Evening star., 1896-07-09
NEW ASSESSME ENT
General Reduction in Estimated
Value Of Properties.
APPEALS TO Be IN ORDER IN THE FALL
Details of the Returns Made in
the New Appraisement.
V A 10 Us HAN G E S

| November next the real estate owners Of
city property will be called upon to pay
| taxes based on the new assessment, and
| during the following May the owners of
county property will have to pay in enc
! installment the taxes due on their holdings
| outside Of the city limits.
| The new assessment on city property has
been completed. All appeals from inequali-
| ties and mistakes nave been adjusted, and
the clerks in the assessors office are busy
| preparing the books from which the new
tax bills for the first half Of 1897 will he
made out. To prevent misunderstanding
| of the conditions of the payment Of taxes
| under the new assessment, it needs only to
| be pointed out that the taxes on city prop
| erty will be due next November, and may
| lie paiG as in the past in two installments
| the first half in November, and the second
half in May following. 1t is different, how
ever. with county property. The assess
| ment on that has not yet been completed.
A Board of Appeals.
| 1t is expected that by the 1st of Septem-
| Der the board Of permanent assessors will
| make its return, and resolve itself into g.
| board Of appeals to pass appeals. Next
| November the board will make its return to
the assessor of the new assessment on
county property, and then the taxes upon
| 1t will be due and payable in INSTALL
ment the following May.
| The new assessment, which was made
| upon the cursory revision of the assessment
| board, composed of Messrs. Moore. Daw
| son and Cook, and which Assessor Trim
| hle characterized as cut of all reason.
| and fully 200 per cent increase in all
sections of the city. 1t is upon this
After the revision lad been complet-
| ed. the new board of permanent as
| SCISSORS. which is composed of Messrs.
| Bates. Morsell and Johnson. began a new
| and complete assessment of the entire city.
| 1t is the result of their labors in this con-
| Eection that made tie new ASSESSMENT,
the ons that has just been returned and
| upon which, as stated above. taxes will he
| due next November.
| Reduction of Assessments.
Generally speaking, this new assessment.
which is acknowledged to be the most COM
| plete ever attempted, shows healthy re-
duciion in assessments in every section of
| the city. There are some sections that
| show greater reductions than others, and
there have been some material increases.
| Hundreds of property owners have exam
| med the books, and The general opinion is
| that the new assessment is most accept
able. striking illustration of the general
acceptability of the new assessment is
| shown in the unusually small number of
| appeals filed Heretofore they have reach
| ed up into the thousands, and in .IanuaSy,
| lS'o, the present board landed i,:"t3 ap-
peals, representing upwards of jo,pp pieces
| of property. This year, however. the ap-
peals numbered LOS.
The Assessment Dissccted.
| A comparison of assessment values under
| the old and new assessment. as far it
| relates to certain well-known property in
the different sections of the city, may serve
| as an illustration of the practical results
/ OF the new assessment.
| First of ALL the most sweeping reductions
were made by the asssessorsin that section
| known as the Black Belt. 1t is bounded
| by Connecticut avenue on the east, I'D
street on the west, X street Oh the south
| and NJ street on the north heretofore
this SectiJn has been assessed at about the
same figure as the surrounding property.
| The assessors considered the assessment al
| together and made a weeping cut, which
| Will average about - per cent.
Coming down 10 the business property, it
| is noticed that the property at the south
| east corner of 10th and F streets north
| west has been increased from 81 per square
! foot TO SO per square foot. There is
| ducton. however, of 81 500 in the value of
| the improvements.
| The ground upon which the Atlantic
| building is erected on L street, between 9th
| and 10th streets. remains the same 81 per
| square foot. ard the value Of the building
| has been reduced $4,000
| The Washington Loan and Trust.
| No reduction is made in the assessment
| of the Washington Loan and Trust Com
| pany's building. The ground remains at
| SO per square foot. and the Improvements
| heretofore at $ly0,OO0.
The ground upon which Masonic Hall is
| built remains unchanged. portion of the
ground is assessed at $40 per foot Chat on
| the corner), while the remainder is fixed
| at S. per foot. The building is assessed at
s25UO.
There is reduction noted at the north
| west corner of 18th and + streets. The
old assessment on the ground was placed
at $lD.50 per foot, and the improvements
at $1,000. The new assessment shows
| reduction of 50 cents per foot on the
| ground. and 81 0O0 on the improvements.
| The northeast corner of 18th and F.
| streets shows slight increase in the land
| assessment. although the value of the i'm
| proVementS is reduced. The value of the
| ground is increased from SO per foot to
| slO25 per foot. The improvements are re-
I duced from 800 to 5000.
A slight reduction Is noted in the value
1 Of the ground at the northeast corner Of
| 14th and + streets. Here the ground as
| sessment is placed at $40 per foot. Here
tofore 1t was slo.2o per foot The improve
| ments are cut from $500 to 5000.
The Ebbitt House Region.
| A healthy decrease is made in the as
sessment of the ground occupied by the
| Ebbitt House. One portion is reduced from
| WV per lOOS u $o per lOOl, another part
| from $40 per foot to $3.50 per foot and
| another Chat on the corper) from $40 per
| foot to 50 per foot. to $ per foot. The value
| Of the building is reduced from $9O,OOO to
$80.0OO.
There Is no reduction made in the value
| of the ground at the northwest corner of
| 11th and F.. The assessment remains at
| s11 per foot, although the building is cut
| from $20,O0O to 81, 900.
The ground occupied by Moses building
| at the southwest corner Of 11th and F is
| cut from $3.50 per foot to 50 per foot and
| the Improvements reduced in assessment
| from So, 900 to $i5,000.
| No change is made in the assessment at
| the southwest corner of 18th and F Streets
| and the ground remains at $40 per foot
| The improvements, however, are cut from
| $4,000 to $4,000.
| The assessment at the southeast corner
| Of 18th and F remains unchanged in every
particular, the ground at $3.50 per foot and
| the improvements at s.. 800.
The Woodward G. LOthrOp Corner.