New-York tribune., 1897-08-09
CITIZENS CONTINUE TO PROTEST.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO BE BROUGHT oi
THE ROCKEFELLERs IN WEsi-
CHESTER COUNTY-THE CASE
0E THE ISEIIN Family.
OF THE ISEI


Several hundred taxpayers have visited the o"..'
OF s. Wood Cornell and examined the new assees
ment roll Of Mount Pleasant TOWNSHIP ".'.
chester County. which was opened lor ihSpe'.'o
on Monday and Is In charge OF DAVID fi"ish'' o,'
of the assessors. Copies Of the roll nave pee" ~
with a view of conesting It's legality. Inc piu,p"
persons who will apply for certiorari proceeoi"s'
are John d. and william Rockefeller Their reple
sentativcs Mr. Hawkes.. superintendent iof WI"
lam Rockefeller, and Henry Fiel1en. nave pee
busily engaged In the last week maKlhs 'op'@
the roll. preparatory TO the appear OIL Tue "oS"1
felers. Tuesday OF next week IL srieva"ce "o.
and the counsel for the Rockefellers WILL as ma
OF FORM appear before the noai" "" ~
have the assessments reduced III,
II IL generally believed that the assessors VII" re-
fuse to lower the valuations. as wheh 'hes 'o
the assessments Il agreed among '"e 49,
bers of the Board that the figures were oo..S ss,
The counsel for the Rockefellers VIII theh app."
"a tho conrts Inn, upon what ground they VIII take
Issue l. not definitely known. 1t Is said, ho"e'e'
that an Injunction restraining the assessors ~ -, ~
flying the tax rate or from lcvying the TAX WIN ''
asked for - rt.f.,Ier
In the cases of John ID. and Wi"ia. -, ~, Tr
against the assessors OF the village oi MOTT" Ia =,
- t. hos heep agreed upon by Howard H.
Morse counsel for the Rockefelers' aHo 80 10 =
Isaac n Mills of Mount Vernon representing Sr,h tI
assessors to begin hearing tesumoht own of Cort-
n r,anK,i, s ~ rferee in the case of the Rocke
fellers against the town of Mount peasant win
also act in these cases u. ,,bo are as-
The members OF the Iselin family, WIS WHO arsonal arr
sessnd Tor more than 81 c000 for real ia pnnI pei
property I'm New Rochelle Scarsdaie N,,natn. to
East Chester and Pelham. are causing uup ptn~ns in
be made of the assessment rolls OF THESE 10Y W. as
authorization OF a long controversy WIN ,,dJ.ni "a,
SCISSORS The assessors OF NewRochehe & suuhei heing y
became aware on Saturday or what , VIZ ouay
done and threa tened take the fecVius Van
from Mr. Isen's legal representative Jonh ~ snc
IeIm OF the firm of Emmet d van Hr,i.,' Zain,
cessors TO Justice Keogh. but when htr Nat & ~. ,hn
told them that ne would secure an ofuct hn,.
court cornpelling them TO submit the reoo," 80 The
,ocei.d from their position. The rontrhIlo vi aa
members OF the Iseln family Il that New , ,hsre
is their temporary nome and that they m,e na RI
only a few months each season, ihs srn. st,, where
Of their lime being spent in New-fork .lts Wit VII, 81
hey are obliged to pay taxes II Is a,sb abch Is in
h,. thcm that much of their money, which - -. -,
bond and mortsage included In the assessment, y
heiones 10 people in Europe. who nave , h,I go
!, IT. to ,bem as agents and therefore 1t cannot oe
urouerly added to their assessments, ,>..o,,or,
,'oloneI Henry IIenneberger, l.. NJ Da'ci,poi nr ~
he Bolton estate and other large proper Nv
are also arranging to make trouble for ,ue ,,n, aa
SCISSORS Justice Martin j. keogn mas rT,I, Deihan,
frono uar TIorbor to his summer home IN f,elhah
Road and will not occupy the bencn UNI, hnd untbina
ter part of the month SO far he has nad @ noo"re i :
to say about his assessments when ~ets WEI omd ~,
creased from about $4,000 last wear on rea, an"
nersonal property to more than 5000 TINS year