The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
BARRIClDED The Office
Clash Betwcen the Assessors and
Beard Of Appeals Has Come.
DErIED ORDER or COUNCILS
Assessors VIII Not Give Up Their Furn'
iturc Except on au Order from Court.
Precautions Against Capture by
Force or Strategy.
TIE worm has turned.

The worm has turned.
After q long aai patient sromissior
10 the wiles and whiI's Of Courciis, az
sv'ayed by the bc2:i OF appeals, the
boGld - assessors has taken a splEe
agaiaa: fUiI.er eEcroa cc,Inenss upon
',Aeir rights.
They declare TINT they VIII rot oSey
the mandate of councils, directing tnen
to give up tae.r furniture to the cay
clerk for use in the board of appeals
quarters.
"The only way they can got the farns'
ture," said CIR. Jones to a Tribune re,
porter last evening. Us TO get cour
10 give them an order for IL, ana thN'
tae com,, Will not 6o, ! am firmly con
vrCad. 'rris. new law DID not ato!is1
tie ocurd of city assessors, and as thS
rurrrure wcs bought for the asses
sors' Office /. will stay there as Ions
as there is an assessors office. We are
perfectly willing to give uD the books
and bookcases. which herd them, bu'
as tina. IS al the law commands US &c
give. !, is all :.iat we VIII give"
sDnrrica ied Their office,
AS an ev.dcrce of their determine
,con to preven. any possibility c. the.!
'bo:nS made the aGgressor5 in the in
evi,.Sle litigation The assessors while
az dinner and at closing t,:.le last might
'Sarr.caded the doors, barred the win
dows and nailed down the tracs,lr;
CT their Office.
The main door was simply lcclset
from the outside. bu. JaTjtJr Marshall
was gwen Ending Instructions to pre-
vent anybody from opening That doo,
during the right either by picking thu
= -.l, y 10. ~ -
leading 20 the city SOLICITORS suite Ct
rooms were doubly locked. and lsrst
desk and pile of furniture backed W
against 1t.
What urged the crs2sscrS to takt
such unusual precautions was The fol
lowing letter from City Clerk L2Vel!e
delivered to them 10y Assistant CITY
Clerk Evan Morris yesterday morning
City Clerks Office.
Scranton, Nov. s, 1895.
Board Of City Assessors.
Dear Srs: In pursuance of tho enclosed
resolution will today remove the furn.
turc. maps, etc, now In your possession
to the headquarters of the board OF revi
sion and appeals. Kindly remove your
personal property from the desks.
Respectfully,
NJ. 7. Lavelle. City Clerk.
The Assessors Answer.
the letter was received. A consultation
was held at once and an hour Later
Assessors Clerk George Heusner wa:
the bearer of the following emphat
ically worded reply:
Assessors Office.
Scranton, Pa, Nov. 8.
NJ. r. Lavellc, City Clerk.
Dear Sir: In answer to your communi
cation applying for assessment books
f,.r tttrn vy,cp pfn IN N a
fee of the board of assessors, we positive
ly refuse to allow you to remove from on
Office the following articles: One writing
desk and bookcase combined. with Its con
tents; one writing desk and Its contents
one revolving chair, one long table, si'
arm chairs, three cushioned chairs, tive
cuspidors, four wall maps, one umbrell:
rack, two hat racks. one window closer.
Respectfully,
Charles A. Yoos,
Henry ID. Jones,
Rudolph Buen2li.
Board of City Assessors.
The only thing in the assessors pos
session not enumerated In their letter
Is a couple of book cases which con-
tained the books heretofore given over
to the board of appeals.
The books which they are retaining
are the assessment books of 1896, which
the assessors are now working on. The
board of appeals claim that these books
should also be turned over and If the
assessors from time to time should need
them they. can come to the board of
appeals office and consult them.
What Clerk Lnvclic Saws.
Mr.. Lavclle, when asked what he in
tended to do in the face Of the board of
assessors defiant attitude, replied:
II had no thought of resistance on
the part of the assessors. IL they do