The sun., 1919-07-06
BROOKLYN LEADING
IN REAL ACTIVITY
Deluge of Records Quadruples
Work in Office Of Kings
County Register.

Moro than half OF the real estate ac-
uvity In the greater city is in Brooklyn.
During the six months just ended eo.422
real estate papers were recorded in the
Kings county Registers office. as COM
pared with 52,179 In New York, Bronx.
Queens and Richmond counties combined.
Register Webster OF Kings county has
Just made public comparative state
ment Of the business of the Ave counties
for the first half year OF 1919.
The figures show that out Of a total of
112,6o1 deeds, mortgages, satisfactions
and miscellaneous records Brooklyn fur
nished e0.422. against 1885 for Man.
haitian, 10000 for The Bronx, 24,231 for
Queens and 1881 for Richmond. This
gives Kings county the right to claim 81
per cent. Of the city's realty business.
The extraordinary activity Of real es-
tato in Brooklyn is creating an unprece-
dented condition in the Kings county
Registers office. Although the office is
called on to do four and a half times
the amount OF business OF the New York
Registers office the appropriation Is no
larger than Is enjoyed by the New York
Office AS a result Of the lack Of funds
uncopied papers have been accommodating
by thousands. After months OF argu-
ment Register Webster succeeded in Sc
curing n special appropriation of $4,000
for extra copyists few days ago. A
large force of temporary employees Is
now at work and the Office is kept open
until 10 o'clock every night In an effort
10 catch up with the work.
There were 1886 papers recorded in
he Kings county Office last month. This
Is an Increase of much more than 100
per cent. over the business OF June of
last year. The Office Is buster than at
any other time in its history except the
boom year of 1906, and 1t Is expected
that the records OF that year will be
broken before 1919 is ended. The fees
Of the office have increased enormously,
with the result that the Kings County
Registers office is one Of the most profit
able enterprises conducted by the COM
munity. The receipts for June were
s3s,21s17 and the expenses S17,53S.o4,
leaving a profit OF S21.6S0 This 10
the best showing in the history Of the
office The profits for the half year
are s6s,747.s6.
These figures have nothing to do with
the mortgage taxes collected by the
Office. Register w eDStcr TOOK III Scl,-
69a06 in mortgage taxes last month, the
largest receipts for June since the mort
gage tax law took effect. The receipts
for the half year are S290.3S347.
The chattel mortgage division is also
extremely busy There were 26.3S6
papers filed during the six months. as
compared to 22.393 during the same
period last year The fees received were
sl4,496.65. as compared to s12,3is.10
last year.
The rapid accumulation OF papers is
causing serious crowding in the office.
At the present rate of increase there will
be no shelf room available for new rec
ords by the end of this year. An appli.
cation has been made to the Board OF
Estimate for 100000 for an extension
OF the fourth floor of the Hall OF Records
for the Registers use and $4,000 for
hreproof filing cases. Examiners have
been busy during the last few days IN
vest.gating conditions in the office with
view to reporting on this application.