Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-11
If All the Taxpayers Go There Who
Now Say They Will.
MANY MORE PROTESTS ENTERED.
/. N. Formers Argument in Favor Of q
Rural Classification.
REvIsIoNS IN TIE NINETEENTH WARD

erty holders go into court on their valua-
tions who have said they would, the assess
ors may as we'll decide to spend the major
part of their time in the Court House for
the next six months.
Prof I. n. Former, who owns an acre
tract on Boquet street, Fourteenth ward,
was one of the complainants yesterday. He
called to notify the assessors that he ex-
pected rural classification for his property
because, as he interpreted the law, it was
intended that only single lot upon which
house is built, and which is used entirely
in connection with the house, is built-up
property. His property is occupied by
residence, and though it faces paved street
the opposite side Of the street is COW pas
ture, and in the rear it is bounded by
rough, untillaBle waste of hillside.
Arguing for Rural Classification.
'It is not reasonable" he said, ''to i'm.
agine that the law ever contemplated such
property as built-up city property. 1t Is
rural in respect to location, because no sane
man would designate that section of the
city as anything but rural under any defini-
tion of the term. If our Assessors insist
on enforcing their rule there is no doubt in
my mind but that any person owning prop
erty similar to mine can have it classified rs
rural if he appeals to the courts. That is
what propose to do, if necessary"
The cuts made by the board in their revis-
ion of the Nineteenth ward are as follows:
On Broad street, between Euclid and
Beatty streets, on the right side, l45 foot
depths are reduced to $65 per front foot; on
the left side. 1S7 foot depths are reduced to
$15 and smaller depths in proportion. From
ST. Clair to Negley avenue, right side, lS7
foot depths are reduced to SIS; left side, 145
foot depths, $65 From Highland avenue to
Beatty street. 1s7 foot depths reduced to $15
on right side; left side. $65.
The Revision on Penn Avenue.
On Penn avenue. from the ward line to
Station street. loO-foot depths are fixed at
500 front foot and oO0-foot depths at $780,
Frankstown to Collins avenue, s0-foot depths
are reduced to $500 per front foot. From
Collins to Sheridan avenues, 100-foot depths
fixed at $40; 1A-foot depths, 5000. From
Sheridan to Highland avenues 14.foot
depths, 500; 1l5-foot depths. $5l0 From
Highland avenue to Whitfield street, 145foot
depths fixed at $3.50 per front foot. From
Whitfield to Beatty streets, 145-foot depths,
5000. From Beatty to Euclid streets. 145-foot
depths $20O From Euclid to st. Clair streets.
ley avenue, 145-foot depths, $50: 1O0-foot
depths, $3.50. From Rebecca street to Attain
tic avenue. 260-foot depths reduced to $1l0
per front foot, and smaller depths in pro-
portion.
On Frankstown avenue the cuts we're
made almost entirely on individual appeals,
and in their list OF corrections the assessor
omitted the description Of property. The
valuations fixed are as follows: j. L. Sny-
der's lot S400 per front foot lots Off. w. La
zear and n. Broom $500; eight lots adjoining
S220; George Hacker, $205: lots of Louis Christ.
Jacob Hartman, Louisa Weiss. William
Sprague and L. A. Leisinger, $3.50. On the
right side between Penn avenue and Station
street, Dennison and Wilson, SOONER front
foot: G.H. Stoebner, $3.50; Fl. Flath, $400; A. H.
Wilson, $500: Citizens Traction Company,
$400; A. E. Gels, $500: F. Diffenbach, $3.50 on
through depths and rear $50 per loot; j.
Hartman, E. Hoeveller, A. E. Succop and
Henry Smaller, each $3.50 per foot front: j.
W. Geyer, $270 per foot front ON two lots, and
corner lot to stand at original assessment;
seven lots adj Joining are fixed at $225: James
McCutcheon's lot at $40; j. c. Dick at $145;
81. Hennessey and Berlin estate each $40.
depths reduced to s1l0 per foot front. John
d. CRAFTS lot is fixed at $40 per foot
front; Samuel ". Blacks at $40: A. c. Span
ness, Sl40, short depth Sl20. The Miller,
Hershey. Parchment, Floresch and Whit
man properties are each in at 500 per foot
front.
Changes on Highland Avenue.
On Highland avenue, from Hays street to
Stanton avenue, the property Of j. F. and j.
C. Gibson is reduced to sl7O per front foot;
d.. M. d. ..
$l20; B. L. Dabbs, $115; D. B. Reighard, $40.
Between Hoeveller and Broad streets, Agnes
Graft. s125; w. B. Negley, $la5. Between
Stanton avenue and Seeley's line 1s0-foot
depths are cut to $40 per front foot. Be-
tween Stanton avenue and jackson street,
Elias Ellkins, $l65 per front foot; N. Bigelow,
sl55; E. NJ. Bigelow, $l45; Mary T. Bigelow,
$40. Between Jackson and Mccullough
streets, I. S. Bigelow, 200 feet depth, 500 per
front foot: Emily Doak, $40; Z: Queen, sl4O;
F. Howley $780, William NJ. Laird, $l25. Be-
tween the property line of c. 3. Seeley to
Stewart street, 324-toot depths, are re-
duced to $3.50 per front foot: Between
long depths are cut to $lOO per front foos j.
C.Buffnm's property is fixed at $3.50 per front
loot; Il: A. Quinn'ss at $3.50; F. n. Roberts
$3.50 per front foot; c. P. Seip, Sl55; Seeley
Bros. $780, A reduction of SIS per front foot
is made on the valuation of properties
owned by j. Vain wright. NJ. A. Hayuaaker, C.
FIiel, II. o. Stevenson, Charles W.-Batche-
lor and the same reduction on the Ridall,
Voigt, slaughterbeck. Dennison and Lappan
properties.
Everett streets, right side, through depths
are fixed at SO per front foot and short
depths in proportion; left side, from 20-foot
alley to Hoeveller street, S32 on all depths.
On an alley in rear OF Penn avenue, the
Voetter, Porter, Speer and Mcnamara lots
are fixed at $50 per front loot. John Logan's
Fenn avenue lou Is reUUCeu 10 Sl4U per lOOC,
and William Alexander's the same.
Other Slight Reductions Made.
On Station street. from Frankstown to
Larimer avenues. both sides, 120-foot depths
are reduced to $40 per front foot and short
depths $50. From Larimer to Collins ave-
1ues, both sides, a reduction of $40 per foot
is made on all depths above 100 feet.
On haywood street, between Negley ave-
nue. and Clearview street, both sides, reduced
to $50 per foot.
on Bryant street, from Highland avenue
to Mellon street, all depths are reduced $40
per foot from original figures.
On Butler street, from NJ. F. Scaife's line
to the Lockhart property, left side, reduced
to $3.50 per lot; right side, from s. A. Nc
Clung's line to LOckhart property, same
rate.
On Seeley avenue, from Lockhart &
Frew's property to the end, reduced to
$3.50 per lot.
On Hoeveller street, between Highland
and Sheridan avenues, right side, reduced to
$50 per front foot: from Sheridan to Collins
avenues, right side, $50.
On Bond street, from Collins avenue to the
end, right side, 193.foot depths $50 per front
foot.
ON Rodman street. between Collins and
Highland avenues, left side, 14-foot depths
$50; right side 1S0-foot depths $6J.
On Harvard street, from Neyiey avenue to
St. Clair street, n depths on both sides are
reduced to $35per front foot.
On Winterton street, from Stewart to
Bryant both sides reduced to $25 on all
depths.
On Rachel street. both sides from the city's
property to the end, $500 per lot.
On Riverview avenue, lO0-foot depths run