The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
Fund of 100000 Being
Raised to Garry On
the Work Mortgage
Owners Asked to Co.
operate to Stop the
Spread of Negroes
Throughout Harlem

plan ana hava s,a,oa chats ,.,,,,-
to help carry It through.
To protect the blocks south n, 1877,
street from further invasion ,bo ,,o,,
bers OF the corporat,on bav. do,iaai
on the plan of Interesting r,or,,au.
holders They will 20 IN ow,ors -,
houses occupied nv necroe, o,a iii
ask them to remove the ten,nts a,a %
take only whites II Tho ownor r,oaa
his inability on account ~ bis e,,rcta,
condition, the corporation will bo,n ht,,,
with the big fund ~ IN ,aisir, !, -
refuses to consider the matter. tbe
members OF the corporation will scel,
TO have the mortgage on the propertv
called and will use every effort To pre
vent a new one being obtained. Th.y
Will use as an argument the fall in
values in the 13bth street section TO let
the mortgage owner sec what he may
expect II the negro invasion continues
III this fails the corporation will he
prepared to buy the mortgage and will
then call It, possibly taking over tho
| property and rehabilitatinC IT, Negroes
, VINO buy houses south of 135th street
| VIII be treated in the same way
For tho blackmailer who b,r,.
"for rent TO negroes" sign ON hi. L,,,s..
! they will have no mercy They uiu ~,
after him with their shornest women,
though such men arc generally ,,,,rd.d
as OF little financial ability and .,siI,
persuaded when tbreatonoJ Wei, 49,.
Some of the members suggested variou.
| restrictions on properly, but none could
p~ round which would he binding They
! thought for time OF limiting the &C
| cupancy OF the houses to Anglo Saxon.
| but this too was dropped when II wa
found that the Anglo Saxons In Har-
lem formed small minority
The Propertv Owners I,n,ro,a
! CORPORATION ers. uo6o Go ,rr,','' 80 80
! as temporary organization Io,a g.,
December. Its object is declared 70 be
ito improve and advance the interests
of property owners and tenants ,n ron
eral" and the work Of tho cornoratior
was TO be done In the section renor,IIy
known as Harlem. The $500 600 can,,aI
| IL to be raised from shares nj mar valua
OF Sc each and each owner ,s asked +,
| subscribe an amoun, soual 10 ora-ho,.
! of one per cent. of the assessed value Of
his holdings in Harlem. Incomplete re
turns yesterday showed MANY thou-
sands OF dollars subscribed during the
last few days Not only are owners
showing their approval by signing for
full amounts but banks. trus, com
panies, estates and individuals inter
ested in mortgages in the section ar.
joining the movement.
Intent,ons of tho corroro,,or
pressed I'm the following n,r,or.
First-To arronga uI,h ,ha
owners to rent their nrnnor,Ios - r,.,i,'
tenants. This could ha aoro so,,io, -.
section. thereby mo, ca,,sirr an a,.a,
supply OF vacant onartmer,s o,d 80,
at any one time Tho unitoI o,arc.,t.,
efforts Of all will facilitate ~, nr,r,,r
ing of new tenants
S.oora ~. ct.
up,h,. arono,or,,. ""o arr
renoy,,ina 90 ri. Wv
nrnner hus,ros. hosts - ,a,'a, va "a
Mo.o n ror,,,ao ,na, o. va
or ~, roLo n ,ao,.. 80 49,, ~ ~. P''''
Third -Tho cnrnora,tan
,ssist,nc. In ,rrarnirn
.xt.rsio, or ola ,nor,,,o,,a g.
who will oo,nor,ta
,,,,,n,, ~ ,.,.