New-York tribune., 1897-08-19
STILL HEARING PROTESTS.
wrsrcuEsrER ASSESSORS FORCED TO
HOLD sECOND-DAY SESSIONS.
MORE COMPLAINTS THAN COULD BE RECEIVED
AT ONE MEETING IN MANY TOWNS

SOME OF THE PRoTEsi ANTS
The assessors Of Greenburg, Westcnes'e' Oou -,
for the first time In the history oi '' far
held q second session yesterday IN ia'iy.o"" 49,
the purpose OF hearing s'@'
assessment roll FOR les' -. oo,,
rs poord receved about twenty more COM
n,o,r,s Yesterday. In addition to the large numoer
accen,ed On Tuesday and several cohii'''''''
we're examined Joseph w. Middleorook' Iep'.
sentine the D. Ogden Bradley estate 'elo". ,'s,
lev Nelson Bradley and Mrs Joseph w. .'a', '"'u
hrooL was the first to he examined. ne 'es'i"eu
that the real assessment against the Drauic'
woc overvalued and asked 10 have Il reouVeu o''.
h,W In rho other cases he asked to have 'he'r
personal assessment Cancelled as ne ",''9'
they did not possess any personal properly
Thomas T. Hart of Harsdale. asked 10 nav ann n,'
personal assessment OF $4,000 reduceu u S-'''"
which he admitted that he possessed
Iores II Whitehouse OF lrvington appeared
,,tb frederick ] Stone his counsel, and asked 'ne
Board to correct the error which hau oeV' -
by assessing thirty acres OF land peiohs''ie - '"
TO his Wife He requested the assessors W " ~
tho assessment on this property from $500" 10
$500 va, u
Nv Ub,tehouse on behalf OF his son. Henry H.
whitehouse. asked TO have his personal assess
ment cancelled on the ground tha' ne WAS "o' "
resident OF Westchester County. he being fepie
sentative of the United States government ~
su,tzerland He also asked to have vacated the
,ha ground Of non residence. He said that ms SON
was IN New-York CITY, and the Board decdeo tha'
q vvould be necessary for him to appear person.
ally. ,,.,a NJ
Whitehouse applied for reduction IN he' o.",'i
on $40 600 real ard $50 900 personal. he "aileu '"e
real reduced to s27,50o and the personal 10 slo'"
Mr. McClelland counsel to the Board appheo 10
Tho BOARD for reduction on Glenluce. MS nome
in Dobbs Ferry. Mr.. Stone estimated the Prope'H
TO be worth s2 600 and as II Is assessed io' Si'v
the assessors will have 10 consider their cou'se'
application. o,o
Among the other compainants yesterday were
Thomas Losee. jr.. Linda d. CooKsie ~ N"''''
Dunham and Margaret Stone -
Tho assessors OF the town OF Mount Pleasant VIII
hold special meeting to-day TO consder .he voii
plants against the assessments OF the hoche'e'e
Howard H. Morse will present the Complaints anu
several expert real estate dealers are e"pe''e' ~
testify for the Rockefelers
IN OTHER TOWNS.
IT.. ossessors in Rye were not in session yes
,erdav. but held an informal meeting and looked
over the complaints OF Tuesday, about seventy IN
number The assessors announce that they VIII
be in session every day, except ouhoa!s' u"!i'
September l. to hear grievances, but that all papers
must be filed before next Monday
The assessors OF Mamaroneck will no!o spec'a'
meeting this afternoon to consider the grievances
NJ Charles H Murray. of Larchmont, VINO Is as
sessed for s25sco and who represents 81. Jonh
Episcopal Church They announce that 'ney are
not inclined TO be enient with C. Oliver lseli' VINO
ie assessed for s2l5o The assessors say that they
he promised 10 give them schedule wiIn ne iia'
o Hon based entirely on their own investigations Inc
assessors reduced the persona ~ Me-
Arde and John r. Hcgeman on personal ID. asseSS ,s.h
ments Among others who have oo1ec,eu' @ nu' VII
lam lam H. Palmer Mrs. f. P. Delaney pr ~ w; r.
Carlsten Wendt. Mary Gilbert Alley ana EDWARD r
6ny 'str,yhree complaints were fled Sfh Tth the
assessors Of Rochelle at the close OF tne,r nn,
sion last night and none Of these came ron S u te
family the SswYOTH Ho3 ~ s,sr ahe ne New
York Athletic Club the yacht ana rewig nIected Gto
snd s3as 9'asr B: ,hs 1sTSf & i9sPsSfTi tx ~"o
Among those who have protested are j. a Nan,
fiedt sr5 feO5se eisorge T. Taderh Pndsh Mr.. Resld
Charles H. Morsan sr aso ana 'ne ssessed sse AZ & be
exnmnted on the grounds that 1t IS the property OF
religious body and used for worshp and roa, nron
ery. is sl3oOOoo and the assessors do not nSpsc
that it win be reduced more than million d9IldIs Hop
ns Jehn Of Whs Plains received about one
hundred and y fly 2 daT Of fqT 5e for the
hearing Of grievances. While this is large ,n. num- n
HsT .$mnaGed stt5 Ta g n many the pn
50 small that it seems probable thai there VIII no. no.
oe A .sE *. assessors This is noticeaby the
Win real property: with the exception Of an app
caon for reduction of $50 900 in the value of Grand
View Park assessed $l6l 0oO the reductions asked
for in other real estate are only of few nuhdred
In Sing Sing Mrs. Elliott r. Shepard; through
her counsel j. Smith Lent, asked that the assess
ment on her real property Of 500 600 be reduced TO
5000 She made no objection TO an asses sment
| for nersonal property OF $4,000. j. b.. Fosndy
asked to have personal property assessed al >lz-
on reduced to $50" ,,,.,,, - ,.no,
The interest of the day in Peekskiil was centred
| in he nearing OF the Consolidated Ice Company
Of New-York which owns the icehouse at Meneasn ~.
| lake Last year the property was assessor LOT
isa nc6 and This year for $1,000 From the questions
answers and actions OF the counsel for the Board
| and Mr. Couch II evident that the assess
| ment will not he reduced; ,,,, A., o..ors
| on Tuesday afternoon In Peekskll the assessors
investigated and acted upon hfty-one protests hat
evening they examined and decided thiriy-iIour' yI
The decisions OF the assessors are not made pubic,
and probably will not be until all the claims are eX-
\ L. Ely who recently built handsome placs :
called The Knoll In south-s, ana vas was dsed taxed
sirn on his lawn For sale" and will leave town
| II ne can sell his place.
MR. HUZZEY N THE CARE or FRIENDS.