The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
PEEKsKILL PREPARING T FIGHT
Never Has There Been such Asse-sinE o. This
Years Rolls show.

Never Has There Been such Assessing sa This
Years Rolls show.
P%EEKsKILL. N. V, Aug. l4~--"Therell be a hot
time in the old town on the 17tb. is the way IL
Is being sung about Peekskiil. The other vii.
lagos and towns about Westchester and other
counties have done their Kicking about as
sessment rolls: now the people OF peekskill and
the town Of Cortlandt. in which Peekskill is sit.
uated. are having their inning.
Last Monday the assessment book, or more
properly a copy OF It. was placed on exhibition
in the Office Of Franklin Couch. and at 10 o clock
the taxpayers began to stream in and look at
the roll. IL they had a chance. And there was
no diminution in the number OF callers all the
week. Assessor Hill had charge OF the book and
kept 1t open from 10 to IL A. NJ. and from l:3o
to 3 p. NJ. each day. This week he will sit two
evenings. Tuesday and Thursday. from : to o
to accommodate those who cannot reach the OF.
fee In the day.
o. course there Is complaint. There alwaysis,
but this year more than usual. In the first place
It is declared that there is no Judgment used in
making up the roll. Properties adjoining. the
same number OF front feet and same style and
cost Of house. are assessed differently. The asses.
sors are John NJ. Tuttle. Republican, and Eugene
NJ. Hill and Merle Heady. Democrats.
The original assessment roll is not on exhibit.
tlob. ~ . OSSh hohAA Nhol Nbc vi ou III
tion is full OF errors. clerical or otherwise. and
an investigation has revealed the fact that the
original assessment book. as made out between
Hill. and that the hook on which the public
anzes is a copy made by Assessor Hills daughter.
u fC,T DAY s %,'i 1oSnd IN o lne s spelling Of names .s, y and
One piece OF. property went from $1,000 to
other from 5000 to q. 500. ~ ~"
The assessment roll has been before the public
real estate by the assessors, and there seems
little prospect OF getting any: For an outside
person to go in and copy the figures and add
snatch when there WAS not a crowd ut the books,
would occupy a week, and the assessors do not
All that can be said for the real estate is that
Cortlandt was s4,6le,s75, which the Committee
reduced to 3.437. 65s. What the total is this
year cannot be told yet, but from individual
estate this year has been ~probabiy raised to at
least twelve millions. IL not more.
The su s. .ssse are are lsH ncs e eo the BE t PSTsGRessl R Iof ? 2Seg,
however. They have not added them up. and
probably have no idea how much personal
patient and painstaking gentleman OF this vii.
laRe took the trouble. at times when he could
secure. through the kindness OF Assessor Hill. a
sessment on them. and then added up the tire
Inc 9iiias so Of Paek Sf ififg there We're Ms fG sss p shss IN
assessed for personal property. In the town
outside OF the village there were 1876. a total OF
4T2. Last year outside the village in the town
there was one assessed. and in the village TWEEN
ty-four. a total OF twenty-five.
Last year the personal outside the village was
So 900, assessed to George F. Pierce. This yeal
II is 81 .O2G. 695. an increase OF II. 023. 695. Last
year the personal inside the village was SlT3.
500. This wear it Is -. t23. $50. an increase
this year OF -. i5o. 1856 Last year the total ir
the town was Sl76.5oO This year it is 81. $50,
35l. an increase Of So 49, sol.
There nre some surprising increases in tht
personal list. Norman Coles assessment is in
creased $l4. 300: Rachel Cranes is $4,000 an in
crease OF 10000 Pe"kSkill Stove Works, $25,
BOO increase OF 81 900: Mrs. Harriet Pollock
Sl2. 600. Increase OF -. 900: Southland s. Robert
son, $25. 900. increase OF 10000; John Simp
son estate, $4,000 increase OF $4,000
Union Stove Works. SJ0.ooO. an increase o
$4,000. and the Westchester County Sationa
Bank, $l2S.O0O, an increase OF $92. 900. Aug
II is grievance day, and then the assessors vii
all have to face the music. There will be a Who'll,
lot OF swearing off OF personal and a cuttin;
down ON real prOpertY or there will be trouhle