Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 10

DECEMBER 1 COUNTY RECORDER'S" OFFICE POSTOFFtCE HAS BUSY UP-TO-DATE DURING HOLIDAYS? XJAKQirD, RUN ON USINESS ETHODS Business Handled Successfully by ev Splendid Showing Is 4 'Made Under A.K.Grim excess of that "for 1 1905 of about 11,000 documents. Mr. Grim has introduced a new1 practice in; the matter of returning after they have been-recorded which has worked a revolution over the method which had long previonaiy obtained. Now all the documents, after the 'Recorder has 4- Clerks rr 4h 'V I III.1 i-vxf a i i got through with them, are returned to he ow'rier by mail: Formerly it was incumbent upon the person'- who had a lT'I3 not but It is, that; the net earning! ot the County Recorder's office, after, all the expenses of the office-are defrayed, pays the salaries. of th County Clerk, 'the County the County Treasurer, the County Superintendent of Schools, the'sheriff, the Dis document-recorded-to call for.it after a stated -period when it was supposed tq have passed through the hands of the The wonderful.

machinelike pro- fieiency of the Oakland Postoffice hat never been so 4earl' demonstrated during the past month, according- to Superintendent Paul Schafer. "We have handled a greater quantity of holiday mail this year than at' any time since the building has been erected, and witht less delay than ever -fore." he declares, and the reports the various departments of the t-ystem hear out the statement. In no oVa-tt branch of the governmental service is Christmas so generally dreaded. Work Increases In Money Order Business In the monf order division th- work has been heavier than last year, accord and his copyists and clerks, I I a III I trict; Attorney and the County Tax Col 5 II I have some other person perform that duty lector. 'V'-v' a.

for him or else allow the-instrument to More than that, after navlng made the go to one or tne -Doses or efflcers In Question happy In the respect referred to, the Recorder has still $60,000 to his credit, or rather that sum is in the I II I rT j.A.' Illl lilt 'S in I treasury and owned by the county. The 'MiW mwKii WW is referred to, however, do not go to ill I i hi II ft, I -WnA tf-K ZTP Jf III I the payment of the salaries of the depu- pigeon holes, of which there are several thousand in the' Recorder's office. Old Documents Still Uncalled For. One would suppose that a person who was interested in his realty or "other interests' requiring1 the use "of legal documents would like to have i'thbse documents in his possession as a guaranty of their safe-keeping. But such Is not the fact, in many cases, for the reason that the pigeon holes of the Recorder's office are filled to excess with documents upon which' depend the proof of owner 1 ing to Moltke; Schafer, who has -the division in "It's been a busy year all he exclaimed, "and if there has a stringency in; the money market, the number and amounts of the money ordOrs sent out ddring the past three months are sufficient proof for the most skeptical, that Jhat time over.

The public seems to realize more each year the reliability of the postal money ordor and business is increasing accordingly." Considerable trouble in handling postal cards Is experienced by the j.osial authorities during the year, but. more ties of the offices mentioned. Splendid JShowingMade. This Is tho remarkable showing which the Recorder's office makes. at this time to the taxpayers of the county under the management of Recorder Grim.

The' importance of this showing is increased wnen it is stated that the officers mentioned have been paid in this manner for the past ten years. In the period mentioned County Re-jcorder Grim has paid into the county in round figures, the sum of 1280,000, and this money Is then transferred to the salary fund. There are several things to be deduced from' these facts, but there are two things of special Importance and Interest, ship to many thousands of pieces of property in this The boxes have been becoming congested for the past thirty years, because are documents particularly during the holidays. The rules governing the senJiug of post cards are carelessly observed by the public and every year thousands remain at the office, either be redeemed or sent. to the dead letter office at Washington.

V. to be distributed the charitable organizations at Ihe State capital. The receipts of the registry department have exceeded anything heretofore, not excepting the i year 1906, when San Francisco was' prodigiously represented. Miss uncalled for there-which were filed thirty years ago. There is" always annoyance in trying to store-documents' for so many yearB, and then there is always more annoyance in endeavoring to prove title to the same when the -owner -makes -up his mind to reclaim the I COUNTY REqORDER K.

GRIM fcnd one of-these is that there is a great this division, asserts this department has worked both day and night since December 1. And this, despite the fact that the introduction of a new registry system has lessened the duties attached to reeistratioh materially. Under the At the same time, however, it may be POSTMASTER PAUL J. SCHAFER o- Amount of recording done by the people stated that today the owner of an rnstru this county, and the other is the fact that the office of the Recorder is managed in ment which, had been buried in one of the. boxes for the past ten years made a demand for the return of the paper, new rule, instead of writing the name of' the sender two receipts, as has been During, the year which is about to close there were 38,934 documents recorded in the office, and during the ten years that the office has been in the a manner which shows good practical business sense and knowledge, which are the custom in; the pat a numDerea stuo is handed the patron which correspond! and the same produced from the dusty pigeon hole and placed once again with the one; which is mailed in hands of Mr.

Grim the matter filed reached the enormous total of 268,999 in his hands. package, and 'one retained by the postal authorities. This system has proverr a great tlme-salver when the work If the desiderata in public affairs. -( Assured That His Interests Are Cared For. interests, as well as those of the people of the county, will be looked after and that every paper will be in correct condition.

Great Amount of Work Done. The amount of work done in this office may be imagined when it is stated that the place gives employment1 tor forty-five clerks and copyists, there being one chief recorder and five deputies, the former But. there will be no more congestion documents, or on an average nearly each year. OAKLAND BANK CLEARINGS IN 1908 The clearings of the Qakland banks for; the twelve months ending-December 1, 1908, as, follows Month. crowded.

I of this kind in the -office because of the 500,000 Stamps 'J Of course, this average is. in excess of the filings for a. number of the years These facts are patent to any person system of mailing the- documents to their several -owners as soon as the same are Sold In December mentioned, because, when Mr. Grim took 1 4- whj has occasion to visit the office in question and cause him to feel that there is o. pleasure In transacting business Over, half a million stamps were -sold the place, ten years ago, there was not amount of work done there.

that in the main local office during the month of and special booths were there, houause he is assured that his i beins County Recorder Grim. December, 1907 $7,172,891.64 Keeps Systematic -Mailing 'Index. placed in the spacious corridors to accommodate the long lines of people there is done at this time and has been done for the past few years, as will ap which formed! in the early morning, lasting throughout the day. The responsi pear ironi tne ionowing tapie, wnicn Januarv, 1908 6,283,235.47 February, 1908 5,474,520.45 March, 1908 5,821,708.55 BANK shows the number of documents filed each bility on thel employees of this depart. ment Is heavy.

Any loss or shortag year during the Incumbency of "'the present Recorder: occurine resolves itself on the man April, 1908 6,471,082.20 handling the Stamps and he is obliged, I For the purpose of systematically carrying out of this plan, Recorder Grim has prepared what he calls a mailing index record, and In this. book is registered every document 1 which has been offered for recording. Tfeis eijtry shows the the, instrument, the kind of. instrument, arid the person who has presented it to or rather the person.to. whom it is to be returned, to- 4 1 190- 1904..

1905.. 1906. 1907.. 1908. ...23.818 ....29,064 ....44,757 38,934 ...15,299 .16.072 ...1.6.873 .19,864 ...21,756 5,995,944.03 5,972,406.10 5,638,675.19 6,739,663.29 Mav, 1908 June, 1908 Julv, 1908 August, 1908 September, 1908 The average price of recording each instrument is $irS0, and the fee is.

gen- October, 1908 4 7,155,829.97 emlly' well deserved, when the nurhber of I Kethewith the hitter's name, and ad make restitution at once. T. Metlandj who-is in charge of the stamp department, says that the public is confining Its stamp buying more this city, and the increasing populJJf4 in the suburban and manufactaTWs districts are adding really to the revenues of the -Oakland office. Take Care of Postoffice, "Morgue." Miss Helen! VT. Moffitt, with a large corps of assistants, is in charge of the misdirected mail." This is a sort of mortuary branch of the service" and all varieties of I straying letters and correspondence can be located here.

If a letter oi package ia found unmall- November, 1908 6,835,396.70 dress. The document-, is) then; placed in hands the document has to pass thorugh is considered and the accuracy which hands the document has to pass through Total $75,718,832.17 consideration. San Francisco Fire Caused some other part of the house. si i fi i i 'It NtifiH ifl iilifjjwl gnm- Mr. Grim takes an interest in the man increase iu ousmtss.

an envelope rand 'directed- according as the owner instructed when he filed the instrument," and the letter carrier and the United. States mail; does rest. In this manner on average of 150 documents are forwarded to their owners every day, and during the last -twelve months fewer than a dozen of them have been returned "to the Recorder's office with notes of explanation by the postman to the effect that' for one reason or another beyond the control of the postal department or, of the Recorder's office the The reduction in the number. of instru ments which appears between the ing for the years 1906 and 1907, as com This is a saving of time to the owner and absolutely prevents the further congestion of the boxes of the office and renders unnecessary the introduction of more boxes, even if that were possible, because it is a fact- that there is at present no more room in the office for boxes of the If extra boxes were to be supplied, accommodations would have to be provided by the enlarging of the quarters or the introduction of the receptacles into agement of his office. He personally superintends every detail of the work.

Everything moves smoothly, quietly and systematically, and there is not a moment of the time to which the taxpayers are entitled lost by any of the attaches of the office. Mr. Grim has the confidence of the people, and it may be said able it is directed to this division to treated in accordance with the rules governing the case. Mail to be refor-warded musd have nn additional post-' age affixed, Pond ous stacks Of post cards are to! be found there, and how the little ailing missives ever reach their anxious! relatis'es und friends is; a question for those engaged in the work to solve. i pared with that for the present year, is not an indication that the business of I the office is decreasing.

On th'e contrary, I also that they know he deserves, it. residence of the owner could not be found. it is an evidence of a remarkable growth in the transactions of the place of those who are really residents of the county and SV M. SMITH. President; DENNIS SEARLES, Vice-President; of the business done by them here.

The B. F. EDWARDS, Cashier. figures for the years 1906 ana iau snow not alone the business or tne people oi- mKiUKi. this county, but also that of the thou P.

Smith, Dennis Searles, Roland L. Oliver, Bernard" P. Miller, I sands of people who were stopping in this Aat M. LrOSSleV, Lieorge k. M.

uray, 5. t. Jbd wards. city and vicinity after tney naa Deen land well known real estate men. driven here by the destrucuon oi Ban Mr.

George B. Gray, a director, is I Francisco, a well known merchant of Oakland, Of course, It- was understood at the IE OAK ueniB in i.u.B-iw, rT'V nni. wpt here onlv b. A I LI1I1C li.UL 1' eries, as -well eta many uiiici ucaj I temporarily, and it is also known mat interests 1 OAKLAND, -Dec. 28.

1908. After five years of prosperous business at their previous location, Em-rryville, CaL. this bank has increased its capital stock froni $100,000.00 to 1200.000.00, $100,000.00 paid up. with a surplus of $25,000.00 and undivided profits of $5000. 00.

removed its principal place; business to 485 Fourteenth street, Oakland, still maintaining their bank, at '-Emeryville' as a Roland Oliver, a irector, presl dent, and; manager of the Leona Chemical Company. many; of them have returned to their, former places across the It is a fact, however, that many of them have many Oakland enterprises Established 1867 Bernard P. Miller, a director, con remained and taken up their permanent abode here, ashave also thousands of nected with- many'of Oakland's im portant industries. $18,000,000.00 Resources B. F.

Edwards, a director, a large owner of Oakland and Berkeley prop erties, having large banking and mer cantile interests in the city of Reno, branch. This bank has back of It some of the best known men in Oakland. llr. Smith, Its presldenfand principal Is too well known; to admit of an-thing-but a rapid success for the Oakland Bank. Dennis vice-president, is known 'among the business men lnf Oakland and San Francisco.

Nat ZA. Crossley, a director, la one of Oak- people from, all other sections "'of the country, and this fact is attested by the great increase in the business of the office for -this year as compared with that of the year before the great fire or the influx of people from the other side of the bay, the showing for this year being in Nevada. The -working force consists of ex perienced bank men, each and every one of whofh have had the proper training to give our patrons the best. Commercial: Has exceptional facilities for handling the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations. Savings: Interest bearing accounts opened in amounts of $1 .00 and upwards.

Safe Deposit Vaults: Safe deposit boxes suitable for the safe keeping of valuable papers and jewelry; rent for $4.00 per year. I I HENRY ROGERS, President AV. AV. GARTHWAITE; Vice-Pres. and Manager.

J. Y. ECCLESTOX, NOW BEING FORMED Cashier and Secretary. SAMUEL BRECK, F. A.

ALLARDT, Assistant Cashier. Assistant Cashier. J. A. THOMSON, Assistant Secretarj'.

BROADWAY AND TWELFTH STREET OAKLAND The rapid growth of Oakland and vicinity makes additional banking facilities necessary. The Bank Lof Ireland offers all an opportunity to invest in bank stock that-will rapidly enhance in value. For fuU particulars, address: FINANCIAL UNDERWRITERS, 1016v BROADWAY, OAKLAND.