, 1875-12-29
The Precious Lot Who Made That Per.
sonal-Property Assessment.
Fnrther Instances Of tho Outrageous IIis-
ordinations pracllcci.
Suggestions to tho Assessor for tho Profit
able Employment Of Ills Time.



the following information and mora may bo cx-
pootsd to.day. Among otllor thinga that should
ba noted Aro tic figures tahcn from, tho boplts,
bo borne In mind by tho rcader that tt,o Law ro-
quiros that uoraonal-proporty assessments
ahall DO made ot tho taxable property ownod on
the 1st OF May OF ouch yenr. II partlcs should
have commenced business after that date, up to
Tho time OF fixing tho county equalization, 1t.
July, thou they should and ought to bo inoluded
In tie assessment Int for thai year, and the As-
Bsssozs could hupp!y tho detlciepcioH up to tho
last day. which has been formerly frequently
dono. II this Ind been taken into consideration
at all, pnilupa wouIl have had
AMPLE TINE
to put In tha list tho SaalsZeitnnG. which ought
to havo boon asactsod proportlonateiy to othor
uewspapots, not In tue Ting, and which dtrod 10
entIcee Ed Phillips. That journal las opIoyed
the patronage and has had tho monopoly Of lilo
city printing during tue past fifteen years, 30 far
as tho dernnn nowapApors arm concerned
On tue 1st Of May tho. Town Assc,aors ro-
cclVol the asBcssmsnt-hookB OF tho two preyi-
Gus years from County Clerk L!cb, and they
found there tue names Of tho partiea taxed
during the preceding years, tho aats-Zeituny
being among the number, audls looks therefore,
though tho
OMISSION WAS PnEuEplrATgp
and Intentional. It should bo noticed that tho
Stadts- XcstHnJ has been remarkably Quiot on
tho assessment. question, and this mny account
for It. 30 far It has pot said word,
whom this tax falls as hoarily as upon
any other class Of our cltlaeus. Tho Gt,1nts-Zea-
fttn9 mado totura last yeas and tho general lii
quiryi is: "Why have they not this year 2" Thus
far that paper has not published a single con,-
plant FROM tho Germans, notwithstanding tho
fact that many OF thenl have made thom.. a
number Of Germans on tho South Bido complain
that thoy lihso been vsctimtzed ~ the As
beBsoss were nearly all Irish.
NOTORIOUS EXAMPLE.
Tho fnct should bo taken into consideration
tlsat tho entiro propcrty-that is. persouai-bo
longing to tho 1rish middle classos resident on
tho South Sidc. and tho assessment p1aced upon
Ii, would not 10 sufficient to coyer the salary
paving the forty Or more aesistantB.
Mark Sher,dan, one OF tLo South Town Col
Ioc.ors. IL now unfit for duty, owing to tho old
trouble. and it Ia hardly known when ho may ro-
tutn 10 duty.
Be.pp'B brewery. wh!oh WAS last year ssscssed
At $4,000, ia put down 1t $45, QUO this year. and
Binz's ut 81, 900. This may be right, Or wrong.
but tho public think there Ia
MISTAKE eOMEWnTNE7
as tho assessment ia out OF honest proportions
to other branches Of trade. Somo Of tho pack
Ing houseB which layo Officer down town, and
which do an aggregate business Of millions OF
dollars per yoas, haso bcsn aBacaaed at nominal
sasss T. ,,oa VIII b. soon .1 ~ tho ot figures
OF these furnished the bridgeport voters, who
voted il all tho precincts Of the South Town on
e'ection-day, aud dld repeating at tho different
polls from o'clock IN, tho morning until at
night, without let OF htude1anco.
THE FAMoua FoRTr.
Tho following III tho list OF AHeistAnt Aescs4.
ora, their residences and uccupAttonS, AZ
they arc given IN tho City Directory: J. Rod
Busse; J. Btonaon, No. o7 Polk street, i.
Dickson, lhboror, No. AZ Huron street; George
y. Evelhardt, cork, ComtncEclai Hotel; ]. Dar-
nard, driver: No. lts atewa,t avcnue;, ]: hyan,
J. W. Tiotnoy. No. 1865 shurt.otI ayapue, :, ii.
D. Lnthrop; William Honan II, Fitzimmous,
clerk, No. 50l Wentworth aseuao; Charloa
Eaton, LAbotes, No. o. Mary atross; u: P. Evsns;
?. D. 8cully; 7. Lynch /; 9. HottinE y. 9elsalor,
toamster. 0l1 Houtt, Dearborn Dan!ol DraLnm
II. Koefe, 816 Third avcuus: ]. J. Maler, clerk,
3e6 ButtoFflcld a'[aet; 7. o'ponncll, saloon. COS
snS s1es sro1s H. zpsl n
Me1gonthalor, a1-pollco serRoant; c, j. Queen,
14D7 Pratrio avonue /; 4. nakoly U. Bhaw; A. II.
McAllsator, II: ]. Lester. l3l Sherman atyeet; :;
]. 6cxtou, cIctk, VI Du.tertied street; J. Eitz-
s10gWSs 5 ., Archer W, O. T. D. Gap
0leenwald; P. Dohpny II. J.. O'b1ioa. driver.
1G5 Michigan avenue; J. Il. Roberts, lawyer, III
Thirty.atst street; J, II. DUFFY J: Mcdonald !;
@. Rctnhcimet John hchoc George CutIoy.
= 4 PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCE.
Tho lAat-na.ped individual did no outdoor
work, but attended e1cluaiyely to SECURING and
fling the notices sent into tho Office. Of tho
forty names given. II will be noticed that eight
of those glyon a number 4ayo no occupations,
and rhat tho temaindor arc Ia loft for tho pub!ia
To judge.
IRREGULARITIES or THE FORTY
Some of theso msn had good idea of tha
vsIuo Of housohod eGouts, yet they assessed
without any discrimination. Thia Ia especially
shown ont on the aycnuos, and in thu extreme
youth portion Of the lnke shore tn the
Eth ,lsi Mssa; N;d;r where, where TIM - assessments
tue tax will st up moro thsa
the cntiro value Ut tho furniture, ranging from
sl.to0 to e10noD 70 asseesfleata, regardless Of
what tho household property consisted OF. A
case In polnt is that ot Joseph Anderson. Ho
etroot. Three years ago be bought all hib furnt-
ture. exclusive Of soma little bedding aud eew.
ipg-mpehlne, for eo00, assd II that furniture
we're aold to-day IL would not bEuE 5000. Yet
moderate means, II asse4ssl on 81, QUO worth OF
huusehold Hooda, and Ills tai, is shout $257.
ThiH IL an actual hardship xItt. him, md ha will
sndcavor to rcaist tho payment Of 10 unjust do
nand.
Asscsnor rhi!l,ra claims that he did not hsyo
tho timo naobaaafy 10 mako the AsHaaainent
which ho. ought to have Ind IN order TO do It
jHSlle9. III 1DaNCE 10 tuta ~ nuOA1A 10 dtAteQ
(hat probably not lsaa tAsn 5.0W out Of tia
1000 taxab!o cls.zens OF tho South Tuwn mada
out their own returns. which should A1vc been
bind,nE, aud loft but 7,00u namea to be taken by
tho forty AssessorB, Which would lpave lbs mon
10 DO seen by sach Of the AhHistadt Asscssors iu
ten waoAs. or loss taap sixteen = wcck. and mol
quita three day; mud baaidss this, lhsY bad
tho potconal.ptoper!y books Of Last yeas 10 aa-
eist them by copying thetefrom.
TAa BUhtEH yANp.
II would not be oventhtIng It, Ii II should bo
computed that = skilled aud rollAbo Assistant
Assessor would be able to asseeA at least Afty
Rsssons i day. For tho work which tbese tn-
colnpeteut msu performed they received the
muntacsut eAlaEy Of e3 per dIau., workng on IN
average. lesa than five hours 4 dAy, namely
from . 4. N. to u m., and from p. N. till
o'clock in the sftcrnoor. 4 majority could not
earn living at saythng else, outside Ut tend
los baE aud mixing ur1nkg.
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY lEsrs.
Ed Phillips u cqltaluy Responsible for his
Assistants, bis denlal to the contrary notv.tl-
standing. lie gave the Toxu Uoasi Iittls or 10
chance to Inake = choos from the list OF nameB
IT, l.. 4 80 4.