St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-08

SCISSOR ed tombstone port
ant Resolution Submltted-A
Number OF Firms Notified of
Advance i'm Their Figures.
The board of equalization was active
in its operations yesterday, and after
TIL meeting was over the members
drew themselves up few inches and
smiled as it they had done good days
work. They made a considerable raise
In the assessments of the foreign brew
erS that have agencies in the city. aud
authorized the giving of notice to a
number of firms and individuals whom
it was thought are not bearing a just
part of the tax burdens to appear and
show why their loads should not be
greatly augmented.
The first shot at the opening of the
skirmiSh was fired at the assessor direct
and by the county auditor, who COM
planned that people say they are not
recognized when they 20 into the as
SCISSORS Office to ask for corrections in
assessments. They were abruptly in
formed by the assessor to go to the
board of abatement when it meets next
fall. The auditor added: 1.-The as
SCISSOR ought to understand right here
that the people should be sent before
this board"
Mr.. Lavallee: THAT Is right The
assessor ought to recognize that we have
power in this matter. ! have been
looking up the law. In case of arbi-
trary assessment by the assessor, the
people ought to be received by him and
referred to this board after their
statements have been taken" A mo-
ton by Mr.. Lavallee TO that effect WAS
adopted as the sense Of the board, after
sumo discussion.
The board then proceeded to the
Order Of the Day.
which was hearing agents of foreign
brewers OH proposition to raise their
assessments from a few'hundred dol
lars each, as reported by the assess or,
10 amounts ranging from $4,000 to $780,
600. Anton Miesen, the agent of the
consolidated PahSt company and the
Falk, Jung u Borchert company, was
first heard, and frankly admitted that
he believed his company was assessed
too low when placed at $1,000. Cues
toned as to what the PabSt company
has III the city, he answered, twenty
horses. ten wagons, daily average OF
four cars of beer, besides book accounts
with thirty Saloons that il pays the
licenses upon He admitted that s., 900
would not be an unreasonable assess
ment. The representatives of other
foreign breweries present were queS-
toned III about the same manner and
found 10 be doing large business each.
lt1d fn n
self in strong terms 10 the effect that
foreign breweries that are doing $780,
600 worth of business here ought TO be
assessed i'll proportion 10 home COM
panieS that have all their real estate
and OtDer property here. The board,
after hearing all concerned, fixed the
assessment ON the four foreign brewing
firms as follows: PaDst Brewing com
pany. 5000; SchlitZ Brewing company,
$1,000; Anheuser-BuSch Brewing COM
pany, s.. 100; Val BlaLZ Brewing com
pany, $3.50.
The county auditor put in an occa-
hi0nal word for
The RreIyerfes
when the matter was being discussed,
and when the amounts were fixed he
asked whether it. was not a fact that
NOyeS Brothers IL Cutler had been
1NohSNN EcsJoO ny TIC dSScSSOI. IUdJ
fact having been confirmed, MIR. Burns
said: If you are going to7crack the
liquor men, let Gs gel at ali and go
through the list"
The inquiry into the assessment of
the Armour Packing company satisfied
HE board that lis return had been Suffi-
cient. and it will be taxed on 5000
worth OF personal property.
1T appearing IN the questioning of the
brewery representatives that TWO of
them are renting stOreh0uses from the
Chicago, Milwaukee IL st. Paul Rail-
way company. OH motion of Nj. La
Vallee that road Is TO be assessed on
such property on the theory that it is
not being used for railroad purposes.
Messrs. Lavallee and Warren had
been comforting with other members of
the board for time when they sub
United resolution and the accompany
Ing list, as follows:
Resolved, That the following firms be
notified TO appear before the board on
Thursday ana show why they Should not
be assessed at the following figures:
Wem0tt, Howard &Co., $50, 600; Hanan
Shoe company, $4,000; TreaGwell Shoe
company, $4,000; Il; G. Fogg, $1,000;
S3'OCO; Haynle Il Co, $1,000; F..
NJ. Hallowel & Co., $4,000:
Horton Trunk company, $1,000; \.
Booth Packing cOmpany,$lO 600; &C. De
Coster IL Co.. $4,000; Lillian Deminil,
$1,000: Cochran u Walsh, $1,000; Snow,
Church&Co., So 200; A. Steinberg, $40, 600;
ii. Lamb IL Son, $1,000; Mccarthy Il
D0nnelly, $1,000; L. l.. Polk d Co..
1880; X. NJ. Newport d Co., Sl0.-
OGO: Standard club, $1,000; b. f.
Wright " Co.. $500; Davis,
Kellogg Il Severance. $500;
Iusk, Bum Il Hadiey, $1,000; Mum,
BeyeNen " ThygesOn, $1,000; Young Il
Llgbtner, $1,000; Warner, Richardson ~
Lawrence, 5000: Stevens Il O'Brien.
5000; n. j. Horn, $1,000: Morris &
Williams, $4,000; w. ID. Cornish,
5000: j. b. d K. p. Sanborn. 81, 500:
American Express company, $1,000:
Gulterman Bros, $4,000; Wright,
Barrett IL Stillwell, S27 900; Fairbanks,
Morse " Co, $500 Herr Bros, $lO,-
GOO; Northern Pacific Express company,
$4,000: August Oppenheim d Co.. so
600; Portland hotel, 81, 900: j. +. SchultzIS
Co, $4,000; Goodyear Rubber company,
$1,000; Donaldson, Ogden IL Co., S35,-
900.
Own Their Books.
Many of the above own valuable law
libraries that are assessed at $500 or $500,
and the members of the board think