New-York tribune., 1901-03-03
RECORDS IN BADCONDITION
INVESTIGATION OF / .GISTER FROMME'S
OFFICE LIKELN TO BE MADE.

So much bungng work Nas been done by Reg
lister FromIne's clerks in keeping the records OF MS
office that searching invrstiga tion by legislative
committee is likely to be made. with the IDEA OF
bringing the Register to account
The situation Is made more interesting by the
passage of bill to reimburse the Elliott Hatcn
Book Typewriter Company for about one huhdreu
costly machines furnished by the company Reg
lister Fromme said on the witness stand before the
Mazet Committee that he had not ordered the 10
machines sent to his Office by the Elliott Hatch
Company, and that the company would not get us
pay from the city. 1t seems now that the type
writing concern has succeeded in getting the Dill!
through and that the city. after all. is likely to
pay the bill
Commissioner Kearny of the Department of Pub
lie buildings Lighting and Supplies authorized
orIy eighteen Of these machines The company
now demands about 5000 for the entire number
The errors in the lbers in the Registers once
were made public yesterday in THE Figllan1' the
investigating work having been done by Messrs.
Booth and Hammond, of the Office of Frank Moss.
Register Fromme. when seen last night at his
house said that every deed recorded had been care
fully compared with the original. and that inter-
pcIatiors with ink typewriter pages could not
hv any possibility invadate the record.
Corrections were made by US in every case after
the typewrittnE done said Mr.. tromme'
We have force of examiners and readers who
take great pains TO that everything IS right
before they leave it. Any In the lber would
not invaldate the deed. anyway. The more Franz
Moss the better like it. got the better
of him before the Mazet Investigating Committee
and he's been sore ever since. Go ask the Ilte
Guarantee Company If M Office is not better con-
Quoted than ever before Or ask the New-I YORK
Life Insurance Company. or Strong & Cad-Taiader'
or any of the big firms that DO real estate business
extensively This criticism in Moss's paper is SIM
ply a vicious attack. without any foundation All
things that Moss has pointed out are All rot
When Mr. Moss was he said: II don't care
TO dispute with Mr.. Fromme. The records are in
even worse condition than has been repress snted.
There are twenty-five to fifty errors 70 the page.
corrected with pen and ink The corrections are
not uniform and no one knows who made them
Some day unscrupuous persons, if they haven't al
ready done so. Will into the Registers ONCE
and make changes in the bunSleA records, ana
there will be nothing to prevent IT, lnterminaole
confusion IS possible on account of the present
condition OF the records. Under tho old system
there was character to the lonEhand writing. and
any change attempted by unauthorized person
could easily be detected The Hbers now are full
of errors and there is no telling whether coTrec-
tioa IS officially made or not"
Would charges against Mr. Fromme made TO
the District Attorney hold?" Mr.. Moss was asked.
NO doubt II they would" said he. THE only
way fully to investigate the condition OF the books
would be to have a committee appointed by the
legislature"
Some Of the striking mistakes. taken directly
from the records, as follows:
s Pssd rd16s PsF m # 5 ssSGn in the deed are made
ises' in the deed is presents in the liner.
The word or Is made and The words past
due" referring 10 mortgage. are written in the
book part due" The word Thereon" omitted in
the copy. The signature 81 the Commssoner o.
Deeds ~ Y city" Is Transcribed ~. Y. County.
Deel 1esoro 10 Tesoro Lib i5 u. 4S4. Section Il:
The proper name 'CambreliuS" is copied in the
scTibed ''Ryder."
Cambreling formerly was a suburb in westches-
ter County. and has certain geographical mean
ing Changing 1t 10 Cambridge radically alters the
nature Of the record Here more mis-
takes brought by The Vigant'
Lease, Henry to Hubbard. Liber 66. p 3l6. Sec
The word competent Is spelled '.competant ''
Gay IN each month other charge or expense
Is transcribed other charge and expenses" Prem
TWO stores" 'ReIet' Is copied ''re-eect." In the
annotation clause the paper SAYS. and 20 end
Acknowledgement the paper reads that they executed
the same: the copy leaves out the word they"
Memoranda Of errors in names etc. corrected in
Ink. found in Liher Gs, Section .. conveyances:
Page > Buniharn in typcwriting changed Burn
Fermayer, and then changed with pen.
Page 7-DeZsO Fuchs. nrst made LezSo Fuchs
Page SAM Rosenblum. irst made RosenbIoom
and then corrected with pen.
Page l5-Gonzales. first written Gongaly. twice
and then corrected with pen.
Page 6l-Bartet, first made Bartlett. and then
changed in ink Same mistake occurs twice: also
made Albert r. sire three times. and corrected
Page S5-,HollIs first made Honas and then cor
PAGE es-Towie, first made fowls. and corrected
Pase land Julie r.. his wife" first made
Julius r, his Wife and then corrected with pen