The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-16
FRANCHISES
Board Of Equalization Proposes
to Levy 1t.
BANKERS ORDERED TO APPEAR
kaufman Severely Critfcises His Neigh
boris Assessment-Many Petit
tIons for Reductions.

The board OF equalization il after the
street railways 10 make them pay taxes
on their franchises. Every company IN
the city has been cited 10 appear IN reia-
ton TO the matter and yesterday after
noon the representatives OF three COM
naniss were on hand w ]. Grambs, rep
resenting the Third street and the Grant
street electric roads, claimed that the
proposition included a double taxation ana
that as a matter of fact the franchise OF
the Third street line was not werth any
thing because the road did not pay ex-
penses.
When asked by Mr.. James to give the
value Of the Grant street in proportion 10
the Third street line he replied that ne
thought the figures sl.51o TO s., 900 would De
about right Not the slightest opinion
could be gotten cut of Mr.. Grarnos as 10
other roads
Manager Haas, of the Yesier avenue
line was also present and complained
that IL would be unjust 10 tax the IRAN
chise of the road. as it had no value. me
board of equalization claims that 10 is
the value of the franchise that enables
company to borrow money. etc. ana Tor
this reason a fair valuation should De
made ard included in the tax statement
one of the exciting incidents of the cay
was the speech OF David Kaufman
against the personal property assessment
Of the Schofowitch Bros. The board had
cited the brothers TO appear and explain
why the assessment should not De raised
from s.. 800 TO s.00e. Kaufman. who owns
considerable property. was on hand ana
made a vigorous speech. lie declared the
Schofowitchs had a stock Of 5000 ana nad
crowed over getting only 1850 assess
Fneut Then he told how they got 70" IN
-erest for a month on a $500 loan on oia-
nnands The Schofowitch Bros did not
reply TO the arraignment, but later one or
49,
he heard Kaufman call him thieI- faui
vas not sure what he did hear.
Numerous petitioners appear before the
hoard who have been misintorraed as 10
sheir assessment. One man yesterday was
$40 600 out of the way, and an elderly man
had been told that all the property
around him was assessed at only sib an
acre. when as a matter of fact it was over
$500 an acre.
Petitions for reductions on assessments
were received as follows: David kauf-
man, lot /, block 3. kaufman's addition.
$500 10 $3.50: lots and 3. 800 TO $780, lot
4. $500 to $50: lot l. block 6. 500 10 sSov'
800 to $3.50; lot T. block z. $500 10 slao; lot
/. block S, s4O0 to $500; lot =
$500 TO $3.50 lot 7. $500 to $3.50; lot 8, 800 10
s9Ia: lot 4. block Q, 5000 to $50; lot 4. block
10. $3.50 to $50: lot S. Si60 TO $50:
lot .. block IS, A. A. Denny's
addition. A5,sb
So 200: lot !, block a. $500 10 $3.50; lots
10 and Is block -, Lampie Homestead.
$3.50 TO 800.
N. NJ. buchanan. lot $, block A. A. A.
Denny's addition. $4,000 TO $1,000; improve
ments, $50 TO $50; lots ID. Il. f, G. III. and
I. block %. comstocks supplemental adj
dtion each $3.50 TO &l20: lot j, $500 to Sl3o,
lot s, $500 to s2T5: lot 6. 500 to sg75; lots
TO H. block S. Gilman Park, each $500 TO
Sis: lot L. 500 to sl25: lots IL and Is.
each, $40 to sl65.
w w Poole ct al. lots ]. ?, ;. T. block
%. and lot T. block %, simply reduce from
present value.
p. S. Malcolm, swI of swl. OF swh,
section 10. township IS. range 8. 5000 to
$3.50.
w w Howard, eh mel. of swh of mex,
section g. township q, range 4. $3.50 TO $l25;
swh of SEA of nwl4. section ], township
&c. range 4. $50 to SIS; lots and 10, block
20. Collins addition, each, $3.50 10 $50; sis
lot S. block 90. $50 to s45; lot 6, block 4.
Pleasant Ridge addition, 500 to $40; lot 4.
block 2, Laws first addition, $50 to Sl25:
nis lot II. block ~. Nagle's addition, $500
to sI75 lot 8. block 4. Dennys East Park.
$50 10 $3.50: lots 8, g and Z, block 2, Column
bia first addition, each, Sis to S..
Michael Phillips, lots l and 2. block 20,
Denny & Hoyts addition. each, s4so to
s3oo: lots IA and IS. block 30. $50 to $50.
Dora Falk acres I'm lot T. section g,
township rs, range g. $3.50 10 $3.50
J. n. Lowman, lot /, block o. Terry's
second addition. s2.700 TO $500: lot 4.
900 TO 81 800; lot 8. s., 800 to 81 300 lot g.
ss.7oo 10 $1,000; lot l, block So. sl.7oo TO
sl.20o: lot T. block IS. 81. 500 70 81 100.
Ida j. McGinris, lot T. block Al, y. T.
Denny's addition. 81. $50 to $500; lots 4, and
G, block 5. T. Hanford's addition each $50
TO $40; west half lots and 3. block S,
Terry's Second addition. s4.1O0 to So. 900.
Gt~a,r be
Suburban Railway Company, block A, old
Western mill. p. r. Denny's Sixth addi-
ton. improvements $40 Geo 10 81 000: block
l. sprague's addition. s9,000 to $500.
r. c. Hayes. northeast quarter OF north
east quarter. section ., township -. range
T. s., $50 10 ----; northeast quarter of
northwest quarter. section .. township %
range 4: northeast quarter OF northeast
quarter. section ~. township o. range -;
southwest quarter of northeast quarter,
southeast quarter of northeast quarter
lot In southeast quarter OF northwest
quarter and lot ). all in same section,
simnly TO reduce.
John @. Burns lot :. section 80. township
q. range 4. $500 10 81 $50; lot 3 section 10
90 geo TO $si2 lot s. section 81 s4I08 10 81 100;
lot 1. section 10. sl3so0 20 $500: lot 5, sec
ton ~. $500 10 1880.
The board sent out notices. asking peo-
ple 70 appear and show why their person.
following cases: First National bank,
Puget Sound National bank Boston Ma
tional bank, National Bank of Commerce.
Guarantee Loan & Trust Co. Washing
ton National hank. Seattle National bank
Bank OF Kent, Bank of Auburn, Maine
Savings bank OF Ballard. receiver OF
Merchants National bank of Seattle,
Observation-Disclosures bank, Peoples
Savings hank, Seattle Dime Savings
bank. Seattle Savings bank. nellie & En-
gelhrocht, Robert Moran. Mrs r. +.
Thnrndyke Sackman-Phiiiips Investment
Company, ". II. Ballard, Samuel RAM
sey, NJ. J. Carkeek, ". r. Forrest. Nellie
NJ Scurry. Jacob Furth. J. d. Lowman,
Jerome Catlin. John Collins. A. Chilberg.
John Sauderson. Bessie Lewis +. ..
Graves, NJ r. Backus, Sarah j. P!ummer,
George y. Kittinger a. w. EnEle.
The petition OF the Western Union Tel
egraph Company for a reduction on per
sonal property from $1,000 to $3.50 was
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