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New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
HALVES EAVORS
new TORRENS BILL
Saws Hamilton-Fertig BIZ
Embodies Good Points
of Other Measures.

There has recently been introduce
Inv Senator Hamilton and Assemblymall
Feriig a third bill to amend the Tor
rena law. known as the HamiltOn-tcr-
tig bill. L,a.
'While there are good and bad feat-
IIrcs in the Boylan-Ahearn bill ana IN
the Bennett Bourke bill, the best fea'
uros in both Of said bills are preserved
in the Hamilton-Fertig BILL says Oil
bert Ray Hawos. THE Hamllt0n-t er-
tig bill also embodies tho amendments
made necessary by the presence OF
lockers previously inserted Hi the law
and also 10 overcome the technical oD-
iections, on points of practice and pro-
cedurc. which have been raised by GER
tain attorneys. ri,
The chief advantages of the hamH-
ton-Fertig bill may be briefly sum-
married as follows:
"Section 3s5 of the Torrens law IS
amended so that the court cannot DC
deprived of its jurisdiction after max
ing order for the issuance and pupli-
cation of the summons.
THE word possession, as applied 70
tho plainti.f-applicant, IS dehned as
meaning possession OF the legal tltie'
instead of actual occupation OF the
land itself.
THE Supreme Court, in a Torrens
registration action, Is given all the
powers possessed by the court IN IN
action for partition or an action IN
ejectment. ,.o
Fund of one-tenth Of l per cent or the
assessed value of the property IS made
obligatory, instead of optional in each
case. as formerly.
"Property once registered under the
Torrens law must remain registered and
cannot be withdrawn on the demand OF
a title insurance company or mortgage
Certificates must be issued by indl-
vidual official examiners appointed by
the court. the clause as TO corporate
official examiners having been elm
mated.
Savings banks and other financial
institutions, operated under charters
from the state, are obliged to secure
Torrens registration for all propertie:
on which they loan their reserve fund:
by way of mortgage loans.
Every real estate lawyer, broker and
operator should heartily support the
Hamilton-Fertig bill, which will, If II
becomes a law, not only enable the
property owner TO secure title in fee
simple absolute, vested by the state, d
small expense, after all clouds hav;
been removed, but will also facilitat:
the transfer and mortgage OF proper
ties, and thus remove the last obstacle
10 the successful and beneficial opera
tion of the Torrens law"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

ton should not include "housekeep-
ing" but should include all construc,
tive features. and also all mechanical
equipments of buildings. That part or
the tenement house law affecting the
plan and construction OF buildings
should be included in the consolidation,
but those matters in the tenement
house law referring to cleanliness,
dangerous business, combustible ma
teriels, drunkenness and other social
evils, number of janitors, bakeries and
fat boiling, nuisance, and other similar
matters, should not be under the juris-
diction Of the Building Department, but
should be left in the Tenement House
Department; and also certain similar
matters in regard TO tenements should
be left in the Health Department, where
they are now.
II is obviously wrong TO consider
that one set Of city officials will more
honestly interpret building laws in re-
gard to tenements than another. The
tenement house law is mandatory, and
the provisions in regard TO plan could
be as we'll administered by the Build
ing Department, which now administers
the Law in regard TO tenement houses
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
WILL BENEFIT
FACTORY OWNERS
Allied Interests and Fire
Department Agree on
Labor Law Changes.
AFFECTS STRUCTURES
FOUR STORIES OR LESS
Interior Signal System in Small
Buildings Deemed I'm.
necessary.

The Allied Real Estate Interests has
prepared an amendment 30 the labor
law giving the Fire Commissioner OF
New York City the right TO waive the
requirement for a fire alarm signal
system, if in his opinion such system
is not necessary for the safety of the
occupants, in (a) buildings not over
four stories in height, or lb) building
equipped with automatic sprluklers
This bill represents an agreement
that has been reached between the
Allied Real Estate Interests and the
Fire Department, following a series OF
conferences. Real estate owners have
protested against the requirement that
they should install an interior fire alarm
system, as, II is claimed, IN many cases
it would do more harm than good be
cause of the panic II might cause
among ignorant employees.
Fur-hermore, IL seems unnecessary
in a building that is fully equipped
with automatic sprnklers or that is
only four stories. The amendment pro
posed by the Allied Real Estate Ia
terests does not altogether satisfy the
members of that association, but ~ o,
All that can be secured a. the present
time as concession from the public
officials, and it represents distinct
advantage aud gain.
It's preparation followed tho follow
ing correspondence:
"Msrch II
"Hon. Joseph o. Hammitt, Chief, Bu-
reau of Fire Prevention, Municipal
Building, City.
Dear Sir: AS you doubtless know,
there are certain provisions of Law,
with the enforcement of which you are
charged which bear unduly hard upon
taxpayers. Some Of these provisions
seem to me TO be needless, a., for cN-
ample, the requirement for the lnstal-
lation of interior fire alarm systems 100
certain classes of buildings. | see no
reason why the public interest could
not be served by an amendment 20 tho
law which would give the Fire Com
missioner discretion in the matter OF
recurring the installation of fire alarm
systems in buildings that arc already
equipped with automatic sprlnklcr5 o.
in all cases of buildings not over four
stories in height.
II would be obliged if you would let
me know what decision the Fire Com
missioner reaches in this matter. | am,
ALLAN ROBINSON, President"
March l3.
"Allan Robinson, Esq, President Allied
Real Estate Interests, 165 Broadway,
City.
Dear Sir: Referring to your letter
of March II regarding interior lire
alarm systems in factory buildings. the
Fire Commissioner sees no objection TO
an amendment to the law, as proposed
by you, which would make the require
ments for such installation in build
ings equipped with automatic sprink-
lers and in buildings not over four
stories in height matter Of discretion
with the Fire Commissioner. rather
than a mandatory requirement Of law
as at present.
PERSONALLY believe it would be de-
sirable TO have such an amendment
made to the law. Very truly yours,
81. o. HAMMITT,
"Chief Bureau of Fire Prevention
The amendment will probably be in
troduced tomorrow in the Legislature.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
HON. Building LawS Should Be REVISED
The Three Important Consolidation Uniformity and Appeals Should be
Board of Examiners Might Prove Ad
vsable-tIouskepng Tenement House Department.

as to strength and safety Of construc-
ton.
The Tenement House Department.
would be more efficient if it only had
TO deal with the housekeeping" affect
ing social conditions. There Is big
opportunity in this department, If un-
hampered by the construction or the
building, to concentrate on improving
conditions in regard to morals, hre
hazard and disease.
Uniformity will be brought about
primarily through consolidation; and
in all conceivable schemes there must
be a Capitalization of administration
in each borough. As it is now, all the
varying Jurisdictions have separate
bureaus in each borough, and it is but
logical that these should all be brought
together in each borough under one
head.
Whether these separate administra-
ton centres be independent under the
Borough Presidents or whether theey
be branches of a central bureau IN
Manhattan under the Mayor is only
a question Of expediency or perhaps
Continued on page TIVE
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
PRISONERS TO
CULTIVATE LAND
Experiment in Nassau County
To Be Retired on Bigger
Scale.

Land held by real estate corporations
and not likely to be required by home
owners during the coming season a.. a. IS tbo 5S
WassaT Coun+v government, according
to % pians worked out by Sheriff Luther
y " Petit % and some of the progressive
real estate managers: George rye L; q, HqO, Ybe
bell, of Garden City, IS one Th OF ,Sap tne
is js"te'i to have the male prisoners of the
county &C cultivate the land and raise is,
vegetables to be used in the county in
stitutions. ... Id .,,,.i-
,,.toS soveral acres of town land. SO
successful acce was the venture that early
this winter he formulated the The dI plans MS
for the employment Of the prisoners rs
Em ;n,or,in~ed : 'iS The real estate developers
lH,i'sccu and secured their consent to the use use
of the land. He then appeared 9ef9ts IRE
the Board of Supervisors and the
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Expansion of Upper Br0adway Zones
Years Many Important Building Operations Have Been Carried Out
Along the Ihoughfre Sherman Square North 8 SNumerous
Picture Houses Erected That Record

have been put up on corners and at the
most frequented crossroads. too. The
corner beer saloon is not as conSpicu-
Gus as il used to be in the home re-
gions of upper Broadway. The best
type Of motion picture house is not a
building classic; it is not the highest
form Of the building art, but usually II
eXerts a most benign effect on building
activity IN its section.
There is u long stretch of Broadway.
beginning At about 160th Street and
extending to within short distance
of the heart Of the hourishinC centre
at 1S1st Street, which is almost as bar
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

front on the easterly side OF Broadway,
from Sevcnty-eighth 10 Scvcnty-ninth
street. with two twelve story apart
mcnt houses. They were built by Pa
terno Brothers from plans by SwsrN
4 Gross. at "A cost of $l,200,0OO; the
eleven story apartment house at 3645
Broadway. costing about S600,0OO; the
ten story house at 1858 Broadway, rep
rcscntiug an outlay of about S515,0OO:
the $500. 900 house at 1921 to 1881
Broadway, and the $l,O0O,OOO structure
at the northeast corner of Eighty-hrst
Street and Broadway.
A number of other noteworthy apart
mcnt house operations in the period
in ouestion include the Cleburne apart
ments. at 274I and 2747 Broadway, at
- cost of about S750,000; the two ten
story houses at 3S41 to 1856 broadway,
costing about SSO0,000, and the S6OO,OO0
house at the southwest corner OF 1880
Last year Vincent Astor invested
81 100000 in the erection of twelve
storv house at 242O to 2434 Broadway,
and The Paterno Construction Company
snent about $500, 900 in improving the
Site 2821 to 1927 Broadway with
twelve story house.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
BRISK BUILDING IN BRONX
Figures So Far Greatly Elk
ceed Those of Last Year.

The records of plans filed in the
Bureau of Buildings for the first two
weeks of the current month show that
there is no signs of recession for build
ing in The Bronx. There will be ex-
pended $4,000 more in building oper-
atoms than was recorded in the same
period last year. The plans filed call
for the expenditure Of sl,l27,575, as
against ssl2,255 during the same period
in 1914. The number Of new buildings
70 be erected is forty-seven, the ma
jority of which are apartment houses.
From January 1 TO March 10, 1914,
the plans filed called FOR the ex-
nenditure of S3.508.s1s. In the same
period of the present year a total Of
Is sg4.177 is shown, this being an in
crease Of the substantial sum of $685.
$50 over last year.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
]. P. DAY IN A NEW ROLE
Will Tell How Business Psy-
chology Course Helped Him.

Joseph p. Day will appear in a new
role on Tuesday evening next. March
%, when lie will tell the advantages OF
a course in Business Psychology and
Character Analysis" at the West Side
Young Mems Christian Association,
Eighth Avenue and Fifty-seveuth
Street.
Several years ago Mr.. Day took the
same course, which is given under tho
direction OF Irving f. VininG. Mr. Vim
ing, who has recently returned froIn
a trip abroad. is to give the same
course again at the West Side associa-
tion. The meeting on Tuesday night
is the first lecture of the Nining series
and is free to the Qublis
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

Il was designed by Neville & Bagge,
who estimated the cost at 100000.
Two other $l.000,000 creations arc
the Borchardt. at the southeast corner
Of Ninety Street. and the Gra-
mont. at the northeast corner of Nine
ty-cighth Street. The Borchardt was
erected for Samuel Borchardt, the de
siCncrs of the structure being Rouse &
Goldstouc. +. !. McLaughliu's Sons
put up the Gramont from plans by
Messrs Blum.
Some other large apartment house
operations in the last five years include
the improvement Of the entire block
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

members Of that body agreed to allow
him to purchase ploughs, fertilizers
and plants for the farm. Last week
Sheriff Petit had a number of pris..
oners at work ploughing the ground
for early spring planting.
The few acres under cultivation last
year saved the county considerable
sum. and the operations this year are
expected 10 save thousands of dollars.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
To Live at Oyster Bay.

Cocks & Willets, in conjunction with
Joseph Z. Day, have leased 10 Henry
Sanderson, Of this city, the George /.
Maxwell estate at Oyster Bay, Long
Island.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
By Julius FRANKIE, Architect and Chair
man, Committee on Consolidation
of New York Chapter of the Amer
lean Institute of Architects.

There are three important principles
which must not be lost sight Of in any
general revision Of the administration
of the building laws, namely, consoli-
dation, uniformity and appeals.
Every one understanding our ineffi-
cient, confusing and annoying system,
with the varying and conflicting admin
istrations Of the laws affecting build
ings. advocates the consolidation Of all
building laws under one administration
In order to bring about efficiency and
economy in administering the building
laws, whereby an estimated saving OF
million dollars a year will be made
and whereby the citizens owning prop
erty will save time and much annoy
ance and expense in dealing with the
city officials.
Is it not natural that all building
laws should be administered by the
Building Department?
II is important that this eonsolida-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
time T|AB|[....E|:OI|I|;
TRAINS TOIBE
PUBLISHED.
Wise Decision is Reached BY
the Americ anfT Traffic As
ISOLATION.

The American Traffic Association In
conviction at the restful rendezvous
OF French Lick, Ind. has discussed
the matter Of railway time tables and
decided that the best method OF plac-
ing time table before the public Is
to advertise them in the newspapers.
1t was so ordered.
Thus one OF the ancient and honor
able customs Instituted by the news
papers many years ago has received
the approval Of contemporary orr
ganization. which prides itself partic-
ularly on being on time, and to the
minute. Their conclusion was ineyi-
table. The quickest way to the pub
lie mind runs through the daily news
papers. All the. railroads wish the
public to ride over their lines. Their
time tables, therefore, should appear
in the daily newspapers.
The railroads now publish elabor-
ately detailed tables which are dis
|tributed at the stations. But how can
everybody be sure to have one in his
pocket? The method ical habits Of the
|commuter are not a proper criterion;i
not all classes Of our great and diver
sitled population order their lives so
carefully as commuters. The public
needs these useful tables ready at
hand; the daily newspapers are the
natural medium OF Communication
Many Of the country newspapers
still hold to this admirable old Gus
tom. They do not print the times Of
departure and arrival Of every train
E-axnress local mixed. freight milk
and owl-on the system which serves
the town for the; rural convenience.
but they print table amply sufficient
for local needs. There is no good
reason why residents Of the larger
cities should be deprived Of the same
convenient means Of reference. The
American Trafic Association has put
its finger on a subject Of genuine In
terest to many millions Of citizens;
the idea is so good that even the rail-
roads themselves must instantly per-
ceive its excellence. Z
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
REAL HEARING
,At the National Conventions of.
the Two Major Parties is
Wanted by DR.. Shaw.

NEW YORK. Nov. Or. Anna
Shaw, president Of the, National
American Woman Suffrage Associ-
alton, today wrote to William F. Nc
Combe. chairman Of the Democratic
National committee, asking permis-
sion for representatives Of the assoc
citation to appear before the commit
tee in Washington December z to
discuss the possibility Of giving wom-
an suffrage "a real and not a per-
Sfunctory hearing" at the Demo-
cratic national convention next year.
(, She sent a similar letter to Charles
ID. Hilles, chairman OF the Repub-
;lican National committee, asking per-
mission for suffrage leaders to appear
before that committee when 1t meets
in Washington December IA.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
Garments STRIKE
At Wilkes Barre Looks as if II
Might Be Settled at an
Early Date.

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Nov. s.-w.tb
disorder occurring at scattered points
and police Q nthe alert to Offset any
further manifestations by strike SYM.
.pathizers, the outlook for settle
ment Of the strike Of the 335 conduct
tors and motormen Of the Wilkes Barre
Railway Company appears more favor
able. ~
The strike has been on for more
than three weeks. q
Cars were operated on less than
half Of the lines to the suburbs west
and south Of the city, today, and al
though several cars were attacked BY
mobs, activity on the part Of the DO
flee prevented any very serious. dis
order.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
WRECK VICTIMS
Are Aboard The Cruiser, San
Diego, According to Radio
Messages Received.

SAN DIEGO. Calf, Nov. 6.The
cruiser San Diego was believed to be
en- route to this port tonight with the
twenty-four passengers and the crew
of the steamer Fort Bragg, wrecked
early yesterday of Point Palmilla,
Lower California. Radio messages to-
[ady said the victims Of the wreck had
been taken aboard the cruiser. Cap
tain Charles G. Graham, and the pur-
ser were still on the Fort Bragg, the
message said. The vessel was spiked
on the rocks. the! sea had subsidized
and there was immediate danger Of
Its breaking up.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
Antiho olerd Serum
Causes Sec nd Outbreak
Of Live Stock Disease


oculation OF other animals with ma
sterial from the infected call
This IS regarded as proof that the
suspected serum actually was in<I clcd.
Why the ndard tests used on sixty
one animals failed to reveal this facl
lisa matter for scientific invest EalioA
and the bacteriologi sts Sot the 0cparti
ment are now at work tipon the prcb-I
lem. AT the time Of manlfactsiFc ones
half Of one per cent OF Catholic acid.
was mixed with the serum % act ~
d preservative Il Is now believed that
the carbolic acid, acting as g. gertnts
eide may have attenuat led or partials
II destroyed the virus to- such an exr.
tent that what have previously been
considered safe tests failed to estah.I
fish the presence OF the injection. II
is also possible that the virus in
stead Of beinty disseminated through,
out the entire mass Of serum, may
have become agglut inated. This has
been kno Rst to occur With germs or
other diseases: The result would be-
the formation in the serum fluid OF.
isolated clumps OF foot and- mouth dis
sease virus; while the bulk of the
serum remained free from these tiny
masses. n this were the case. " ~
obvious that certain animals inocllats
ed with the serum would develop
foot-and-mouth disease and others
would escape. Up to the present III
should be stated, scientists have not
been able to identity the germ OF foot
and-mouthf disease although the eco
nomic imp rtance of the plag in Eu-
rope has caused II stosbe stud lied sex5z
3haustiyely for many years
], Seeking Means TO Treat.
In the department expe riment are
now being vigorously prosecuted with
q view to discover a means Of treat
ling serum at the time of Its n1anufac-
lure which ectually Will kill the
virus Of foot-and -mout It'll disease. The
results SO far attained are promising
and the department hopes that q sue
|cessflll method Will be evolved short.
~. In the meantime all the infected
serum IN the hands Of the Chicago
Serum Company has been destroyed
without compensation. All other SER
UNI manufac tured in Chicago which it
was believed Nigh contain POSSIBLE
tiles Of danger. has likewise been de-
stroyed. F1rth ermore, the department
Is prohibiting the shipment. Of any
serum from licensed 5establ shments ifis
the districts that are unde quarantine
flor foot nd-mouth disease.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
TOO MANY cHEsTNuTs.

CHESTER, Pa, Nov. s.-Thomas
Lanahan, aged seven. of this place.
went chestnut hunting with party
OF boys and stuffed himself full
OF the nuts that he could not eat
another. The lad collapsed after hi
reached home and at the hospital the
physicians had to use a stomach pump
to get the chestnuts out OF Tommy.
For a while 1t was thoughe he would
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
BAD MONEY
Is Constantly Being Sent into
MazaNan from States of
Arizona and Texas.

WASHINGTON, New. 6.-Counter-
felt American money is constantly
coming into Mazatlan from Califor-
mia, Arizona and Texas according to
q state department despatch which
added that John M. Watson, an Amer
lean who has been under arrest at
Masatlan Is at liberty.
He Is reported" the state depart
ment announcement said, ito have
been accused Of the theft Of 1000
pesos"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
Verde ~ / j. CHED.
ts,,,y sss.le: .,s1se ss,rss,

4 BOSTON, Noy. The court mar.
tial which for 3 week has considered
charges against Rear Admiral VIII
liam NJ. little, u. s. N, retired, pres
ferred by the secretary or the navy,
agreed on verdict today and for,
warded its findings to: Washing ton.
the verdict win sbe announced BY
Secretary Daniels 81 r. :: I v &, I,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
SHOOTS DEER.

WHEELING. Nov. c.John Castolla,
a foreigner Of Belmont county, while
hunting on farm owned by Andrew
Cole, four miles west of Bellaire. O.,
shot a doe deer. This is the first deer
to be shot in this neighborhoods for
twenty years and 1t is thought that
the animal escaped from one Of the
reserves in West Virginia.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
TERRA AL.TlA .lH!1GH WINS.

TERRA. ALTA, Nov. Sierra Alta
high school defeated Parsons today
by score q to o. Freeland won the
game by making a sixty-yard run
for a touchdown. Whites tackling
was brilliant. Terra Alta expects to-
land the championship Of West vir-
Lginia Of high schools.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
B1GlMUNITIoN ORDER.

ROCHESTER,, Nov. e.-The Brit
ish government through j. P: Nor
gan and Company, New York. has
just placed an order with the General
Railway Signal Company Of this city,
for shells and war munitions total
ling between seven and eight mil
lion dollars,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
IN CONFERENCE.

DOUGLAS, Ariz.. Nov. General
Obreson, in a conference with General.
Funston tonight, protested against the
presence in Mexico OF George G. Car
others, nagent Of the American state
department.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
FRESHMEN SAN.

GLASGOW, Nov. s. ESQ D. M
About 200 EIrishmen, eligible for mil
itary service, sailed today by the
Anchor line steamer California for
New York. The most strenuous Ell
forts of seven recruiting sergeants
resulted in the enlistment Of only
two men. is. s
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
(By Associa ted Press.

PIEDRAS NDGRAS, Mex,
Nov. 6.-General venustiano
Carranza has named 1sidro
Fabela, former secretary Of the
department. OF foreign relations
in the Carranza cabinet, as
minister plenipotentlary to Ar
gentira This is the first diplo-s
matte appointment to be, am
iiounced by the new de facto
government Of Mexico.