The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-17
Scores of Property-0wners Want
Their Assessments Cut
Down.
MANY APPLICATIONS GRANTED
Owners of Real Estate Complain
That Their Land Has No
Market Value.

The Supervisors, sitting as q Board of
Equalization, met again yesterday after
noon and passed upon numerous applica-
tons of comparatively small property
holders to have their assessments reduced.
Those who wished to have the assess
ments on their Improvements lowered
told the familiar ale of being unable to
rent their houses, and real estate owners
complained that their lots had no market
value, as they could not get an offer of
any kind on them.
AS result of numerous protests from
property-owners south of the park, the
assessments in that neigh borhood will be
generally reduced 80 per cent.
The following resolution, instructing the
Assessor to make the reductions was
unanimously passed by the board at the
suggestion of Deputy Assessor Briggs:
WHEREAS In accordance with the opinion of
the Assessor an error has been made in the as
sessment OF property south OF the park, from
Fifteenth avenue to Eighteenth avenue, and
from street to w street, therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the Assessor is hereby re-
quired 10 make uniform reduction in the as
sessed valuation OF the property and return
the same to the board on his list OF clerical
errors. and report of the total reduction so
made in the assessment board.
Property-owneTs of every description ap.
peared before the board Yesterday praying
for reductions in their assessments. A
great many of the applications were
denied, quite q number of assessments
were reduced somewhat, and few of the
reductions asked for were allowed in full.
The following applications for reductions
in the real estate assessments were acted
upon:
FF. Schloss. east corner of Seventh and
Hubbell streets, lot 240x550; from SIS, 900 to
$500. Reduced to SIS, 000.s
B. Wood, north west corner Eugene and Point
Lobos, lot 240x462:6; from $15, 400 to $12,-
400. Reduced 20 $14, $50.
II. BraunschweigeT, west line OF Drumm,
61:S north of California, lot 30x70; from
$3.50 TO $1,000. Denied.
Pacific Coast Jockey Club, acre lands; from
$94, 700 to $4,000. Denied.
B. r OIlVer, southwest corner OF Taylor and
Washington, 1877 :6x137:6 from $26,490 TO
$40, 900. Reduced to SIS, 240; improvements,
$1,000; total $22, $40.
o. D. Baldwin, northwest corner Forty-sey.
enth avenue and street, lot 240x600, from
$500 10 $4,000; southwest corner Forty-frst
avenue and 4 street, lot 240x300, from 5000
TO $500; northwest corner Forty-second ave-
nue. and L street, lot 270x225, from $500 to
$3.50; southwest corner Forty-second avenue
and K street, lot 240X225, from $500 to $500:
northwest corner Fort third avenue and l.
street, lot 240x600, from $4,000 TO $1,000. Total
from SIT 500 to $4,000. Denied, but with the
provision made for uniform reduction of 80
per cent in this neighborhood.
David Mckay, west line of Kearny, "a IS feet
from Bush, lot SO :6x60:6; from 500, $40 to
sos, 900. Denied.
o. D. Baldwin, north line of Ellis 80 feet
west of Stockton, lot 47:6x137:6; from $3S, 600
to $33, 800, and east line of Stockton, 81 %
feet south of O'Farrell, lot 30x75; from
$50, 900 TO S27, 900. Total from $6S, 900 to
$4,000. Denied.
Josephine Bluxome, southeast line of San
Jose avenue, 375 feet northeast OF Twenty
ninth street, lot 336 :3x240; from $40, $50 to
$4,000. Denied.
Frank McGlynn, on thirteen pieces of prop-
erty on Telegraph Hill; from 1920 to $500.
Denied.
A. E. Hildebra southwest line of Seventh,
% feet northwest of Natoma, lot 50x75; from
$7420 10 $3.50. Denied.
S. c. Buckbee, west line OF Bayley place 116
feet north of O'Farrell, lot 81 1880; from
$500 to $4,000 Denied.
Hugh Mccormick southwest corner of
Church and Duncan streets, lot 35:6x1OO:
from $1150 to $1005. Allowed
William Il. Braun, southwest corner Beach
and Mason streets, lot 137:6x137 IS, from
$4,000 to $4,000, and north line OF North Point
1888 feet west of Mason, lot 137 :6x137:5
from $4,000 to $500. Total, $500 to $500.
Denied.
George Brown, southeast corner TAYLOR and
Beach, lot 137 :6x137 IS, from $4,000 TO $4,000,
south line of Beach, 1877 :6 feet east of TAYLOR,
lot 1877 :6x137 IS, from $1,000 to $4,000. North.
west corner Mason ana North Point lot 1877 :6
x137:6 from $4,000 to $4,000. Total, S17 600
TO $14 900. Denied
Felix Schultz, southwest corner of North
Point and Mason, lot 81 :6x137 Is; from $500
TO $1,000. Denied.
James I. 81. Garrett, northeast corner Col
from 81 500 to $105CO. Reduced to $40. $50.
D. hayes, southeast corner Eddy and
Hyde, lot 81 6xS7 IS, from $3.50 10 S6OSO. Re-
duced to $4,000.