The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-07

t<1E R441tA4 Hr&E gffk ~ 80 7TEfas@ - 49,
ing 10 fsie deeds. mortgages and other
Instruments. wkiie over half dozen
men were IT work searching records.
In an aleuve leading gsss Of the room
we're six aEyxtSact0rx, and In another
close and cran1ped rocfa were SIX ~
corders. In short there we're oTeT 70
persons IN the naditez.s quarters. and
s.s.tre xas snet 4 hann Of voices that
the attorney pleading before the board
Of commissioners could not be heard
and Was forced - stop bis argument
In despair.
The board Of commissioners should
hare room where Is can hold court,
separate from the noise and disturb
ing elements OF the Apditcrt Office
the recorders should have a place
where they can pursue their work,
which requires the closest attention.
in peace and quiet. there should be
room for clerks % keep up the books
there should be room for the public 20
st or stand while waiting Tor the
transaction Of business: there should
be place provided where abstraetcrs
Of title snd searehers Of record could
pursue their vacations without dis
commoding the general Fsblie. The
auditors Office should be the ofssce Of
tie auditor. and not the headquarters
for nearly The whole county govern
mcnt, 80 n nov Is,
An TseufsTCTEaT VAULT.
The vsnIt In The sudltor's Office
also snares the general made
auacy. II IL flied to its ut
most capacity now with old records
Of great value, and many important
records are. perfoFte. crowded oct. II
the auditors Office we're 10 burn. many
records would be destroyed with IL.
One year from ROW. II the business
continues 10 increase n ID has for the
past tso years. the vault will not con-
tain oHe-haE the current records.
opisIos OF THE AUDITOR.
Auditor Forrest In speaking Of the
condition OF his quarters yesterday
said THE indexes and records are
the property OF the public and must be
kept open for their use. so that any-
one wishing 70 examine them during
business hours may do 80. Our room
| Is no crainped that net more than four
car get at the records nc time, and
there are often ms many rs twenty per-
sons waiting 10 do 81. Then the rec
0fds are fled on top OF each other
promiscuonsly and handled so feagbiy
| that they soon 20 10 pieces. The fss
suit OF this crowded condition Is that
people who have any other business
TO attend to cannot afford TO waste
time In waiting 10 get sc the records
and are forced 10 pay ahstract0rs THAR
prices to search titles.
QUANTITIES OF rHE snEsiFT.
The sheriff. Office Is about IL By 20
feet in size and his private Office, which
is also used az q bedroom for the
jaiIer and a general store-roofn BY
everybody else, IL lf, by II feet. The
delinquent tax rolls are piled up on u
shelf, where they are handled daily by
aistractors ami others, and a. there is
no room for their proper care. they
are banged about and are going to
| pieces There il no vault in the cher
| IFS office and Ia ease Of fire the lax
folls and other important records
would he destroyed. Sheriff Metsraw
makes no complaint about his quar-
tsrs. although he admits that his pub
! tie oislca IS entirely too sfnali AMI with
out any facilities whatever. and that
his private Office has no privacy about
IT, His especial bete aoir il The iail.
which he nptly says Il "a CRYING evil
that smells loud TO heaven. In few
days the delinquent tax roll for isss
/ will tsa turned over 10 the sheriff and
the public will then have an oppostu-
nifty Of paying ylsit 10 his quarters.
TgFAst}SGgts APARTMENT
In the courthouse proper are she
other Offices ~ the county. and they,
too. are, ho1tcxceptiom, denounced
/ by their occupants AZ announcement
and incnmmodious The treasurer
oihee - Is hy q feet IN sixe. ESQ
thirds Of this space is required by the
clerks. and thes have no room 20
spare. A space Skis feet Is given 10
/ the public. During the last few DAYS
OF taxrnlieciing on the roll OF i9as.
wien TREASURER Pontlus ard several
elerNs we're working day and nighs 80
Keep the business nf the aaiice going,
I people crowded che small flaee allotted
/ 50 them, allied tbs hallway, and stand
ing tpr hours waiting their
turn 70 pay their taxes. MANY.
siespaisinE III eseT getting into
the room NJ ali before taxes became
delinquent. threw their money over
| tho iranzuin, an,l told the treasurer Ia
send them their Fe1sipts when he goi
| ready The sstsqr inadsauacY nf tic
Treasures Office was partly to blame
I Tor this. and Mr. pontlns has teel
i forced To give SIX Neess grafuitons
/ work IL the raaasy aud pay an assist.
asit III sFttef - wind 4tp his steward.
ship Fhen she treasurer ofIinc has
! no vault &C ali, and two large sales
/ witch may or may mel b. fire and
burglar proof are maeie 20 hold county
i treasure ana county recsrds.
rRonAtH carRr Roav.
Tho probate court sseasa il net a.
large a. the treasurer 1t a pleas
ant ra0s, and would be larre enough
for private chamber for the Judge a
/ probate or recording roogu f0g Ei.
cles *. bat i i eEtifelv inadequate II
the demands now marie sspon IL
/ spare. The clerks do their recor,i.ns
( IN the tail hun aud Deisa Of TIE court
! aud the rooFls, even nn DAYS wheu bel
little business - transacted Is crowded
To is utmost capacity Neen an In.
sanity ~ other case ia ghieis the gen.
eFai pssh'lr Il Interested Il brought ar
hetore the Judge. there il not even
standtas soniu. AND iae clerks have Ia
{ suspend their lsaaFs entiFeIv hv rea.
soa og the rFesS.
Judge bss,oFH. Yesterday. When
questioned aisaut TIE matter. said
IS, The r0oisi i enttTels too small
I There ought u hss u eourtrss.nt for
IRIS SfeFi. and sktn IL could hold reg,
=! niaF terms and le eesafs ia fact
rather than ia nana~, ard business
would BE eTeassy facilitated. saanoi
! set taafs than oi5a ag tso casssS down
FOR hearing on 4 certain aas. sseeaass
have 10 rssnn Ter the crnea tina,
weald necessarily gather were u Al.
tempt u expedite business Ey toisesag
ssrnAs al open congt
The vault in tke prs,hase court i
nearly atless Snd t-cGcFc she end IA
six llsoHths there u Ia lse Na fues.s fn-
neN lsapeFs ard records Ssssga az the
assi papers wiil have "a be removed "a
make soem for the rev hHt sfsev afv
al valuable and <heais be preserved,
Taa eag MY AssHSsaz.
The co9essg Assesses has raoal
asseai lexis iees IN sac. There i roa,al
seE aeoa: six csesks in The Tcam. aas!
every ineh q spsne wIl hs afsllsssl
When tste retains sSsumeaee coming
~, oasstsis quarters viii have g. ~
hound for tsse eAstkS " 10 sssske cat abe
tAs-Esasls, sn3 she csaGnty wall have q
/ rent asls % Ray.
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