St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-24
Second Congress National Real
Estate Association.

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Owing 10 lis commanding situation as
railroad center. tbs City OF Buffalo
has of late years become very popular
as convention city for meetings or
national bodies. But never in her his
tory has sne made preparations TO re-
ceiVe gathering Of business men. the
Importance of whose visit will have so
wide and beneficial an effect upon her
great destiny as will the meeting Of the
National Real Estate Association OF
America, whose second annual congress
will be held in Buffalo on October 4th TO
9TH inclusive.
Every business or professional man IN
the United States, who Is interested IN
real estate as an owner. agent or dealer.
Will be benefited by the work that will
be done in Buffalo bF this association
and ii is. therefore, receiving very wide
attention. Among the objects which
this association hopes 10 accom- plish IS
the establishment of uniform laws
throughout the states for the transfer
and registry Of real property; for better
and simpler and more secure legal
forms TO be used in the transaction of
the real estate business, and for the
establishment OF central body OF refer
ence and statistics. The association
dlScourages wild speculation and hcti-
aims 10 direct. as far rs possible, the
investment Of money Ii sections prom
lslRg the greatest and safest returns.
The association Is purely national IA
It's character, and is not controlled by
real estate men Of any section, and the
usefulness Of such a body cannot be
over-estimated.
The programme of the congress at
Buffalo will include an address by the
Hon. ChauncsY NJ. Depew upon Rapid
Transit and Suburban Real Estate,
and addresses OF equal importance and
interest viii be made by ex-Goy. Hub
bard. OF Texas. and the Hon. j. Grad
dock Simpson, of Montreal; Hon. A. s
Colyar, Nashville, Tenn; Hon. Sey-
mour Dexter. Elmira, n. Y; Hon. Fred
eriek c. Bowditeh, Boston, Mass, and
Hon. T. {. Moore. president of the Ma
tional Board of Fire Underwriters.
Delegates 10 this Congress viii find
the City of Buffalo one OF the most
magnificent examples of material pros
perity and American civilization. They
Will find a ciIy with three hundred
thousand inhabitants, and they will
leaIn that one-half OF the inhabitants of
Buffalo have been added TO her popula-
tiDn during the past twelve years. They
will find q municipal government.
progressive that II has been able to
keep pace with this unprecedented
growth by extending police, IRE and
water protection; parks, b0uleHardS
ana pavements; schools and churches,
and sewerage system fully in Keeping
with the wants of her SOC, 900 people.
and yet q city which leads siXty-fve
American cities in economic taxation.
The visitors will find more tnan 100
miles Of smooth asphalt pavement
which is nearly twice more miles Of this
perfect pavement Than IS possessed by
any city in the world. They will find
water supply which furnishes an nniiu-p
tied quantity of pure water from Lake
Erie 10 every inhabitant.
Buffalo is now the largest coal-distrib-
utiBg point IN the world: the largest
sheep market: the largest fresh fish
market. and, with her suburban port of
Touawanda, the largest lumber market
in the world. Sne is the second largest
grain. cattle and live stock market IN.
the world, and The Ealle of her lake
ana rail commerce places her as the
sixth largest commercial city on the
globe. The five cities which sUrpass
her are London. Liverpool, New York,
Hamburg and Chicago
Probably of more general national inter
est In this real estate congress viii be the
extension to Buffalo Of congratulations
by every visitor upon BuffalO's acquisi-
ton Of Niagara Falls water-power by
the mOnstrons tunnel Just completed at
an expense Of many millions of dollars
Of Wall street capital, which will supply
10 Buffalo one hundred and twenty thou
SAND horsepower. for all manufactur-
Ing purposes and for electric light. at a
cost of one-fouTth Of steam mace power
and oRe-half the cost of the cheapest
water-power elsewhere in the world.
The Hon Peter A. Porter, who was one
of the projectors of this tunnel. viii ad-
dress the congress upon the inception,
history aud completion Of the greatest
Of the worlds engineering feats. and
the entire congress viii adjourn 10 Mag
ara Falls TO visit the tunnel.