New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
REAL ESTATE MEN DINE.
Objects and Interests of the Brohr
Association Defined.

The Association of Bronx Real Estate Brokers.
organized about one year ago. observed Its hrst
anniversary with dinner Thursday night In the
rooms of the Schnorer Club, at 163d-st and
Eagle-ave ]. Clarence Davies, the president of
the association. presided. About hundred
and twenty-five persons were present The
speakers were Lawson Purdy, James L. Wells
ex-Justice Ernest Hail. the Rev. Gibson W.
Harris and Joseph De Selding.
The association since its organization has
been conducting sales Of Bronx property in It's
rooms In The Bronx. committee of the asso-
citation is at work endeavoring to have Its sales
room in the Morris Building, at 8d-ave ana
149th-st designated as legal salesroom for the
sale of Bronx property. ]. Clarence Davies
president Of the association. in reviewing the
work accomplished during its year of existence,
sa' ID:
r is well for us TO look back and see how we'll
we have carried out the object of our asso-
ciation We are living in commercial age
the age of dollars and cents. The only oppor-
tunity q man has to show he has more brains
OF more energy more talents or more per
severance than his neighbor is 10 be successful
and to be successful means the getunS OF IiioheS'
Whether it be a merchant, lawyer. doctor or
an artist money comes with success. Brains
and talent are paid high prices and become sue
cessfuI and obtain money, and this very facC
has led TO q spirit TO get money NO nalter
how you get It, get it
lines Of business to such an extent that the
public conscience is being rapidly perverted,
and are getting away from the soma ground
of honest, clean dealing
This applies particularly to real estate
brokers' information, knowledge and expert
ance are his stock in trade. Obtain this knowl-
edge and use it for your ends. For instance, If
q man comes into your office and asks for
house in a certain neighborhood and you give
1t to him and give him full information, give
him its value and the advantages and d1Sad-
vantages, and that man or broker goes directly
to the owner and purchases the property, he is
stealing just much as IL he went down to
Tiffany's and stole piece Of jewelry from the
counter
You all know what intangible thing in
formation is and how easily stolen, and you
will therefore how extra careful we must
be and how our consciences must be kept SEN
sitive and now YOU see before you the future
work of our organization. To so direct and
guard our members that business will be done
On a straight line both between the public, Gus
.omers and themselves: to guard them against
dishonest dealers and brokers. and so conduct
the Association of Bronx Real Estate Brokers
that every man who is member of our asso-
ciation will be known as a man who speaks
true, acts fair. gives square deal to every one
and a credit to himself and TO the community
in which he lives.
Mr. Davies then introduced Lawson Purdy
who Is the chairman of Mayor 1IcClelIan's ad-
visory committee which appointed TO IN
vestgate the subject Of taxation in this city.
Mr. Lawson made the statement that the city
was running behind in its expenditures over
receipts nearly 81 100000 year, as the result
of the city's inability to collect arrears of per
sonal taxes, which amount to about $685.,
600, ,000 The remedy. he said, was TO abolish
entirely the personal tax and thus attract to this
city millions Of capital which was held back
from New York through fear of the personal
tax Mr.. Lawson said also that the tax rate
in this city was sure to be increased because of
the deficit in the city's revenues.
James L. Wells spoke of the wonderful progress
of The Bronx in building operations in the last
two years. He gave some interesting figures
In 1903 the number of Bronx conveyances re
corded in the Registers office was 4,644; in 1904
they reached the total of S,200. For 1905 they
were 1276S. The number of Bronx mortgages
fled in 1903 was S,541 in 1904 622s mortgages
were recorded and this year moro than 10000
were filed. Loans on Bronx property in 1903
reached the sum of 81 900. .000 in 1904 the amount
was s23 100000 and this year the total exceeded
sSs 600.
Letters of regret were read from Police Com
missioner McAdoo, Mark Twain. William NJ
WINS, Simeon Ford, District Attorney Jerome
and William r. Hearst.
Among those present were:
J Homer Hndreth. J. f. Eusus, J. s. De seld-
,nr George Price r. Brown. Edward Poak,
William Huntress George w. Bard L. r. Field.
NJ F. Kerby, George Van Pelt Mark F. Healy.
Eugene J. Busher, Charles \. Weber Charles
James Ghames. Charles Deshler. William II.
Harden. Oscar Loewi, George f. Moody. Walter
Jindner Olin j. Stephens. Walter Whewel, r
E. Macdonald r. ". Thomas, Thomas G. Price
James X Price. James J. Haggerty, Emanuel
Glauber Charles +. Sharrott, W S. Jennings
B. F. McQuay. John Bambey. Charles Bogart,
John p Dunn. H. II, sherman =. p, Guyhert.
n Laying Samuel Bremen. II. Rodkin. John
Ress Morris Marks. Louis Reiss, J. J. Byrnes
Al A Gumbleton Henry w. Riecken. William A.
KurZ IT T Uren, J. Zimmerman, c. Werner.
J. NJ Hanen, Frank La Bountie. John +. Frees
rAr1ag TqGiH SFnfF
f. G. Bach. Alex Gerhards. George J. Stricken
George J. StriciIer. jr.. James J: Corbett William
Peters E. Sorgenfreid, c. Mehltretter. Thomas
Thorn F. T. Wood Abraham Piser, Louis Reiter
Max H. Newman. Joseph LAUDER Samuel Hecht
Samuel Bitterman, Marcus Nathan, 5. Gains
borg s. Cohen, John II. Behrman, John
b. Clermont, William G. Watt, John Stein
metz Leon tG. Losere. William Brown George
Carroll. George Buckbee. Charles Buckbee.
James Carpenter. Frederick Judge. II. {. Schae-
Ter Frank Gass, Matthew Anderson, Julius h
Hass, William c. Gotshal, John J. Brady. Jo-
seph J. Silver Martin Geiszler. Leo Hutter,
Joseph Lavender. A. A Ireland, John b. Muir
ray and %. s. Ridley.