New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-05

in March, In ncccmher 1872 the U"mon i hw the
N,vor, that ipasmuch ~ rock must I've excavatcd uIe
contract price should I've SftSem 10 i y" vas
Of which amount $4,000 for The las OF inc pave
mcnt and tine balance OF sS2oO ior ,' co,ciin A.,
there WIS really rock TO excava,c, ho street h.lnS
GRADED o and taEs out Mh Inc was
imp,dcnt fraud upon the property At"Gufm
The has not been finished year, thc viii s Srsa S
such wrctchcd condition to-day 'Aae ~ WI" P'0'"''
require reayiu IN tho spring
INCIDENTAL PRACDs
Eu, this ia not the only fraud Practice underh name
Of street improvements To lay this wooden pavement
the stono pavement originally laid in many places
must be taken up and although the latter Is valuable
for layinr elsewhere and has been dearly paid for by
the citizens Is invariably removed by some one, and'
It said never again accounted for or II rcaid Ia other
places 1t is charged upon the taxpayers as new stone
Much complaint also made respect to the manner IN
which street opening widening" IA conducted In
these matters the Court appoints three
After the Commissioners have prepared survey anu
estimate OF the o. rnS their
thereon to the Court for confirmation. Provided the
H., satisfied tho w s' as most "@rested
| seldom, If ever. share In the satisfaction. As
ca or other rcasoIs Who estimate the expenses at an
enormous figure. nnd lay the cssncnts on the cob
iguous prolerty-owners very unequally and for the
same reasons some who should pay high percentage
paw very low one--perhaps none at ai-whio Others
| high one; AHA the decision Of tho Court which aI
pointed The Commissioners is final no appeal being per
ndoBss readily accoHHsd for
directly in point Is that known as the Broone,s
fore iS'' tue Courts and IS ,st pending
In this matter Judge caraCzo appointed as prss
the work consisted Of the fem3Va OF tho IRON ssa os
Boomest near Iaurens and the widening Of the street
to uniform width Two of these courtyards mad Decn
removed some two years q, S Sn areS
to the whole OF them and grade the street AT
cost Of the rgina estimate OF the COMMISSIONERS
was t7.0o Bit in consequence of the determined oPpo
sition neighborng owners the estimate was aftcr
made on Certain property not 100 distant while only
eight per cent Was taken OF Other PROPERTY nch
ncighborh vd was not assessed al all! Further. 1t mas
always been Tie custom "a these matters TO assess ,nS
the line of The improvements yet in this no prop
ery OH the various streets crossing brooes "oi ''
II ia aso claimed that great frauds prncced IN tho
assessment OF properly genera "ns% n i he dc
rimtn Of others, some being assessed at merely noinI
INKS Lave been erected are assessed LOTS and
that this is accomplished through tn, eXerrie or point.
certain Lawyers who have become rich by devotng them
selves entirely to the business OF procuring . rcducu"h
-crviccs the fec being per cent tie &iount VI
s-ch reducth'l
HOW A COMPROMISE CAN BE MADE
"a reduction of 100000 lad been PAID and the owners
| had siglaod their willingness to pay even more than
per cent their for G9 entirely abolished by
resolution OF the Board ~ SupcrIisoS-a proceeding
which was stig,natzcd as very corrupt" by the Attor
for Collection Of Taxes In another case IN which
firm had been assessed s75 SIS 0 tor 1870 and TIE
firm aft,rward dissolved and Of the partners re-
established the business another part Of the city,
was claimed by him that the lirm taxed was no
longer existence ii moi liable for the assessment
The finally arranged by the payment Of stp
atOrncy certain person. ana 800
To anotherhoh o. whom were mainly instrumental ia
thus defrauding the city OF its just dues IN" Law beng
that tie tax follows the members Oh the Ola urn ~ Any
| new place of business i'll tho city
The kind tricks csorted to by these brokers to &C
comp!ish Their object Is readily Illustrated lhr c,"I
OF deceased physician csscd at slO0o0 which, at
q per cent, would have been s225 Tie broker III lns
attorney to the estate. and was therefore
t. only the thanks OF the cgatecs for his services
in n the valuation reduced Ia naugt. Application
for such reduction failed ~ the lax Once anu was sun
seaucny made office of the Attorney for Cocc-
non There the broker made IN AFFIDAVIT dat the
"doctcr' poor PHYSICIAN Lot worth SOD; but, ia
the CLERKS in that Office knew that the doc ol had
been AZ for three years, the affidavit thrown ou'.
with the suggestive rcllerh that II WI" " too tnlh'
Another affidavit. thick enough 10 bo ihpervio's TO
official eyes, Was subsequently presented At , a,
tbs, all The property o the state vas invested III COY
eTnrnt bonds, though, in fact, the majority OF u IL VI
real estate. understood that rpon this last affidavit
entirely renitte Agdln one " the ht is o1
cstatc hoisc valued S25oU0, which
assessed. in 1862 at $1,000 - .le Intervention of =
broker the aiuuuut reduced to $55O0o brokerage OF
$50 paid the the reduction 81 sj5OO
In another wherein personal tax Was asse ed on
sy-.tn tte AMOUNT was rcduccd 10 $3.50, ana IHc chy
| lost SG,5.
rccatrIacn o. the foregoing instances Hill enable
ht READ. til .Jle readily 10 uc Of ;Ac extent - ne
sWiHG,c which hnuc=t TAXPAYERS f"d aH!
WI. eive soac cIiieron from wnich t!c ln4gni,nie OF
these iiauduithl 'peiai"is ;sy u" ES'!iL.ic III" IT.
lowing t,H'e shows lIe an ht 81 i'""'f lJ,i, thr
amount OF the os;s los ana tic ainou oi brokerage
pad IN cjcli case