Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-27
LACK OF PROTECTION
Given as the Principal Reason for
One Assessment Appeal.
MANY FOURTEENTH WARD KICKS.
The Reductions in the Twenty-FirSt Are
Few and Far Between.
no CLASSIFICATION OPINION AS YET

cided the classification question and proba-
bly, will not until after they receive a reply
to their communication to City Attorney
Moreland, which is expected early next
week. Chief Assessor Case refused to talk
on the subject of untaxable property yester-
day, but he admitted that the statement
printed in THE DISPATCH relative to the
large amount of property exempted from
city taxes was essentially correct
The assessors yesterday compl eted the re-
vision of the Twenty-frst ward assessments,
and, as will be seen below, comparatively
| few of the large number of appeals from
| that ward have been granted. The revised
| list follows:
Joseph D. Weeks land is reduced to $3S,
| SEQ. Margaret A. Bateman, on Penn avenne,
gets q reduction to $I2O per front foot, and
M. A. Preston the same. Thomas P. Mar
| shall, l00xl76 feet at Penn and Homewood
avenues, is reduced to S., 800. E. J. Aliens
1.5S acres, on Penn avenue. is reduced to
$2I420 Eliza Cluley, lot 34xl00 feet, Penn
avenue, reduced to So 4G0.
Tho Cuts on Frankstown Avenue.
On Frankstown avenue, from the Nine
teenth ward line to Lambert street, 12o foot
depths are cut to 800 per front foot; from
Lambert street to Baird property, right side,
$780, from Baird property to Enterprise
street, 100 foot depths, $50 per foot; from
Enterprise to Putnam streets, right side,
1l5 foot depths $50, and 81 foot depths,
$40: from Putnam to Julius streets, right
side, $50. George McNeill's two 35x100 foot
lots are reduced to $50 per front foot. H. L.
Hollands lots at Fifth and Frankstown ave.
nues reduced to $50 per foot. Lots between
Lincoln and Continental streets reduced to
$50 per foot front Lutheran church lot $400
in full
On Rentrew street right side, 1OO-foot depths
are cut from $50 to $40 per front foot.
On Tennis street, from Lincoln avenue to
the end, left side. cut from $40 to $50 per
front foot. j. F. Salzgiver. from $40 to $25.
On Thomas street from Dallas to Linden
avenues, right side. 142 foot depths reduced
to $50 per front foot; from Dallas to Fifth
avenues, s65 to $50; from Linden to Fifth
avenues, right side, 142 foot depths S65, and
on left side $75 on all depths; from Home
wood to Lang avenues, $50.
On MCPHERSON street, from Fifth to Dal-
las avenues, both sides, 140foot depths, $50,
and l2o-foot depths, $50 per front foot.
On Siemon street. from Fifth to Dallas av-
enues right side, $50 per front foot.
nue. to the end, all depths, right side, are cut
to SIS per front foot; from Murtland to Lang
avenues, both sides, s25 for 140-foot depths.
~ On Lake street, from Lincoln street to
is made.
On Winslow street, from Larimer avenue
to Prescott street, l5o-foot depths are cut
from $50 to $45 per front foot.
On Atwell street, from Lincoln avenue to
the end, 100-foot depths on the right side
are cut to $40 and l20-foot depths, left side,
SIS. .
Out in the Rural Districts.
shoenberger, Blair & Co.'S land is cut to $500
per acre; National Transit Company $500
per acre; James schade, $500 per acre; N. D.
Jack, 5000; j. F. Hozel; 5000; George Shiras,
$1,000 per acre.
On Grazier street, both sides, q general
cut to $40 per front foot is made.
NOn Susquehanna street from Dunfermline
street to the city line cut from $40 to SIS
per foot is made. Frances street. the same.
Q3awson street from end to end reduced to
$6 per front foot.
Over 200 appeals came in from the Four
teenth ward yesterday, and nearly one-half
that number contained formal demand for
rural classification. One man declared that
his property was situated in the heart of
Oakland and he had lived there three years
but had never seen policeman on his street
in that time. He stated also that the whole
territory covered by Oakland, south of
Forbes street, was policed by three men,
who might as we'll be at home in bed as to
attempt to cover such large district. The
people he said had no police protection and
should not be compelled to pay for it.
From yesterdays appeals the following are
taken:
Robert Thompson's appeal insists on rural
classification tor property on Forbes, be-
tween Oakland avenue and Atwood street.
He is assessed So, 100 on 50x132 feet which he
values VI l at 50, 5,OOO on 25xsO feet, assessed at
So, $50. his value is $500. He accepts the as
SCISSORS figure on several other pieces.
One Very Vigorous Appeal.
D. L. Brown, executor of the j. NJ. Brown
estate, appeals vigorously and declares un-
just an assessment of $53, 500 OF 2lOx2a feet
at Fifth avenue and Pierre street. which
was only assessed i'll 1891 at S2l, ,00O including
buildings. He insists OH rural classification
j. E. Umbstaetter is assessed Sl2 400 on l24
1220 feet on Boquet street. which he bought
at public sale in 1890 for s. 80, but says he
will stand 5000.
James DeRoy is assessed $4,000 on 1OOx22l
feet on Craft avenue. He demands rural
classification because Craft avenue is q long
street and, as there are but six houses on it,
it comes under the head OF rural property
feet on Neville street. which he values at
SIS, Alb. He calls attention to piece of
property owned by Rea on the opposite side
Of street, but in the Twentieth ward, which is
assessed at only $50 per foot but is better
land.
George Schmidt and Charles Freibeitz-
hauser bought 125X175 feet on Boquet street |
last November IOf 10, on long pay m00IS.
It is assessed at sl2,5OO They think it
should be assessed at $1,000
VIM. d. Lewis appeals. 1890 feet. Second |
avenue, 1886; appeal, $1,000; 1l0xlOO feet, |
Oakland avenue and Bates street, SIC, ,0S7: ap- |
peal, Sc, 900. He agrees to accept the asses |
sors' figures if they will place him in the |
rural class.
Thomas Gallagher agrees to sell for $500,
his property assessed at 81, l22 as follows: I3 |
x120 feet, on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. |
81 422: 50x110 feet on Elk street, $500; brick |
dwelling, 1900; clubhouse, $500.
Bertha Maeder bought for $4,000 in 1891 |
at si9,6lS as follows: Lot 52x277, 81 $685. lot e6 |
x2Sl, So, ,310 dwelling 81 500: outbuidings, $3.50.
She declares that the Duquesne Traction |
Company's line in front of the property has |
appealing for the purchase price as the val |
uation, demands to be put in the rural class. |
More Than the Dwelling Cost.
II. Samson accepts $50 OOO'as the valuation |
of tour acres of land at Fifth avenue and |
Darragh street, but asks q cut from So, ,3l3 to
s40, 600 on "a acres in the rear thereof. His
new dwelling is assessed at $4,000, but he
says it only cost $23 5SS
Mary L. Tate appeals on large number of
lots on Moreland, Boundary and other
streets in that section. One lot, 4x113 feet
at Forbes and Craig Streets assessed at
So, ,645 she values at S4 400, and on 4Sxl00 foot
lot adjoining, assessed at 81, 500, her value is
$500 less.
j. d. McElroy & Son ask cut from $27, 200
to $40, 900 on 200x249 feet on Neville street,
and claim that the last sale in the vicinity
in the latter part of 1891 was at that rate.
The'WilliaIn Ward estate appeals rs fol.
lows: Lot 165xl62 feet, Fifth avenne, assessed
sc, 600: appeal, $4,000 lot 100xn0 feet, Fifth
avenue, 81, 600; appeal, $, 100: On numb number
Lucy 3. Wilson accepts q valuation of
81 200 on 4Oxl7O feet on Dithridge street. but
demands rural classification.
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