New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-11

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Tho corner lots nj Thirtieth and Thirty frssts are
much deeper than those at Eighty-hfth ana Elgn'y
sxth-ss and sufficiently larger TO render the rae VI
assessment exactly the same.
This investigation also revealed that the assess
ents ara very UNEQUAL upon houses and lots OF similar
nature stuated in the locality. single case Will
illustrate this fact On the south side OF Sxtyrst ST.
between Lexington and Fourthaves, house Is feet
inches in width is assessed $4,000, while the house and
lot situated on the street. on the next DOCK De-
tween Lexington and Thirdaves are assessed Tor only
$4,000 The section OF the city bounded by Seventy
first and Seventy third sts., Avenue and First
ave is generally esteemed cheap and undesirable prop
erty The residents belong to the laboring classes
who by dint of hard labor aud economy
have finally purchased their residences Neither water
nor gas is furnished them yet they have been assessed
amounts ranging from $1,000 to $500 lot OF at the
same rate the of the most valuable property
in the Twenty-seeond Ward There seems also to nave
been distinction made between their assessments ana
that upon an adjoining estate Lots In the Jones estate
near at hand are desirable but are assessed only
1000 each Proof also produced that While IL Is
claimed that the rate per cent OF YAK S
only q so this year as against u W ~s'
year. taxation is really heavier. Della OBr1en pre-
scented bills for 1872 and 1873 on the same piece o
property It amounted to sO7 last year. and this year
70 sa or an increase of 20 per cent house hay
ing frontage of rs feet Sxtysecondst ana depth
OF 100 feet on Thirdave is assessed 10000, whe prop
erty Immediately opposite, 80 feet on sixtysecohus'
and 100 feet on Thrdave. is assessed 5o Tho lois on
third-st, between First and secondaves are
assessed this year $3.50, against 5000 last year. The
street has not been opened by law, regu'
lated or graded, yet the rate OF assessment
Is as high as in the case of lots in Fifth ave- In Second
ave. between Eighty fifth and Eghty-sixth-sts, there
are three houses which exactly alike in size and
strucure vet assessments them are respectively
$500 $500 and $780, Many cases were revealed where
persons have been assessed for houses which are not
standinc the members OF the Board OF Assessment
taking the ground that wherever the first measure had
been taken toward building, Appropriateness should
be assessed as If the structure were already con-
structed A pile OF bricks upon the premises
was esteemed a preliminary measure Builders
expressed themselves thoroughly opposed to
this plan, denOuncing 1t unjust. They stated
that delays frequently hindered the progress OF work.
so that whole year sometimes elapsed from the break
ing OF ground to the completion Of the building During
this time they received benefit from the property
and derived no from It, but assessed just
as if they were getting heavy rentals
In table furnished below will be found some OF the
principal cases Of increased and arbitrary assessments
brought to light during the investigation made by the
Committee In at least sevenegnths OF these cases the
owners claim that the value Of the property is actually
less this year last year. and urge that the
should any event not be greater now than
thev were than.