New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22
Allied Real Estate
Interests Ever Alert

During the coming year the ASSOCIATION
must deal with the pressing problems OF
ire prevention and protection, OF height
Limitation. Of new forms Of taxation and
Of legislative attack from politicians ana
others who are seeking 10 place upon reaI
estate owners a greater share OF the tax
burden than should properly be appor-
toned TO them.
Never before have real estate owners
been faced with such a delicate situation
as now confronts them, and the AIlied
Real Estate Interests feels correspond
I ing degree of responsibility for the man
ner in which it conducts It's activities.
The first president of the Allied Real
Estate Interests when il was organized
| I'm 1905. was the late Edward Van Ingen
/ 3. Aymar Sands was elected president on
the death Of Mr.. Van lngen in the same
year. and fin 1896 Allan Robinson was
elected president and has continued as
such up TO the present time.
The treasurer of the organization is
Randolph Hurry. Of Hurry s Dutton 40.
81 Maiden Lane. and the secretary is G..
Richard Davis. Of the firm of a. J.. Nor
decai * Son, No. lG5 Broadway.
The directors are all well known men,
as is seen from the following list:
Albert Il. Ashforth. Edmund L. Bayies
I Nicholas Biddle, Edward b. BoyntOu,
Gerald II. Brown, Joseph j.. Butteu-
wieser. William y. Cardozo. William H..
/ Chesehrough. Charles A. Gone Warren
Crukshauk. G. Richard Davis. Joseph =.
I Day. William G. Demorest Edward J.
/ Dcvlin. Stanley ". Dexter. ttoo,rt T.
/ Dowling Lawrence b. Gilman. Robert
/ GOclet. Randolph Hurry. George r. john
/ SON. jr.. Walter Linducr. Alfred y. Mar
\ ling Lewis II. Pounds Allan Robinson.
/ Noah g. Rogers. b. Aymar Sands. VIII
! lam Shields. Robert Z. simon and Walter
/ Stablor.
Allan Robinson the president, is chair
man Of the Citizens Committee on the
police situation formed at the Cooper
! Union mass meeting last August. Mr..
! Robinson has been active IN reform poll
| tics. was member Of the executive COM
! mittee Of the Direct Primaries League
: and a director Of the Association 20 Pre-
/ vent Corrupt Practices at Elections lie
/ was also chairman Of the Charter Con-
| ference OF 1911. which took the lead in the
| campaign that brought about the defeat
| Of the Caynor charter.
( Allied Real Estate Interests and the one
around which its activities chiefly centre
/ is the law committee. the chairman OF
/ which is Walter Lindner. solicitor Of the
/ Title Guarantee and Trust Company The
other members Of this committee are
/ Stanley W. Dexter. Noah G. Rogcrs.
/ Everett Y. Abbot. Laurence A. Tanner
! William Allaire Short. Louis +. Levy ant
Henry Il. Ch.tticE.
This committee meets every Monday
afternoon during the legislative session
and examines all bills which AFFECT rea
/ estate. making thereon a report which Is
( published and also forwarded TO the chair
men Of the legislative committees in Al
/ hany having the various bills IN charge
At the Corporation Counscrs request
copies Of these reports are also submitted
TO him.
Besides it's legislative work the Law
committee deals with legal problems thai
arise from time TO time. II was on IN,
brief of Louis F.. Levy, representing thi.
association. that the Attorney General o.
lthe United states rendered an opinion
pointing out the way in which real estat,
corporations might be relieved from thC
unnecessary tax burdens arising out OF
the peculiar wording Of the corporation
tax law, which did not specifically pro-
vide as IL should have done. for the de
duction of mortgage Indebtedness. an'
thus a real estate corporation was taxed
not only upon its equity but upon it.
debts.
In the various injunction proceedings
brought by the Allied Real Estate Inter
( ests this committee or members thereof
have acted as the attorneys for the asso.
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