The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-15
ONE APPEAL GAINED
WATER CONfPANY'S ASSESSMENT
RAISED BY THE COMMISSIONERS.
j. II. Dunn Unsuccessful in the Other
Three Cases-Reductions Made for
a Number of Roads.

j. p. Dunn has succeeded in one OF his
four appeals from the Marion County
Board of Review. In the other three APP
peals he was squelched by the State board.
The one appeal in which he succeeded was
that in relation TO the assessment of the
Indianapolis Water Company TIL assess
ment of this company was raised by the
State board from $4,000 to sSOO.0o0. The
three appeals in which he was unsuccessful
were those In relation TO the Citizens
Stree.-railroad Company, the Indianapolis
Natural-gas Company and the Consumers
Gas Trust Company. In all three of these
| appeals the State board refused 10 modify
the assessment of the county board.
Several assessments made by county
boards were raised on appeal TO the State
board and some of the railroads were given
a reduction Of the assessments against
them. in some cases these reductions were
very large. The board completed its ses-
sion yesterday, and announced the follow
ing settlement of appeals:
Indiana Natural-gas and Oil Company,
Cass county. Petition denied and assess
ment of the county board sustained.
LOganspOrt Natural-gaS Company, CasS
county. Petition denied and assessment of
the county board sustained.
L. & u. II. Railroad Company, Knox
county. Prayer of the petition grapted and
First National Bank of Marshall County.
Marshall county. Petition denied and the
assessment of the county board sustained.
jackson Hill Coal and Coke Company.
Petition granted. capital stock G,5lS as
| sessed at $l5 per share, aggregating $52, 40.
Robert L. Moore, Marion county. Petition
denied and assessment of the county board
sustained.
Indiana Pipeline Company, Pulaski coun-
ty. Petition sustained, SIC miles of line
assessed az $2S,5i2.S9.
Citizens Street-railroad Company, Marion
county. Petition denied and the assessment
OF the county board sustained.
Myron Campbell. cashier OF the South
Bend National Bank, st. Joseph county.
Petition refused because it is not shown
that the appellants have no other credits
from which they can deduct their bona
fide Indebtedness save and except the stock
in the bank.
Henry. Gray & Co., Owen county. Petit
ton denied and the assessment OF the
Aurora National Bank, Dearborn county.
Petition denied and the assessment Of the
| county board sustained.
James S. Brown, Bartholomew county, in
relation TO the assessment OF the personal
property of Emma Brevoort Petition
| granted and ordered that $1,000 loaned by
Emma Brevoort to a building and loan as
ISOLATION be assessed against her.
Susan X; Francis, Vigo county. Petition
| denied and the assessment or the county
board sustained.
Nelson Glass Company and the Port
Glass Company, Delaware county. Ordered
by the board that manufactured products
on hand which had been sold prior to April
l, and the proceeds of which had been re-
| ceived, be assessed against the companies.
Barley Inco, assessor of Spencer county,
in relation TO the assessment of the person
al property of David j. Axton, Thomas f.
Snyder. Ebert. M. Swan, John Turnham
and Arthur White, Spencer county. Peti-
ton granted Taxes are no part of the
bona fde indebtedness.
George w. Chamberlain, Lake county.
Petition denied and the assessment of the
county board sustained.
Henry Rotermund, Lake county. Peti-
ton denied and the assessment of the
county board sustained.
Indianapolis Gas Company, Marion coun-
ty. Petition denied and the assessment of
the county board sustained.
Consumers Gas Trust Company, Marion
county. Petition denied and the assess
Indianapolis Water Company, Marion
county. Petition granted in SO far as in
creasing the assessment from $4,000 to
Citizens Natural-gas Company of Lafay-
cite, T1ppecanoe county. Petition granted
and assessment fixed at S63, S0.
Gas, Electric-light and Power Company
of Lafayette, Tirpecanoe county. Petition
granted and assessment fixed at $4,000
cite, Tippecanoe comfy. Petition granted
and assessment fixed at s71,2so.
Wabash Natural-gas. Company, Wabash
county. Petition denied and the assess
ment of the county board sustained:
Consumers Natural-gas Company of In
dianapolis, Hamilton county. Petition de-
MED and the assessment of the county
board sustained.
Consumers Natural-gas Company of In
~dianapOliS, Madison county, Petition denied
and the assessment Of the county board
sustained.
Reductions were made in the assessment
a mile of main track of railroads as fol-
lows:
Baltimore. Ohio & Chicago. $4,000 to s25.-
600; Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, $23,-
900 to So, 600; Chicago & Erie, $2S,0O0 to S27.-
900; Chicago & West Michigan, $4,000 to
$1,G0; Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan,
$4,000 to $4,000; Evansville & Indianapolis,
$11,8O0 to $4,000; Evansville 81 Richmond,
$1,000 to S1S. 900; Montpelier. & Chicago,
$4,000 to sl0,00;New Albany Belt and Term
inal. $4,000 TO 5000: Peoria, Decatur &
Indiana City, $4,000 to 5000; Toledo, st.
Louis & Kansas City. $lS.5W to So, 600.