Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-27
LEVY COURT.
The SheriFi,s Petrtions-Mr. LObdeil
Makes a sintement-Routtn Asust-

Grub was absent, attending the Bala of
pr operty belonging to an estate OF which
he 10 executor. near Porter's station. Mr..
Roberts occupied the chair. A lot OF
land on Wawasst street, between jackson
and Van BuIep, assessed at $500, Yves
transferred from the estate OF Catherine
Gallagher, William NJ Candy, trustee. TO
the convent Of st. Vincent de Paul. Mr..
Wier suggested that 1t be stricken from
the assessment liat, as no taxes could now
be collected from It, II was, however,
left on record. J.. FL. Hoffecker, DR.,
Esq, asked for the reduction OF the
assessment on IL acres of land in Bran
DIVINE hundred, near Holly Oak, ha.
longing to George d. Wetherili Of. Phils-
,delphia. The land is assessed at 80, 600,
In the Absence of the member from Bran
DIVINE hundred, the matter was deferred
until Friday morning, These two nlAt-
tiers were all that the court considered
during the afternoon.
Thursday was road day at levy court.
All the members were present but Mr..
Rothwell.
John o. Patterson, Jr., Esq, represent
ing petitioners OF APPOINTMENTS nun
dred, asked for q new road from Sassa-
fras Landing to point near Vsndyke's
station, one and quarter miles long.
Mr.. Roberts spoke in favor of the road,
and showed plots of the farms through
which it wonld rass. The commission
appointed TO visw the road reported that
damages had been assessed at $3.50, and
Tire cost of opening and fencing the road
would be 800; bridges, $3.50; causswsys,
1900; total, $1,000. The report was 40.
oepted and road ordered built.
Deputy Encouragement Thomas Davis
appeared for petitioners OF Appoquini-
mink hundred and asked for tue straight.
ening OF part Of the county road leading
from Middletown to Blackbird. The
commission had assessed damages 81
$405 and stated that the cost OF the rOac
would be $500. There will be no bridges
or oauseways. Mr.. Wier opposed the
project and MIR. Roberts favored il. Con
BidesRiion Was p5stponed until Wednes-
day, March Goth.
Mr.. Roberts asked that permission be
granted to the Farmers Institute Of New
Castle County to uss the icourt room for
holding meeting on Saturday after
boon.
MIR. wier asked whether thu room had
aver been used for any other purpose
THAN h lding court. Some one answered
lao. Mr., Wier then said that there were
lllenty of halls where the meeting conld
lie held. he was opposed to using the
court Roorn for any other purpose than
holding court.
CLERK of the Peace ~. Il. Cochran said
his institute was composed Of people who
we're advocati q a reduction Of taxes.
'fney wanted to discuss the matter OF
their meeting and were therefore CON
Elected in measure with the levy
rpust's business. This is why they ap-
piled for the use of the room. The in
titute was also chartered by the begis-
ture and received n state appropriation;
II was therefore quite closely allied to
the interests OF the levy oonrt.
MIR. Wier was about to speak again in
Gpposition TO granting the request, when
y Wesley Wepb, editor OF Farm and
Home, appeared and spoke to Mr.
G.,chran, who stated that another room
htd been secured and he would withdraw
che application.
The following reduction in assessment
was made: Peter Mcfarland, Nos. 329
and 33l East Eighth street, reduced from
81, 800 each to $3.50 each. The following
transfers were made: Estate OF Mary
Adams, No. 800 Washington street,
asaRssed OF S5 500 20 Susan and GeoIGie
Mi lsway farm of SO 40 es in MIL Cresk
hundred, assessed at IS 03O from Helen
Porter 10 Isaac N. Morrison. A motion
TO reduce the assessment on this farm to
$4,000 was lost. The chair could not
determine the vote at first, and on calling
for rising vote, four members out Of
nine present refrRined from voting.
Daniel Dohl, no. sol East Third street,
assessed ut 81 400 to G. A. Eberhart.
Inhn II RpInav Rcu a. fnS
the court, WAS instructed to enter salts
faction on the bond OF w. II. Houston,
collector Of st. Georges hundred for 1883.
The bond OF Joseph NJ. Pierce, con
stable for Approximately hundred was
approved, W. IA. Pierson and j. Jack
son Peirce, Bureties. The bond Of James
+. Porter, constable for UbrisLiana hun.
dred, was approved. SuEeties, Levy
Oourtmen Wier and Jordan, and himself.
John O. Corbit Jr., was put on the
assessment list for Bt. Georges hundred,
Jamea +. Shallaross, voucher. Harry Nj.
MeKaig came in to see il he was on the
poll assessment list. He was, and rs.
aeased at $500. Mr.. Wier at once had
him raised to $500. The poll assessment
of james o. Aiken was raised from 5000
to &4OO, and Of Jerome b. Bell from $500
to $500.
The assessment of Il. Lewis Armstrong
OF Christiana hundred, was reduosd from
1G4 to 100 soYes.
The following transfers of property,
reductions of assessments aud othsr bust.
ness was transacted at the levy court
in the afternoon.
Transfers were made as follows: South,
west corner Fourth and Market streets
assessed at 81 80, from the Penn Life
Granting Company to Henry Il. Bring.
bnrst; hou%s No. 1910 Spruce street, a.
sdssed at SO W, from John w. Murray to
Lewis Il. Gru5b II Son; No. G22 Spruce
Etreet, from Lewis a. Grubh d Son ia
john Forseht, assessed at $3.50, No. 62G
Spruce street, from Lewis 4. Grnbh Il
Son to John X Powell assessed at $3.50;
house south Gust corner of Eleventh and
Klrkwood street, from Lewis Il. Grubt
d Son to Rebecca A. Nsgendsuk, as
Bessed at 4 $50; four lots on the easi
side of Broome street in the Ninth ward
from Thomas Tatnall to Joseph Il. ID.
Seeds & Sons; No 1906 West Thirteenth
street, from j. t. d. Seeds d Sons tC
Thomas TatnalI; No. 845 Spruce street,
from w. Il. Hawkins to "a. IL. Longer.
Reductions of assessments were made
As follows Twenty-seven acres of land
north of Went street and west of Nine
tenth street, belonging to Edward Tat
nall, ST., assessed at ga, 600, to 30 acres
assessed at fl0, 1916; the house No. 1907
Poplar street, b slongina TO James Rendsr
son, from u, 800 to $1,0l0; two acres Of
land belonging TO Jones Guthrie, assessed
at 81, 800, to oue-third of an acre, ASSESSED
OF $500; house and lot at Fourteenth
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