Arizona republican., 1910-04-11
MIM1z ORGANIZES
 NEW GUARANTEE co. WILL SUCCEED TO BUSINESS OF ARIZONA ABSTRACT AND
 TITLE COMPANY. Efficient Title Men and Up-to Date Mechanical Devices to Be
 Employed.

The world moves and Phoenix bus mess institutions have to move in order to keep pace with it. Ii is now announced that strong com pany of Phoenix and Los Angeles men is being organized to take over the holdings of the Arizona Abstract and Title company, though George A. MintZ. the present manager, and principal owner. will continue to con duct the business of the company Whether there is to be change of name has not been announced nor has the personnel of the members of the new company been made public though it is stated the new company will be one of the solid financial institutions of the city. The purpose of the change is to put the company in d position to make and guaran- tee certificates of title as well as to continue the making of abstracts. To this end the company will shortly add corps of efficient clerks and title men, and employ mechanical device for transferring records. that assures absolute perfection in that department of the company's business.
 The device referred to is known as ''rectigraph.'' manufactured in \ Rochester. x. Y. By a sort of pho tographic process d record page may be transferred to sheet of prepared paper as quickly as one could snap his kodak. then turn the page and snap again. so that in a very short space of time the operator may SC cure photograph or rectigraph copy of a whole book full of records. This machine which is q quite eXensivc one, is now here and NJ D. Totten. representing the manufacturers, ar rived yesterday for the purpose of setting it up and demonstrating its uses. Only a few hours will be nec- essary for this and the work of reproducing the county records will begin at once
 It is proposed to take complete copies of all records in the office of the county recorder. the tax col lector and the probate court, and Of all suits in the district court wherein property titles or real estate is in any way affected. From these records the company can make perfect search of titles. having full text and perfect documents for the reference instead of the abstract records that have been transferred by hand copy ing and which are just as much more liab ble to error as human mind is more liable than d perfectly adjusted machine
 The company has the exclusive use of the machine in this county and re- gards that fact as one of its valuable assets. Though a comparatively new invention it's merits have been so quickly recognized that it is rapidly coming into useA all over the country for various purposes and is employed in the departments at Washington. D. C.. quite extensively for the copying of documents for certification.
 The fact that the company will issue certificates. guaranteeing title. does not mean that if proposes to no longer issue abstracts. That work will con tinue as before. only that the company will be in a position to do the work even better than ever by working from what will be practically original records Certificates will of course. be more expensive than abstracts in view of the guarantee feature which is an insurance of titles.