The evening world., 1920-09-08
Law KEEPS STREET
CARS WARM; LEASE
KEEPSFLATS COLD
Heat for Trolley Passengers
All Winter Long Is
Mandatory.
LET TENANTS SILVER.
Landlords May Turn Apart
mentS Into RefrigeratorS
With Impunity.

Question: What Is the difference
between street car and fiat7
Anstoer: Those vino run street cars
for the bensht Of humanity are re-
ouired by law to keep them warm in
cold weather. Those who run fats
for a similar benefit not only do not
have to keep them warm but they
Eel the tenants to their faces that IL
Sne premises are not kept warm said
tenants have no redress at all.
And there you arel
In proof Of the foregoing read.
nESt, this extract from the heating
regulations promulgated ny the Pub
nc Service Commission:
n. All closed cars in service for
the transportation OF passengers be-
tween the 18th day OF october and
the 18th day Of April in each year
shall be equipped with suitable heat
ing apparatus.
=. During the period above
named all OF said cars shall be heat
ed to a temperature of not less than
8 40 degrees above zero Fahrepheit. ex-
, cept when the company Is prevented
from complying with this order by
storm, accident or other controlling
emergency for which 1t Is not re-
sponstble and which Is not due to any
negligence on its part"
Now turn to the clause which is
typical and forms a part OF most Of
the leases drawn in this city between
landlord and tenant:
The lessor will furnish elevator
service, hot and cold water and steam
heat during the winter months, sub
ject to and conditional upon the Sc
curing Of necessary fuel, gtransporta-
ton and labor, without additional
charge, but 1t Is understood and
agreed that such service is not APP
purtenant to the leased premises and
that the same may be suspended from
time to time, as circumstances or
necessity may require, or for the pur-
pose of repair or Improvement or
otherwise, without in any manner
Affecting the obligations OF this leaSe (;
and 1t Is further understood and
agreed that the lessor does not un-
dertake or guarantee to maintain the
heat at any specific temperature or
that the same shall be at all times
adequate or to continue such service
when there is reasonable cause fol
the suspension Of the same. and in nc
event shall there be any offset oil
dlminution Of the rent reserved by
reason Of the variation or suspension
. Of such service"
It will be seen from the foregoing
that the landlord, in the vernacular oi
the day. has 1t alkover" the tenant
for one thing, and can laugh without
discrimination at the railway com
paDies. For the companies are com
PEELED TO keep street, elevated and sub
way cars heated, and the landlord
we'll he can heat the premises II h,
pleases, and II he doesn't want to tn
tenant can gQ hang. And the Landlord
really doesn't have to rack his brair
for excuses II he doesn't want to hea
the premises. The foregoing claus,
gives him a choice Of excuses. ever!
one god for his purposes.
There Is one pertinent question 70
the landlords to answer just now
whether they got In a -winter suppl.
OF coal this last spring, or summer o
whether they held Of, feeling sur
that strike would come with the coll
weather and make 1t impossible 70
them to get coal for any of the rea
sons set worth in the lease clause
with the coming OF the strike and tn
scarcity of coal they will have a read
answer to the complaints Of shivertn
tenants. And II there is no strik
they can still point to the lease an
say that they are not in any wa
bound to beat the apartments tha
the tenant knew that when he signc
~-NsSP lease.