St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-28
By the Assessor'sl Figures
the City's Personal Wealth
Is Computed
At Twenty Millions, Including
Bank Stock, Furniture
and Diamonds.
The Assessments of the Job
bing and Retail Houses
Sworn To.
Who Are the Wealthy People,
and Who Own the Most
Bank Stock.

The total taxable property in the city
or st. Paul, Ramsey county, foOts up
1924. 357, S95, and adding to this the eX-
empt property amounting to S7,S46, GAG,
makes total assessed valuation for the
city and county of S132.204, 541. Of this
sos, 946, 552 represents city real estate.
S5,S15,S45 county real eState-a total
valuation of Sl04, So, 400; city personal
property valued at S1S. 926, SS4. and county
personal property at S60S.611. making
a total personal valuation of SIC, $50. 495.
The value of the buildings in the city
amounts to S1S,90S,0 65 and in the county
outside the city to S46S,S2 The gain
in the valuation of real estate in the
whole county over the assessors return
Of 1886 is over A per cent, while in the
city alone it is over As per cent.
1t is not presumed that the personal
valuation, as obtained from the assess
Or's books, represents the full valu-
alton, for the usual way of computing
is to regard the assessed valuation at
about 30 or 40 per cent of the real cash
valuation, and it may be even lower
than 80 per cent. In the following
figures the assessments of the different
business concerns, the banks and the
WealthieSt property overs are given by
districts:
FIRST DISTRICT.
The First district takes in most of
the jobbing trade, and includes several
banks. 1t is the same as the old First
ward. Its total personal valuation, as
assessed, is S3,SS6,933. This includes
1888, 1923 worth of household and office
furniture, 81, S51 ,430 of goods and mer-
chandise, S60,5 of money other than
bankers, s2l1,24 of credits other than
bankers, SS66,000 of bank stock, $780,
900 of other stocks and bonds,
800. 100 of diamonds and jewelry,
49,, $50 of manufacturers materials and
products; s36,42O of implements and
machinery, and SIT, 115 of pianos. The
highest assessed jobbing firms, resi-
dents and business concerns are:
Allen, Moon d Co., $4,000; Averill,
Carpenter & Co., s27.500; Abbott Bros,
S11, 90; Arthur, Warren IL Abbott, 50, 900;
P..J. Bowlin d Co., $40, 476; Ii. G. Bur-
bank u Co, $50, 500; GeorgeBenz 81 Sons,
$4,000; Arson Blake, $1,000; Creel-
man, Avery & Co., $500; Don
aldson, Ogden 81 Co., 800. 200:
Detroit Stove Works, s9,973; Eldredge
81 Ruff, $4,000: Finch, Van Slyck IL
Co., Sl26, 500; Farwell, OZnum, Kirk 81
Co., 800; Fairbanks, Morse & Co.,
$4,000: Foote. SchulZe u Co., $4,000;
Charles r. Croft, $9,375; Good & Schur-
meier, $4,000; Guiterman Bros, s., 500;
c. GOtzian u Co., Sl3O,OOO; Gordon &
Ferguson, S27, 800; Mrs. Caroline Got
Zian, $50, 800; Paul II. Gotham, so, 900;
Harriet f. Gotzian, $4,000; Hanauer
Co., S1S,609; HabighOrst IL Co., 5000
James j. Hill, 1921, $50, of which $4,000
is in diamonds and jewelry; Jefferson
q Kasson, sl4,153; Jilson 81 Sowden,
5000; Kellogg, Johnson 81 Co., ST.
500; p. I'll. Kelly Mercantile company,
$4,000; Lehigh Coal and Iron com
pany, ST. $50; Lanpher, Finch q Skin
ner, S27, 800; Mckibben IL Co., $1,000;
j. III. Mailer Il Co., Sl3, 400; Maxtield IL
Seabury, $4,000; Christopher Moffat,
sl0,700; r. NJ. Newport IL Son, $4,000;
NOyes Bros. q Cutler, $4,000; NicOlS IL
Dean, s3S,5OO; E. E. Osborne IL
Co., 800; Oppenheimer & Co., s11 900;
Powers Dry Goods company, $4,000;
William X. ProctO;, Sl0,25O; Julia
Petsch, $4,000; Robinson IL Cary. S32,-
600; ii. p. Rugg u Co., s., 125; Ryan
Drug company, $4,000; Robinson,
Strauss d Co. $1,000; Rogers & Ordway,
$500; Scribner-Libby company, S14,-
$50; Streissguth & Drake, SIG, 500; John
B. Sanborn, $4,000; Strong, Hackett u
Co., S3S, 800; John Ii. Schurmeier, S26, 800;
TarboX, Schliek IL Co., 900; North
western Lime company, $500; st. Paul
Harvester company, $500; Minnesota
Security company, $4,000; Andrew
ScbOck grocery, S6,525; III. p. Upham,
50. 375; WOlterstorf, MoritZ IL Co., 800;
YAM, Griggs IL Howes, ST., 800; G. w.
YOungman and others, Sl0,667.
SECOND DISTRICT.
The Second district, or what was
formerly known as the Old Second ward,
isa pretty wealthy district, as it in
cludeS large retail business area, and
takes in the richest banks. 1t foots up
a total of personal property amounting
to $780,, Alb. of which S4,110,003 repre-
SCENTS bank stocks: S27, 1925 other stocks
and bonds: S574, 406 other credits. The
residents of this district own 1892, 23S
worth of household effects, 1886 worth
of diamonds and jewelry; Sl7,055
worth of pianos, and S32, $50
worth of carriages, wagons,
etc, while s1.OS6,9OO represents
goods and merchandise; S91,3 $40 manu-
features materials and products, and
Sl16,550 tools and machinery. The
richest retail firms and residents of this
district are as follows, according to
their sworn statements of personal
property to the assessor:
Albrecht Bros, $500; Fergus D..
Abbey, 49, 800; John L. Averill, $3.50 :;
E. Allen u Co., $4,000; Robert j. Ben
nett, $500; w. r. Burkhard, s5,64S;
Theo S. Bartlett, $3.50; Edgar
A. Brown, Sl0,600; Brown, Treacy
& Co., $4,000; Berrisford Baking and
Confectionery company, $500; David
325; Charles Clifford, $3.50; a. T..
Capenart, S6,050; Ii. S. Crippen & Co.,
$500; Clark u Frost, $1,000; Chislett 81
Sons, $1,000; De CoSter IL Clark, $50, 900 :;
Adam Decker & Co., $4,000; f. G..
Draper IL Co., $4,000; William Dawson,
$1,000; Edison Electric Light and Power
company, $4,000; Charles Friend, So
915; Fantle Bros, $4,000; Nathan Ford,
$500: Field, Mailer q Co., $780,
600; Adam FetSch, $1,000; Finch,
Van Slyck IL Co., $4,000; Graves u
Ninton company, $1,000; Goodyear
Rubber company, $500; William IL.
Garland, $3.50; John G. Hinkel, ST.
102; Howe Bros, $1,000; E. NJ. Halo
we'll 81 Co., $1,000; Joseph l.. Hudson,
$4,000; Gustave Heinemann, 4,357;
Hackett ct al, $40, 459; Edward J. Ing
ham, $4,000; G. Jevne & Co., $1,000; D.
s. Il. Johnston Land company, $50, 800;
Henry S. johnson, sl5.137; jacob
K. Kingsley, s1l,05O; Kuhles
d Stock. $3.50; Charles E.
Keller & Co., $1,000; Norman
w. HittSon, $4,000; NJ. f. Kennedy u
Bros, $1,000; Julius Kessler u Co.,
$1,000; John Kerwin. S17.S41; James l..
Lowering, S7,7S5; Charles E. Lightner,
1920; Nathan Lyons u Co.. $4,000;
Levi Lyons IL Co., $4,000; Lindeke Il
Ladd, $4,000; John Ii. McAllister, &c.
700; Joseph Mickey 81 Co.. $4,000; Ar
chic Mcleod and others, $4,000: Rich
ard Marvin, sS,6O7; William r. Mer-
riam, $500; John l.. Merriam,
$1,000; Manufacturer Bros, $4,000:
Munger 81 Farwell, $1,000; John
Myers IL Co., 1900: Murphy Bros.
q 600. Mort yeStnrn Enal N cog AAn :