Spanish Fork Press | 1906-09-06 | Page 7 | Origin of Term "Flat"

Origin of Term Flat The origin of the term flat as applied ap-plied to an apartment Is obscure In recent years owners have objected to the word A short while ago a tenant was threatened with a suit for libel because he persisted In saying that ho lived In suchandsuch flathouse Tho landlord declared that tho struc flathouse nor a neither a was turo tenement but an apartment hotel The repeated use of flathoues as a I designation tended to lower tho reputation repu-tation of the place and drove away I I wouldbe tvcuuants