Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-20
OUR TAXES ARE TOO HIGH.
Crowd of Angry Citizens Before the Board of
Abatement Last Evening.

in the rear OF the City Hall was passed In
concurrence.
Petition OF James Smith to have tele-
graph post removed from In front OF his
driveway was referred to the highway
commissioner
Petition OF +. l.. Rand TO move build
ing was granted.
Petition OF George Boulais for building
permit was referred.
Petition To establish a grade on Ssson
street was continued to Nov. 10.
Richard Waterman, I'd, was granted a
lunch cart license.
The following were drawn jurors for
the next term OF the United States Dis.
trict Court: GraDd-Ralph Orr and Ben
amin l.. Carpenter; PetiJ--James f. Me-
CHM and John T.. Judson.
II was voted to meet on the 2Sth Inst. at
5 O'Clock in the afternoon TO appoint su-
pervisors OF election.
David ii. Snow was appointed a special
constable by Mayor Brown, and the nomi-
nation was confirmed by the Board.
The Board then went into executive
session to consider the abatement OF
taxes.
The Board in executive session passed
upon the following petitions: The fol.
lowing abatements were granted: James
Heaney, entire tx; Thomas A. Lee,
S7029; Nathan +. Whipple, on $1,000;
Charles McNulty, on 1900; NJ lchael
Hayden, entire tax; Helen {. Evans, on
$1,000; Alexander Brady, on 80 g. Frank
lin Savings Bank, $50; w. II. Crownin-
shield, on 900; NJ. j. Donovan, on $50;
Hnldah {. Richardson, one half; Peter B.
McManus, Jr., on 900; Frank NJ. Bates,
collector, entire tax; Frank NJ. Bates,
curDing enormously assessed, $50; Thomas
f. Clark, on sl5O; f. c. Capwell, on $50;
Owen Finlay, on 900; A. Sydney Smyth,
on II 200 for five years.
The following were referred To the
Board of Assessors; Joseph w. Pond,
Charles w. iller, Veteran Firemen, NJ.
j. Broadbent, John McMinneman,
Thomas Andrew, Emma s. Saunders,
Eugene Il. Rhodes, Kate A. McGowan,
Michael Nolan, Susan Lynch, Elmer w.
ShIppee and James Riley.
The following were granted leave to
withdraw: Otis Perrin estate, Mary A.
McKenna, Sarah Flanagan, Noah Draper
John McGuinness and wife, Emeline
Wright, Thomas w. Lahcr, Mary Smit IT,
Joseph Maxim, Maria Kelly, Eliza A.
| Nickerson, Bridget Callahan, II. &. Mat
teson, ii. IL. Sheldon, trustee OF Samuel
Merry estate, and Patrick Donouan.
hn a a.
in open session, quite collcquy occurred
between ex- Mayor Carroll, who was coun-
sci for Mr.. Donovan, and Messrs. Walker
! and Moroney ~ the Board OF Assessors.
Mr.. Carroll said his client did not OBJ
ject To being taxed for what it was worth, j.,
but what he did object to was the unjust
discrimination OF the Assessors. He
claims that there are men In thi4 city who
have plenty OF property who are either tor
gotten or favored by the Assessors. There
is a case OF man who is worth from s25,-
600 to S2500 900 who has been skipped bv
the Assessors. IL can be maintained that
there Is more than one case In this city
where men who ought to be taxed are not
taxed anywhere near the amount they
ought to be.
Assessor Walker-What has been said
in relation TO the discrimination in tax
ing, so far as | am concerned, is absolutely
false.
Mr.. Carroll do not doubt what you
cay. There are also cases in this city
where more han 30 men from the Second
Ward went to he assessors and wanted
To be asses sed for personal property, and
were willing to be sworn to the effect that
they were worth the amount for which
they desired to be assessed, but iwore told
there was no need of IL. When the as.
sessment was found out il was ascer-
tanned that but a few OF thcm had been
assessed as requested. But they take such
men as Mr.. Donovan and increase his
taxes, yet they do not assess a man who
received 900 from the city the past
year. They 20 and do this, but they do
not assess a man who claims to have
$50, 1000 worth OF stock In his liquor store.
IL Is time this unjust discrimination was
brought to the notice Of the public. | say
that To raise the valuation OF the property
OF Mr.. Donovan 81 900 and leave out a
man who was paid $1,000 the past year by
the city Is decidedly unjust. My client
asks you TO decide according as your con-
sciences dictate, and asks you to call the
assessors to account Cor II.
MIR. Walker said he was not as good n
Judge Of the value OF liquors as Mr.. Car
roll, to which Mr.. Carroll retorted that IL
might possibly be so az he was in the
habit OF consuming them on iunketing
trips and not paying for them.
This caused a general litter all over the
chamber In which Mayor Brown had to
join as 1t was a sly thrust at the junket
trip TO the Worlds Fair.
Assessor Walker explained that the rea
son for raising the valuation OF the prop.
erty OF Mr.. Donovan was that the property
I'm that vicinity had all been increased In
value.
Assessor Moroney said Nr. Carroll says
that the man got $1,000 out OF the city
this year. That Is true; but ho has not
told you why he il not assessed for IL, as
he could do IL he so desired. lie bought
the Almy block on Main street for si0,-
600, and no paid what he could for It, ana
II Is not all pa d for yet. Furthermore, this
man, Mr.. Smith, did not receive cent OF
the $4,000 before the assessment was
made. II Is easily shown where the