The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-24

others of the state. and as the result
although he would make no motion, h
would ask of the board a reduction Of I'll
teen per cent.
Mr.. Huling Of Bennington moved tina
the valuation of Windham county. as re
turned by the county convention. be re
duced ten per cent.
Mr.. Abel of Rutland thought it SHOULD
be reduced no more than five per cent.
and made an extended speech in regard Il
the matter.
Mr. Waterman favored the reduction oI
ten per cent. as proposed, while Mr.. Sol
lace opposed the motion.
The motion of Mr. IIuing was then
agreed to.
Mr.. Pollard of Windsor then made an
extended statement of the standing of his
county, giving the rate per acre established
by the county convention in each town,
with comments thereon. Andover rated
at S6.4G, with 600 inhabitants, no houses
built there for fifteen years, no mills,
stores, hotels, lawyer or doctor; Barnard
$l1.SS, mountainous town Baltimore
$11.34, small town with but one school
district and twenty voters Bethel so,
a billy town on the railroad Bridgewater
$796, having thousands of acres uninhab-
tied; Cavendish Sl229; Chester S14.S7;
Hartford 500. 47-ralsed ten per cent. by
the county convention Hartland, 500 "a !;
Ludlow SLID, having eight or ten thou.
sand acres on the mountains, a thriving
village; Norwich S13.06, a good deal of
plain land; Plymouth 1886, onc-third of
the town uninlabitcd and quarter of the
farms abandoned; Pomfret $14G1, a good
town. Reading $912, the west part en-
tlrely abandoned; Rochester IS Roy
alton $13.97; Sharon $10.75; Springfield
SlS.9G, good town. Stockbridge SAB. a
poor town; Weathersfield $1s 16; Weston
Sis; West Windsor S17.G4, the best hill
town in the county; Windsor 500. As. as
good town as any in the state; Wood
stock S23.54.
a gain of 1868. 1888 was shown in the
valuation OF the cShnty. Mr. Pollard sub
mittcd his report for the consideration of
the board, only asking the same privilege
rs given the others.
Messrs. Abel of Rutland, and I.ynde of
Windham, both considered that the county
was rated too high and thought it should
be reduced.
Mr.. Dwincll of Washington county
moved that the appraisal of Windsor
county. as returned by the county cqualiz-
ing convention be reduced 10 per cent.
which was favored by Mr.. lIeaton of
Orange, and the motion was agreed TO.
On motion of Mr.. lIuling of Bennington
the vote of yesterday fixing the valuation
of Bennington county was reconsidered.
MIR. Huing then moved that reduction
OF per cent. be made on the appraisal of
Bennington county rs returned by the
county cqualizing convention. He consd-
cred this reduction as right in comparison
to the standard q fixed in the other oun-
ties of the state.
Mr.. Abel opposed the notion, consider
ing that no reduction was needed. The
motion, however, was agreed to, and the
reduction of 5 per cent ordered
On motion of Mr.. Waterman, of La
noble, the board then adjourned until 1. 30
p m
AFTERNOON
AT the opening of the afternoon session
Mr.. Dwinell of Washington moved that
the vote of the morning. fixing the appraisal
OF Washington county tor the next tour
years, be reconsdered, which motion was
agreed to.
Mr.. Parks of Caledonia moved to de-
crease the appraisal of Washington county,
as returned by the county equalizing con-
vention, five per cent, for the four years
ensuing, which motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Abel of Rutland then moved that
the vote of yesterday fixing the valuation
of Rutland county for the next four years
be reconsdered The motion was opposed
by Mr.. Parks of Caledonia, as the board had
taken that standard as their basis in fixing
the valuation of other counties.
Mr.. Abel replied that they had not
taken the county as their basis. In other
counties 4 decrease had been conceded
while Rutland county showed an increase
in the assessment of the present year over
$4,000 ON farming lands alone If
allowance was given to other counties it
was only right that it should be done to
Rutland. In Caledonia county farming
lands had been put in at lower rate than
four years ago and in Franklin the same.
while in Orange large reduction had been
made. lie appealed earnestly to the board
as to the question whether Rutland county
had been taken as n basis and believed that
that it was Their duty to do justice by
all lie claimed Rutland had not been
dealt by justly, they had already reduced
the valuation of Bennington and he called
attehtion to the comparative rate estab-
lished by towns in that county bordering
on Rutland county mentioning Dandy and
Dorset, also Rupert and Pawlet, in which
rates there was no just equality and no dis
tinction in reality as was shown by the
valuation.
Mr.. Lyndc of Windham saw no reason
why Rutland county should be changed in
its valuation and drew some comparisons
between towns in that county and those in
his own county.
Mr. Crawford of Essex thought the
any county ii they went over it again.
board could not better the equalization of
The question being put the motion of
Mr. Abel was lost.
Mr. Waterman of Lamoille offered re-
solution instrucling the secretary to pro-
cure the printing of 800 copies of the cor
rected exhibit of the valuation of real
estate as ordered by the vote of Tuesday,
also an exhibit of the valuation and rate