Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-28

In a formal affidavit he asserts the assess
ment is exorbitant and appeals for Slooo
assessment. He also objects TO 81 ,20o assessed
on 2ixli9 feet on the same street which ne
says is 80 per cent more than 1t was pfe
Vlously assessed and 500 more than IL Is
worth.
The transcript sent to J. P. Pears, showing
an assessment of Sl,500 on 2sOx4a rect on
Meade street, was returned wltn ING sinipio
notation: Has been sold for Sl,oO
THOMAS NJ. Armstrong makes no opJectioh
to assessment on several lots OF ms, Du1 on
lot la0xl20 feet at Lincoln and shetland ave-
nues he asks a cut from 0,0O4 to 81 ,ooo.
William Grierson's ll0xl39 foot iot IS as,
sessed Sl2, 2SS ana dwelling sS, 500. His appeal
says: property on market three years at
$4,000. Viii take sla, 500 for it now"
j. Pressly Fleming, assessed S4o.0 on
65xl45 feet at Lincoln avenue and Lake
street, appeals and saws s., 500 is enough,
more would be excessive, and offers TO sen
for less money than he paid for the ground;
p. Murray and brother are assessed Sis,Zoo
for 15% acres, on the Allegheny valley han-
road, near the city line. They say the
amount paid for this land was 81, lOO, but IL Is
straight up and down hillside, and not
worth 81, GOO in full.
Mrs. H. Asthalter three acres, Lincoln
avenue. near city line, 5000 assessedi ap-
peal, 50 900. p. Hemney, 50x95 feet Montl-
cello street, Sl,250; appeal $3.50 Mrs SHiina
Poland, 44xl20. Homewood avenue, 81 500; ap-
peal, S., 800. j. u. Denholm, 50Nl32, Franks
town avenue, 81 500: appeal, 50 5OO also, l52N
100, in rear of Frankstown avenue. S.. .044; APP
peal. s. 500. ID. Meik, 50xl5l, Wtnslow street,
s, 100; appeal. sl:5oO. III. T. Pears; AxAs
Thomas street. S4.050; appeal, $3240. John
Dunn, 60xsoO, Lincoln avenue, 5000; appeal,
81 500.
Center Avenue Values Shrinking.
The agent for the VIM. Ward estate. in his
appeal from several assessments on Center
avenue, Fulton, Clark and Crawford streets,
says in the three years past property has
greatly deprecated in that locality for
various reasons. On a 40XS0-foot lot on Cen
ter avenue. near Crawford street. he asks
cut from 81 200 to So, 800 On liSx76 feet on
Fulton street a cut is asked from slo, e9s to
SlLSlO On 24xlg9 feet at Wylie avenue and
LOGAN street he asks cut from S6,76o to
So $50.
II. j. Bailey makes a strong appeal on his
property on Cliff street. He is assessed $l9,-
200 on one lot 96x265 feet, $3.50 on another
piece 72Xl47, and s., 200 on another 3Sxl feet.
He values them at $500, $4,000 and $40 re-
spectively. OF the first two pieces he says
the prices are based on the price paid FOR the
Rosalia Orphan Asylum few months ago
by Charles Donnelly, (which shows that
Cliff street property is entitled to 40 per
cent reduction instead of so rer cent in
piece as gift to the city, as it is of no use to
him.
A. B. Berger asks q cut from $50, ,20s to s25.-
$50 on l2SI9O feet at Fifth avenue and Vine
street. Mrs. NJ. A. Oldshue, assessed S8,07S
on 59x76. Fulton street: appeals $5,9S3. j. I'll.
Friday, 60k73 feet, Wylie avenue, assessed
St. 900; appeal S5, 400 also 40XSS, Wylie avenue,
assessed 81 200; appeal S. 600. T. r. Todd, 24X
l24 Franklin street. So, 900; appeal s. 500.
John Weber, 20x5S, Webster avenue, s. GOO:
appeal 81 400. A Scott, 20x6O. Webster ave-
nue., s., 400; appeal $1,000. II. L. White, 20x9O,
Fifth avenue, near Vine, S., ,009: appeal, s. 800.
Robert English, 50N62 feet, Webster avenue,
81. 20O appeal, s., 000 /. ID. Zeupschmidt Mx
IO9, Wylie avenue. So appeal, IS $50. L.
Sanders. 25x47, Bedford avenue, sl,375; ap-
peal, $1,000 Homer Wright, 3sx265 feet,
Cliff street, 81 600; appeal 81 $50. Ellis Will
Jams. 20xS4, Fulton street, S2,6S7; appeal,
s, 200.
J. Greenwalt, assessed s., 900 on 2Ox1OO feet,
Wylie avenue below High street, Fifth
ward, asks for cut to s., 900.
GroetZnger & Reineman,in in the Thirteenth
ward, ask for cuts as follows: From S9,729 to
$1,000 on 37Xl3O on Brereton avenue; from
S7,9lS to s., $50 on 2acres and ii perches on
Millwood street; from 81, 7S5 to $l.0s0 on 1sx
$50 feet Brereton avenue; from s., 5S4 to s.. 200
on Il0Xl30 on Millwood street; from S3, l56 to
Sl.9S0 on Brereton avenue; from $2,640 to
$3.50 on l42x70 on Flavian street; from $l,5lS
TO 5000 on G5x9S feet on Flavian street.
Conrad Rupp, Twenty-seventh ward, as
sessed S5 025 on Is acres on Barkhammer
street, appeals for 81, 500.
A. j. Findle heirs. Thirty-fourth ward as
sessed "a 800 on 3Sx262 feet on Carson street,
appeal for s. O70 valuation.
p Folev, Thirty-sixt ward, assessed
S4 500 on 60x90 feet Wabash avenue, asks
cut to $1,000. Also on 40xl20 feet ON Main
street, assessed at 81 600, his value is 1900.