Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-31
Taxes, se,esa oe; single Tux. s1.sla 90. :!


decrease of SIS, O06. 16
The Peninsular Car Co.'s lands are
assessed at S1O1. 600; the buildings and
personally at $500, 900; total assessed
valuation, S401, 900; total taxes, So. 745-
79. The single tax would be "a, 4S4, q
decrease of So, 311.79.
Thomas Murphy, machinist. on the
northeast corner of Third and Congress
streets, is assessed as follows: On ma
chinery and merchandise, $4,000; on
vessel property S. 600; total $50. 600.
Present taxes, 1881. IL; under single tax.
nothing. The property, which is owned
by T. c. Owen, is assessed as follows:
| land $3.50; buildings, So. 600; total, 50. :
$50; present taxes S16o so; under single
tax S257. ~, an increase of S96 90
Thomas McGregor, boilermaker. on
the corner of Third and Congress
streets, is assessed as follows: Land.
$1,000; building. $3.50; merchandise.
machinery and other personal property.
S., 500; total. S16.650 Present taxes.
Sa62 66. Single tax, Sa6S. go; an increase
of S. o.
The Detroit machine screw works ON
Chaplain street is assessed as follows:
Land, So 200; buildings, $4,000; mer-
chandise and machinery, S5s 600; total,
ST., 200; taxes, 81 l9a07. Under single
| tax, Sos So
Fred Wuelfing & Co. operate q small
machine shop at II Lavned street west.
The company rents the building and is
assessed $500 on its machinery. The
tax on this is IS 50, but under this sim
gle tax it would be nothing The ewn-
err of the property is Francis Riley, who
is assessed SIS, 700 on the land aud ST. 800
on the building; total, 81, 500. On this
he pays S122 So in taxes. Uasler the
single tax he would pay S193 so.
RESIDENCE PRoPERTY.-The assessed
valuation on the residence property of
E. w. Voigt, at the corner of Ledyard
and second streets, is as follows: Land,
S1o,5O0; buildings, $50. 500; personality.
including bank stock, IS. 200. The
taxes are S931.57 Single tax, 1857.
Mayor Fl. S. Pingree's home on Wood.
ward avenue is assessed as follows;
Land, SIS, 200; buildings, S25. 600; furni-
ture, horses, carriages, ETC., $4,000; $50
shares in Preston national bank, $685.
600. On all of this he pays tax of
81, 394. 80. Under the single tax he
would pay $94S. so, a decrease of $431
The residence of Mrs. Thomas w.
Palmer, at the corner of Woodward av.
enue and Farnsworth street, is assessed
as follows: Land, 50, $50; building, S1i,-
900; personally of both Mr. and Mys.
Palmer. $3.50 Total; $77, 440 Taxes,
| 81, 299.71. Single tax, S321.30.
E. S. Heinemans beautiful home
stead, on Woodward avenue, is assessed
as follows: Land. $40. 500; buildings,
$40, 500; personally, 81 Total, $780,.
O50 Present taxes, 1891. IA. Single tax.
$1,547; an increase of $685.. Sc.
The estate of the late w. w. Leggett
owns a magnificent stone residence cn
Woodward avenue. 1t is assessed rs
follows: Land, $a3;3o0; buildings. ssh
900; personal property, 81, $50 Total.
500, $50. Taxes, $1,041. 40. Single tax,
S792. 90.
The Ducharme residence. on Jef1er-
son avenue, near Joseph Campau is as
sessed as follows: Land, $40, 73O; buili-
ings $50, 900; personal, S., roo Total
assessment. 1854, 730. Present taxes, ST.
Os6. 40. Under single tax, S9Os 50.
r. A. Ayers home, on Fort street
west, is valued as follows: Land, $685.
900; buildings, $53 600; personality. In
Guiding 900 in bank stock, S37, 600 In
furniture and household valuables, and
SIS, 600 in horses and carriages. S199. 500
The total present tax on all this is $3,-
34S. 81. Under the single tax it would
be 81, 100, decrease of So, 1853 "a. But
Mr.. Alger would not. therefore, prefer
the single tax, because his land inter-
ests in other places are considerably
greater than his property interests in
Detroit
John w. McGrath, justice of this SUI
preme court, owns forty-five foot lot
on Cass avenue which is assessed ut
So, 100. His residence is assessed at
81, 400, and his household furniture is
assessed at $500. making his total as
sessment 81 800 His taxes on this prop
erty are $50. Os. Under the single tax
he would pay $1OS IL, an increase OF
$26 Oh.
Michael Oman had lot on the cor
ner of Wabash and Baker. which was
assessed at $1,000; on it are three two
story dwellings, each valued at ST., 200.
The total assessment is $4,000. The
present taxes are $77.2i. The single tax
would be $40 70. The property was re.
Gently sold for $40, 900.
THESE OWN NO LAND IN DETROIT
The Michigan Natural Gas Co. owns no
real estate, but is assessed $50. 400 on
its personal property. The present tax
is So. 524. AZ. Under the single tax it
would pay nothing.
The Detroit and Cleveland Steam
Navigation Co owns no real estate in
this city, and pays So, 1856 4s on 1865, DOC
personal property. Under the single
tax the company would not pay a sin
gle cent. Neither would any vessel
property, whether owned by com.
pany or an individual.
No FINES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AS is
seen by the above samples, under the
single tax the greater the improve.
ments on the lot-the more the owners
have employed labor-the less in pro-
portion will be the tax. In short. those
who improve their property are not
fined for doing So Under the single
tax valuable land will always have valu-
able improvements. 1t is only when
valuable vacant land is not taxed to its
full value that it is held ont of use. In
one of the advertising panels of the
Grand river avenue street cars is an an
that the owners have con-
cluded to put their vacant property on
the market, and the remark has been
made time and again that this never
would have been done in this century
had not the assessors been spurred to
assessing the land by the foot front, ac-
cording to the value of the land adjoin-
ing instead of by the acre, as was the