, 1881-02-27

haps, lie has never heard. :
These and like practices bring :|isreputt
apon 2 honorable and nue t
afraid to deal with any professional agent
because of such tricks by the bummers and
canp-followers. It is, therefore, for the i'll
tereSt OF the reputable agents, as we'll as es
sential to te ,p5oteetioa Of propertyowners
a palliative may be found by q statutory
| requirement that nO land-contract signed by
an agent shall be entitled to record unless
| his written authority shall also be recorded.
tor any one to execute such contract with.
out authority. The present looseness and
inctliciency of our laws in this respect offer
a premium to the dishonest and render black
| WILLIAM c. REYNOLDS.
PUBLIC -ABsrRAcT-BooKs.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, Feb 27.-Your Springfield report
Of yesterday says the bill allowing tho people
to look at the tract-indexes to the public REG
ords here which they have paid for and
which are now being. used to run sort Of
Ing Recorder ,Brockway. Several Senators
have received letters from him on the sub
ject etc. Now the influence Of these letters
may not be so very great when the cause of
1t is, that the said Recorder now gets an
allowance lover aud above lis salary OF
| s., QUO year for superintending the private
th n"i rn 1e .ese p4oks ~ owned ny
! AS to Tie history of these fract-in.]exps tho
money was syotfen n,,t If fhe f,raasurr -, n.s. NV
| for them on the plea that their l,se would be
| of very great benefit tn tho nro;,In. and :1s
| soon US they were paid for by tile people the
County Commissioners and Eecorler fenced
private abstract Office. nOml11ally running
It in the name Of Cook County, but really to
furnish soft places and fat salaries to
be paid out OF the Treasury to a
dozen Or so OF men to be appointed by
business. riley are IN now I'VE engaged ed in SELF
ne TO tne people VINO own them the lllfornia-
ton furnished BY these index books at the
same rate per transter as IS charged by tile
regular 3nstfact 9lilces Which own their own
now nov l!elng passed by the STATE Legislature
allowing the people to examine their own
ihdeNes 70 me public records. Another
Ie 1easl.le OF this matter Is that when public
rate i by a no oGe 9l
dangerous as records; The only real way to
prevent 1orgerles anu mntllatlons ot public
Tecords IS 20 nave them always open to pub
nc inspection: then forgeries and lnutllations
hecom9 Pee ,i almost impossible and Of easy detec-
ton; This lmpndent attempt of these coun-
ty officials to sell to the people who own the
pnoKs me lnIorl'lietloh contained III these III
deNcs snon!d ne properly understood by tile
public and Legislators alike. ~
According to Superintendent James liar
rison, of the New York Board of Under
writer's, there IS no city in the world where
buildings are carried up to
nc in Nav ynrl- Tha Fan;tahla p,,;t,;n; ;s
- 70 ~ et ~" atia' ~ liz G4"tthGie naliuhe IS
fortress will he in feat Iiph ,vhnn cnn,.
plcted. The Boreel Bniltling is liz feet to
the cornfce. The New York Life is 1a9 feet
to the deck-roof. The dry-goods store Nos.
$40 and 347 Broadway is 10O feet to the cor
nice. The Morse Building, on Nassau street,
tops them ali, and is eigIt stories High and
lag feet to the cornice The building
at Broadway and Fourteenth street is ll5
feet to the cornice. With 4 doule nearly 20
feet high. There is a new building at Hud-
deck-roof. 4. r. Stewart s. Co.'s store, at
Broadway and Tenth street, is IS feet to the
cornice. At first Mr.. Stewart would not al
low our surveyors in the building, but We
finally took the measurement
Cla1lin's store is 80 feet to the cornice. Ar
mold, Constable u Co.'s is 05 feet to the deck
roof. Among the high hotels is the Gilsey
House, which is 100 feet to- the deck-roof.
The Mansard, q frame building with slate
roof, is house Of itself, 2S to 80 fcetin hight.
The Grand Central Hotel is 1,3 feet to the
top, Of which 30 feet is Mansartl The Fifth
Avenue is % feet to the cornice. As to flats,
they don't come into our category OF rates.
The one at Fifth avenue and Forty-secont
street is nine stories above the street, and
130 feet in hight just think OF it. There are
several flats and tele1nents high enough to
burn down before man could get down
stairs from the top story. Sixty feet is the
estimate of the proper hight of 4 building.
i description is given by the New York
Sun of
A MAGNIFICENT RESIDENCE
RI ho hr;ft h,, Mr. r C+u,rt M E;f+,, ,va
nue AZ The north corner of Sixtv-ejehth
street The frnnt will extend nt.rha1,s oiM
feet ajonr Fifth avenue. Tha si,Ie on Siytv-
eighth street will measure 100 feet, and the
garden behind the house, also bounded BY
the same street, will extend 150 feet further
back.
Upon the space to be inclosed for this gar
den are several tine old trees, which have
stood there hundred years or more. These
will dignity and adorn the miniature park,
which is to be made the most perfect and |
city garden i'll America:
Six architects have prepared plans Tor the |
house. The porch and main stairway have |
received particular attention from Mr.. Stuart,
who wishes these parts OF his residence TO |
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