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Evening journal., 1913-07-01
sENsIRLE pARrEL pnsr cHANGE.

TN little time the special parcel post stamp prob
ably VIII be thing OF the past It's retirement
will be pleasing the people. Postmaster General
Burieson's order that beginning today the regular
postage stamps and the parcel post stamps may be
used INTERCHANGEABLE will 20 into effect today. 1t is
altogether likely that in instances the regular
stamps will be used. The postal officials viii dis
that there longer any need for printing the
special stamps for parcels that heretofore have been
used
The new Postmnster-Genera is to be congratulated
that he has taken this important step toward making
the parcel post for the use the public It
common-senae action that cannot fail to be appre-
oated by the millions who use the parcel post
When President Taft and Republican Congress
brought the parcel post into being in the face Of the
protests Of the express companies, the paid and
paid representatives of those comnanies which had
been exploiting the people predicted that the innova-
tion would a failure and that the people would not
use the new means for the transportation of pack
ages. All such dire prophecies have been contra
dcted by the trend of The parcel post is such
great success that is a surprise even to those who
brought it into being. In fact II has become pop
ular that administration would dare to attempt to
abolish It to refuse it the official and financial
support II deserves.
In a little while there will be parcel post receiving
stations in all sections Of large cities and the sacili-
ties for the the system will be extended great
y in the rural sections 1t also is safe to predict that
Il will not be long before many articles excluded
from the parcel post viii be admitted, heavier and
larger packages carried reduced and ex-
tended short, the popularity Of the service will
impe Of all parties to improve and strengthen it
rather than to do anything to impair it,
II may be said however that no matter what the
Wilson administration may do toward improvement.
the parcel post service will continue to stand
monument to the administration of President Taft
Evening journal., 1913-07-01

The Dover Index an uncompromisine anti-saulsbury
newspaper says: "rhe professional politician, who
follows a party because il profitable to do SO, who
has no political principles. who is always ready to
change his baggage to the camp the success
ful leader Is not inspiring figure in Amer
ican life. Nor should we hold up for example 70
the boys graduatine in public schools The
party trimmer. who Is day opposed to candi-
safe and undeservng today to the honest man. he is
no less so tomorrow though-he may have won the
prize To the onlooker there is always satisfaction
in seeing the political trimmer, who is always hunting
place on the bandwagon get kicked off, The Index
will confer favor by publishing the o. the pres
ent-day Salisbury followers Il has in mind.
Evening journal., 1913-07-01

MP The Association Of Amer-
f1IkVAA icen Advertisers has OK
NV arnined and certified TO
the circulation Of this pub
Iicatiou. The figures Of circulation
contained in The Associations re-
port only are guaranteed. -
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NJ 4isl Whitehall Bldg ". Y. City
Evening journal., 1913-07-01

Attorney General McReynolds and Secretary Of La
bor Wilson have involved the Wilson administration
in exceedingly humiliating controversy The C-mi-
netti and Dggs white slave cases in California and
the relation to them Of the Department OF Justice
der Democratic administration have caused widespread
comment aud criticism In which many Democrats have
joined President Wilson is doing the best he can
y work his administration Of the unsavory scandal
in which McReynods and Wilson have involved it. but
doubt that anything short Of demand for the
resgnatons OF the offending Cabinet members will
satisfy the American public caminetti and riggs
have been Indicted for crime that is neld in oath-
ing and contempt by Americans The intimation that
the Department Of Justice and Labor were being used
prevent the prosecution Of Of the because
he IS the son or high official is enough
public protest and 70 bring discredit upon
an administration that has proclaimed itself being
in favor Of the administration OF eyen-handed JUS
tice
Evening journal., 1913-07-01

The Association of
American Advertia
ers is composed Of
an the great adver-
fisers Of this coun
try. The Aseocia
iion endorses only
such paperH as sub
nit 10 its eXamina
iion 40 any moment,
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This paper.
Evening journal., 1913-07-01

Copyright. 1919 by A. D. Jacobson-)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02

S'S Fourth avenue. Brooklyn, where We
lived with Richard b. Wilhelm. a boy.
hood friend. committed suicide this
afternoon. Steutsr had always refused
to live with any Or his three daughters.
saying Wilhelm and his wife were used
to his ways and he liked to be with
them. To-day the old man was melan-
choly. He had suffered for months with
the various ailments Of old age. and
only once In six months had he been
able to leave the house. Most OF the
time he was confined TO his bed.
II don't SEQ why the Lord doesn't
take me away" he said to-day to his
daughter. Mrs Hattie Martinberger.
I'm tired Of living and I'm ready 70
60"
Mrs. Martinberser told him that he
would be all right soon. but the old man
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02
DESPONDENT OLD MAN
WAS TIRED Of LIVING
50 SHOOTS SELF DEAD
Says Goodby to Visiting
Daughter, Then Steuler Dies
at His Brooklyn Home.
Henry Steuler. eighty. living at No

Henry steuier. eighty. living at No.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02

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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02
CAR KILLS AGED MAN.
women Passengers on Verse os
WsstcrtH al sight.

His hearing rendered duh BY old age.
Bernardo bragotta. aged seventy-two.
OF No. 1924 Madison avenue. was killci
by a north-bound Madison avenue car
to-day as he was making his way across
that thoroughfare near one Hundred
and Eighth street, n short distance from
his home. The body was wciged Jc-
tween the two trucks.
A dozen men lifted the car and the
body was then drawn out but Dr Nc.
Glade of Harlem Hospital said dea.h
was almost instantaneous.
SO nervous were some ~ the women
passengers on the ear that they seeme,i
on the verge OF hysteria. The body wac
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02
WASHER threatens
TO SHOOT Man WHO
PROTECTS VICTIM
Crowd Chases Gay Lothario
Down Subway Steps, Where
He Is Captured.

An asie young man came down the
stairs at the high stallion Of the subway
ut Broadway and Manhattan street
three stsn at . time early to-day. Be-
hind him WAS . second man. footing
. Doibce wsistls frantically.
Bringing W the rear was q hand
some youni woman. willowy Of hsure.
e<tirsd In 4 flowing gray robe and a
gray hat firm which stuck out in the
seaf . Ions. gray plume
Up the stars to meet them, in re.
uoooss to tn police whistle, came a
crowd headed by Policeman Toomey.
wAoss post 70 underneath tho station.
u en- Ms ADELAIDE O'Brien." said the
young woman II the gray robe. gray
hat end gray rather. Il got on the
subway at the Ois Hundred and Eighty
Arst street statin. being On my way
% my homo at NJ 600 West One Hun
drsd and Twsnt.-fourth street. A.
Oas Hundred and Slxty.sigAth street
that man got on"
He had hardly taken his scat before
he began to stare 1t me-" continued
Niss O'Brien. II rAd to ignore him,
but his glances were 70 annoying I got
" and went into the car ahead. q. He
followed. Then repGted him to the
guard. who told the mn he INST be.
have.
when I left the train At Manhattan
strest the man followed, aav him
ana appealed 70 this gsnthmsn,"
Miss O'Brisn pointed to ,im VIII, h.a
%ooted the police whistle nc frantNaiiv
81 am Robert Hin of No. Ii Clarenon,
avenue" said he, when his v,,,nr
lady appealed to me for prote.tion Itold
the mashsr he must mind his avn mai.
Mas or I would cali An officer. W. al,
st.rtsd downstsir. when hs msdsiv
turned GROUND ana no,ntsa t. r,.,o, -,
N. ..v,,- h. -ou,d .r,v~ ,h., 90 -.
-, 49,. -. 1850 ~.
ols. Sut oe''I.t IN Auen o."
my po"0e "nis"e anu 10 enre" s"T
Shs gun ana starteo 10 rum Inc ouR
lady ana Followed
BY this time the revolver had hseL
found. It was Of medium calibrs and
fully loaded. Policeman Toomey to,h
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02
o'GoRMAN'S TOP HAT
SHINES IN CONGRESS
Silk Tile of the Senator Only
Outward Sign That New
Session Has Begun.
tGpsciai 10 The Evening worid.)

topsciai 10 The Evening worid.l
WARMNCTOG. Dec. 3.-The only
outward evidence Of a new session of
ths Senate beginning this week was
the appearance Of Senator O'Gorman of
New York In q new top hat. The old
session merged without interruption into
the new. but the Senator from New
York celebrated the transition in fitting
style.
The top hat. once tho Indispensable
part Of Q statesman's attire. has been
almost entirely disresardsd by sena-
tors and Congressman In Washington.
But Senator OGorman clings stead
tasty to the tall silk tile. He Is the
only member Of Congress who habit
ually wears one, and SO manifest is
his affection for II that the subject is
something Of quiet joke among his
colleagues.
From early morning to late at night
the Senator is never far from his
beloved top hat. There Is question
whether he puts II on Immediately on
arising and wears It for breakfast. No
matter what the weather. the senator
dsfies rain, snow and wind with his
diEnified headgear.
For while the senator frJm New
York had q companion In Vics-President
Marshall. who appeared In rakish.
straight brim silk hat with tapering
top. hut when hot weather fell on WASH
ington last summer he laid 1t aside for
straw hat. since then the Vice-Pres-
ijent has broken away from the silk
nat habit, excepting on Sundays and
state occasions. But Senator O'Gornan
stlll clings faithfully to his statesman's
style OF topper regardless Of the day
or the occasion.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02

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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-02

They will gladly tell you what relief
il gives from Sore Throat. Bronchitis.
Group. Stiff Neck. Asthma, Neursleis.
Congestion. Pleurisy. Rheumatism.
Lumbsso. Pains and Aches q the
Back or Joints, Spraips. Sore Muscles.
Bruises. Chilblaihs, Frosted Feet.
Colds Of the Chest III prevents
rneuruonia).
The sun., 1913-12-21
10 Acre Section Bordering on Broadway
Would Sell for $4,000, 900, While
Wall Streets Five Golden Acres
Would Bring That Amount in Sale

same kind. while the difficulties that
beset Trinity Church until it under
took the reimprovemcnt of it's run
down holdings in the Greenwich sec
tion are but another illustration of the
critics.
Reports from London tell of leases
on III" Duke of bedfurd's properties
which have three hundred years to run
such leases are practically unknown
here. There are u few ninety-ninc year
contracts, hut even these are frownc1
upon eXCt-:,t IN cases of railroad ease
ment.' Some of these latter are per-
p"tual. Practically al New York
ground leases are worked out for pc
ri"ds of twenty-onc years with perhaps
one To th-c" renewals for equal pc.
riud-. Where renewal options are
granted tn" provision is made peu"r-
ally that IN" rentals for tn" additional
periods shall Ice based ON rcappraisals
of the property.
That conditions work out in London
Just aS they do here is t. he judged
from tn" condition of the property
which TIA" Duke Of bedford sold. som"
Of L"ndon's ncst known buildings like
the Drury Lane Theatre are on the land.
hut few of the buildings are Of modern
construction and IN New York they
would have little chance Of attracting
tenants IN competition with the new
high class buildings erected in all parts
Of the city.
The sun., 1913-12-21

closed. the commissioners will have to
suspend all other work and give their
entire time and attention to. adJustins
the claims Of applicants. The task Is
especially difficult since one of the COM
missioners IL Ill and away from his
Office and another is busy preparing
to take up other duties undef me city
government. Mayor-elect Mitchell is
quite likely to make changes in the
board. which means that the task Of
working OF the applications will be-
further hindered.
Present conditions arise largely from
a practice some lawyers and real estate
men have adopted OF increasing their
incomes by attempting TO obtain assess
ment reductions for property owners,
1t " no unusual thing for man to
canvass q whole neighborhood, Offering
to obtain reductions for land owners
and to share with them the amount
saved on tax bills. One such person a
real estate man, has 800 applications
before the Tax Department and for
every one he has asked a hearing. There
Is q lawyer who has 500 such appllca-
tions and for each OF his he asks a
hearing. 1t is said that a single indivi-
dual in one part OF the city cleared
The sun., 1913-12-21
10000 ASK FOR REDUCTION OF ASSESSMENTS
ON PROPERTY IN TAX ROLLS FOR 1914

$4,000 last year hy such practice ana
that this year he is likely to double his
income.
The Tax Department frowus upon
such practice, but under the law il Is
unable to avoid il. In many instances
the commissioners declare. these law
gers and real estate men get fees from
owners whose assessments would be
reduced through personal application.
While this years protests cover the
city generally there are several centres
where the call for reductions is so
general as to indicate a considerable
recession in values The old wholesale
district from Chambers to t'ourteenti'
street Is stll asking for lower assess
monts and the large section of Harlem
contrng about Seventh avenue and
135th street. now almost entirely oc-
cupied by negroes ~ making sucn a
hullahaloo that there is every indication
of II substantial general reduction In
assessments there next year.
Quite "A number Of cases have come
to the attention Of the commissioners
of ovcr-assc.'smcut, and these have been
or are being rcmcd!ed. but the tendency
il to hold assessments where they have
been fixed by the deputy assessors.
The sun., 1913-12-21
NO AGENTS IN FRANCE.
Owners collect Rents and Person
ntly Attend 10 UOIdinEs.

In France property owners take u
more personal interest in their hold
ings than is the case in America and
especially in New York. according TO
we'll known real estate lawyer who
has had "A change TO study the French
realty owner. The agency business,
which Just now Is the mainstay of
many New York real estate firms, is
.ittlr known in France. Only estates
with large holdings employ agents to
r"ilec; rents, attend to repairs and
look after other details of the estate.
These agents are IN the employ OF
the estate and work only for the cs-
tate. other owners attend to these
things themselves. They collect the
rent Investigate applications for re-
pairs and by personal knowledge are
acquainted with everything that goes
on in or about their properties When
rent is not paid on ,!me the owner
knows the reason FOR the delay lie
doesn't act hastily. as Is the case with
agents. If sickness has visited a fam
lily and taken their savings he is usu-
ally lcnient provided they have been
good payers in the past; but II they
are bad tenants out they go unless the
owner is certain that he will have to
wait some time for IA tenant. He bal
ances the situation aud decides that
some income Is better than none.
The French house owner visits his
property nearly every day. Rarely
does week pass that he has not been
over his holdings at least three times.
lie talks with the janitor and learns
the wants of tenants and whether they
are essential. lie hears Of the savings
Of this family and that family, gets the
news of the house, and after this has
been digcsted calls personally on each
of his tenants discusses the news he
heard from his janitor and then talks
the housewife out of some repairs she
wants done.
II is all part Of his business to keep
down the expense of operating his
property. II" IL a diplomat and enjoys
matching his wit and shrcwdness with
those OF his tenants. An agent could
not be expected to take such interest
in clients property. He could not
afford the Time,
The sun., 1913-12-21

lhere are more than 10000 applica-
''"h' before the Commissioners Of the
h'partment af Taxes and Assessments
". reductions Of assessments on the
'"N rolls OF 1914. 1t Is the second
'''Sest number ever made, and the
a'edt volume OF applications Is Of espe-
. significance because the increase
easements this year was compare.
ely small and TO a great extent was
has"d on the cost or value OF new
h'IIdings erected during the last year
I"" years ago there were 10000 applt-
'+L"ns for reductions. They followed
Ill" largest general incrcase-in assess
rh"n,s In the history Of the city. Reports
ii'm the Tax Department show that
~ Years when the assessments were
largely increased the number Of reduce
nonS asked amounted to as many as
I"''s prior to two years ago. while IN
''ars Of small increases the number
TN as low as 1851.
Alcmbers Of the Tax Department are
'"n;ronted this year by an unusually
large number Of requests for hearings
on the applications. which means that
from now until February I. when the
law requires the assessment books to be
The sun., 1913-12-21
OF ALL MANHATTAN CONVEYANCES
SINCE 1854 INDEXED IN REGISTERS OFFICE

distributed TO loCaters. who have pla'"u
them in blocks and where possible IN
the city lot affected by the instruments,
After being located and after the loca-
,ions were verified the abstracts were
passed to typewritcrs, who made in
loose leaf form an index under each
block OF all the conveyances affecting
that block, arranged by date Of record.
The loose leaves were then assembled
in well bound volumes.
The services OF force OF draughts-
men has been necessary in order I"
make plans and maps Of farms and To
draw outlines Of the city blocks az we'll
as to copy the many maps attached to
deeds recorded In the conveyance books
1t has been necessary also to reproduce
from descriptions contained In deeds
the outlines OF many old maps not now
in the Registers office but which were
used In the sale Of property. The worS
accomplished In the form In which It 70
already used has been OF great service
to many searchers OF land titles. who
have declared that II ls the most salts
factory and useful system of lndcNinS
real estate records which they have
known. . 4.
The sun., 1913-12-21

fronted on streets long since abandoned,
and the complications that resulted fire.
Quently have been hard to solve.
The usefulness Of the index has been
greatly increased beca use, in addition to
fixing the blocks affected by the various
instruments. particular lots In the
blocks have been designated IN most
cases, 80 that the searcher has only to
ascertain the exact part Of the block in
which the property tho title to which
he Is searching Is situated and he can
then rapidly make a search for all in
struments affecting that particular lot.
A force of from seventy to eighty
men, under special deputy register
and two assistant special deputy regis
ters, has been constantly employed on
the work. The main task was the taxi
Ing Of abstracts Of the instruments In
the conveyance books and Of locating
them In modern city blocks az shown
on the land map Of the city OF New
York. The work Of abstracting the con.
veyance books has been finished. The
number Of instruments was 6al.296.
Each Of the instruments was abstracted
in duplicate and carbon copy re-
tsinsd In binderA The originals were
The sun., 1913-12-21

acres itself OF which to boast The
three and one-uuarter acres embraced
IN TIL" Bank of England site il proh-
ably the most valuable large plot of
real estate outside os New York CITY.
II is estimated to be worth tG,53+ 900
or about s32O00O0G. ltS square foot
value, however, is on.y S.43 which by
comparison with some of the land vail
ucs III New York Ia d mere tr.Hc. An
average ~ $500 Il squdrc foot was
paid several years ago for the corner
OF Wall stree; and Broadway and at
the time the Bankers Trus; Company
purchased the Offender Bui!ding AZ the
northwest corner " Wall and Nd,sau
IT was ssid to have paid 500 a
square foot for the property. Forty
'yars ago Anthony Dr.Ncl N huyirg
part Of tn" present site "f j. l.. Nor
Kan u co.'s building paid $3+> square
foot. and in the .cceut ,din Of the
property as high az 500 Il square foot
wd- reported t" have been paid.
According TO reports from London the
highest price ever paid for property
th,r. Was at III" rate of slIoro.oJo an
acre, or about 1915 Il squar, foot. and
that was for only Il small property.
areas of property on Manhattan Island
are NOT held under single owuershipS
thdt the city has progressed at the
rate and To- the extent it has. In all
the borough of Manhattan there is
TO single estate holding which can he
compared in size with that Of the Duke
Of Bedford, but il seems to have fol-
lowed that wherever cousidcrahl"
number OF properties have been gathered
under one ownership that immediate
neighborhood has suffered from stagna-
ton and has not prospcred with the rest
Of the city.
the sailors Snug Harnor property bor-
dering on lower Fifth avenue. and ex-
tending east across Broadway to Fourth
avenue in the vicinity Of .Astor Place
Under individual owners this property
very Likely would be worth to-day sev.
eral times It's value. Ii grew from
vacant lands to cons .derah,o impor-
tancc when the business district mov,C
mp there many years ago and lnd!vldu-
as leased the property and erected
buildings But when the buildings
grew Old and needed to be- replaced
the Snug Harhor trustees did not haV,
the money to rebuilt them. The re-
suit was that rents declined and tn,
hic Grms iha; would have maintaino,
TIA. district as one % the best move,
10 moro modern structures in Other
sections. Thc Moore estate ON the
West Side in the vicinity OF Twenty
third street is another example of tn,
The sun., 1913-12-21

Register Grifenhagen announced yes.
terday that he has practically CONF
pleted New York conveyance index
under the block system more compre-
hensive and more exact than Ia to be
found In any other large city in the
world.
When the Legislature OF 1910 ordered
the reindexing and classification OF all
instruments conveying realty from 1916
to January /. 1891 (when the present
section and block plan was put In oper-
atom, II was not considered possible to
complete the complicated task In much
less than ten years. In the face Of
many serious obstacles Mr.. Grifenhagen
has produced the valuable index In less
than three years.
Records Of tho fling office date
back to 1854. and many Of the deeds
cover old farms containing many acres
now covered by dense population. The
old landmarks. hedges, brooks. trees
stones and fences used In describing
property have long passed away, and
the fixing OF the exact outline Of some
Of the tracts Of land has been exceed.
ingly diascult. Many OF the lots also