New-York tribune., 1914-10-11
Occasion Will Mark First
Meeting of State Realty
Association Here.
w. H. MOFFIT HEAD
OF ORGANIZATION
Mayor Mitchell to Welcome
Delegates at Opening Ses-
sion on Friday.

Plans are being rapidly perfected
for the convention Of the Real Estate
Association of the State of New York,
to be held on Friday and Saturday at
the Hotel Astor This will be the first
time that the state association has
been convened here, and real estate
men are making every effort TO hold
convention in keeping with the pres
tige Of the chief city of the Empire
State and the metropolis of the coun-
try.
Every real estate organization in the
city as well as every borough IS rep
resented in the committee which are
arranging the details of the conven-
ton. The Merchants Association ls
also taking lively interest in the con-
vention and is represented IN the gen
eral committee.
That the convention will be most
noteworthy is assured because ". II.
Nofit. president Of the state associa-
ton: Macmillan Morgenthau, Jr., Lau-
renee NJ d. Mcguire, president, and
Elisha Sniflin. secretary of the New
York Real Estate Board; Lawrence
b. Gilman, Edward b. Boynton, Jo-
seph +. Day. Henry Bloch, president OF
the United Real Estate Owners Asso-
citation, and A. y. Gltterman are among
those who are devoting their time and
energy to arranging the details of the
convention.
The final details of the programme
were arranged late yesterday after
noon. The convention will be opened
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dresses of welcome by Mayor Mitchell
and President Moffitt. The forenoon
session will be devoted TO the reading
Of reports from various committees.
Soon after noon the delegates will go
to the Woolworth Building, where they
will be received by the Merchants As
sociation and by Mr.. Woolworth, and
later will view the metropolitan dis
trct from the Woolworth Tower.
From thence the delegates will go TO
the Vesey 81. auction rooms, where they
will have luncheon as the guests of the
Real Estate Auctioneers' Association,
James l.. Wells, presiding. Next the
delegates will be taken in autos 10 the
Telephone Building in Lispenard ST.,
where the workings of the company's
mammoth plant will be shown, not only
the plant itself but by moving plct-
ures as well.
Additional reports and papers on
pertinent subjects Will occupy the af-
ternoon session until the delegates are
ready TO become the guests of the real
estate men of the Queens committee.
Automobiles will take the delegates to
Queens by way Of some of the bridges,
and they will have ample opportunity
to see the wonderful growth of this
borough.
Friday evening will be real estate
night at the Electrical Show, at which
some of the addresses arranged for
will be delivered after thorough in
spection has been made Of the show.
On Saturday morning many papers
will be read, and soon after noon an
election Of officers for the ensuing
year, and the clearing up Of unfinished
business will occupy the attention of
the delegates. In the afternoon there
will be a sightseeing tour TO The
Bronx.
On Saturday evening the annual dim
ner OF the association will be held at
the Astor. II Is expected that five hun
dred diners will be seated at the table.
The upstate delegates at this dinner
will be the guests O. the New York
Clty real estate men.
Probably the most important discus
sion Of the convention will be that on
the bill proposed by the state associs-
tion for tine licensing of real estate
brokers This subject will receive a
thorough thrashing out in all its
phases.
The chairmen Of the various COM
mittees are as follows: Arrangements,
Macmillan Morgenthau, jr.; re-
ception, Joseph p. Day; programme
and speakers, Lawrence B. FL
liman; financial, w. II. Mills; press, F.
A. Austin; sightseeing, Edward p.
Boynton; dinner, Elisha Sniffin; Man
haitian, Lawrence NJ. ID. Mcclure; The
Bronx. James L. Wells; Brooklyn. c.
f. Rickerson; Long Island, James
Frank; entertainment. A. y. Glitter
man; Richmond. Sterling Drake;
Queens. William D. Bloodgood.
On the entertainment committee be-
sides A. y. Gitterman are Horace AN
derson. Edward A. Arnold. DR.. Henry
W. Berg, Austin l.. Babcock. Stewart
Brown, Wright Barclay, Pierre NJ.
Clear, II. W. easier, Douglas l.. ELL
man. Taomas F. Graham. Frank
Houghton, David II. Hyman. Ha
Hayes, Stuard Hirschman, Charles
Lyon, Walter Law. Joseph T. Null
Russell Marston, II. II. Pennoek.
ard c. Pyle. Hyman Pouker. c
Ragan, Raymond Roberts. Edwai
/ Rider. Thomas I. Scully, ID. W.
fall, j. Irving Walsh, +. K. Wood,
dali Salisbury, Harvey Thor0son,