The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-24
HUNDREDS OF kICkERS
SIN Coming in to Protest against
Unjust Assessments.
The COMMITTEE OF EQUALIZATION
still Busy Every Day with the Pro.
perry whose Owners think it is Ex.
ccssfveIy Valued for Taxation---No
Further Report from sub-commit-
tees Received yesterday.

There was not minute in the day
yesterday that there were not anumber
OF people at the city building writing
petitions, or having them written, for
corrections of erroneous assessments by
the revaluers. To print list would be
like reprinting the city directory with
dollar signs and figures substituted for
the streetnumbers. The number OF up
peals and protests seems to increase
every day. The city officials are act
ually kept from attending to their regu-
lar official duties by the demands on
their time to write petitions Tor tax
payers who object to their assessments.
Yesterday was Seventh ward day.
Monday will be devoted to the Fifth
ward. To-day the subcommittee will
work, and there will be no meeting OF
the main committee. Yesterday all
petitions received were referred to the
subcommittee, and then the separate
ward committees separated and went
over the Second and Third wards to ex-
anime the premises owned by protest.
ing taxpayers. The Baltimore d Ohio
company had q petition in, calling at
teniion to the fact that some OF its
ground used for railroad purposes had
been assessed, while the law made it
assessable only BY the State Board OF
Public Works, and claiming also that
other lots:owned by the company and
not used for railroad purposes, were
assessed too high. Action on this was
deferred.
Among the Seventh ward petitioners
were the following and perhaps one
hundred more:
Jacob Berger's estate, increased s, 900
on the Berger homestead; unreasonable.
L. L. Hunter, Zane and North York
streets; increase from $500 to $500 is
unjust.
Barbara Zilles, put up from 81, l25 TO
$4,000 on eleven acres OF land on the
north end of the Island.
W. II. Anderson, in his petition, sets
forth that his property, at SO North
Front street, is raised from $500 to
Sl,l00, while he paid only $500 for it.
Thomas Princes lot on North Front
street is increased from $500 to $500.
J. A. Lash's property is increased
from 5000 to s., 400.
The Wheeling and Belmont Bridge
Company petition for reduction in the
valuation OF five lots, assessed in 1891 at
$1,000 and in 1892 at $4,000.
L. L. Stone petitions for reduction
on his house.. at II Virginia street,
which was raised from $3.50 to s., $50,
and on two lots, which were raised from
s., 400 to $1,000.
Mrs. A. G. Carlin, assessed at $1,000
by the city and only 81 200 by the state.
Henrietta Baer, North Front street,
$500 excessive.
Alex. Rogers's estate, increase OF
$1,000, and no real increase OF value.
D. W. Baird, Virginia street, increased
from s., 400 to $500.
Capt. John Mcclure, increased $4,000
on pasture lot.
D. R. Tappan, assessed at $1,000; paid
but 81, 100 Tor his property.
w. NJ. Richardson; assessment dou-
bled; unreasonable.
Mrs. G. ,Brues, increased from $500
to $1,000.
d. VI. 1OullllIaOl ObJGStS " paying
taxes on properly assessed at 1000,
while this assessment is 5000 in excess
OF a neighbor whose property is worth
$500 more.
W. F. StifeI asked reduction in val
uatiou on his vacant lots, assessed at
S4,5OO
valuation OF $500 on house they paid
5000 for.
Mrs. NJ. G. Davis objects to an in
crease from S1,S00 to $4,000 ut IL and A
South York street.
Christiana Forbes objects to an in
crease from $500 to $500 in the val
uation OF her property.
DR.. Z. G. Myers petitions for re-
duction on his property at South Penn
and Virginia streets, which cost $500
in March, 1892, and is now assessed at
$i,l00.
n. A. Noble sets forth that the as
sessment of 81 800 on property at % and
"a Virginia street is 1000 too much.
]. II. Purcell objects to the assessment
on his house at Ill South Penn street,
being raised 81 900.
Thomas Haskell asks reduction in
his valuation from $1,000 to $500.
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