Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-20
DECADE BRINGS SUCCESS
 TO FAR-SIGHTED RR0EFR


 New York Sun and Herald of Sunday. They made their way to drab building ] on the fringe of the financial section and there pIoceeded to unwind their burden and drape it across the structures weather stained brick facade Stretched taut, the canvas strip announced in large black and red letters that renting space in the building could be had through the Charles F. Moves company. The man 1 whe so carefully supervised the hanging of the sign was Charles F. Moves nim- self.
 Many things have changed since that | sign wes hung just a decade ago. For instance, canvas signs have more or less | lost their vogue in the real estate busi- | ness, but Mir Moves has never lost his | faith in the importance of detail As the | head of an organization which embraces | some 5S5 employees, including all those | who have charge of the buildings under l his management MT. Moves is almost as | well acquainted with the minutiae of his | business as he was in the [s.ys when his | office force consisted of the boy who help ed him hang the sign and one or two others. But all this does not mean that the head of the Moves organization is merely detail man. He fas what no amount Of hard work or capacity for detail could
 
 that enabled him to foresee existing con ditions in lower Manhattan and to share 1 in the benefits of it's development. It was vision plus terscity that made him | a leader in the establishment of the in- surance district in William street, in the reiuvenation of Broadway in the vicinity of Canal street and in the upbuilding of the old swamp district. in one section of which Mir, Moves has established 8 per mahent leather district.
 | More Than Detail Man. l It was in fact the old swamp district l that enabled the Moves organization to get a foothold in the real estate busi- ness, as his company began it's career in 1898 with the management of a few old time buildings ip that section. Since then it has grown into one of the greatest management concerns in the world; with properties under it's control amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars.
 l. There were times when MT. Moves abil- ity to forecast situations in the down l town section smached of a sixth sense.
 Longer than year ago he predicted the
 congestion that now exists in the lower 3 city and advised business and financial
 concerns to buy their own homes in order to escape the office shortage that was g bound to come. Many of them took his advice, and many others now wish they
 bod done so.
 He is a foolish prophet who fails to heed his Own warning. and in that respect MT. Moves has proven himself doubly wise. Not so long ago he bought the . property 11S William street. Into the ] handsome new six story structure whiel : he has put up on that site he will nov, f his organization Oct. l. Here he will b, l. among friends. because on every side O e him will be the fine homes of big busi t ness organizations which have been in
 spired by him and his faith in the olt n district to settle tfere.
 : Flood of Rerainiscenee. ' The recent announcement that tn n Moves company would move soon from it
 present quarters in 92 William stree
 opened the fioedgates of remaiscence il
 real estate circles and set tongues wag s ging about the time when a rawbone if country lad who erswered to the name o ' Charlie Moves came to this city without h l dollar in his pocket and without muc d prospect of earning one. He knew hard l. ly anything of New York and he kneN .e even less of real estate. And yet tha "a was only few years before he launche ! into that business.
 ,- "To those who have followed the risin la fortunes of the Moves company" sai "a one of his admirers, there seems to b le no other real estate organization whic .r has stamped it's name so indelibly O 10 lower Manhattan Island. Moves an k downtown real estate are synonymou nj and as memory goes back over the last h. years it seems entirely right that tn if should be so today, for large sections ,s magnificent structures stand as perm: ,b nent monuments to the creative abiiit al and abiding faith of the man wh ys through good times and bad, never faltel w ed in his belief in this section of the cit " MT. Moves determination to put ever V. ounce of effort into that small but ric e. and fertile field below Canal street resul f. ed after years of effort in the accumul; de tion of vast store of information tn:
 gave his company g decided lead over a
 it's competitors and rlaced it in a positit
 to be of the greatest service to the vari, inteFests-fnancial, insurance, shippin tobacco, leather, importing, exporting o. concentrated in that segment of the cit sd, The big deals put through by Mir Noy at in the insurance. tobacco, coffee ar cn leather districts, and especially in u " banking and financial area, tell their eV -s- story of remarkable achievement B 70 the greatest tribute to skill and untiriI ,s energy was the reFabilitation of that SC tin tion in Broadway around Canal street al
 in the old dry goods district on Gree ice Wooster and Mercer Streets. Because the great eXOQuS Of uF1HS, IaOSe old Ql ne tricts were left fiat and many real esta Ids men and property owners expressed t cal sincere conviction that they would nev
 come back. But while those pessimis
 were expressing their views MT. Noy
 and his organization were working di LIE gently and eventually their efforts Do
 fruit.
 iar, Very rarely has the company gone O 'e. e; of it's domain to do business and tn M =, only to put through big deals such as t 4ySa sale of the corner of Fifth avenue a ''S 18th street, where the Gotham n, r.. stands, and the southeast corner of Eff i.., avenue and 43d street, now occupied ay ss' the Postal Life building.
 vasl Counting the Human Element. iis- Tn setting the background for the gre MT. success of the Moves company, one fact out must not be overlooked. That is the | ted man element The inventor of the GyT mo must take off his hat to Charles
 Moves for concentrated energy. Ths
 never has been a more active salesman
 the real estate field nor one with mo don clearly defined ideas of devotion to thC of whom he serves. l have seen MT. No, don in action on big real estate transactio wia and the one point that always stands { at in his selling talks is his care that { ;er- prospective purchaser shall be in pess nal sion of every last little detail.
 Think of man who permitted hi