| Show bialt tor desirable tenants thero is at present great rivalry among the owners of flats and tenements in the struggle to secure as tenaura the thousands of families which at this season each year seek new quarters the rapid growth of the cites population has been more than equaled by the number of flats and other dwellings erected during the past few years with the attendant result that desirable tenants are at a premium the inducements offered to parties of the class desired said a prominent real estate agent recently are not directly of a pecuniary nature in spite of the rivalry among house owners there is a tacit understanding that there is to be little or no reduction in rents the figures asked are reasonable but great ingenuity has been displayed in the character of the inducements held out to secure good tenants formerly two weeks free rent was considered quite a concession ant now one and even two months are thrown in to get a desirable party on a lease steam heat electric bells elevators telephones and awnings to the windows are common at fair rentals in the better class of flats among the novelties offered are flats where all the coal and fuel needed are furnished free thus doing away with a common cause of quarrel with janitors suspected of using the tenants fuel in some the gas bills and ice bills are paid by the landlords and stationary mirrors and iceboxes ice boxes still further reduce the tenants expenses A genius on the west ride has filled his row of moderate priced flats by allowing each family the free use of a piano new york telegram |
