Spokane’s Mayor Dictates Red Light Rents

Spokane—One of the most sweeping police regulations of the year has been issued by Chief Woydt to be carried into effect by Captain Coverly of the local force. The communication regulates the fines of the inmates of the whitechapel district and also covers the rents to be charged by the owners or agents of the blocks according to the police dictates. Several restrictions of importance are placed upon the landladies of the various 'parlor houses.' The communication as issued by Chief Woydt is as follows: You will notify all persons interested as landlord or agent, that from and after August 1, 1903, the maximum rent per month for parlor houses and cribs shall be as follows: The Franklin $200 (now $300) per month, The Windsor $160 (now $175) per month, The Harlem $130 (now $175) per month, The Castle $170 (now $200) per month. All other cribs $10 per week (now $14 per week). You will also notify the landladies of parlor houses that they must pay a fine of $18 per month and the further sum of $10 per month for each inmate thereof. You must also notify the landlady that she must not exact more than $5 from each girl inmate per month and any effort to collect more from them in any manner or form will be punished upon complaint being made to this office.