, 1873-07-18

lily TRIBUNE: FRIDAY,
from delivery for ak months, but Of courao
others nor Tho admission Of Outsiders to copy
foes na they ohoao to oxaot. 30 long % titles
must bo traced through thoir property, they aro
but tholr own intoroBts or their passions, 1t IT,
r!tetod BY nttemrts at ooeroiyo leKslntion; or
their Holf-defonHe, II surrounded by penalties.
Many Of tiloBo who, In the wirtor aftor tho aro,
OPPOSED tho restoration of al tieles py simple
donco In exiatonce before tho courts, and ays-
to,natically establishing oyory titlc In Tho county
without any exception III favor Of infantn married.
women, or any others. now fool that their arg'1-
mGnts against auch n plan lavo boon moro than
anaworo1, mud that 1t Is now only question Of
tino whom NO must como to It that our present
practice Of rolylng on tho private md Imperfect
memoranda OF strangers to tho ownora III ut boBt
Iator wo must favo complete emancipation. Wo
must hayo security in titloH, aud 1t must DO 10
evidenced that sales mud plcdgoa can be prompt
and inexpensive. They my " We opposed
such achomo. then, bocGrbo wo fo'tnd IT. would
caseH deprive infants aud persona undor disnbilt-
ty Of thoir rights" but / nm satisfied TINT
tho number Of BuoE caeos would not compare
with those now OF dolly occurrence: That htlll-
UFG1A huEIl lluH l0bU kAoAA A!BAtu bSAhAnN bACJ
emit Afford to ascortan oyen tho description Of
tho property that they once owuod, or to which
tleir ancestors had title, thorc con bo no doubt
or il thcy nttonpt to know whether thoy own
Of itu yalne to ascortaiu t.. TAey also aay: "Wo
feared TINT tho cost a million nid hhlf, to 40
perfect tho .itlos would bo too Groat MI exponhe
to bo wnrrantablo; !" yet tho cost Of abbtracts
and thcir examinations will IN threo years have
ior abBtracts and examination fixed
upon ovory lot Mt D condition OF Balo
burdens tho valuo Of oyory lot IN tho county to
that amount, aud, beyond that, tho dolay, and
ponding, mud loss Of sales which cannot bo made
unleBB promptly. amount every yonr md perhaps
.oyory month, to as mich as aajnagfng mud o.
tabIishng al tho titles In tho county would cost,
i AUTOMATICALLY and simply arranged. Nor Is
Of Europe 1t has boon found necessary to havo q
periodical. clearing: OF titlos, every fifteen
or twenty yuara, under jul'clal h''poryiHton,
without expense to tho ind.yidual aud it works
is true, but it has benefit to tho ruler. oxcopt
III the prosperity md happiness Of tho people
and even II It should bo lttlo. sovoro i'll opora-
tiou it is bettor than tho despotlsm OF a lnonop-
oly or inaccu,tty, OF property 1ights
Koportor-And you aro IL firm believer in thc
expeditions plan suggested, and i'll tho periodical
examination OF titles? ...
hfr. RI canhot'soo any botter plan at PROB
ont. nm not aware that any groat changes
hayo boon made in Europe other than 1 have
1no,tionod, or might know Of better.
noporter-Is it true tint there laa been CO.
Obligation In England p
Air. RI 'yill not undertake to say what Inns
| boon dono in England. Since tho tlro, my ener-
! Ing those problems (unlocking drawer filled
with now ab,tracta). have not had tho tIno to
keep posted, AZ should have wished.
l!oportor-Do you think tho abstract men o1-
~ 41rr
| 1lr. R-That depends upon the way sou look
at it. do not; but another might We 1nust
| allow for circumstances. They tako months to
| prepare an abstract now where they used TO tako
weeks. I hayo paid $3.50 Tor what would at one
time havo cost perhaps not moro than $50. But
they take all that timo because hundreds arc al
| the time ahead; and in that $3.50 case, tho work
they did was vol worth tho money. They worked
night mud day. It was for . particular purpose,
and We were bound to got it by cortain day.
| that they will disregard the Law. Wien a law
ia violated, and tho Volators say they k3ow they
aro violating it, and that they intend to keep on
| violating it, that about oxhausts the subject,
| cxpect! At all events, haTo nothing to add
toit.
| THE Aps7nAo r~a1Es INTERVIEWED.
It only remained to visit tho abetraot-mou
themselves, and hear what thoy bud to say OIL
tho subject.
Tho firm of Handy, Simmons 4 Go. are 10.
Gated in Grconebaunl's Bank Building, SOUTH
west corner Of Randolph Btreet aud Fifth ave
nuo, occupying the basement. The entrance ia
fitted up ,as an Office for tho abstract-men
where orders arc takon, money received, ant
business generally transacted. Beyond tht
glaBs partition, tho. room is seon to bt
Completely filled with clerks. Ono w,oult
tay thoro wasn't room for . singlt
made. Tho number prepared and sent out since
Dec. i, 1872. whom tho new firm took hold, IL
6,Gi8. as indicated by the files, or an average
Of 20 and 6a-227 every Day, including
sandass: Without {s as1{ispg f.ado ~ questions m
may assume that theso abstracts will nvorago 85(
each, very few being loss than $50 each, ant
many being ovor 800 oacl. tho special cases. o
which there are largo numbers, amounting. moi
$50 as an average therefore, NO sllall ilnd oal
friends earning tho pittauco OF about 9050,0
per yoar, tho reooipta In soyol
months and seventeen days being $685., 800
add to their atar, it ie reasonable to auppos
they will soon DO turning out abstracts at TIL
rato Of $3.50, 900 per year.
Tho clerk-hiro, subordinates, ETC., may DO pu
down at ITO in number. earning an average, bl
and little, Of less than 800 per wook. Tho littl
balance OF couple Of hundred Thousand or 80
for the Six months work, will stand for tho prot
its of our moritorious and lucky young friends
: IIandy, Simmons Il Co. 1t iH anid on the street
that thoy pny 900, 00o year for tho rental OF til
at,-pro rata, in fact,-aud 1t must DO, for o.
, | those tornls the lcaBors would bo awallowin
: tLroo-ifshB Of tho profits, attor paying all or
pensos.
! In reply to the message Of tho reporter, II,
J Simmons appeared at tho little wicket. The dia
| tinruislod man had dispensed with o slirt-ool
lar, owing to the warmth. It is Justice to III
Summons to say TINT, from tho point Of his bear
to tho corners Of his eyeB 10 Jocks = pre-em
! nontly sharp sort Of eltizon. He was in hqrr I
. found timo to ho both civil and communicative.
Tho reporter having informed NJ: slmmo'
9 bis ~ hd aho " sap
according to the now law.
Mr. Simmons looked hard words. but goott
humorcdly said tlat he supposed overybod
? know they didn't pay tho aliglltost attention
tho new law.
> Tho reporter, his breath apparently carrie
nygay with the idea, asked hIr, Simmons II b
meant to Hay he defed tho law.
? 1ir. 8. wished to DO understood that thu
: simply didn't know anything at all about !
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