The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-02-28
THOSE ABSTRACTS.


sit;on, and gives interviews with alb
stractors and others which substantiate
his statements made in his letter pub
lished in the HERALD of last week. He
says:
Editor Herald:-Since my letter of the
DIST inst. in which called attention to
the contract awarded by the county com
missioners to Messrs. Zapp, Vossberg
and Mcbride for set of tract indexes
for this county, and in which 1 stated
that the commissioners had acted has
tily in awarding this contract, and had
at least $4,000 better off, l have become
possessed of TIE opinion of others on the
same subject and herewith append the
views of well known abstractors and
others equally as conversant with this
line of work, and their estimates as to
cost OF compiling Set of tract indexes
from the Stearns county records.
w. a. Plummer, deputy register Of
deeds, Hennepin county. 1.-The work Of
compiling a set of tract indexes for
Stearns county can be done for $500 at
the outside"
l.. NJ. Davis, attorney and abstractor,
Long Prairie; Mimi. "There is big
money iii making a set of tract indexes
OF Stearns county for $1,000. 1 am ia
1silia;- with the records"
L. D. Taylor Esq, St. Cloud, MINI
Counting each government subdivision
and plated asa descriptions; l would like
the contract Of getting up set of tract
indexes for the county at one halt cent
per description. In my opinion there
are considerably over 100000 descrip
tons in the Stearns county records.'
Troutman & Tolman, St. Cloud
Mimi. I'm Our opinion, from what
knowledge we have been able to obtain
we believe the work can be done for 5000
$1,000. Anyone would be safe in max
ing 4 contract at these figures and VIZ
feel confident that any abstractors
would Jump at this chance
Mcclure s. Whitney, St. Cloud, MINI
owe arr. Of the opinion that there are
fullv 400 900 Inscriptions in stearns
county, but whether there are more or
less than this number, we would be W.T.
Ing to do the work for one third cent
per description, for which the county
commissioners, by private contract pur.
pose paying two cents per description. .
O. w. Baldwin, ST. Cloud, MINI. GAS
come quite familiar with the Stearns
county, and find that many instruments
cover from twenty to one hundred de-
scriptions, while some will cover as high
as 1000. From inquiry l am satisfied
that that the contract for procuring a
set of tract indexes for the county could
be let for $500 with proper bonds to Sc
cure the perfect execution of the work
and could certainly be placed for $1,000
In my judgement there are at least 300
600 descriptions"
Jenkins & Warnock, abstractors
Minneapolis, MINI. owe would esti.
mate as the cost TOR compiling set Of
tract indexes for Stearns county to be
from 5000 to $500. This estimate is
made on basis of there being 1872 vol
urnes.''
c. c. Leland. abstractor, Minneapo-
lis, MINI. II should say that $500 a
volume Tor $792 for 1872 yolumes)
would be very liberal estimate for in
dexins record of that kind, based on an
experience of fourteen years, and having
made two set of indexes in this (Henne-
PIN county, and one set in Waseca coun-
tv."
From the foregoing, it will be seen
that the opinion is unanimous that
there are at least 100000 descriptions.
IT'S seen also that there are a number
parties who would like this same work
for less than $1,000. Therefore, is not
the county to suifc,- loss of $4,000 by
this act of it's commissioners?
A TAX PAYER.