The daily gazette., 1875-06-08
FIR ST EDITION
The Court of appeals.

SECOND SEssroN-LIsT OF ASSESSMENTS
REDUCED APPLICATIONS FOR REDUC-
TIoN NOT so NUMEROUS AS HERETO
FORE.
Last night ii G City Council contin-
ucd in session as Court of Appeals,
and appeared TO be little more liberal
Ia making reductions. True, the num-
Der of assessments reduced Is not very
large, bu 1t bears very fair proper
tion to the number of appeals. Pro.
perty owners are not appealing in such
large num umbers as formerly, evidently
having become disgusted with the re-
morseless manner in which the last
few Councils slaughtered their appli.
cations.
The point was raised by Mr. Pickles
last night, and sustained by Council
at the time that there was no legal au-
thority for assessing property higher
than its cash value. This point was
raised when Col. McComb appealed
from the assessment on his homo pro-
perty at Eleventh and Market streets
Last yes the assessment was raised
from s5a, 900 to $SS, 900, and was con-
tinued at the latter figures this year
Col. McComb appealed, and as he free
ly said that he considered 100000 q
fair mar ket valuation uf his property,
Council reduced the assessment to that
amount.
Later. Mr.. Joseph Balance asked
that the assessment on his property
No. TOT Washingington street lie re-
duced from So, 500 to 81, 1000. He said
he would sell it any day for 81, 900, and
had kept In the market at that price
for the past three or four months,
without finding a purchaser. But
Council departed from the point pre-
viously taken, and refused to make
the reduction.
During The evening number of
transfers were made. The reductions
made arc as sfollows:
Property of Judge Wales, from $Is,-
GEO to 5000.
Property of VIM. H. England, three
houses ON Wallaston street, between
Eighth and Ninth, from $4,000 to 49,
S00. DO, capitation tax from 81 500 to
81 900.
Property of the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Company was reduced $4,000,
the amount assessed to their old brick
office, which has been torn down.
Property of James Morrow, No. eli
Market street, from $4,000 to $685.
600. Dc. j., capitation tax from So, 600 to
$1,500
Property of John NJ. Dunn, No. 500
W. Sixth street, from 81, 500 to s2, 900.
Do, capitation tax from $500 to $500.
Property of Col. HI. s. McComb,
Eleventh and Market streets. from
SS9 900 10 100000.
Property of Henry Eckel, Trustee,
N. E. cornef Eighth and Orange, from
$4,000 to 1900.
Property OF Francis Kelley, s. L.
corner Third and West, from Sc, 900 to
$1,000.
Property of William Baxter, s. Z.
corner Fourth and Shipley, from $8, 800
to So, 900, and lot on Reedsst., between
Harrison and Clayton sts from 1884 10
$3.50.
Property Of Enoch Townsend, Mar
ket street, between 21st and 22d, from
$4,000 I'd $4,000.
Property of p. MCCARTHY, Chestnut
street and Maryland Avenue, from e.
COO to 1000.
Property of T. McSweeny, 9le West
Fourth street, from 3 600 to $500.
Property of John Finn, No. 8 East
Front street from 81, 600 to S3, 500.
Property of D. Lemon, lit Market
street, from s22, 600 to $15 600; and
marsh lot on South Market street, from
$1,000 I'd 81 200.
Property of W. T. Alrichs, Seventh
and Jefferson streets, from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Property of Charles McCluskey, Nos.
l22s-32-B4 Chestnut street, from 81 200
TO $500 each.
Property of J. @. Akin, Orange and
Water, from 81, 800 to 81, 800; aud pro-
perty N. w. cor. 4th and Market from
S11 900 To $4,000.
Property Of Philip Plunkett, No.
1929 West Front street, from $3.50 to
$500.
Property ofW. Bennett, 20S Tatnall,
from S2,S00 to 1000.
Lots OK VIM. Ii. Picrco, Sixth and
Rodney, from 50, 400 to $4,000.
Council adjourned until this eveG-
ing.