Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-29

Webster Avenue ] below Fulton Fulton slsss; ;s:
feet Fulton street, $500; appeal, $4,000.
G. W. Hiett, s36Os on 6Oxss feet Webster
near Gum street; appeal. 5000. James Nc
street, s., $40: appeal 81 go: also 3oxe65 feet,
Cliff street, 81, 200; appeal. $50. Julia Hays,
4sx5i feet. with dwelling. at Logan and
| Hazel Streets assessed $10,250; appeal, $3.50.
Miss Hays states she was assessed at $4,000
in 1889. but not knowing anything ABOUT the
business. her late husband having
made no appeal though the valuation
was too high. John Sweeny, Ax60
feet, Webster avenue, $3.50 assessed;
Webster avenue and Logan street "a go; ap-
peal, 1880. A. FL. Jeremy, 24xl3s feet, Full
ton street. s4.0S0: appeal. S324O. George H.
Benness 3 xss o Fifth sys1ne 9, EN- near Lngsn ISs
lot 92xs5 feet, Wyiie and Vine streets. $40 $50;
appeal, S, $50. &. F. Haller, lot eox9o feet
pe. 5000 Peia Reno on fos
and building, Fifth avenue and Pride street;
! appeal, $4,000.
A Strange Tale of Woe.
Seventeenth ward-A tale of woe is con-
nected with the 3OxlO0 foot lot and two-story
! frame dwelling on Calvin, between Forty
! second and Forty fourth streets. 1t was as
| sessed in the name of Jenard Powell, but on
; Wednesday last was sold at Sheriff s sale to
! rt,-O
| urges that this amount be assessed and SAYS:
! "The house is not worth anything like $500,
| would not figure at all in a sale. 1t Is occu-
| pied by tenant who has not paid any rent
/ for a long time, and who is unable to pay
! rent by reason of sickness, which prevents
| ler following her occupation as a washer
| woman"
John G. Fox. assessed $1,9Is on 20xl3O feet
| on Main street, asks cut of $500, alleging
| that ground in that vicinity cannot be sold
| for $65 per front foot
| feet, Calvin street, objects 20 paying taxes
| on more than $40 per front foot, as she re-
| Gently bought for that and more TO be had
at same price
]. Pressly Fleming is assessed 81. 900 on
| 97xl00 feet at Forty-Fifth and Valley street,
| and $4,000 ON IL brick dwellings thereon. He
| values the lot at 600 and dwellings at
| 5000, his appeal stating that 1.-THE proximity
of the railroad and failure of the city either
| to open or locate Valley street at this point
| is q serious detriment"
George Keil's appeal is for a cut from s4, 900
to So, 500 On 20x 100 feet on Butler, near Forty
sixth street. He says all the lots in that
square can be bought at the rate of his ap-
peal.
The trustees of the Michael Mccullough
estate, which is assessed on Sl55,02s Of Seven
teenth ward property, appeal for cut OF
Forty-second and Forty fourth streets, as
sessed at SIS $50. They also appeal from
SIS, ,460 to 81, 400 on lot 63xl00 on Main, near
Dawson street.
Appe3ls Dy tno DOZen.
Isabella Walkers appeal is for a cut from
81, $50 to s5,so2 on l24xlOo feet at Home and
Madison streets. Elizabeth stiefel. assessed
S., 800 on S9xlO0fe feet at Butler and Forty-fourth
streets, asks cut to So, 600; on 40x1O0 feet at
same point, assessed at 81, COO, her value is
s., ,O00 on 1001l00 feet at Fortieth and Valley
treets ASSESSED at &C. $50, her value is S. 600
Elizabeth Reese, assessed $154 4N on 85xI50
feet Butler and Forty-fifth streets appeal
linn II nh nQfn m DY al a
near Dawson street, Sl4, ,205; appeal $l2, $50.
Thomas Hogan, 20x96 feet, Penn avenue,
near Fisk street, $1,000; appeal s1.675. c. E;
Walnut streets $l3. appeal $40, 465. Louis
Bremen, aoxS6 feet. Penn avenue, near Fisk
street. 5000; appeal $500. c.. A. Cooper,
s., 100 appeal 1851. Martha Woodail, 531132
feet Butter, near Forty-eighth street, S9,0l3;
appeal Sc; 600. Paul Cooper, l3l5xl5o feet. But
C. F. Eberle, 1OOxl36 feet, Forty seventh
street, $1,000: appeal $500. A. L. Rejneman,
2oxlo0 feet, Penn avenue, near Forty fourth
ess G sSe appeal fsss sfeS Penn
near Forty fourth street, $500: appeal $4,000.
S. Mccartney, 4sxl0O feet, Carleton street,
near Forty,sixtb, 81 s2o appeal sl,4oo. J; H.
Woif, S6xl00 feet, Forty-tourth street. $2 700;
appeal 81 900. Laura Eherle. e4xl00 feet,
Forty fifth street, near Hatfield. sl,6sO; ap-
peal 600 i da cuddy sS1iSo 60 s@ feet Forty
The first appeal came in from the Nine
teenth ward yesterday 1t was from W. J.
Wright, who is assessed $1,000 for 60xls7 feet
dwellings thereon. He claims he bought the
property from JOS. Wainwright less than q
year ago for S75OC, and wants it so assessed.
More From the Twentieth.
Several more Twentieth ward appeals
came in, but only two were of any import
ance, one of these VIM. e. Kings. He was
assessed $50 for a COW, but he returned a
death certificate showing the decease of the
COW some months ago. On 10Ox300 feet on
Winebiddle avenue, assessed at $lea50O, he
asks cut to $1,000
James NJ. Guffey asks cut from sl1 625 to
avenues; cut from SO, 600 to s., 900 on lO0x1OO
feet on Center avenue, and cut from $6,34S
to S. 766 on 67x123 feet at Center avenue and
Roup street. Twenty-first ward.
Henry Rea, Jr, assessed S5,425 on 1O0I137
feet on Larimer avenue, between Shetland
and Winslow streets. Twenty-frst ward,
asks a reductinn to Sc, coo for the reason that
the Duquesne Traction Company has made
depot for standing cars in front OF the
property, greatly to the annoyance of ten |
ants, mig hit and day, and greatly deprecia-
ting the value of the place.
William Freeman asks cut from S., 900 to |
$1,000 on an acre fronting the township road, |
between Fifth and bennington avenues,and |
claims that the property is worth no more !
because it is near no recognized street and |
can't be sold in lots.
George L. Mccoy Is assessed 81, ,020 on 10Sx |
140 feet on Mcpherson street; appeal, IS 4su. |
Edith Kinnear, 3711x142 feet on Linden |
street, assessed $23l5; appeal, $l,Sl5. j. Ii. |
Zimmerman. 451l44 Sfeet. Fifth avenue and |
Grazier street, $2415; appeal $1,000; also, 400x
139 feet Bennett street. $3.50; appeal. ST, 900. |
George Cook, So acres, between A. V. r. r. |
and city line, So, rs: appeal, ST. 9l5; also, ~ |
acres, near city line and Allegheny river. |
feet, Thomas street, 81 500; appeal, s. a4O A. |
Seidley, 27x109 feet Larimer avenue, 81 .675; |
appeal, 81, 200. Eliza j. Parkinson, 20xi00 |
feet. FranksSown avenue, 50 300; appeal, |
s., 800
More Than They Are Worth.
Two appeals came in from the Twenty-sec-
ond ward. G. A. Date, assed S10,O 600 on 325x
3l2 feet on Lang avenue, appeals Tor a valua-
ton of 81, 600. ". B. Bevins, assessed 81 200 on
l:Oxl20 feet on Homestead street, wants a re-
duction of $500.
Alex David is assessed 81 200 on 4s11S1 feet
on Clark street, Eleventh ward. His valua-
tion is s., ,000.
William Aiken, Thirteenth ward, assessed
s., 100 on 120xS3 feet at Webster avenue and |
Somers street, asks to be reduced to 8, 500.
The Holland Riddle heirs are assessed at
sl1 $40 on S9xl40 feet on Penn avenue Fif-
teenth ward, their valuation being So, 500.
In the Thirty-fourth ward A. NJ. Beck and
William KaSSer, assessed S20400 on 14S !
perches at Steuben and Carson streets, ask
a reduction to $l3,500 They were assessed
s., 200 on a salt works building, but certify i'll
their appeal that it was destroyed by fire
last September.
Robert Smith asks cut from s., 900 to
s., 500 on a half acre on independence street, |
ward. and q cut from So, 900 to
81 500 on a 5Oxl7O lot on Wabash avenue,
ward.