The morning call., 1892-06-25
EQUALIZING TAXES.
Prominent Business Firms Examined
About Their Possessions.

Prominent Business Firms Examined
About Their Possessions.
The waiting-rOom of the Board of Super
vis0rs was crowded yesterday afternoon
with a large number of representatives OF
downtown business firms, who had been
cited to appear and show cause before Inc
Supervisors, sitting as a Board OF Equailza-
ton, why the arbitrary assessments made
against them by the Assessor should not be
increased
Mayor Sanderson occupied the chair, and
nine Supervisors were present.
Alexander L. Boyd appeared for John ID:
Thompson, and wanted an assessment OF
49, 600 reduced 10 $3.50. The request was
made on the ground that Thompson is a
nonresident and could not be taxed Inc
request was denied.
Charles l.. Alderman appeared as the
legal representative of the San Francisco
Stock aud Exchange Board to have the as
sessment Of S25C0 on the franchise ana
$500 on each of the seats OF the association
Cancelled. Mr.. Alderman maintained that
the seats in the exchange have no value
EXCEPT the interest they give the members
IN the real estate owned by the board, ana
as that has already been assessed for Doih
State and county purposes the seats should
not be assessed. The board is not incor-
porated.
George L. Marye, president of the board,
exchange. He considered that the seats
were worth about 500 each, this being their
value minus the value of the real estate,
which has been already taxed. The llaDil-
ity Of the seats TO taxation Is now pending
in the Superior Court. as the assessment
last year was net paid.
melton to reduce the value OF the seats
to $50 was lost by vote of to 3. as was
also motion to reduce the assessment to
$500 a seat. The motion was finally lad
over until Monday.
The hearing,0f ths case of VIII & Finck,
wherein expert Dunn asked that their as
Sessment he raised from S25,240 10 : lou oUu,
was also laid over until Monday.
The assessment on the steamer Columbia,
which had been owned by A. NJ. Simpson
IL Bro, was Cancelled. as it was shown
that the vessel had been condemned and
broken up.
An assessment of $4,000 on the estate of
L. Z. Madison was reduced TO S4l40, as that
was all the executors had On hand March Z.
i. BerWin of BerWin Bros, who is as
sessed for $4,000, explained that he did not
file any sworn statement because he could
not have told the value OF his stock at that
time. He thought the Assessors hgures
were about correct.
The following firms then made their eX-
plantations regarding their assessments:
Buckingham IL Heeht, assessed for 100000;
Brown Bros, SCI. 500; Bauer Bros $4,000;
N"HlGI TiulliIbSi S0pyVVU, Iacuilldu ~
jacob, $4,000; L. Duklespiel, $4,000;
Henry Doyle Il Co., $50. SEQ; 5. p. Dinkels-
piel u Co., $50, 500. Each gave reasons for
not filing statements. Some thought that
the valuations Of the Assessor were rather
high, others asked for reductions, but on
the whole they seemed willing to not make
any protest about the arbitrary figures. The
Assessor made assessments in the cases OF
these and other firms, who Will appear to-
day for hearing because they did not file
sNoEc statements as required by law. The
assessments were made partially upon the
basis of taxation IN former years.
Action I'm the cases was deferred until
other firms can be clted to appear. An adj
jOurnment was taken until 2 p. NJ. to-day.