Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-23

should not be assessed at all, IS 0ulloing
is used for the repair hands Of the COM
pany; $500 would be fair valuation. Also
60 feet OF ground adjoining, valuation
5000, is worth practically nothing. Next
charge Is lots III and 11s In Chapine q
Eoff addition, increased from $4,000 TO
SIG, 400; valuation excessive. IeNext
charge Is lots Is, IA, Is and 16, In Third
ward, belonging to Klevis. Kraft & Co.,
and others. Lot %, 26 and %, Caldwell
addition; nearly half Of them are owned
by Centre Foundry, divided from petit
toner's property by board fence. Sew
enth charge, lot 81, Caldwell addition;
building value is put at $500, when
there is no building on the lot; valua-
tion of 81, 800 is excessive; 81 900 would
be fair. Lots 90 and 30, Caldwell addi-
ton, should not be assessed by city, as
nearly all are used for railroad purDos-
es. Lot So and SO, end uf temporary
bridge over creek, assessed at $4,000,
too high; were used by city, and are
now inaccessible.
In the Sixth ward petitioner COM
plains that 40 lots in Caldwell's addi-
tion are assessed by the city, which
should not appear on the Assessors
books. as they are used exclusively for
railroad purposes, with tracks on the
property. This is the ''B. & o. Shops"
engine house etc.
Lots l to 10 in square 8, CaldwelPs
addition, petitioner claims belongs TO
w. 3. and T. Z. r. Co. and Handlan
estate, and asks that correction be
made. The Company is also charged
with lots 80, 33, "a and 35, CaldwelPs
addition; these lots are not In Sixth
ward, but in Eighth, and should be
stricken of.
In the Eighth ward petitioner says
above lots are improperly charged, No.
80 belongs to Henry Schmulbach; 9TH
ers are used for railroad purposes.
Also Q lots between Forty-seventh and
Forty-eighth streets; part lays in Mar
shall county: railroad tracks on part;
lots 80, 80, "a and 80 are used for moth
Ing, aud not worth more than $500 or
5000. Tract of land charged as squares
As, 46 and AZ, is valued at $1,000 per
square, or S21, 600 for entire tract; lies
between hill and railroad. no street
opened, and used as a public commons;
valuation eXorbitant.
In the Second ward two lots in Bakers
addition, charged to petitioner, belong to
Smith & Davenport. In Manchester,
lot 81 has been increased from $500, to
50, 900; exorbitant. Accompanying the
b. 81 O. petition is a sworn statement
by f. ]. Griffith, the Company'S agent.
LA BELLE IRON COMPANY.
The La Belle Iron Company was an
other large concern which filed petit
tion yesterday complaining of excessive
valuation. The assessment On the mill
and cooper shop has been increased
from $4,000 to S131, 400. They DoTnt
to the fact that t6g valuation of the
BEN a9lErnas been reduced from $3.50, 400
TO $780, $50. 1t was reasonable 70 re-
duce the Belmont valuation, since nails
have declined 80 per cent. in the past
few years, but the petitioner asks for
reduction on the ground of equal taxa
tion.
The subcommittee for the Third
ward Yesterday considered the petition
of John Mcclure, asking for reduc-
tion in the valuation OF the Mcclure
House. The figures were increased
from $4,000 to S1o9,7OO The Board,
after due consideration, reduced the
assessment to All even 100000.