The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-05
new RENTS FIXED
TWlLLARDCOURTS
BY COMMISSION
Monmouth Case Unde-
cided; Ball Act May
Be Extended.

New rents on apartments in the
Willard Courts, 1916 18th street
northwest. were announced yester-
day by the District Rent Commits
sion. In the one case where the
owners. the Union Realty and In
vestment Company. were the COM
plainants. an increase was allowed.
Mrs. Sallie 4. B. Brewer, occupy
ing Apartment EOS, will hereafter
pay an increase of $3.50 monthly.
Among those tenants of Willard
Courts who received a reduction in
rent are Mrs Lillian II. Cromelin.
from $50 to $3.50 a month; Robert
E. Lewis. from s7e.5O to $40 a
month; Leonard W. Kephart and
f. NJ. williams. from $3.50 to
s47.50 a month.
Monmouth Case Unsettled.
What the Rent Commission will
do in clearing up the Monmouth
Apartment rent case. which was re-
versed by the District Court of
Appeals, has not yet been decided.
The Court of Appeals based its ac-
ton on the fact that the owners
had not been given a fair and i'm
partial hearing. and that the low
rents set by the Rent Commission
did not allow a feir return on the
investment, which the court held
under the ruling of the Rent Com
mission to be "conhscatory."
The files of the District Rent
Commission show that the decisions
in the Monmouth Apartment case
which was the first to be tried by
the District Rent Commission, were
in the form of penalty rents which
were designed to reimburse the
tenants for lack of heat and other
service.
The Rent Commission yesterday
indicated a desire to fix rents on
the apartments in the Hadleigh on
its own initiative. William v. Boyle.
Z. r. Boyle and ]. C. Robertson.
owners of the Hadleigh, were called
upon yesterday to furnish detailed
data on the cost of construction.
management and operation of that
property.
Several Tenants Complain.
The high rents prevailing at the
Hadleigh were brought to the at
tention of the commission by sew
eral tenants who entered COM
plants against Miss Nina E. Fritz.
agent. Miss Fritz. in turn, asked
the Rent Commission to set Q fair
rental for the whole building. stat
ing that she was paying s215.000
a year rent on a twenty-one-year
lease.
The Hadleigh owners are asked
to furnish the Rent Commission
with the date of construction, num-
Der of stories, cubic contents of the
building. cost of building and equip
ment. and cost of any furnishings,
the value of the land and structure
when built and the present value
of both and a detailed statement Of
1921 revenues. Descriptions Of the
various apartments and the terms
under which they are rented is
also asked. Miss Fritz, the man.
ager, will also be required to send
the same information to the Rent
Commission.
As soon as the Rent Commission
completes a survey Of these figures
a date for the hearing will be set
III NASO
granted yesterday to Charles d.
Chick. 1923 Thirty-fifth street
northwest. from SIS to $40 a month,
and Mrs. G. r. Hunt. of the same
address. from SIS to s35 a month.
Hears Rental Complaints.
Senator Atlee Pomerene, Ohio, in
troduced a resolution to extend the
Ball rent law for a period of two
years. -
In introducing the resolution to
extend the time limit of the Ball
rent law. Senator Pomerene ex-
planned that he was prompted to
take action by the numerous COM
plants he has received recently
from people complaining of high
rentals.
Various members of the House
expect to see a similar resolution
introduced in the House within the
next few days. Representatives
who declared they were opposed to
the principles of the measure in
sisted that they would support it as
the only solution of a bad situation.