The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-13
new PRESIDENT OFTHES.P,C.A,
COL. WAGSTAFF TEMPORARILY
IN HAINESS PLACE.

AND tie MANA cement are bOOb@'B ADOuJ
Tor n Permanent Head-Gen. ChRnee
Talked or New Secretary and Treas
urer Chosen May Enlarge the Building
The board o. managers Of the s.. p. C.. A.
at their regular monthly meeting yester-
day elected n temporary president to
succeed John p. Haines, who will 60 out
OF Office tomorrow; decided upon an i'm
mediate policy Of retrpnchment, and took
steps 10 convert its Office building into a
paying investment. A new secretary and
treasurer werc also chosen.
The acting president is Col. Alfred Wag-
staff, who for several years has been the
Senior vice-president. He is TO serve only
until a new president can be selected The
committee to find a successor TO MIR. Haines
simply reported progress. No names OF
candidates were mentioned. 1t IL under
stood that more than fifty applications
have been received, a score Of which are
from retired army officers. The presence
OF Gen. Chaffee in town gave rise to the
report that he is to succeed Mr., Haines.
Gen. Chafee has been asked II he would
take the place and has said that under
certain conditions he would consider the
matter. but no oficial tender Of the place
has been made to him. The committee
was instructed to continue its work to find
the right man.
The resignation Of John Mason Knox
as secretary and treasurer of the society
was presented and accepted. Mr.. Knox
has been so closely identified with the
Haines management that he felt 1t his
duty to get out. Richard W. g. Yelling
was elected secretary and Henry Bergh,
nephew Of the founder OF the society, was
chosen treasurer. One Of the first acts OF
Mr., Bergh was to Introduce a resolution
safeguarding the finances of the society.
He proposed that hereafter all the secllrl-
ties Of the society he kept in a box in a GER
tain safe deposit oompany's vaults; that
there. be two locks of different oombina-
lions, and that the president and secretary
should each know only one Of these com
binations. so that access could be had to
the box only by the president and secretary
together. The resolution was adopted.
None OF those present would give any
reason for the adoption of this unusual
resolution. Heretofore the president Of the
society had access as he pleased to the Sc
curities OF the society.
Col. Joe, b. Erhardt presented a copy Of a
IulC pOOh dIhi " tlhi w 'hNhiho N'N
Of the society more effective in their work.
The book was an adaptation Of a plan Col.
Erhardt used with the police captains when
he was Police Commissioner Each man
must put on record where he is every hour.
must note what streets he has patrolled
and what incidents have marked his patrol.
Col. Erhardt proposed that the city be
plotted into fifteen districts and that police
-a.-al la nlAnfnI Tho flur
VIA approved.
A long discussion took place az TO the
future of the building. With the land 1t
cost more than $3.50 900. and there has been
great criticism Of the Haines management
for locking up so much money in a pal
ace The advice Of nearly a dozen lead
ing real estate men has been asked. II
was also learned from the Building Depart
ment that so strong we're the walls that they
would easily support an addition of seven
stories more, making a twelve story build
Ing possible. The architects of the build
ing proposed tentative plans for an ad-
dition and the finance committee was told
to struggle further with the problem.
The gers decided that they needed
only the basement and two first floors for
the society and that rentals could be pro-
cured for the remaining ten floors. 1t
was the opinion that these rentals would
bring in a revenue OF 81. 25 a square foot for
the wear. There was a division of opinion
about putting up the addition. One element
that entered into the problen was the
amount of Ia xation that would have to be
paid. The society is exempt from taxation
and felt that il more floors were added it
should be exempt from taxation on that
part Of the building which it should occupy
for itself. One of the members Of the
board reported that inquiry had been made
of the Tax commissioner as to their policy.
The answer came back that the board would
probably tax the entire building and that
the society could fight the matter out in
the courts.
Mr.. Yelling, who made public the results
Of the meeting, had this to say:
"We want the people OF this city to feel
that from henceforth everything ia to be
open and above board IN the management
OF this society. There are no secrets and
the people can feel assured that their right
to know what is going on here will be re-
epected. Another thing that we want to
Impress upon the public liz that we have
begun economies and that these will be
carried on 10 the utmost, providing they
do not interfere with the Legitimate work
of the society. Furthermore. we have
decided hereafter to hold regular monthly
meetings of the board of mana gers during
the summer"
Several new members were elected.
Among them were F. z. Ward, the presi-
dent Of the Real Estate Brokers' Associa-
ton: 1sham Henderson, Tyler Redfeld
and Louis Ireland. Mr.. Haines was not
present at the meeting.