New-York tribune., 1885-07-22
mopths.s Murphy interceded for him ana got o"'
at the expiration of twelve days

~ the 0xpIr6tiOu OI tWoi'ou u"y~
IMPEDING SEARCHERS OF THE RECohDS'
DEVICES OF REGISTER REILLY's MEN TO STOP THE
TITLE coMPANY's WORK.
The upplessantness between Register Reilly and
the little Guarantee and Trust Company lsnot !SS
at an end. Some time ago the Register e]ec.eu sho
ing extracts from the records IN the nan ot t
Records. The company applied for Q writ OF
psremptory msndsmus requiring the Register ird. 70
Allow Ss the viii
be Obliged to seek any redress which 10 may con-
slider Its due in an ordinary suit Tor damages ,ha IN
the meantime tn the Register bs SSes oce They are al
lowed to wsrE There and examine the records.
but system has beep arrapged by whIcn tne pet ~
tts compsny is to make new set Of indices 70 the
conycyances and mortgages preserved IN the Reg
ister's Office. The new indices will be based upon
locality instead of on the names o. tnf par,ss
indices Thus by turning In the now lndex 70 IN
locality of the piece Of property the title q wct
is under examnatlon references VIII a 20 moptgaoes
through which the title has passed. VI copise tao
success of such a system would be death blow 10
the Registers fees for searches as tney yS S0
erty. The execution Of the plan, however, rendeLs
it necessary to make an abstract OF eaen
x.I4 II that fhs the cslks of Title
pany arc busily engaged. The custodians and other
men employed about the Registers Ofhce, however,
find means TO make this work extremely SLOW anu
annoyipg Under pretense Of wishing to examine
the libers to make extracts from tsen, .no'
demand the books as soon as the CLERKS OF TUG COM
pany begin to use them The clerks nave oI"ers sn M
the Registers men or by others Working among
the records. When one book is taken from ,nem u
they begin to work on another put tnat one nj aaay
Invariably the book which is absolutely essentiai
to the work on which the custodian Is employees.
The second lber Is accordingly surrendered ana tne
clerk again begins work on the first. But then
another custodian needs the first, and the farce
promises to be kept up until one party VI 'ne o'"o'
Yesterday TRIBUNE reporter secured some OF
the blanks used by the Title Company in making
abstracts OF the conveyances. lie took down
lber 45S, and began 10 copy deed. lie mad not
been at work two minutes when one OF .the en-
ployes of the office came up and asked what liber
he was using at the same time looking at the mum
ber the cover Having found the number .ird" ne
entity strosd by and said "Wlli you please Iet
me sec 45of ! want to make some references. aef,sn
The Ibee was handed over ana NO a3o was ,aada ade
down in its place. The custodian had soon maze
his references No. 45s. put 1t back on the sheli
and then discovered that No. 459 was the mex mex.
liber to which he was obliged 10 reier
again took down No. 45s But by some strange
coincidence, another custodian was lust a. .na.
moment in search Of No 45s and the reporter was
again obliged 10 give it up. He did so ana waited.
The researches Of the custodian were long ana as
the reporter stood patiently waiting without taxing
down another ber the custodian al iast carrled 10
ASS into another room. When he came back ne
said In answer to question. that 1t was needed ny
some of the scarchers for reference. In tne
meantime tho same comedy was pe-
ng around all the clerks of the Title Company
Ihe transparency of the Registers plans 9f annoy
ance was abundantly evident from the fact that
five times IN an hour. The reporter had at least
half dozen libsrs taken from him in half an hour,
the custodians following him from one part OF tne
rOOm to another, ana demandlng every po1A ,rs, sa
he might happen 10 take from the shelf Inc
Register says that the presence of five or six men
from the company crowds the building and moon
yenicpces other workers.