Evening journal., 1915-01-19


4 prompt and encourage the business
to come to our state. When business
outgrows itself then we must get in
/ line and meet the demand and ii
more employees are necessary, then
| get them"
Business Has Grown.
Harry w Davis, vice-president and
secretary of the Delaware Trust
! Company, when seen by an EVEN
ING JOURNAL reporter today. said
New Castle County and the State
OF Delaware have been fortunate in
having such efficient men as recor-
der Of deeds for this county and
especially is this true of the present
recorder, MIR. George In answer to
your query, ] will say that prompt
ness figures largely Ia the business
of a charter corporation company.
When corporation charter Is OBJ
tained at Dover it comes 10 us by
messenger and then IL needs TO be
recorded at once in. order that the
messenger may take certified COPY
to be filled in the state in which the
company expects to do business. The
certified copy of the charter must he
filed before the new corporation can
commence husinesG About the line
Of promptness, Mr.. George is very
efficient in this respect and he must
have enough competent clerks to
meet the demands of the office. Why
IS the county building a S750,000 new
Court House? The answer is evident
because the business of the County
has outgrown the present Court
House. NO Office in the Court House
mas felt the pang of cramped quar-
ters as that of the Recorder of Deeds
which has outgrown its measly little
room years ago. The statute pro
vide now for certificates of incorpor-
alton with greater powers and the
documents are accordingly longer.
The growth Of the office Of Recorder
OF Deeds George has developed near
~ twice that of ten years ago. Nv
virtue Of the fact that / was A clerk
n that office twelve years ago, and
that since that time / have been in
close touch with the work of the Of
nee ! feel | can speak intelligently
upon this matter. l see that the
business Of Wilmington has increased
immensely in ten years. Why ] see
one company which could get along
some years ago with five clerks is
now rushed with thirteen clerks.
Now leaving the charter business for
a time how about the conveyancing
business? In fifteen years it has de-
veloped until pessimists have become
surprised at the marvellous growth
Take the Ninth Ward, and the growth
has been hundreds per cent moro
than few years ago. Scores OF
houses have been built and one can
imagine the number of deeds and
mortgages necessary to be recorded
There are the suburban properties.
Montrose, Penn Rose. Hillcrest. Cor
don Heights, Elsmerc, Roselle. Ric-
harrison Park and half dozen of
other suburban towns seen and ali
that work requires the work of the
Recorder of Deeds and his force of
clerks. AS / said before, New Castle
County was fortunate In having such
efficient and accommodating officials
as Recorder of Deeds. and the pre-
sent incumbent, Mr.. George. is trying
hard to make the efficiency and
promptness Of the Office even better
than that of his predecessors"
Sees Need of Clerks.
When the reporter mentioned the
matter of promptness in the Office Of
the Recorder of Deeds, Francis d.
Buck. manager OF the Delaware |
Guarantee Trust Company. said thai
nc believed the office needs more /
clerks. "Promptness." said Mr. /
Buck. rs everything in the charter
incorporation business. Mr.. George
mas been very prompt in giving us
our papers and as a result the busi-
ness Of the company grows. II is a
case OF getting charters recorded i'm
mediately and to do so the Recorder
must have clerks to do the work. IN 4
order TO qualify a corporation to do n
business in another state It is nc n
,essary to have a certified copy of N
nc charter filed. When a corpora \
ion has its local representative To- N
Gated in the lower counties then we n
send the charter to be recorded in
he county where the representative
'esides. It requires two weeks TO
get the charter back from the lower
counties because they do not have
nc clerks to do the work PROMPT
less means everything in our busi-
less and Mr.. George is alwavs
prompt, but to meet a growing busi-
Tess he must have the clerks to do
he work"
biggest Patrons View.
Frederick T.. Stone, vice-presi-
lent treasurer of the Wilmington
Savings Fund Society when asked
low he found the Office of Recorder
i Deeds George conducted, replied:
I'VE are getting the very best Of
ervice and our business is in the
cry best of shape. We count our-
elves as being the largest customers
[ the Office. With a sufficient num-
or Of the competent clerks neces-
airy for that Office we can depend
II getting very satisfactory service
II. George IS always courteous ana
g and his clerks work hard 10 ac-
the customers of the ~
&C. Promptness, efficiency and
ouTtesy count considerable when le-
al papers are required"
Ould Cause Inconvenience. ia
William ]. Maloney. secretary 80
e corporation Trust Company or
merica, said:
we nave found the Recorder of
eeds 10 be very prompt in return
S papers left with him for recorda-
on, and promptness is of extreme
Importance to us. Considerable in
'hVenlence as Well as expense wouId
asult 10 us If charters were allowed
} accumulate in the recnrao,,. ! q. - Il