Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-25
Trouble About Fifth District Assess
memtS.

ASSESSOR CorTREIL's PROTEST AGAINST REDUCING
soMR ASSESSMENTS AND NOT orHERa
At the meeting OF the board OF equalization and
appeals yesterday, Mr.. E. B. Cottrell, the assessor
for the nth district, introduced resolution set
ting forth that "Whereas the board OF eQuaiiza-
tons OF assessments and appeals did on the 18th
day OF July appoint committee to examine
into the assessments on K street, between
10th and nth northwest, and particularly
as 10 the improvements on lots and part lots s
and 4. and the said committee having examined
said property. and upon their report to the
BOARD a reduction was made upon the improve
ments thereon at the rate OF about Is per cent OF
the amount OF the assessment as returned by the
assessor And whereas the board also appointed
q committee to examine certain houses on street
northwest, and did adopt and approve the recon-
mehdatlon or said committee In a reduction OF
Ike amount upon said houses, as will more fully
appear on reference being had to the min
utes OF the board Now, therefore. In Justice
the fifth, relatively with the reductions mace
as aforesaid, all the Improvements having been
resolved that the following property be, and is
hereby, reduced by the amounts as stated in the
list hereto annexed" Appended 10 the resolution
was list OF 225 pieces OF property In the NTH
sessment district, with the amounts OF reductions
claimed as Just equitable BY MI. Cottrell. The
After some discussion the resolution was laid over
until to-day. Mr.. Cottrelps resolution referred to
reductions made by the board In the assessments
made upon the houses OF Judge Eimonds and
Messrs Bonaparte and Hazen. on K street, and
that OF Mr. Henry Hurt, on street.
CO0Sl0efaDlo
neat, ana afterwards laid over until to-day.
ACTION OF THE BOARD TO-DAY.
To-day the board ordered that the improvements
on sub. lot 8. So SIS. be increased from 5000 to
$500, and sub. lot 4. be reduced from s. 500 to
5000, without application.
Mr. Davis asked permission to correct an error In
the assessment OF the Improvements on College
villa, on the Georgetown ana Rockville turnpike,
In the county, from 81 600 to 1000
SHARP DISCUSSION
arose between MeSSrS. Hardness and Cottrell upon
the publications made In the city press, Mr. Hark-
ness charging that MI COttreu had attacked him
personally, which Mr.. Cottrell denied. He had no
Idea OF such Intention. Mr.. Hardness claimed
tnat nus district had been assessed right, and he
was ready at any time or In any place to meet Mr.
Cottrell, either on Official or personal grounds.
It Is not likely that the board will take up the
Cottrell resolutions to-day, as they at work on
the Increased amended assessments made by Mr.,
darkness TO see how they compare with the re-
auctions propO Sed to be made by Mr. Cottrell in
his resolutions, which amount to over 100000 1t
Is expected that the increase made on Mr.. Hark.
ness assessments Will Offset this amount to con-
siderable extent
WHAT ASSESSOR CoTTRELL SAYS
MI. Cottrell to-day stated to q STAR reporter
that Mr.. Hardness had different ideas about val
uations from him (CottrelD and others OF the
board, and they were not likely to agree. The
rates OF reductions suggested In his resolutions
all the districts, as he should advocate all the
time.
WHAT ASSESSOR HARDNESS SAYS
Mr.. Hardness states that he don't propose to
have his assessment division made a pack horse
for all other divisions to have heaped upon it the
heavy over-assesSments made by others, and he
will resist it