New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-22
THE NEW RECORD SYSTEM
OLD COMPLEXITIES TO BE REMOVED.
pprp,,rxc TO PUT IN OPERATION THE LAW TO
now,vw WITH THE DELAYS AND TRIALsIN

DO AWAY WITH THE DELAYS AND ii'iNho Az
SEARCHING FOR TITLES TO PROPERTY
A,v one who has ever tried TO borrow money on
real estate has no doubt had cause to condemn Vsor
onsly the system in vogue OF re'o'u"s u,ou' "'u
titles This is especially true OF 'hose ""o va"
b.cn IN a hurry ~ obtain loan on the'r pIoPe'N' i'
I, often takes under the present system ilo'i '"r"
to sixty DAYS TO have title searched ana e 'oe'V
ress established without doubt. 80 cnhnrous au ~
,u % rvs,cry is the present system that thefe are
several title guarantee companies that nave on' up
a large business in simply doing ue '''a'a'' ~
work Of searching the books OF the keeiNe' '"'' -
,s,re purcbnscrs and sellers OF real ESTATE d" e'i
nc those who advance and borrow money W, ~ Va
,h correctness Of the title TO IT, Large sums Oh money
-, an, yearly for this sort OF work., and. besides,
a., - vainoLle time are lost because OF the per-
nlc,.cs and complexities Of the plan no" ioho"cu'
Relief from this has come, however '"o"t" ''c
NOW method Of REGISTRATION, winch VIII eo "''" VIZ
Grafton on January next. TINS new pan ~
,p,c and easily understood that the scores OF search
or. now crowdlng the Registers once WI" "''Pp.'''
and Instead of waiting from one u TWO ihoN o''''e
.h coroirtv ard security Of a clear title TO piece oil
,ronertv can be assured II Will be Wa'c' vi Il"
hour's time at the utmost 20 great fci"''"N ,""'c
spontaneously hnt generally they are u'' "s"i' va
hard work and constant AGITATION on c part VI 'oso
who advance them. There are always III " ""''S
~ ufc men who are wont TO adhere TO ola me'hooS
chang. vould be. Again. there are always "ide uif-
,ererrcs NJ oninion among those most inteeS'ed as
On the best methods % be employed to attain ,"c III"
desired aud the plans or systems m'r"o".'" " ~
the places Of the old ones. TINS mas nee" wv" " ~
,eot advance from q heavy. unwicdy. expensive anu
little understood system Of recording necos anu ~
cages 10 one comparatively simple anu NY"
THE NECESSITY FOR a CliAN"h
Tho agitation Of this subject was begun seVerai
wears ago by Dwight II. 0lmStcad' the "e''A"o""
LAWYER who, like thousands oil others "oo VI
interested In real estate saw That n chalBc ~ ".o
hotter plan was an absolute necessity. or real estate
matters in this city would become 50 mNeu UP 'n''
ma one wouh be perfectly certain OF MS pos'css'oh
or t,lc While Mr. Olmstcad had many friehds VINO
concurred In his belief II was he who d'd ''e "o'"
and spent the time In evolving and putting ihVo "so
the change This has cost several years vi mar"
work in examining plans used In TINS anu o'"c'
countries and in breaking down the opposition Oh
those who stubbornly and pcrslsently stood III INC
uav ~ the REFORM Two systems OF lndcNIhH uahs-
,.rs ac,ds etc were presented at the outset one
the "lot" system, a method In use IN hnHin"' o"'
impractcahIc here and the block system Tue ono
which has been adopted. and which on '''"''S
next will be IN Use IN this city
Four years ago a bill drawn by Mr. oimS''an wa.
introduced in the Legislature for the purpose oil
mailing compulsory the change. There IL met strong
opposition from the enemy Of all changes III ~"
which will lie Of disadvantage 70 H. Iainmahy Hai'
and one II the hartc, workers against the bill was
Police Commissioner Martin. then Deputy Register
The arguments then made against the b'Ii nave
all ono bv one been broken down. But hot"ith.
standing this, the operation Of the law was put o'
Dom, time a. time and even as late A. the last sc'-
sion efforts were made 10 cause SIN further delay
FINDER the now law the city Is di,idcd into sections
and each section Is suldividcd into blocks Inc
original bill provided that each city BLOCK Sh'"ii DC
termed an area Of search In consequence OF the
~. f.1..t- In
wards and the extreme sire Of the blocks IN the an
moved district because the streets have not yet been
c,t through this was found 10 Doe impiacticahe. ana
a the last session of The Legislature an amendment
was made giving the Tax Commissioners The power
to make the subdivisions any slLc they dc'lhen
propcr The original idea Of making eich area 81
search conform 10 an ordinary city block has been
followed a far A. possible but In the lover waTi'
several hregulary shaped triangular blocks have
been made one subdivision. and In tho annexed dis
trict portions Of the large tracts have been taken
now THE DIVISIONS ARE MADE.
Section | contains the First second Thirn'
Fourth fifth. sixth and seventh wards section :"
the Eighth. Tenth Thirteenth and Fourteenth WANTS.
section o. the Ninth Eleventh. Fifteenth and seven
toenth wards section t. the sixteenth and Eighteenth
wards: section ,. the Twentieth and Twenty first
Wards section g. the Nineteenth Ward s'ciloh -
the Twenty second Ward section r. the portion "l
the Twelfth Ward east II sixth ave and south OF ono
hundred and city nnhst. Section g. the portion 81
the Twelfth Ward wing west Of >lXthavc. and >onih
Of Onchundred and tfv nth ST. section 10. 'he por
ton of the Twelfth Ward north Of One hundred ard
nfy-nnhst.: section II. the Twenty thlId Nard :
section IL. the Twcnty.fourh Ward.
The division Of the city into these sections was
done 50 that block number could be more readily
found than would be the had the city been simply
emf M into the smaller blocks alone ON Manhattan
Island there will he about 1900 blocks" while the
division, in the annexed district Will number about
900 They are numbered consecutivey. The maps
are now being prepared In the Tax once. and the
greatest Is being taken To make them as perfect
possible They are to be OF the best Stone pi"t"
Autographs and IL will require from nfty To- sixty
plates TO print the map Of the city thus diyid ID
Tho maps when printed will be bound In two volumes
Under the act which compcls the change, copy Of
the maps must be nled In the Registers Office the
County Clerks Office the Office Of the Receiver Of
Taxes and the Controllers Office. The Board Of
Taxes and Assessments. to which has been given the
power to let the contract for the printing and binding
of these books has ordered 500 copies t. be made
which will be sold at price 10 be fixed by the board
Advertisements for estimates to print and bind the
were opened last Monday There had been great
amount Of discussion on the probable cost Of getting
up these maps, and many persons who based their
niuics on The sums of money paid for maps during
dollars higher than the actual cost will be.
COST or MAKING TIE MAPS.
When the question Of making an appropriation for
doing this work ont Of the city treasury up be
fore the BOARD Of Estimate and Appointment Mayor
Grant in his ignorance Of the law and his anxiety to
postpone the work long possible, wanted this
item left ont. Mr.. Olmstcad, who present at the
meeting called the Mayors attention to the fact that
the law was mandatory, and with very bad grace
the Mayor voted for an appropriation OF 10000.
| The actual cost Of doing this work Will not. under
the present estimate. amount 20 over 10000. OF
the three bids received the highest for Si2.2jO.
the next - 20G. and the lowest $3.50. The last
| bid made by the Solmcr Lithognphlng Company,
and that was low that the Tax commissioners
fearful at first that bad work would be done.
| The firm. however, j. "a new one and extremely
anxiou, 10 make a reputation Their bid Is so low
that all who have figured upon II say that they must
lose money The maps which to 20 to the city
departments 10 b. printed on waterman file paper,
| while the 800 extra copies for sale VIII be printed
| upon Crane bond paper. The contractors were ~
qnired give bond In the sum OF $1,000 to Insure
the carrying out OF the contract according 10 the