apart'hsn.
building. and among auaHneo 49,
tects would he known as thlru-SiaSS
tenement building. He said the con-
struction would be technically known
as first class because IL is OF rem
forced concrete and is hreprooi-
10 the heating plant. hot-water SUI SUI
nlv and elevators. the witness SAID
ali of these were secondhand. the
elevators being of the type designed
for warehouses or factories
Testifies on Technical Lines.
Nuch of Mr.. HoIloways' testimony
was along technical lines. showing
what he said were radical 1auits OF
design. planning and construction
ITnder direct questioning by Chairman
oyster. Mr.. Holloway said the MON
mouth has no outside fire escapes. al
though the District regulations re-
quire that a building of its type useo
equipped. He said that while he pays
sI2O a month for an unfurnisheo hEe-
room apartment in the building. ne
did not consider the accommodations
were worth to exceed 500 montn.
basing his belief on personal knowl-
edge of other apartment houses here
and in other large cities. In this con-
nection he informed the commission
that in the course of his experience as
an architect he has built large num-
her of apartment houses in St Louis.
Indianapolis and other cities, has Just
completed one here and is now build
ing another.
The hearing continued this after
noon and is TO go on tomorrow.
Hearing on Apartment Case Goes On.
Continuing the hearing of the Mon
mouth apartment hotel case through
cut yesterday afternoon in the alb
selce OF counsel for Mr.. karrick.
owner of the building. the rent COM
mission heard the testimony of sew
tral witnesses. tenants of apartments
in the Monmouth. All of the test,-
-nonv was along the same line. being
3 series Of complaints of lack of heat.
lack CT hot water. absence OF elevator
service unclt anliness Cf the building
and poor service in general. together
Eiiis increased rentals.
Commander W. r. Furlong. L. S. ".
who is tenant n the Monmouth.
Iestised as to inability to keep his
sysartne on the sixth floor OF the
h1iid- ne. co.nfoi ta bly, warm. He told
the commission he had had much ex-
j. riS1ce in the construction CT boil
+rs and their operation Tor heating
End o-her purposes. aId w-han asked
II he considered the heating plant a
-ks Monmouth to be first class. de-
elaree that il was not. adding ths
h believed il was seriously OVertaxed
IN Efforts 10 supply neat to other
billings
Another -rituess. Hiss Elizabeth
Ewes. told the commission that she
frequently Vas compelled to walk up
and down stairs TO her apartment OF
the eighth floor because the eleva-
Tors were out of commission She
testified adversely as to the cleanli-
ness of the building. Several other
witnesses testified to the sane gem
e-al effect