, 1873-07-18

ing GuBlnGHA viii t10fn, NO bHAl presently RGGs |
Toun AMONG THE nEAG~EaTATE MEN.
Tho reporter frat viBltod tho real-eatate mon,
calling on ns many 40 hc conveniently could
within tho lirnita Of ono brief bualnoBa dhy
Averaging tho real oetato doAlora Of all clhasos,
highest and lowest, rtohest and pooroat, ho found
that his intorviows with Mr. Keffoot IN. D. Her
foot Il Co.. and Afr. Ass Vail wero tho most pro-
ltfo Of information, and Of tho most repreeenta-
tive character, tt tho term be admissible. =,
hfr. Kcrfoot becanao attontivo immediately tho
reporter broachcdtho subject Of liu visit. After
a few preliminary explanations tho reporter
asked Mr. Kerfoot for any information ho could
give 40 to tho truth, Or otherwise Of tho charges
ct needless delay and e1tortion proferrod against
Handy, Simmons d Co.
MI Mr. ! iK!o1f9ot. laughing, said; Whats tho
1t, vhatevor they CHARGE"
Roporter-Woil bqt Is thoro extortion7 snp.
oxceod the ohArgoa allowed by tho law7
11r. K.-Tho law! Stun. What's tho Law got
to do with my ledgers and private boolss7 Tho
Law. can't Bay what sa oxtortion IN regard to
more than they used to, what does TINT aignify2
IT, in many cascs II it wnB thousand timca aa
much.
Roporter-A thousand ttmest Como, you are
Mr.. K.-Not at all. Thoro arc some cnsos
whore nm bound to got abstracts. I cannot
set thom anywhere but Of Handy & simmons.
TINT means TINT It's got to be dono somehow,
regardless OF expense. For instance, d loan
muat he ohtained On cortain dag, or a
man loses all tho property he has in tho
s moGss e ss oi mo ns s 's ans MP
Tho money must bo In Ills hands on tho lHt Of
tho month, and no lator. Quo Of my friends
promises to lot him have the money II tho ab-
strsot ls natisfaotory "lf the abstract ia aatis-
abstract must DO satisfactory. Whore, in tho
wido world, Is my client to got that abstract, II
not Of Handy, Simmons & Coz Nowhoro.
Time is flying. Thoro is no good stopping at
900, md It is worth, To-day, at least &t5o,ooo.
Io can sell at that price In fourtocn days, II 10
prefora selling to. holding on but meanwhile
tho mortgage sale will take piaco in ton days,
unlcsa he can find tho money to settle with.
S160. 600, say sou, will surely advance $40 900.
Not bit Of IT, ue will want to SEQ tue abstfact
first. SO, whichever way you look at 1t, 1t comoss
down to the question Of getting an abstract, and
him tho abstract oxcopt Handy, Simmons i Go.
Tho ordinary prico for that abstract would bo
a30, but il the usual run Of thinga ho won't got
It for oig1t monthH, leave alono Ton days, With
toars In Lis eyes ho bcgs me, for Godssako to got
that abBtEact, it it costs $1,000. BY putting on
| three or four extra mon, and working nights,
perhaps the abstract can be got in time. II it il,
| do you suppoao tho fellows such D fool as to
charge him, inatoal Of tho ESQ they would have
charged If things went on in On ordinary. way !?
No, etr, Ho pays it, geta, hia abatraat
and his money, pays on tho mortgage,
between tho mortseceo and my olisnt who shall
!! posaesa that valuable property. Tho mortgagee
didn't want his money, bless you. He'd willingly
have paid Handy, Simmons l. Co. 81 900. 81, 900,
theY could havo been bribod. That's how tho
thing works.
Roporter-A very satisfactory, 40 far ns 1t
| COOS; but 1t does not 60 fur enough. I want to
know If. according to law. they make extortion-
hr. K.-I don't bo1tovo that they do. neyor
know them to. When man begs aud implorcs
thom to do special work, and put on special mon,
and he Offers to pay more than tho regular prlco,
you can't call that an o1torlionato charge, B1tp
pose. AS far az know, tholr charges aro with
in tho law. They mako ono charge. however, in
all cases, Of $40 for q certificate. But suppose
| thoy do! Tho law isn't worth snap Of ono'A
| finger!
Roporter-Woll about noodlegs dolay?
Mr. K.-Say yexatious delay, annoying delay,
exaoperating delay, and l agreo with you. ]
don't altogether eay needlosa dolby, Just look
at thor place. It ia crammod full with clerlts
When they arc all working, and they cannot
work any hardor, don't SEQ much needless de.
Heporter-Wc1l, we'll. Doea tho delay buri
anybody There ia Rono delay, suppose, o,
Mr.. K.-Yho delay hurts almoat everybody.
: don't know whom it don't hurt. 1t lurtB mo.
costs mo thousands Of dollara. loBo thousandl
| by It but 1t can't be helped.
Reportor--Why don't you do something to sti
'om up? Can you mako thom moyo fa9ter2
Mr. K.-I think not. They are doing all tho,
can, They are employing all the oomPoton
mon they can find. Yet, with all they can do
how rnnny demands for abstracts are ahoAd o
them, think you?
Roportor-Hayn't tho B1;ghtoat idea.
Mr.. K.-Oyer fifteen hundred. Probnbl
nearer two thousand. Do you suppose over.
tailor or shoemaker can make an abBtract2 d
you Ruppoae you can?
Reportor-1 don't suppose anything Of th
kind. I know quite vol couldn't il was tt
die for not doing it.
Mr. K.-:rhat's Just the experience OF th
absEraot-makors. They can't got men compoten
to do the work. They can get plenty OF loafere
and fellows who can write but that's oil. Blu
thoy can't got steady men who understand tn
business, because, probably, in all tho world, 70
such demand for abstract mon aa that Octobc
blaze created In Chicago. There aro a fow me
in tho city who wore bred up to tho busnose
and they are worth their weight In gold.
Thstf ,tf man is q bettor real estate lawyer thu
ninaty-nine out Of oyery hundred lawyers prac
tising. But you don't find many mon nk
Mr, K.-You don't find many men, sir, thu
, arc worth their ealt. Just whom good man la
got into working harneas. of he goos aud got
drunk. Ten to one he turns out drunkard
It's wonderful how those mon tako to drinking
} You geo, tho monotony OF tho work is SO trying
I They get good wages, too.
Roporter-Mon who arc worth good wages al
generally too sonsiblo to become drllnaard'
How do Handy, Simmons h Co. intond to &
, oyor this difficulty? "
Young 5 nmo mon to Tho bnsiness. bolieye they ar
It ia tho only thing theY can do