New-York tribune., 1897-08-17
THIS IS GRIEVANCE DAY"
DISSATISFIED TAXPAYERS TO HAVE A
HEARING.

MANY ASSESSMENTS WILL BE SWORN OFF AND
HEAVY REDUCTIONS ASKED FOR.
The Boards OF Assessors of the twenty-five towns
l Westchester County will meet In their respective
towns to-day for the purpose OF hearing the COM
plants of those taxpayers who may consider
themselves aggrieved" In the larger towns Of the
county such as Greenburg Mount Pleasant, Cort-
landt East Chester. New Rochelle. Mamaroneck.
Harrison and Rye. many complaints will be made.
and the various meeting-places promise to be the
scenes Of much excitement
Ever since the rolls were completed two
weeks ago the lawyers and many angry taxpayers
have been anxiously awaiting chance TO vent their
grievances and to-day they will have that oppor-
tun'ty In OF the towns the assessors have Is
sued notices that Tuesday August Il. would he
Grievance Day" but In New-Rochelle the assessors
have wisely decided sit from p. M. TO p. m
each day until September l.
Perhaps the place wncre the most complaints will
be heard al the office Of X. Herschel Purdy, the
clerk OF Grcenburg Township. In Main-st.. Tarry-
town-on- the Hudson. Never before in the history
OF the village has it been necessary TO hold more
than one grievance day" In Greenburg. but this
wear the total assessment of that town has been
increased nearly S25 10000 and 1t will he impossible
for the Board to hear all the complaints in one
day.
Philip o. Edmunds. clerk of the Board told a
Tribune reporter yesterday that he did not know
how long II would take but said it would probably
be a week before every one was heard The as
SCISSORS will be assisted in examining the complain
ants by ex-State Senator Charles 7. McClelland OF
Dobbs Ferry. The Complainants will be required
10 answer to the satisfaction of the Board twenty
four questions
Among the wealthy taxpayers of Grecnburg who
will ask for reductions are Francis o. Matthieson
OF the Sugar Trust; John T. Terry the banker: his
son. John T. Terry. jr.; j. Jennings McComb. the
of large part Of the village of Dobbs
Ferry: William +. Chrystie, DR. Lucen c. Warner
AMI L. Barber. the Lorena Company, Louis Stern
George B. Newton Joseph Eastman Mrs. Annie
w Gould John d. Archbold. Charles c. Worthing
ton. David Dows. jr.. John q. Wendle, Mrs. W. L.
Bull, Charles Graef and o. G.. Cobb
In Mount Pleasant Township which contains
the homes of the Rockefelers the assessors will
sit in the Office OF Justice Daniel Armstrong. in
North Tarrytown. 10 hear the grievances.
The principal complainants. who are still fight
ing the 1886 assessment roll. will be the Rockefe-
lers, whose assessments have been greatly m
sei Howard il. Morse
Among the other taxpayers it is understood that
Mrs Elliott f Shepard. Robert Bonner, James
Butler. q. l.; kingsand; Mrs. Jane Phelps. ~ r.
ii9ns on their increased assessments.
In the town of Pelham the assessors anticipate
aessneHts msy in ,hat a. own e The Board with it's
counsel Justice H. 6. X Heath, Will meet in the
Town Hall. in North Pelham to hear the griev-
ances. III, . 1000
the wrath Of the wealthy taxpayers whose costly
homes are within its borders and they are ready
for the grievances ne lnt'lllS VIII ne iIeiu III
the Scarsdale schoolhOuse.
Eugene NJ. Hi John NJ. Tuttill and Merle Heady
assessors Of the town OF Cortlandt. will meet at
the office of s. Allen Meade in Peekskill. II is ex-
pected that there will be at least eight hundred
applica tOns reduction. Probably three quarters
OF the personal property will be sworn off. The
assessors have given out nearly five hundred or
the grievance blanks to many persons
The assessors of Sing Sing will sit to-day and
upon the days following at the corporation
rooms in the village. The Board will also sit on
the evenings of August 20 and u at the same
place. Ii is difficult 10 say how much satisfaction
exists among the property-holders of the town
with this years assessment Up TO yesterday only
sixteen complaints had been filed with the as
SCISSORS, but there is no doubt that large num-
In White Plains the assessors will meet at the
Town Hall. az o'clock TO hear complaints. There
will probably be so many complaints presented to-
day that adjOurnments will have to be taken from
day TO day until all the complaints have been
heard. From such information can be gathered
II looks though at least 81 100000 of the So 100
600 personal property assessed in this town will
stand