Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-08-28
State Equalizing Board,

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proceedings as relating to Windham and
Windsor Counties, from the reports in
the Rutland Globe.
The counties Of Addison, Rutland
: Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange and Or
leans, were equalized as reported by their
county boards; Bennington, Essex, aud
Washington were reduced 5 per cent.
Caledonia, franklin, Windham and
Windsor were reduced 10 per cent, and
to Chitenden county was added 10 per
cent.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
| Mr., Lyude of Wiudham gave a
lengthy report Of his county, which was
shown up as depreciating in value and
decreasing in population and thrift.
Each town was taken up and thoroughly
examined.
A report from listers of the different
towns was read, from which the follow
ing statistics are gathered Nottingham
Thirteen farms bad had been aban.
doned in the last five years and thirty
farm houses were now vacant, being con
sidered at twenty per cent of the town,
while "Haystock mountain was re.
ferred to as containing pany thousand
acres of worthless land twenty.seven
farms abandoned and twenty-five farm
houses vacant. Dover had ten farm
houses vacant. Sjratton was appraised
at $500 per aere-being at its full val.
ne, thirty five miles from any railroad
Somerset was small town of nineteen
voters. Jamaica had twenty-three farms
abandoned which are appraised at s4.00
per acre, its full cash value. Athens
had six farms abandoned appraised at
$500 per acre Halifax bad thirty
three farm houses vacant. Marlboro
bad ten farms abandoned and twenty.
three farm houses vacant appraised for
all it would sell for. Newfane had six
teen farms abandoned Townshend.
twenty abandoned and vacant. Lon.
donderry had ten vacant houses and one
thousand acres of 6untain land not
worth ten cents per acre. Grafton had
eighteen arm houses vacant. Wind
ham had ten farms abandoned apprais.
ed at 1882 per acre. Brooklne had no
houses built in the last five years, no
stores, hotel or doctor. Gui,iord was
appraised at S1097-more than it could
be sold Tor; Dummerst1n at S13 10 per
acre Putney had ten farms abandoned
Rockingham was appraised at S16.76I
per acre; Westminster at 1881 Brat
tleboro at S19.61 "a thriving village and
the only toloa in the county 1t has
100000 property in the Vermont asy
lum which is not taxed also about the
same property in the Estey organ faoto-
ry, which was not taxed for FIVE wears
under the law. The population Of the
county bad decreased in the last ten |
years 946, while the asylum inmates,
numbering 480, were comprised in the
census of 1870 and not in 1860. He |
then compared bis county with others of
the state, aud as the result, although he
would make no motion, be would ask Of
the board reduction Of fifteen per cent.
On motion of Mr.. Huling of Banning.
ton county, the returned reduction of
county was reduced ten per
cent.
Mr.. Pollard of Windsor made az ex
tended statement of the standing of his
county, giving the rate per acre estab-
ished by the county convention in each
own, with comments thereon. Andover
rated at s6.46 with 600 inhabitants. no
houses built there for fifteen years, no
mills, stores, hotels, lawyer or doctor
Barnard sll.S8, a mountainous town
Baltimore $11.34, small town with but
me school district and twenty voters
Bethel s11.82, hilly town on the rail
Dad; Bridgewater 81 SO, having thou
ands of acres uninhabited Cavendish
IL 30; Chester sI4S7; Hartford 500,
raised ten per cent by the county :
invention Hartland, S2294; Ludlow
Ills, having eight or ten thousand
ores on the mountains, thriving vii
,ge; Norwich s1306, a good deal o. :
lain land Plymouth 1886, oue.third
t the town uninhabited and quarter
the farms abandoned Pomfret s14.
l. good town Reading 1912, the ),
est part entirely abandoned; Rochester "
Sol; ROyalton 1897; Sharon s1075: s.
s18.96, good town Stock :
ridge s7.43, poor town; Weathers-
cid s1S16; Weston S7.18; West
Windsor 1874, the best hill town in the
'unty; Windsor s2O.45, as good a town
any IN the state; Woodstock s23.54
A gain Of s86S.333 was shown in the
aluation of the county. Mr.. Pollard pr