The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-30
THE BURDEN OF TAXATION.
Some Plain Figures Which Show that
Saloon-Keepers Do Not Bear 1t.
The Amount Of the Assessment of lndivid-
uals, and Its Proportion Of the City's
Total Taxable Property.


directly and indirectly, to this city than all other
wocations put together wouldn't it be we'll for
you to see how much in the way Of taxes 1T pays
into the city treasurya"
This suggestion was made not BY temperance
man, but a small taxpayer. The reporter
thought tire matter. in consideration OF the tact
that the question OF an increase in the city Ii
cense is being agitated might be worth acting
UPON He did So In turning the pages OF the
tax duplicate the reporter was greatly surprised
to see how little money the saloon-keepers paid
In the way of taxes and the exceedingly small
showing Of personal property this interest
makes Truly the philosopher who said that
all that was necessary to constitute saloon was
aportrait of George Washington and keg OF
beer was very near the mark.
There are in this city 335 saloons. The tax
paid on stock and fixtures in these placesis aDso-
lutely insignificant in amount in respect TO the
expense they cause. The poorest ward OF the
twenty-five in this city pays more taxes several
times over than is paid on the capital actually
invested in the liquor trafic-as given in to the
assessors by the dealers In looking over the
tax duplicates the names of considerable num-
Der Of the retail liquor dealers are not readily
found. Many of those who have real estate hold
it in the name of the wife; others do business as
agents and through figure heads The changes
In proprietorship between taxing seasons are
numerous, and this, too, makes the task of pre-
pairing list no easy The following is
list of some of the smaller tax-paying saloon
owners and the amounts they pay upon:
Names. Pays
Albertsmeyer Chas, 400 s. Mer pers. and poll $125
Albertsmeyer Chas. H.. 2O3 Prospect Poll only
ArPad Be- ma AZ h Md o dss
Baske, Chss., $40 S East pers and md poll 20
s Samuel Wash peers aa and poll ss
Berner Rudolph 1870 W. First, pers; and poll. 2I0
Bos' Jacob, AS y Wash; pers poll and dog d900
Bremen John D.. Va Sc Dillon. pers., poll 200
Bremen & Campbell 664 \. Miss Not listed
Buehrg, VIM, 40 E; South, pers and poll 345
Burns JAS. 1856 Ind Not listed
Burns Patrick, 252 Blake. Not listed
Burns Thomas SO $; Not listed
Cheezutn VIM. w. Indiana avenue Not listed
CHRISTIAN. August q Ky. av.. pers and poll $50
coleman, Patrick. 281 W. Md, real and pers. $50
Collier & Kunkel 100 South ILLINOIS Not listed
Coleman, Henry; 81 n Ala, personal and dog Pig Pig
Golfer, Geo. r., 139 Malott personal and poll 100
Oonard. Chas p $50 Fletcher av., poll and dog 800
Cook D. and f., III Indiana Not listed
Coy os 10 PSar snd sSe
CORY. VIM, 70 W. McCarty poll and dog. 105
,Gnrtin, James 2! Ksntacky poll and deg- $50
DeBolt. Michael 412 W North, pers. and poll SO
Delaney, Michael, 292 w Nd. pers. and poll 12O
DeLuse, Geo. 1O1 $. Noble, poll and dog -..- 375
Doyle, Phillip j., so S. West, personal and poll 16O
Egerton, Cbas 179 S. Meridian, pers. and poll 265
Engesser, Ferdinand 233 S. Delaware pers... ITO
Fahrbaeh. Philip. so Wash, pers. and dog $50
Tederspill Michael $50 wash, poll and dog 145
1Vs.b;r Woct md
Fndley. Geo. rs NJ Alabama. Not listed
Fox, Balser, rs F. Wayne av., pers and poll 375
.Giberson Lewis 43s w. Wash. pers.. poll dog IS
Gisler Frank, l25 E; Wash, pers., poll dog. $40
Graham JOHN S Isl listed
Grossart F. c. 1913 s Meridian, pers, and poll geo
Haeberle Chas., 1876 n Miss, pers. and poll - 2lO
Hamln, James D.. 81 Blake pers poll and dog 100
Hanrahan, Michael j., 252 s. Tenn, pers., poll 80
Harmonng & Bush 152 W. Wash Not listed
Harness g. Morgan, 225 Blake. Not listed
Hartman Chas., 406 s. East Not listed
Ha1brich Adam, So Mass ave, pers and poll 2a5
Herrlich, Max, l76 Ills, rers., poll and dog 255
Herman, Renhod, 481 Va. ave-, pers and poll 20
Hart Wm 233 s. East Not listed
Htzelberger Albert, Is $; Del, pers. and poll. 155
Hoffbauer. Nicholas, 107 Hill ave. pers.. poll 20
.Hofherr Fred, sos Mad. ave. pers., poll, dog. 500
Holt WIN. H., 16s =; Wash, pers. and poll $40
Nv, Geo, 500 West Washington, personal rs
Isemann Henry. so NJ Noble per-. poll and dog 240
Israel, James 800 South Tennessee Not listed
Kearney Thos POS W. Wash per-, poll dog dos. 200 200
Kelly, John j., 100 Meek personal and poll. 80
Mrf, Patrick $3.50 Noble per-. p and poll IS
kn 5 eRa 81 ~ EAST poll dog se
Kistner Henry % f. South personal 105
King John 100 s: Illinois, personal and POLL So
Klein John. 1876 E. Wash personal and poll. 195
Klink VIM. 629 Madison av., per and POLL. as
Kolcheck Gee, 2Sl 9 W: Wash pers and dog 1d0
Kroeckel, Fred cor Mer. g. Morris, pers:, poll $50
Kuechler Louis $40 Mad ave. pers and poll 80
Ilehrtter Conrad $40 Ind ave-, per- poll, dog. 185
1Iencher, Michael 1913 s. DEL, per- poll, dog: 100
4entz, G9ttlieb: so Ind ave-, personal and poll $50
Letkey John b., 1877 Ind. ave. Not listed
1chtenauer, +. 354 w: Wash, pers.. poll, dog 21O
Linden, Conrad 95 s. West personal and poll So
14otz e., cor Wyoming g. High pers, POLL dog $50
Mangold, Fred 36i Va ay.. pers., poll, dog 40
Mason, John H.. aso W. Sixth pers s and poll 80
Matthews David 265 Ky. av, pers. and POLL 135
Maud s., @ L. Garshwiler, pers and poll. --.: SO
Mcbride, Dan, III Fl w av., pers and poll 100
Mcbride James 40 S. West, personal and poll 14O
McCOol, James, 294 8. ILL.,, personal, poll. dog 80
Meikel, Joseph, 81 W; WASH pers and poll. 455
Mitchell. James. 258 S. Mo- poll and dog. 49,. 100
MOnahan, Patrick. III w. McCarty, pers., poll SO
Monningsr, g. cor cor: Pine sv and Eng pers, poll 500
Moran, Patrick, 1856 s. W, pers and poli.-.--- so
Morgen 81 Quinn, II w. La personal. 60
Muller J. Fred, 800 S. Ill., personal poll dogs 235
Munro & Hennessy. 22S W. Wash. personal 275
murphy John W.. 1875 Ind; pers. and poll 100
Niehaus Joseph L.. 287 Coburn, pers. and poll 300
Nessler Geo., $50 s. Mer. personal and poll - IT'S
human Philip, Ala. near 18th Estate fair) Not listed
P PIS asnlv df9 4S s listed listed
Peehl, Louis 248 N Noble, personal and poll. 315
Polster, Chas:, l4s Ind av pers poll and dog 800
Prer, John H., % n Del, pers and poll. ..... 225
Reinhart Joseph 4O4 S. West. ---..----- Not listed
Riley Bros. SO s. Illinois. Not listed
Roberts Ezekiel 76 Va av.. pers. poll and dog sos
Robinson. Owen, 3S7S. Delaware Not listed
Rogers. VIM g.. 40 w. Louisiana. Not listed
Rohr Joseph, 293 Kentucky avenue Not listed
Rothrock. Geo. W., los Mass. av. pers dog los
Rozier John. 200 w. Wash. pers POLAND dog 70
Sanderson j. H., 502 n. West pers., poll dog 1876
Schaub Joseph H.. 23 Va. av.. pers and poll 155
Schendel Otto, 195 w. Wash. poll only.