The record-union., 1895-08-27
SACRAMENTO And San JOAQUIN.
They Ask State EquaIizers Not 10
Raise Their Rolls.
Sacramento Wants no Reduction. but
VIII Do Better Next Time With
Her Assessments.


why the assessment Of Sacramento
County should not be raised. and those
of Assessor Ortman of San Joaquin with
the same end in view regarding his own
county.
San Joaquin was first in the field, and
was represented by L. c. Ortman, AS
SCISSOR, J. W. Willy. Deputy Assessor,
r. E. Wilhoit and Supervisor a. ).
Hemphill Deputy Willy was the
spokesman and had string Of figures at
his tongues end that showed him per-
fectly conversant with the question and
we'll fitted to champion his county.
He said that altogether there was an In
crease of S110,7 ,739 IN four items OF his as
sessment roll, which the Auditors re-
port showed to have been raised. 1nere
was q decrease of 1927, 403 in the roll this
year, all on personal property, Dut out
side property had increased Sl0U. zoO. Inc
amount OF wheat had decreased ABOUT
Sy0, 900 since last year. Inc shortage on
improvements on outside properly Is
81, 1852. and on city lots Sl5,Oo3. lie re-
duced town lots in Lathrop and Clements
one-half.
Stockton is good town with good
prospects before it, and he had no dlspo-
sition to belttle it, but the outside coun-
try has deprecated in value and personal
property has fallen off badly.
You found the increase on the Paclhc
Improvement Company helped you
out" said Mr.. Beamer, didn't you.
You increased them S219. $40, see. Ii
il had not been for that you would have
fallen off over a half million.
Controller Colgan suggested that the
Assessor caught on to lot of property
md nr1fS S.f A "a a
County to escape taxation there.
On examination of the figures it ap-
peared that the apparent raise was not
real.
Then Mr.. Beamer asked about assess
ment per front foot OF city property and
was informed that the Hickman build
ing at Weber avenue and Hunter street,
was the highest, being 500 front foot.
The Saals property, assessed at lou, was
about as good business property as there
is in the city. The Yosemite Hotel Is
assessed at $3.50 per front foot.
That rents for $500 a month. does it
not ?" said Mr.. Beamer.
Il know nothing about its RENTAL" said
Mr.. Willy.
We'll, that's what l ascertainsd," said
Beamer.
The Stockton Savings and Loan Society
building sold for $500, auo Is assessed at
So, 800 The year before, MIR. Arnold said,
Clark, the purchaser, offered nearly
double that amount for it.
Mr.. Wilhoit said that Mr.. Clark was
mistaken in the amount of his Cffer. He
considered the property well sold.
Here is the Union Block" said Mr..
Beamer, sold for S47 900, bonded for
sol 900, rents for $3.50 per month, and
assessed for S23, 400. Pretty good prop
erty, isn't it ?''
Mr.. Wilhoit thought it sold for more
than it was worth. 1t was not really de-
sirable property and was bonded for
speculative purposes.
S. o. Souther's property is assessed for
$4,000 and lnortgaged for 50, 900 to the San
joaquin Savings and Loan Society.
Mr.. Wilhoit said that the property had
since been sold to the society for the face
of the mortgage, under foreclosure, aud
similar property near by had sold for a
lower price.
Equalizer Arnold asked Mr.. Willy
how ne thought Alameda County should
compare with San Joaquin in the matter
OF money and solvent credits, and was
answered that he thought Alameda
County should have considerably more
than San Joaquin. MIR. Arnold said that
San joaquin had S359,000, while Alameda
had only S3S2, 900.
JoaQu uin compare?" said MIR. Arnold.
II do not know anything about Sacra-
mento," said Mr.. Willy.
The Auditors statement shows 81 ,26S,-
600 for Sacramento" said Colgan IF
you take out the $780, 900 assessment of
ID. o. Mills that leaves only S46S,OOO for
Sacramento, not such big difference"
Then Beamer returned to the attack
Here is Grunsky's property" said he,
sit is assessed for S4,500 and has a mort
gage on it for over $4,000. The original
mortgage was 5000"
Mr.. Wilhoit explained that the mort
gage was ii the building and loan asso-
citation Of which he was director. The
amount named WAS not actually loaned
on the property. The property was actu-
ally worth about S., 200. He entered into
an ex plapation OF how loans are made by
the association.
Changing from city to country, Mr.
Willy said that the land on Cherok ee
Lane WAS assessed at from S400 an acre
close to town down to 500 in the vicinity
of Lodi, and down to SIS. There is no
land selling, aud it is hard to set value
on it. There are not many orchards in
the county, and they are not worth much.
There are some olive trees, but they are
not in bearing. The frost struck the
Hatch Armstrong orchard this spring
and destroyed the apricot crop, and the
almond crop is poor The Lodi water
melon land is assessed ct 500 acre..
and vines at $40 to $50.
Mr.. Without asked Chairman More
house how he would go to work to assess
farming property this year, and the lat
ter answered that the best general rule to
give would be to use good, hard horse
sense. A man should take into account
every element by which value could be
ascertsined-the present value, prospect
i've value, prOductiYeness and all other
elements.
Mr.. Willy read list of thirteen lots in
Stock ton that were sold the other day at
sale TO different purchasers, that were
assessed for from $50 TO $500 more than
they brought. Mr.. WiIhoit bought two
houses and lots Tor 5000 that were as
sessed at $1,000.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
In the afternoon Assessor Burkey ad-
dressed the board and read an article that
had appeared in one of the papers pur-
purting to be remarks made by mem bers
of the board in relation to his assessment
of the county.
He hoped that Sacramento County
would not be dealt with according to the
report of remarks made, and that the
county assessment would be dealt with
on its merits and with no reference to the
personnel Of the Assessor.
The members of the board conced ed
the correctness OF the remarks as re-
ported, but said that they were made in
the course of conversation, not in open
board, and were not intended for pub bli-
cation. Mr.. Morehouse stated that the
points touched on were what the board
intended to ask Mr.. Berkey upon. and
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