Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-21

| constitution OF this State, but classlncatloI
and sanctioned by the law. No system Of
taxation has ever yet been devised by the
wisdom of man which would not work hard
lature has instructed to you the
duty of determining the question
primarily. In its performance the
good Judgment of the assessor must be
their guide and law. Your larger knowl
edge and wider experience may, even with
your most patient toll and honest work, be
annulled BY the courts. For this YOU are not
| responsible.
have given you my best thought on this
| subject. 1t may not appeal to your Judg
ment. can only say have sought to aid
| you In what believe the most delicate and
! difficult task confronting any set of men in
! this city at this time. 1 am willing to aid
| You in meeting and discharging it in any
| way possible.
Appeals From the Fourteenth Ward.
The appeals from the Fourteenth ward
| property owners began to come in yester-
day, but not as many as expected. A large
number are expected tomorrow. The clerks
are sending out transcripts as fast as orders
] for them come in. Appeals will be received
until next Saturday evening. The appeals
| filed yesterday are given below.
Paul Zimmerman appeals for a cut from
SlO,650 to 1000 on tract of SO perches of
| land on Fifth avenue between Soho and
StoDo streets, and known as part OF the Soho
DUNN 1t was assessed at $500 last year,
and Mr.. Zimmerman says Controller Nor
row and Baxter, Thompson Co., who have
similar tracts adjoining his, place the same
valuation upon it.
William Mazet is assessed at SIS, $50 on 90
acres on Craig between Center avenue and
Bayard street, which lie values Mt $4,000 He
is also assessed sl1. AIS on lot 157I227 on Cen
ter avenue between Craig and Nevllle
streets, but asks a reduction allowed be-
cause the city has taken 40 feet of the
ground for 4 street.
William McAdams for Robert McAdams'
heirs, appeals from a valuation of $4,000 on
69Nlle teet, at Fifth avenue and Moultrle
streets which he says has been hlled to
depth of % feet and is yet away below grade.
He asks valuation of s., 600.
john H. Larkin accepts an assessment OF
S2S,5OO on l50x200 feet on Oakland avenue
through to Atwood street, but asks a cut
from S. 800 to $3.50 on buildings thereon:
John Dimling asks cut from So, ,45S to
S. go on lot l57xl2s feet on Boguet Street
which he bought for that figure in $780, He
also asks cut from $32, 900 to $4,000 on eight
brick dwellings on a lot 1571ax343 feet, on
Bates near Atwood street. He accepts
valuation of Sl7, ,S75 on the lot.
The Price in the Market.
DR.. W. H. Daily is assessed at sI3, 600 on look
240 foot lot and $1,000 on dwelling on Neville
street, between Bayard street and Fifth
avenue. He objects, saying he has just pur-
chased the property at SIS, 500 at which price
it has beer on the market for three years.
His total assessment including 40x6S lot on
De Soto street, 25x72 lot on Forbes street.
and 10 frame dwellings thereon is s29, S23; ap-
peal S25 200.
Frank German offers to sell for $3.50 a lot,
24X6o, and frame house thereon on Forbes,
near Brady street, which is assessed at 81, 40
He accepts valuation of 5000 on 1l2Xl00
feet on Ward street.
Graham Scott is assessed at SIS. 900 on one
and one-half acres of land on Craft avenue,
corner of HaIket street. which he values at
Sll,0OO. =
r. Miller, Jr., assessed s., 600 on 2S0x1l2 feet
on Rock street, asks a cut to 81. .500
Nj. Mawhinney, assessed So. 179 on 150x50
feet on Utica street. bought the lot for s., 900
recently and asks a cut to that figure. He
accepts the assessors figures on number
of other properties, among which il 361ax70
feet on Dithridge street assessed at S2,S75:
4oxl4O feet, Dithridge street. s., 600: e4xl5s
Ieet, Mawhinney street, 81, 200; 50xS0 feet,
Winthrop street. 81, $50.
Edward L. Porter has 150xl7l feet on
Forbes street, assessed at s29 100 and dwell
ing thereon at S12, 600. He places valuation
of s2l.OOO on the lot, and says: ut is induhit
able that property on Forbes street has de
creased in value by reason of the electric
cars, and he believes that no sales made be-
fore the road was operated are evidences of
present value"
Objects to Determination.
He further states that he is entitled to
rural classifi cation as well as his neighbors,
c. L. Magee, Charles j. Clarke, and others. He
asks cut to 5000 on the building, which
cost S. 900 in 1856 and objects TO an assess
ment of 81, 900 on q stable torn down two
years ago. He accepts valuation of SIS l25
on Il lots. 25x141 feet each on Ophelia street.
corner of Hamlet.
Anthony j. Farrell, 2OxIaO feet, Forbes
street. s., 200; appeal, $l,s00. j. J. Donnell.
30xS2 feet Mohawk street, 5000: appeal. $780,
also 25x90 feet, $500: appeal, $3.50. William Nc
Nance, 24x6O feet. Forbes street, s., 40; APP
peal, $3.50; also 24S155 feet. Forbes street, ST.
200: appeal, $780, Oswald Werner. a6xl20 feet,
Forbes street. $780,: appeal, $1,000 George
Weyman, 4lx100 feet, TuStin street, s., 4S1: ap-
pea, 900. Mrs. Hannah Chantler, 35x9O feet,
Coltart Square. 1896; appeal, $500 John
Gunsz, Jr.. 69xI2l feet. Boquet street,
81 .5S4; appeal, 5000, also 2Sxaeo feet. Boquet
ner, e416O feet, Tustin street. sI,2oO appeal.
$500. Hamilton and Harry H. Herr 4SxI70
feet, Fifth avenue: $3.50; appeal, $3.50. G.
appea l si5oo gs James hffnsh shepnard Tree
39x1OS feet Bluff street. So $50: appeal, So, ,UOO
Emma Meyers, 24x12O teot, Killmore street,
$3.50: appeal, $3.50; c. Shaw: 72Xloo feet,
Bradley, 251l55 feet. Allequippa street. $3.50:
on a two story frame dwelling, $500. Appeal
on all $780,
The Reduction in the Sixth.
The assessors have completed the revision
of the Sixth ward assessment, and, as taken
from their ''book of corrections" it fol-
lows:
On Fifth avenue, between Magee and
Chestnut streets, reduction to $500 per foot
is made; between Magee and Stevenson
streets, $40 full depths, and shorter depths
in propoI tion; between Stevenson and Pride
streets, full depths $500 per front foot, and
shorter depths in the same proportion.
Front footage on Lomond street between
Boyd and Chestnut streets, is ma de So. On
Miltenberger street, between Tustin and
Edna streets, on 7foot depths, reduction
to $50 per front foot is made.
Bluff street, from Chestnut to Magee
streets, reduced to $l20 per front foot; from
Marion street to line of Thomas Walkers
property, reduced $40 per front foot from
Scott's property to Eastern line of r. w.
Dusenberrys property, reduced to Sl30 per
front foot; from Van Braam to MiltenDerger
streets, reduced to 500. From Cooper to
Chestnut streets, special reductions are
made: Mary Crowley, SIS front foot; Henry
Gibson, $S5: Robert Coward and Annie
Miller each sos: Eva Wolff, 500; w. H.
Stockley, $40: Robert Coward and E. C.
Ritchey, each Sl20.
On Gibbon street, from Chestnut to Magee
streets, right side reduced to same figures
as last assessment, $50 per front foot
On Vickroy street, both sides, from Chest
nut to Cooper and to Magee streets and from
eastern line of Dobbins lot to Magee street,
is reduced le1a per cent owing to the cut at
both Sides from Stevenson to Pride,
reduced to $40 per front foot; from
Locust street, Chestnut to Magee streets,
left same as last year, 500 for through depths
and $50 on shorter depths per front foot;
right side reduced to $75; between Chestnut
street and r. II. Mawhinneys lot, reduced to
s75 per front foot From Pride to Marion
streets right side, 4S-foot depths $40 per
foot; 72-foot depths, $50.
Magee street. between Ann and Forbes
Streets S7-foot depths reduced to Sl40 per
front foot On Marion street, between Forbes
and Fifth avenue, reduced to $40 per front
foot: Forbes to Locust streets, S95; Locust to
Edna, $s5; Edna to Bluff streets, both sides,
$50.