Daily Republican., 1889-01-18
THE ASSESSMENTS.
THEY NEED LOOKING AFTER
LITTLE.
Many Names Left on the Assessment
and Many Others Spelled Wrong.
How and When the Errors
Can He Rectlfied.

The assessment lists are now completed
by the respective assessors and are post
ed copy In each ward of the assessment
in that ward. Assessor Higgins has four
wards In his district and he has posted his
notices at as many cigar stores.
His wards are; The lst ward assess
sment posted at James II. Harkins' cigar
store, No. 2i5 West Fourth Atreet; 2nd
ward assessment, posted at Diamond ci-
gar store, southwest corner Third aud
Poplar streets; 4th ward assessment, post
cd at William A. Robinson's cigar store,
No, 1lS East Fourth street. 9Th ward as
| sessment posted at Edwards cigar store,
northwest corner OF Eighth and kirkWOod
streets.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Assessor McCloskey has 1--WE wards
| In his district aud all his assessments are
| posted In liquor saloons, Circumstance
which is open to much criticism. The
Third ward assessment is posted at the
kaloon OF Charles Y. Walther, Southeast
corner of Fourth and Adams streets;
Filth ward assess ment posted at the sa-
loon OF Thomas McGillen, Northeast
corner Of Sixth and Adams streets;
Teuth Ward assessment posted at
Young's saloon, Sou hcast corner of
| Dtibh1 1hh blfttlef EitNtUtn
Ward assessment posted at Robert Cot
tlngham's ealoon, Maryland avenue and
Liberty streets; Twelfth Ward assess
ment posted at Joseph Meyers saloon,
Fifth and DUPONT streets.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Asse. sor Draper A. Devices Of this dis
triet has three wards, with more voters
possibly than any other district In the
- nn h. IA I. L.
| follows: Sixth Ward assessment posted
at J. r. Killmer's undertaking establish
. ment, Northeast corner Ninth and Freuch
streets; Seventh Ward assessment posted
at Harvey's drug store, No. I05 Delaware
avenue Ninth Ward assessment posted
at }. j. Rieby's cigar store, No, 1000
Market street
The assessors OF the Second and Third
| Districts, 1t Is said, have made very full
assessments, the names being spelled
generally correctly and are plainly writ
ten. 1t may be said 6lso OF the Third dis
trict that full assessment has been
made, but unfortunately the oithography
Is so imperfect In many instances that the
Jeandells, Horace oreeley Knowles,
| Alexander Colquhoun and scores OF
others would hardly know who they
meant were they to see them. If not
| corrected these and many more would
lose their votes If they presented them
selves at the ballot box. 1t Ia not pleas
ant thus to refer to an assessment, but 1t
| is better to do this than for large numbers
of voters to lose their votes on account of
Imperfect spelling Of their names. This
criticism Is for the purpose of arousing
the votsrs OF the respective wards to the
necessity of looking over the assessments
to see that their names are on the dupli-
Gates and to see that they are correctly
spelled.
Besides incorrect spelling large num-
Ter OF persons have been overlooked, and
their names arc not on the assessments
Very likely this holds good In all the
wards, and can hardly DO charged to the
neglect OF the assessors, as there is a de
position on the part of many persons to
withhold the names of persons living In
| their houses and In some instances eVon
wrong names are given purposely to mis-
lead.
Citizens who are acquainted in the
blocks in which they live should make a
thorough canvass, take the names and
compare them with the. posted assgss-
ment', and see how many and who have
been omitted. Voters whose names
have been omitted Or spelled wrong can
not have their names entered nor cor
rectei Until the assessors meet In the
Levy Court rooms on the Goth, 30th and
51st days Of January, and the LIST and 81
days OF February, for the pui pose of Iec-
| flying errors and entering omitted
names. Let every voter in the respec-
| tive wards look after their names on the
assessment lists They cannot vote un-
| less their pames are on the assessment,
nor they cannot vote II their names are
rreiled wrong. Look after th m.