Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-21

property corner Main and Ninth streets'
| was assessed at SO, 100, and the owner
thought the figures should be S5,5OO.
Sam Welty asked for reduction ON his
property, corner Main and Ninth. Pete
| Welty thought the valuation OF SlS,OOU
upon his properey was $4,000 too nlgh.
| II. Horkheimer & Bros. and VIM. hare
presented petitions, P. Nelly & Son
complained about the valuation placed
upon their Market and Main street
property, claiming that it is excessive
Petitions were also read from 1. Nj.
Eoff, T. NJ. Milligan and Mrs. Barbara
Colvin.
All of these petitions were referred TO
the subcommittee. The members then
! divided into two committees and started
out to hear complaints, and examine
property mentioned in the petitions.
The First Ward Committee was COM
posed of Messrs. Kreiter, Schuman,
! Wilson and Kalbitzer, and the Second
Ward Committee, MesSrs. Farrell, En-
sheimer, Robinson and Bailey.
THIRD WARD PETITIONS.
The following petitions for correc-
tions 10 the Third ward will come before
the Board to-day
w. G. Mason, Market and Sixteenth
streets; 1891, $4,000, 1892, sos TOO
high; improvements not worth over $40
Central Glass Company, 1891, warehouse,
etc, S15.200; furnace, etc, $4,000; 1877,
warehouse. etc, $2l 800; furnace, etc.
SAL 500, total 500, 100 for 1892, as against
S5l, 200 for 1891. Too high; buildings de-
creased in value.
Henry Somehow, personally, $500;
too high, 81 200 would be fair.
James B. Mckee, personally; So,OOO; ar,
bitrary, assessor never c2ueo on hlu s~'7oo
would be fair.
Mary A. Brunot, Main and Eleventh
streets; 1891, SIS, 1000; 1892, $4,000; willing
TO stand S22, 800.
John Mcclure, Mcclure House; 1891, S55,-
900: 1892, 500. 800; too high, house forty
two wears old, and needs $40, 900 OF repairs;
not Melted 3 per cent, rents have come In
badly for term of years prior 10 present
lease, and now rents for less than used tooi
would take cash offer 1000.
L. w. Bachman, lot No. IL, square NO.
20 Thirteenth street; assessed at $S,oOU,
which is greater than others on street.
c. o. Updegraff, two.thlrds lot No. 10,
Graham's addition, No. "A Fourteenth
street; assessed $1,000 1891. now S6,OUO;
D. a. Cunningham, No. 1O3 Fourteenth
street; 500 added which was intended 1or
corner house, No. 10li asks to be put at
5000.
Henry Bieberson, lot No. 4, square No. 4,
1891, a 200; 1892, $4,000; too high. 80.
f. Unruh, lot No l, square No. 2, 1881,
Ga, 600; 1892, $4,000; not just; above us
value.
F. Unruh, lot No. IS, square No. 2, 1891,
s.. 900; 1892, g., 800; above other property IN
neighborhood.
Estate Alex. Rodgers, lot No. 6, square
Nos. and 2, 81 500; lots Nos. and z,
square No. 3, S39, 800; lot No l, square No.
II, S27, 100. Too high.
Laurane Boreman, Fourteenth and Chap
line streets, lot No. and part OF lot No
10, S27, 600; too high.
G.. D. Smith, 9l9, 921 and 953 Market
street, Sc, 500; too high.
j. Pollock, Chapline street; above other
property in the neighborhood.
Louis Huseman. one-haf lot IA, square
No. Z, ST, 200; too high.
w. Schempf, stock jewelry, $1,000; coun-
ty only assessed at 500.
Wheeling Title and Trust Company,
1874, 900; county only assessed at S26, 425.
Geo W. Eckhart, Jr., one-third lot No.
9, being Nos 1907 and 1909 Main street,
200; 800 more than offered to sell for;
$500 enough.
POLITICAL TRICKS.
The finger of the agile Republican
politician can be seen in the present
series Of objections to the presenC as
sessment. Republicans are Industrious
lv going about pointing out oDportuni-
ties to kick, and whenever an obiecting
Democrat can be found he is labored
with, condoled with, promised better
things in case the Republicans are re-
stored to power, etc. In carrying out
this plan and in attempt TO make as
much out of the things as possible, the
IntelItgencer yesterday published ghost
story about some unknown eastern in
vestors having intended to spend large
amount Of money here in the way or
building an Opera House, etc, but when
their represeL tatiyes heard of the in
creased assessment he wired them,
and they promptly declared the
deal off, and are credited with the re-
markable statement that they "pre-
| ferred TO invest their money In Eastern
cities, where, if the tax levy was higher,
the assessment was az least uniform
and equitable" 1t Is new thing, GER
tainly, for capitalists seeking invest
ments to deliberately invest their money
| in cities where the tax rate is confess
eddy higher than it is in Wheeling, just
! because it is uniform" and "equit-
able" The average capitalist don't
care red whether the tax rate is equit-
able or not. so long as his own taxes are
all right and he naturally prefers q
city where the rate is moderate to one
in which it is "higher." This little
| campaign fake will deceive no one.
"TIRED ALL THE TIME" Hoods