Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-09
STILL HOLDING BACK.
Not Very Much Chance of an Early
Settlement of the Tax Levy.
APPEALS NOW COMING IN SLOWLY.
The Revisionists' Az Falls Lightly on the
Big Values.
WESTINGHOUSE FIGURES A LITTLE OFF

People are wondering now when the city
assessment will be completed and when the
appropriation ordinance will ever be
passed The delay in getting the Four
teenth ward assessment made and the fact
that two members of the Board of Assessors
are laid up in bed, makes bad complica-
tion at the present stage of the game. Peo-
pie in the Fourteenth ward are numerous
who believe that the delay in the assessment
there is part of scheme to mold
over action on the appropriation ordl-
nance until after the election. They
maintain that since the Supreme Court has
cleared the way by its decision on the cura-
tive acts, and the chiefs have all submitted
their estimates for the present fiscal year S
expenses, there is no excuse for any delay
in the consideration of the years appropri-
ations and the tax levy. But in order to
gain time until after the election 1t is
argued that the ward assessors in the -Four
teenth ward were given orders to quit at the
critical time Now it will be impossible to
get the taxable valuation of the city before
the election, and consequently the public
will not know what the tax levy will be
until after the new councilmen are chosen,
nor will they know how much money is to
be appropriated for the city government
Assessors are Really Sick
1t is even hinted that the illness of the
assessors is part of the scheme to delay the
citv's business at this important time, but
this suggestion is manifestly unjust to
those officials, Assessor Larkin has been
i'll for two weeks, and would have been on
duty Yesterday had he been able to leave
his room, but his physician says it would
be dangerous for him to go out for week
or ten days to come, even if his health con-
tinued to improve daily. His illness is the
result of hemorrhage to which he is sub
iect. Chief Assessor Case has been suffer-
ing from carbuncle on the back of his
neck, which on Sunday became SO serious
that it will probably incapacitate him for
work for two weeks. Assessor Hoerr has
been sick most of the past month, but was
on duty yesterday until called home on ae-
count of a serious turn in the condition OF
his son, who is victim of typhoid fever.
The illness of the assessors causes a CON-
plete stoppage in the revision of property
valuations, and until the revision is fin
isbed no idea can be formed of what the
taxable valuation will be. Only in few
wards has the revision been completed and
the assessors have yet on their hands the
bulk of that work.
Reduction on Penn Avenue Property.
1t was learned yesterday that in the
Ninth ward revision the board has reduced
the valuations on lOO-foot depths as follows:
On Penn avenue from Eleventh to Twelfth
streets, from $500 to $420 per front foot;
Twelfth to Thirteenth streets, from $3.50 to
$3.50 per front foot; Thirteenth to Fourteenth
street. $500 to $3.50: Fourteenth to Fifteenth
streets, $500 to $3.50: smaller depths in proper
tion all through.
In the Tenth ward q reduction of 10 per
cent in property all depths, fronting on
Penn avenue, has been made.
In the Twenty fifth ward, the following re-
vised schedule on leo feet depths has been
made for Carson street, allowance made for
shorter depths: From Twenty-1irst to
Twenty-second street, $500 per front foot;
Twenty-second to Twenty-third streets, Sl95;
Twenty third to Twenty-fourth streets, $3.50:
Twenty-fourth to Twenty-f1fth streets, $lS5;
Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth streets, $50;
Twenty-sixth to Twenty-seventh streets,
Sl70
On Sarah street, from Twenty-first to
Twenty-secand streets, Sl20: Twenty-second
to Twenty-third streets $ll0; Twenty-third
to Twenty-fourth streets, 500: Twenty
fourth to Twenty-ffth streets, $95: Twenty
fifth to Twenty-seventh streets, $50.
On Josephine street. from Twenty-f first to
Twenty-seventh streets, right side, 60 foot
depths, S35: left side, 120 foot depths, 500.
Sidney street, from Twenty-first to Twenty
fourth streets, through depths, 500: Twenty
fourth to Twenty-fifth streets, $50; Twenty
fifth to Twenty-sixth streets, $50; half depths
in proportion. Wharton street. Twenty
first to Twenty-second streets, SIS: Twenty
second to Twenty-tltth streets SO; Clifton
street, from Twenty-trst to Twenty-seeond
streets, S4a.
In the Thirty second ward Is per cent off
the original assessment is scheduled on
Grandvlew avenue, from Iabelle to Big
ham streets; 10 per cent off on Virginia ave-
nue., from Merrimac to Kearsarge streets; 1293
per cent OFF on Hallock street, from Grand
view to Pierpoint streets. On Olympia
street. from Grandview to Pierpoint, right,
Sl7 off per front foot on 120-foot depths: Sl2 80
on on left side. Labelle street, Sls 80 off per
front foot.
Appeals Granted on Mt. Washington.
Bigham street from Grandview avenue to
Omaha street, 10 per cent off original valua-
tions. Joel's Lane, from Omaha street to
Virginia avenue, 10 per cent off. Grace street
from Kearsarge to Lowen streets fixed at $50
per front foot for full depths and S27 for
short depths; from Lowen to Mason streets,
10 per cent off original figures. Belonda
street, from Lowen to Mason street, 20 per
cent of. Natchez from from Wade to Nor
ton streets, 20 per cent OF. Greenbush street
from Dicken property to Boggs' avenue, 20
per cent off; from Dicken property to Wy
oming avenue, 10 per cent off.
Southern avenue from Natchez to Pros
pect streets, right side, $50 Boggs avenue
from Whitworth to Dewitt streets, 20 per
cent of. Wyoming avenue from Gold
thorpes to Schatees line, 10 per cent off: from
Boggs to Virginia avenue, Is per cent off.
Prospect and Ruth streets 20 per cent off.
Dilworth from Prospect TO Gray streets, 10
per cent of on the right side. Kramer way
from Boggs avenue to Ruth street, 10 per
cent OFF. Ravine and Curtis streets, 20 per
cent off. Rubicon street Cleft side) from Lee
alley to the end, long depths at $40 per front
foot and graded down to 50 for short depths
near Mason street: from Lee alley to Nc
Gowan's line, S. of. Adderly street from
Grace to Owen Streets 81 off. Woodville
avenue, Lee alley to Bighams line, 81 of.
Comparatively few appeals were filed
yesterday and few are expected now until
the Fourteenth ward assessment is made. A
clerical error was discovered yesterday
which puts a different appearance on
George Westinghouse appeal in the
Twenty-second ward. On So acres on Rich
mond street his transcript was sent to him
with valuation of SIS, 900 an acre.
Westinghouse Put His Figures High.
MI. Westinghouse appeal fixed a value
of $4,000 on the whole tract, including
buildings and offered to sell for that when
he filed his appeal Yesterday the error was
discovered. The land is only assessed at
81, 500 an-acre or $751; less than his yalu- |
alton.
J. L. Koethen appeals as guardian of the |
heirs OF L. II. Pease, assessed at $50 900 on 10 |
acres located near Shady avenue and the |
Four-mile run road. He refers to the sale |
OF the Phelps property nearby, but more |
improved and better situated, at $1,000 an |
acre. as reason why the yaluat ation should |
be reduced to that figure. As agent for ID. |
p. Chapman, at present a resident of Cali.
fornia, Mr.. koethen asks the same valuation /
and offers the same argument on a 5-acre |
tract adjoining the above and assessed at
Sl05<1.