, 1875-09-19

account Of their defective condition, what use
will they be TO any ono else
From the fire of 1871 to January, 1873. tho
"tract books Of Wilmannt L. Thielcke comprise
oply shout ten small, cheaply bound books.
From January, 1878 to September, 1878. al! the
transfers are posted IN less than bali dozen
small paper covered books. It ne look into these
books We find but little more than simply col
umns OF figures. These figures are the docu-
ment numbers Of Instruments ,1.Is re-
ne wish to look up the title to lot
in certain block in tho business part OF tho
city, OF in one Of the additions to the city. We
find the book and pagein Wilmans Ihelcke's
''tract books in which the block 10 fetortea 70.
Instead Of finding here the particulars OF the
title, VIZ: the names OF the parties who have
deedod, 1nortgagod, and otherwise conveyed the
lot, and the dates and character OF the convey
ancee, the consideration and reference to tho
books and pEges Of the records where these con-
yoyauces can be found and what particular lot
Of the block is conveyed by each instrument, ne
generally lind
SIMPLY COLUMN OF FlouREs-
These are document numbers. which afford Us
no information, except that a large number OF
copveyapces have boen made at some time,
which may or may not be given, By some per-
sons whose names ara generally not given, and
OF some part Of the block, which part OF lot ia 50
often not given, and which have been recorded
somewhere in the Recorders Office. but in what
particular book or on Whist particular page no
information is given.
This muddIed and incomplete system OF REQ
ords can be econ BY any one who will take the
trouble n visit the Recorders Office. It ia no
wonder that Wilmans i Th;elcae, in their busi-
ness of sostract-uak1ng, virtually
ABANDONED THE USE Or TuE1R OWN BooKs'
aud got their chain of title from another frn,
whose t1act-books Herc made up so that they
could be used
AZ to many OF the subdivisions Of land in the
county, some Of them containing many acres;
divided into large number OF blocAs. ano
"tract "-books of Wilnans l. Thielcke do not
separate the subdivisions into blocks ereo-
All OF the couveyances and transfers III al parts
OF the subdivision are posted together prom1s-
cously By inserting the document numbers only.
In snch case. il person wishes to tind out
something about any one particular lot, he must
wado through and investigate each document
number shown in the whole subdivision.
Finding it impractcable to use taer
tract books, Wil1naus d Thielcke have at-
1878, BY making up new set. This is Simply
CONFESSION,
like their recourse to other abstract-makore.
that their present books are "ofsh'eas. lnas
part OF their books which were begun after
September, 1873, are in better shape, ous thls
ret comprises only about seventy volumes OF
thin books, which would not give much moro
thnu half the space Of the books in use BY
Handy Simmons i Co., or in other words.
would be equal to about thiTty-hve volumes OF
3" tract " books OF the ordinary SIZE.
The abstract-tirm OF Handy, simmons Co.,
IN making Up new eee y. ,a's. am Isroa snh-
7 lue u!1ss a ~ ,ae,s ~, tb;s 1uTnosn This
DOCKS ior .nis r puspoeoh ~ h.va -
separate space for the
GREAT NUMBER OF DISTINCT PARCELS
of land in the county. II they deemed It neces-
sarv tn hare 80 many books when all those
asing taem are eApeits ..s'..a;t ana .a = thst .ha
oooks nov Hucn ulote .4po1 ~" 30. 30 ~ ~ n.y.
- tTecs ooohs prosiaeu 4oi 10 Ino y, oi,tsnc.ted
PIE III een*ta! enoulu 10 p.oty s"an ~ ;oto 9oo
" nat ptoIess.onI aost. !,an tsar1a ~ sy
Folumes LOT tueL oHu use, 10 psop'o
pecseo 70 nno III eeseas, poo1 .-oo'Dren no
to coafAae ~ us ~ 49, c:.an,"na T. ~
1oe ttae1 oooAs VI nAady, ~ "a on, iar,e ~ ~
SINCE loe IN1 cop5o up ea'. auors ~ ~ can7ar;ant
INES "nlcn tIes uuu .po: ho:eax W.
ma 2,, as9 ~ % .oat fn.. f-o,, +ha
1oe III Mnoans tuT1 1879 eorno-ss onIv
1eas He w as c0n a.1,. =. .J, 1,+,+,d rot,@nas
spou' n, 81. 1ofa 49, ~ 1a7a lao t1'.n
rloul yan' - to'v' w esp -. ..a1,,raas -
1ail-a-oozeo s1aar,' an1a es ~ ~. 49,. =.
from oept~ l. to1o' ott. oous ~ ~ u u.Js, "s; g.; ~
'Qul!a1ea. u aoou* ~ 'o4l'e1oo VI AA"Ao'' 'AN'
'na @ 20. oooAa-
INC eoncIuslon " Ino "no1o n4a.s9' h9 20 20 a.,tho
1. Inc county totut@e1uno1e , n"e' no "osAo'
~ 70 nuI any apsttac.7ooohs. @ ;,,..,,u hor,s,,+
~ a ans ~ oo1Ae @ tnes n4'a '.es as ~. oe.
4 The 100 and odd books bought that ap-
proach the character Of tract iullices are 50 de-