Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
MANAGERS
HEAR GOOD PAPERS
Delegates to Convention,
After Business Session,
Start for Baltimore.

After an interesting business session
this morning at the Arlington Hotel,
delegates to the third national convention
of the Building Managers and Owners,
about 800 in number. and representing
practically every large city In the coun-
try, went this afternoon on a special car
TO Baltimore, where they will be enter
tanned by members of the association of
that city. A feature of the entertain
ment provided for the delegates in Bal
timore is trip down the bay in a spe-
cially chartered boat. The delegates will
return to Washington late this evening
or early tomorrow morning.
The session tomorrow, the third and
last day of the convention, will be called
TO order at . o'clock in the morning
The election of officers and the selection
of a city in which to hold the next con-
vention will be the most important BUSH
ness
Buying Supplies was the first sub
ject discussed at the meeting this morn
ing, following the reading of paper by
j. VI. Walshe of Little Rock, Ark, who
summarized his experiences in buying
supplies for large buildings. and gave
those present several suggestions as to
how this part OF building management
could be systematiZed and carried on eco
nomically.
Charles Flynn of New York discussed
Building Equipment from both the
sta 1dpoint of the owner and the manager
OF apartment houses and Office buildings
Plea for Better Management.
In his paper on Building Management
as a Profession I'll. +. Martin OF Mont
Gomery, Ala. said that it was strange
that many men of means would ingest
large sums of money in expensive office
buildings and would then turn them oyer
to the cheapest kind of men to manage.
He said that he had in various cities Wis
tied large office buildings and apartment
houses whose actual management was i'm
charge of an elevator boy, who was
likely to keep the tenants waiting while
he discussed base ball averages with
friend and who answered the ringing
telephone bell whenever he had nothing
else 10 do Mr.. Martins argument In
favor of employing high-class building
managers was greeted with much APP
plauSe.
+ $. Bancroft OF New York read a
paper on "Co-operative Apartments
in which he told how in New York
and some other cities in the country, a
few persons would form stock com
pany and jointly erect building Tor
their own use, charging each other as
rental only the actual cost of main
tenance and each year dividing up. in
proportion to the amount of stock held
nv each any profit that might have
accrued after all expenses were paid.
Interesting Exhibits.
one OF the features of the convention
Is the large exhibit of building fixtures
and equipment, which has been INSTALL
ed i'm the halls and corridors adjoining
the room where the convention is held.
Each exhibit has one or more demon
strators.
Almost every exhibitor also has adver-
Using souvenirs to give away, in the form
of knives pocketbooks notebooks. paper
cutters. buttons and trinkets of all kinds
Every part of the interior Of an office
building or apartment shouse is represent
ed in the exhibit.
Tomorrow afternoon and evening will
he devoted to the entertainment of the
delegates by the local entertainment COM
mittee, of which j. o. Evans is chair
man. After a sightseeing tour in auto
mobiles about the city dinner VIII be
served on the roof of the Evans building.
At the meeting this morning resolu-
tion was passed thanking the Chamber
Of Commerce for the welcome to Wash
inGton offered through its president. and
another thanking William r. GUIDE Tor
flowers presented for decorating the hall
in which the meetings are being held.