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Don Reeds, an investigator for the Ontario Fire Marshal‘s Office said this week that investigators found a number of improper electrical connections in the rubble that definitely started the $400,000 fire. Inspector says faulty wiring caused blaze Waterloo fire chief John Staller said Friday that the fire ‘"probably‘‘ started between one of several false ceilings in the rear of Art‘s Recreation Centre and burned from there to the upstairs apartments and the restaurant next door. Chief Staller said that because of the false ceilings the fire probably "burned in there undetected for some time."‘ By Howard Elliott Chronicle staff writer There is not an arsonist loose in downtown Waterloo. At least, that‘s the most recent conclusion drawn by the loo Fire Department and the fire marshal‘s office. fire that gutted Art‘s Recreation Centre and the Garâ€" den Restaurant last Wednesday has been blamed on faulty wiring, illegally installed in the buildings. The blaze that destroyed the Laundryman and several other small businesses located at 22â€"26 King St. S. is still under investigation. That building was owned by the Gikoâ€" poulos brothers. other fire under investigation gutted Honest Sam‘s ‘ng Store and the Captain‘s Chair Restaurant. So far ause of that blaze is undetermined, but Chief Staller said there are "no apparent grounds for suspicion." _ Of the five fires that have struck downtown Waterloo in the last five to six months, only two are still under invesâ€" tigation by the fire marshal‘s office. _ A fire at 34 King St. S.. at the Charcoal King restaurant has resulted in arson charges being laid. Owner Tom Siounâ€" tres has been charged with deliberately setting the fire that destroyed the basement of the restaurant and closed the business for several weeks. Faulty wiring caused the fire that razed the Waterloo Meat Market at 14 King St.N. the chief said. and that fire has been ruled accidental. Also. a fire on December 3. 1976. at 244 King StN.. was deliberately set. he said. David Schafer among others has been charged with arson in connection with that blaze _ Students complain of housing (Continued from page for comment. Students in an apartment building near University of Waterioo, Wateriloo Towers, are paying proâ€"rated rent and some say they have problems with cockroaches. Paying proâ€"rated rent means students living in that building pay $302 a month for a bachelor apartâ€" ment. $396 a month for a â€"bedroom apartment and 2 for a two bedroom. The building superintenâ€" dent is Gerald Wudrick. His wife said all students know about proâ€"rated rent beâ€" cause it‘s written into the lease. She also said before UW campus centre refuses advertising The coâ€"ordinator at the Campus Centre at Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo has refused to let one landlord adverâ€" kse his housing in the building Carole Hincks has told Terry Good. a Waterloo man who leases several houses to students. not to advertise in the building and won‘t give Good the forms necesâ€" sary for advertising The reason. said Hincks. is because Good has two court cases with former tenants (who are UW stuâ€" dents) that have not yet been resolved Omne has not gone to court yet: the second was won by Good and is being appealed Also. Hincks saird. ~we have had complaints brought to the turnkeys Two or three students have comâ€" plained about his housing."" and Good has been rude to CC staff on some occasions Good. for his part. said the Federation of students at UW is trying to blacklist him. and that they have continually harassed him. He said he would be glad to show a Chronicle reporter through any of his houses this plan was brought in, some students skipped out before their 12â€"month lease was up, and she and her husâ€" band lost money. Proâ€"rated rent ensures students will get a place the following year, she said, and they can get their money back if they find someone to subâ€"let to during the summer Although some students have complained about cockroaches, Mrs. Wudrick sard the bugs have been exâ€" terminated. and the probâ€" lem is now under control. There are also problems with student housing at Conâ€" estoga _ College, _ Doon Workers remove a charred pinball machine from Art‘s Recreation Centre. The machine, along with the rest of the store and the Garden Restaurant next door was destroyed in a fire last week. The blaze caused an estimated $400,000 damage. Campus. While the person in charge of the housing list said she has not heard of problems, a random survey of a firstâ€"year class showed five of the eight people not living at home were dissaâ€" tisfied with their housing. ing place because the spot her landlord told her to use was private and she reâ€" ceived a ticket for parking there. Kathy Dermott, renting a Preston apartment, was without a toilet the first three weeks of September (the landlord had told her it would be put in before Sept 1). She has no hot water and has had to find a new parkâ€" Dermott‘s landlord, who did not wish to have his name printed. said the probâ€" lem with the toilet and hot water came about because the plumber and electrician he‘d hired had not done the work,. although he said he‘d contacted them long before Sept 1 "I don‘t blame her for being upset because I‘m pretty upset too." said the landlord. ""I may sue the plumber _ He said he has given Derâ€" mott some money back and told her she didn‘t have to move in. She used an empty downstairs bathroom for the time she was without a torâ€" let. and is currently using the neighbor‘s shower The landlord said he had told Dermott to check with the City before using that parking space Another girl in the class, who did not wish to be named, is living in one room of a house owned by a Camâ€" bridge family. She pays $160 Nancy Franklin and Auâ€" drey McKay share an apartâ€" ment ($243 a month for a twoâ€"bedroom) at 444 Conâ€" naught St.. Kitchener. They had no refrigerator for the first week they were there, and now have a fridge three feet high and one foot wide, which has room for only small amounts of food. They have no cold water in the kitchen. the bathroom tap drips continuously and the bathtup drain is clogged. There‘s no curtain rod in the bedroom, a hole in the bathroom exposing the pipes where they think the few bugs they‘ve seen have come through,. tiles are missing on the bedroom floors and one of the covers is pulled off the heating pipes a month for one room. The heat is rarely turned on. They have spoken to the landlord about these probâ€" lems and submitted a list in writing, but so far nothing has been done Pablo Riderelli, the landâ€" lord, said there was no refriâ€" gerator when the giris arâ€" rived because they came without advance notice and wanted to move in the same day (The girls denied this. saying he had one day‘s noâ€" tice and had promised them a fridge would be there the next day ) Riderelli gidn‘t know if the two would be getting a regulationâ€"size reâ€" frigerator. saying that would be the owner‘s deciâ€" sion and said he would be doing the other repairs soon Riderelli refused to give out the owner‘s name or phone number,. saying he (Continued on page 4) Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, October 3, 1979 â€" Page 3 UW students confused by housing needs Arriving from a foreign country with no housing lined up is not pleasant. That‘s what happened to Jenâ€" nifer Tan and now she‘s helping others who have the same problem Jennifer is a secondâ€"year economics student at Uniâ€" versity of Waterloo. She arrived from Singapore in August 1978 without a place to stay A friend of a friend offered her room in their apartment for a couâ€" ple of weeks. She stayed there. with five others. until she got a room at Waterloo Coâ€"operative Residence. Incorporated The problem came about because UW accepted her late â€" not until July â€" and several residences Jenâ€" nifer applied to were already filled. while others didn‘t bother to reply An acceptance letter from WCRI arrived the day she left for Canada ‘‘You are really worried." in that situation. said Jennifer. Term will start soon and you have nowhere to stay _‘ Now that Jennifer is settled. it‘s friends of friends of her friends calling her â€" especially now at the beginning of term â€" to see if she can help them find a place Jeanette is one girl Jennifer‘s helped this year ‘‘She‘s from Singapore and got a reply from the university late." said Jennifer "She had no housing (to come to) but back in Singapore my parents found out she was coming and told her to find me "Jeanette stayed' here for three days. I contacted a friend from Waterloo Towers who had an extra room in her apartment. Jeanette went there to live _ Another girl Jennifer knew had a room in married student apartments with two other girls. The husband and child of one of the women arrived from Nigema. and the ensuing noise and crowd were too much for Jennifer‘s friend. Jennifer managed to find an apartâ€" ment in WCRI for her All firstâ€"year students should be given a place in the residences." said Jennifer ~Some places in the States do that _