Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28
FIFTH AVENUE FIXED.
The Board of Assessors Has
Decided Not to Change
the Figures.
CAUSE FOR THIS POLICY.
A Number of Reductions Announced
in the Other Wards.
THE LAST OF THE APPEALS FILED.
An Estimate of the Valuation to Re Pre-
sented to Councils
CAUSE FOR THIS POLICY.
THE LAST OF THE APPEALS FILED.
WIEN THAT BODY MEETS TOMORROW

The Board of Assessors have completed
their revision of all the wards in the city,
except the Third, Fifth, Fourteenth, Nine
teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-second, and
they expect to get through with all but one
or two of those during the next week. They
are now preparing an estimate of the total
taxable valuations of the city and will pre-
sent it to Councils tomorrow, SO that there
need be no further delay by the finance
committee in preparing the appropriation
ordinance. A member of the board was
asked yesterday what the total would be,
but he refused to say until the matter had
been reported to Councils.
1t was learned yesterday that the Asses
sors will not make any reduction from their
original assessment on Fifth avenue prop
erty, between Market and Smithfield streets.
1t will be remembered, meeting was held
and a resolution adopted by a number of
Fifth avenue holders of property requesting
the assessors to cut their valuations on
ground between the streets named about 20
per cent. The resolution was published in
the newspapers and when the appeals came
had attended the meeting or not, called at
tention to the resolution and asked for the
20 per cent reduction, but with few e1-
ceptions none of the appellants swore their
property was valued at less than the asses
sors' figures
The Figures VIII Stand.
At that time the assessors remarked that
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the light of recent sales, and saw no reason
why they should pay any attention to the
resolution, particularly as they had not
been officially notified of the meeting and
were not favored with a copy of the resolu-
tion. From what could be learned yester-
day they have not receded from that posi-
tion on the question and the original figures
will stand.
The reductions made Dy the assessors in
the revision of the Twelfth wand assess
ments are very general As there were
comparatively few appeals from that ward
this was rather unexpected The reduction
on Penn avenue, all through the ward is 10
per cent off the original assessment. On
Liberty, Smallman and Railroad streets and
OF all cross streets and alleys between Lib
erty street and the river, Is per cent off No
change is made between Liberty and Arch
streets.
In the Twenty-third ward a large number
Of reductions were made also.
On Second avenue, from Four Mile Run
TO Elba Iron and Bolt Works, 100-foot
depths, are cut to $50 per front foot from
Forward TO Greenfield avenues. left side,
depths averaging IL feet are cut to S13
front foot.
On Gloster street, from Elizabeth to
Courtland streets, right side, 10O-foot depths
are cut to SIG; from Courtland to Melauc-
ton streets, right side, SIG.
On Nespucius street, from Gloster to
Lytle streets, 118-foot depths are cut to $40
per front foot; from Lytle to Blair streets,
right side, 11S-toot depths, 500
On RenoVa street, from Lytle to Blair
streets, 11S-foot depths are cut to 500 per
front foot.
Reduction Made on Acreage.
The acreage land of Evans & GRAY and of
Thomas Gray is reduced to 81. 500 an acre.
On Winterburn avenue, from Greenfield
avenue to Minnesota street, left side, 120-
foot depths are cut to S14 per front foot:
from Minnesota to Blanche streets, left side.
SIS: TO BigeloW street, right side, 147-foot
DEPTHS to So
On Haldaae street, from Greenfield ave-
nue. to Gertrude street, both sides, 100-foot
depths cut to SIG; from Gertrude to Alma
streets, both sides, S14; from Alma to Con-
nor streets, So.
On Stanley street, from Kaercher street
to property line TO Alma street, left side,
1OO-loot depths, reduced to S12 front foot;
right side, S14
On Allegheny street froom Lytle to Clos
ter streets, 11S and 12S-toot depths, left
side $50.
On Hazelwood avenue William and NJ S.
Metcalfs and Patrick Fay's acreage is re-
duced to s., 200 an acre.
On Gladstone street, from Kaercher to
Bigelow streets, right side, 135-foot depths,
are cut to SIG per front foot.
On Bristol street. from Kaercher to Bipe-
low streets, cut on left side to $40; right |
side, S12, for 10S-foot depths.
On Iasso street, from Christmas to Ilion
streets, left side, 100-foot depths reduced to |
IS a front foot.
On Forester street the valuations have |
been cut to SO per front foot.
Cuts in the Thirty-Fifth.
The reductions made in the Thirty-ffth |
ward follow:
On Oneida street, from Kate Gould's |
line to Wells street. reduced to $50 per
front foot; from Wells to Sycamore streets, |
90 80 per foot; from Sycamore street to |
Virginia avenue, left side, SIS
On tIngal street, reduced, from lots 25 to |
IS, to SO per front foot.
On Republic street frcm Fingal to Green
leaf streets, right side, reduced from SIS to |
So 90 per front foot
On Sycamore street, from Oneida to Ply |
mouth streets, reduced to $40 per front foot |
On fIymouth street, from Sycamore TO
Wells, reduced to $50 per front foot. Mer.
idian from
streets, right side, reduced TO SO. from Vir-
ginia avenue to Sycamore street left side.
SD 80: Sycamore to Pierpont, left side sos
In the ThIrty-sixth ward, on Main street
left side, from Hatteras alley to city line,
reduced to S35 per front foot.
On Steuben street, from Talbot TO Planet
streets, right side, S22 50 for full deptbs and
short depths in proportion.
On Zion street, 100 foot depths are cut to
S25 and shorter depths in proportion.
On Western street, from John Cunninr-
hams line to Wettengill street, reduced to
IS per front foot.
The Last Big Batch of Appeals.
Nearly 800 appeals from the assessments
in the Fourteenth ward came in Yesterday
being the last day for filing This ward has
produced more appeals than anv
other in the city and nearly half the appel
ants have either suggested, asked for, or
demanded rural or agricultural classifca-
lion. 1t is not likely from the present
of the Board that any but full
value classification Will be allowed in that
ward, though the matter will not be
settled for several days.
The agent for the Ursuline Young La
lies academy, relative to which the As
SCISSORS addressed a communication to the
City Attorney asking for the law on the
subject Of exemption from taxes, submitted