Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-16
ZEAL ESTATE BOARD;S ELEC.
-PRESiDENT 6iRKHOFF,S
Speech.

Officers for the year were elected by
the Chicago Real Estate Board at its
annual meeting held Wednesday after.
noon. The regular ticket selected by
the Nominating Committee was not op.
posed. Polls for the election OF officers
and committees were open In the az.
sembly-rOOm Of the board from 10
o'clock In the morning until the meeting
at In the afternoon.
The result OF the ballot. with names
Of the members Of the committees hold
Ing over, II as follows:
President-AiarvIn A. Farr.
Vice Presldent-Henry =. Dietrich.
Secretary--Cuthbert W. Laing.
Treasurer-Fmncis a. Barnes.
Executive COmmittee-James II. Gal.
lOway, two years; Earl l.. HambletOn;
George II. High, holding over.
Valuation COmmittee-Edmund A.
Cummings, two years; william A.
Bond, two years; George BirkhOfY Jr.,
two years; Edgar NJ. Snow, holding
over.
Public Service COmmittee-South
Side-Walter II. Wilson. George L..
Warner, holding over. North Sides.
Wilmer Cannell, two years; Samuel
Brown Jr. West Side-Oscar \. Lewis,
Ernest WoltersdOrf. Otto Kubin.
Membership COmmittee-B. II. DE.
Young. two years; Sllas NJ. Moore. Hen.
~ \. Knott, Robert &. Givins, Nelson
ThOmassOn, David J. Kennedy, Edwin
+. Getchell, Dudley Winston, Lyman
Baird, holding over.
Call Board COmmittee-Russell d.
lin, two years; Isaac +. Rubel, Samuel
Delamater. Frederick =. Oliver, John
J.. Manning, holding over.
Reference Committee-William Og.
den Green. two years; Charles II. Rice,
=. +. Gross, holding over.
President Birkhoff in his annual re.
port said:
1T IL gratifying to note that his Hon
or the Mayor AT the last Council meet
ing recommended the Endorsement of
the special assessment bill prepared by
this board two years ago, ana we may
count upon the support of the munich
pal authorities In our next attempt 10
have this bill adopted by the Legisla-
ture.
''The total number of masters and ad'
ministrators' sales was o,236, aggregat-
ing S1O06I ,1sS. The judicial salesrOOm
may now he considered to be practical
ly self-suppOrting, and we should give
our aid to the passage OF an act by the
Legislature allowing Masters In Chan
Gerry TO tax as costs small fee for
holding sales In the board rooms,
THE Lake Front Defense Committee,
looking after the recovery Of valuable
property on the lake front, now In pos
session OF the Illinois Central Railway,
succeeded In raising the necessary
funds, besides those pledged by this
board, TO take the pending case on an
appeal TO the Supreme Court OF the
United States.
"At the September meeting OF the
board resolution was passed indOrs-
ing the movement to abolish township
organization. Through the unlocked
for action Of a majority of the County
Board, We suffered temporary defeat,
hut the campaign has so thoroughly
aroused public sentiment yic,ory will
be ours before another year has passed.
THE decision Of our Supreme Court
declaring the TOrrens law uncOnsttu.
tlonal was u great disappointment.
Steps have already been taken 10
amend the law so as 10 comply with
the objections Of the Supreme Court.
l.. !, Al.
Of the sanitary district Informed the
public that in order 90 carry on the
work Of digging the drainage canal TO
completion It Will be necessary 10 bur