Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-26
Many East End People File Their
Assessment Protests.
DIR. REX BREAKSALL THE RECORDS.
He Expresses Satisfaction With Estimates
of the Board.
REDUCTIONS DECIDED IN TWO WARDS

| of appellants was different from tina
of Saturday, and more of the wealthy Eas
Enders were represented than on any day
| since the assessment began. The complaints
of the appellants were often demonstrative
| and the clerks had several lively dialogues
| with appellants who insisted on immediate
consideration of their appeals.
Several transcripts came in yesterday
that staggered the clerks. One was from
DIR. Rex, who made no appeal, but expressed
satisfaction at his assessments Three
others were of the same character, but not SC
strongly worded. The Seventeenth ward
appeals began to come in pretty lively and
a rush is expected from that big district
to-day.
An examination of some appeals passed
on by the board shows the Necessity for
carefulness in preparing them. On some
were written, "Don't know what this party
wants. 'unintelligible;" or "what does
this party want?" On several was the note
'tNo cause assigned here for reduction.
Can't find reason for any," and others still,
''Send for this man and ascertain the con-
ditions in that vicinity"
Long List of the Changes Asked.
The following reductions from the orig
inal assessments were made by the Board
of Assessors yesterday in the Fifteenth ward:
On Thfrty-eighth street, rom South street
to the river, both sides, 15 per cent off;
Thirty seventh street, from Smallman street
to Mulberry alley, right side, to SO per front
foot; Penn avenue, from Thirty second to
Thirty-third street, reduced to Sl6O per front
foot, right side; Thirty-seventh street, from
Mulberry to Charlotte, to $40 per foot.
In the FIRST ward reductions were made as
follows: Market street, from Third to Fourth
avenues, reduced to $3.50 per foot on right
side; left side, 81 l50 per foot for 11l-foot
foot depths on the right side: Market street,
Fourth avenue to Diamond Square, left side,
20 and S0-foot depths reduced to 81, 200 per
front foot; from Diamond Square to Fifth
avenue, left side, through to Union street,
$500 per foot: from Fourth avenue
to Diamond Square, right side, 73-
foot depths, $1,000 per foot 'front.';
Ferry street. from Second avenue to Liberty
street, both sides Is per cent off. On Wood
street. from First to Second avenues, so foot
depths, reduced to $1,000 per front foot, 80
foot depths 81, 200; Second to Third avenues,
60 foot depths, reduced to $l.100 and from
Third to Fourth avenues, 81, 200 per foot
front. Water street from Wood to Market,
through depths, reduced to $500 front foot.
SO foot depths $500 and 100 foot depths, $500;
from Market to Ferry street and westwardly
$50 off per front foot. Penn avenue, from
Water to Third street, 60 and 100 foot depths,
reduced to $3.50 per front foot.
John f. Wallace, 25Xl0O feet Forty-fourth
street, 81 SIS; owners value, 81 400, Ale1an-
der Gray, 20x75 feet, Fortieth street, $l375;
owners value, 800 S. Schultis, 30xloO, Main
street, s., 135; owners value. $,9OO X: +.
Houston. 4lxlOO Butler and Forty-ninth
street, 374: owners value, So 5O0 ais o 2Oxl0O,
Butler street near Forty-ninth. s., $50; own
er's value, $1,000. 2. A. McCiafferty, 4OxlOO
feet, Penn avenue near Forty-Iourth, "a 900;
owners value, S2,400. John SeiDert, 6Ox6G,
Forty-eighth and Harrison streets, s., 205;
owners value, 50, 100; also S9x13I feet, Foster
and Forty-second streets, $500; owners
value, S. AGO. Il. p. Houston ct al, 21X1S0 feet,
Butler near Forty-eighth street, So, 42S; offers
to sell at &, S00
Willing to Sell at the Assessors Figures.
Among the Seventeenth ward appeals were
the following: Mary L. Paxson has three
lots ON Forty-second street, 25x105 25xss and
e0x76 feet, assessed at $l,450, 81, lbs and $500,
respectively. Her valuation is $3.50 each for
the lots and offers them at that figure.
G. L. Gerwig, lot S5xl00 feet, Forty-fourth
street. is assessed 1925, his valuation being
S., 900, which he says he paid for it in 1885
Since that time it has not appreciated any in
value, according to his statement.
The Duquesne Company offers to sell on
easy time payments, five % foot lots on
Forty-second street, valued as follows: one
assessed at $1,45o, will sell for S.75: one at
lOl2, sell 1915; one at $500, sell $500; one at
sl,S75: and one at lis, sell at $500.
j. p. Murphy, owner of the Lawrence Tur-
ner Hall, 60xl00 feet, on Butler street,
assessed for $1,000 on lot and building, ap-
peals and says he will sell willingly for
$751; 600.
Among other Seventeenth ward assess
ments are the following: John Fioeiich, look
100 feet, on Forty-fifth street, $7,2l0 owners
value, $500. c. j. Schode, 24xl30 feet, on
L. I'D et,,o
s., 900.
Twentieth ward-The valuation fixed on
54 acres owned by Z. G. Mooney, on Ellis
worth avenue. between College and O'Hara
streets, was $ll4,3l3. In his appeal Mr..
Mooney states that he bought the property
from the William White heirs two years ago
for S33 $50. Since then he has subdivitled it
into lots and has been trying to sell them on
long time payments at a price that would
not aggregate half the amount of the as
SCISSORS valuation, but has been only sue
cessful in selling three or four. He argues
that, considering the interest OIL his invest
ment and taxes he has to pay. his valuation
should not be greater than $50, 700
W. II. Denniston is assessed SIS, ,000 for ~
acres at Ellsworth and Aiken avenues. His
$4l, 900. He increases the valua-
tion Of 50xl20 feet on Arabella street from
the assessors figures, s., $50 to S., 600
Alex Bradley, assessed $3.50 600 on 10 acres
300. On So acres lying along the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad, which he values at $50, ,000
the assessors figures are $222, 1877, but he
SAYS it is almost worthless and he could
scarcely give it away except for the build |
ing of inferior houses OIL charities.
Ruined by the Street Car Line.
J. NJ. Schoonmaker is assessed se4, ,999 on
I4Ox26S feet on Ellsworth avenue and Bidwell
street. His appeal is that the Duquesne
traction cars have affected the property
md it should not be assessed at over $l5O |
per front foot.
acres on Ellsworth and Bidwell street, ap- |
oeals for 81, 500 or $l25 per loot which lie |
saws is the rate CT sale made on the op- |
oosite side of the street last month.
lcres at Center and Negley avenues with |
dwellings,, ETC., in his appeal says: Il will |
,ell for $40 600 any time"
L. NJ. Fergusan appeals as follows: Two |
.cres and "a perches, Fifth and Morewood |
lvenues, assessed sos, 760-owner's yaIua-
ion, $43 GOO; 77x1s0, Morewo ood and Castleman
Sll.690-owner's figures, $40, $50; s4Ox,
i%nres. I si4 Isl: 7sx2oO feet, Bidwell street
iii S5O-owner's $ll, ,06O: 225x2I2 BidweIl, S33,
value, $l7,440; 195x200 Bidwell
street, SIG, $50, and lS5x2lo, in rear, $lO,l25-
,wner's value of both $S4SO: 112y200 feet Ne
lille street. $7,s5S-owners value, $ll 200
G. w. Hailman, assessed at S3l, $50 on X
Icres, Walnut street, near Shady Lane, asks
cut to $40, ,0C0.
D. H. Hostetter and 4. NJ. Ferguson are
SIS, ,0OO OH 120x3OO feet on Fifth ave-
,ue near Pitcairn street. They value it at
II, 900.
DIR. Il. A. Rex, assessed $10360 on 12Ox2I9
md Sl3 600 on dwelling, at Ellsworth avenue
md Neville street, returns his assessment
With this rare note: 81 am very well satis-
led with this assessment believe my
property worth that much"
E. III. Myers asks reduction from $49375
o $37 500 on Ia acres at Roup street and Ellis
worth avenue and from $22, 500 to $lS75O on
50x225 feet on Roup street.
il,aS I, hxrSi 10 na end, DcnN mn |
or two acres at Ellsworth and BidWeu
treets, ask for reduction to S25,OOO They