The morning call., 1890-07-23
BUCKEYES WEALTH.
An Estimate of What the Blind
Boss Has Made in Politics.
List of the Real Estate Owned BY the Demo
cratic Misunderstanding for the Tax
Paying Citizens to Consider.

The following item from the Chronicle is
| one that is worth the close attention OF
| every taxpayer in the community: For
| nearly six years Christopher A. Buckley
| has been the political dictator of the Demo-
cratic party in this city, and his influence
| throughout the State is confessedly almost
as great. During these six years he has
| risen from very moderate circumstances to
| large wealth. lie has held no public OF
private Office; he has engaged in no legiti-
mate business. the profits on which could
| yield him the princely income he enjoys or
could help him to the acquisition of his
wealth He has made his all as political
parasite. He has Systematically lived off
his fellows In fair or foul political
weather he has always increased his pos
sessions. and is to-day infinitely better off
than any one of the thousands of men who
have labored to support him, who stand
ever ready to continue their bondage and
to increase his luxury, and who have sacri-
feed all for him.
Few very few of the men who have thus
served him have acquired a competency in
the five or six years of Mr. Buckley's dcta-
torship. The great majority of ,his bench
men are even worse off than when they
first sold themselves to him. Those that
had any reputation to lose have lost it;
! many have not alone suffered in this re-
spect, but have felt absolute want; some
| are even paupers.
That the Democratic boss is really man
of much wealth can be readily shown, and
| that his lambs" have. with few exceptions,
| but little more than the salary, which may
be cut off at any moment, is fact so we'll
| known as to make proof superfuity.
An examination of the real estate records
| of this city and county shows three things:
| That five years ago Mr.. Buckley owned
practically nothing. that now he is pos
sessed OF thosands of dollars worth of prop
erty and that the assessed value of his pos
| sessions is far below their actual value.
| Some of bis property in this city may be
| briefly described, and may, perhaps aid in
| carrying the conviction of their folly and
abject serviity TO those whom he has de-
bauched and who have made him wealthy
| at their own cost.
The real-estate records at the City Hall
credit MIR. Buckley with some eleven differ
| ent pieces OF real estate. These volumes
are open TO all, and the truth of these fig
ures can therefore be easily verified.
On the east side Of Deysadero street. 60
feet south of Post, MIR. Buckley owns a lot
$40 front by III feet deep. The house on
1t is valued at 5000 and the land at S16l0,
| or S6610 is the assessed value of the whole.
| Surprising that the valuation of the i'm
| provements is correct, then the land is
! valued at only little over $50 a front fool.
and there is not real-estate agent in the
| city who would hesitate to place the value
| at $50 front foot and consider such a lot a
big bargain at that figure. The actual value
| OF the property as it stands to-day is about
$4,000. Another instance or two may be
| cited. On the west side of Scott street. q IS
north of Washington. Mr. Buckley owns a
| lot 25Xl1O, with Improvements valued at
| $1,000, and the whole property assessed at
| $500. The land alone is worth $500 front
| foot, and sales have been made this year at
that figure and in that neighborhOod, so
| that the vacant lot is worth S50oO Again.
supposing the improvements correctly as
sessed-and thls Is only suppOsition-the
| property is worth from two to two and a
| half times Its assessed valuation.
On the north line of Post street, 100 feet
east OF Baker, Buckley is credited with a
| lot and Improvements, 81 :6X137 :6 valued at
the absurd figure of $3.50, and worth not
| less than $1,000; the northeast corner lot,
| l00Xl00, of Post and Baker, with improve
ments. valued at $780, is assessed as a
| whole at $3.50, when its actual value is GER
| tainly. and at a low estimate, $4,000 to
| $4,000. The mention of the gross under
valuation is, however, only incidental TO the
| citation OF the large real estate possessions
| 81 the Democratic dictator. One of the
most valuable properties that he has is the
Manhattan Club building, situated on the
west line of Stockton street, rs feet south of
| Bush, and standing on lot 9:6x6O The
| property, 1t is no secret was purchased for
200, but the assessed value is Sl2 $50 of
which $1,000 is the estimated value of the
| improvements. Other fine pieces of real
estate in the city owned by Mr.. Buckley are
the lot, 26x69. on the east line of Grant ave-
nue., 100 feet south of Bush street, assessed
at $500 and worth at least double that sum,
| and the lot on the north line of Suffer
street, 1926 east of Baker,, 50x137 :6 with
| improvements, valued at $780, the whole
| assessed at $500. and actually worth not
| less than $1,000
The following table gives the list of prop
erty which the lambs" have paid for and
which is owned by Mr.. Buckley, though it
ought to be theirs. The assessed value and
a moderate estimate of the actual values
are set side by side so that as real estate
owner it will be seen that the boss cuts a
very respectable figure, if such political
scarlet woman" can be said to be respecta-
BILE in any sense: