The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-20
TIE BOARD HARD AT WORK
Assessment Of Nearly All the Large
First and second Avenue
Prauerff~H AafnNfed.

The county beard o. equalization held
three zEcEo1s sessions yesterday. adjourn
iEg last night at IL 70 O'Clock. The after
nO-on session was devoted % ira national
BANKS. who Will be heard again al
Q clock this morning. Al rhe evening ses-
Sion the properties on First and Second
avenues. "a the business center OF The
town. occupied the attention OF the board,
with the result that 6 material recuctaon
IN the assessment Of improvements Vas
made. as follows:
Boston National bank. known IS Puget
Sound Improvement Company building,
from So 80 - $500: Washington Terri
tory Investment Company. from s3o.ao5 -
As.@o: Dexter Horton. fAs New YORK
block. from sisn SO 20 Sis. SO. Dexter Hor-
ton. the Seattle block. Occidental hotel.
from $4,000 70 81 a6a. ]. NJ. Co}man. the
Olympic block. Yesler way and First ave-
nue south. from S.i@e 70 $50: Charles
Mcdonald. TIE Mcdonald block from
sl5oao 20 slso0: Mutual Benefit Life In
surance Company. the Hclyoke block,
from Sc go 10 $4,000; MacDougah
Southwisk Company, corner OF FIRST ave
rue ami Columbia street. from $4,000 70
81. 500. J. ii. Colnan. the c0ln1aa block.
from $50 10 t7s.eae: ]. r. Lewis. lot aa-
joining the Union block on FRS; avenue.
from 81. 90 70 st0.0ee. Nellie Phlnney. ne
Carleton. On First avenue between Marion
r. Boyd. part OF the Starr Boyd building.
from 1850. 10 5.e1s. John Collins the
Occidental block, from ss0.os9 10 ss~ss.p'
August Mehihorn, part OF the Union block,
from sc co. 10 xl6 90; Fred GaSchs the re-
naming part Of the Union block. from
si3.e0e 20 si10ve; John Sullivan. the sulh-
van block. from a,0aa TO sS6.ooo; Dexter
Horton Banking Company, the Dexter
Horton building. from $l0e.o9 TO sss,~9'
Bailey Building Company. Bailey build
ing, from slso 90 10 sIG6,VJo: Ella Downs
the Downs block. from x20.eo to sls.e9i
Thomas Burke, the Burke block. from
s1e0 600 10 siU0. 0so: G.. NJ. Haller estate. the
HaHer building from $4,000 20 $1,000; Sc
attic Real Estate Trust. the Ratio ouiie-
Ing from SO 90 10 ST.. 019; Jacob frSaen-
thai. north ten feet and south half OF lot
! block : Maynard's addition, from N4.eeo
20 81 60: IL l. Yesler estate. the Guy
building. from sl3eo1 TO $4,000. fesleF
home property from SO GOO 10 $l4.0S' no
ueer building. from Sos. 60 10 sloI.9JQ.
The following assessments were raise A:
Cudahy Packing Company. from $50
20 SsTT5; r. & Barnes and r. q. hooksF'
from $50 to 500. W. G.. Barnes, on msr-
cbanalee from sse0 10 81 90: ]. X Bayse.
from & 800 20 s. CSC: A r. Colgrove. rom
gol5 10 sf.0ls. L. Chopard & Company from
s. 20 To 81 20: Schwabacher Hardwa-e
Company, as agents. supple mental
81 90.
The following petitions for reductions
were rejected:
q Poncln. corner of Second avenue and
Marion street. from $4,000 to $4,000, T.
II Cam. Ninth avenue and Terrace
street from 6, GO 20 1900; administration
OF the Nagie estate II. 4. MaddoChs
rortksast corner Of First avenue ana
Madison street. from $4,000 TO sz4o9
Amos Brown, southeast corner OF second
avenue and Cherry street from Ssze9 10
81 600. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
company. the Grifsth block, from $1,000
70 ys80ce: John Celman. lot !, block 4
Porrn & penny's addition, from 80, coo
20 So coo; Thomas Burke. lot 4. block le.
poren & Denny's addition. from SSs,V9 70
81 600: samuel FTauenthal. lot J. block TO-
Eoren G. Dennv's addition; Henry boyie,
lots 5 and S block 10. Boren Dennv's
addition. estate Of .. II. hGlier, lot !.
block "a Roren's addition from sz2,oa0 20
sl3 coo. Puget Sound Improvement Corn
PAW lots and s block :, Boren & Den
nv's addition. August Mehlhorn. lot =.
block !. Boren g. Denny's addition. from
ssg zoo TO So. so: Fisher & Mcdonald build
ing: z C. Miles & Company; Bank OF
Commerce.
The assessment on the Dexter Horton
bank lot was reduced from $4,000 to
So
THE assessment on the Puget Sound Ma
tionaI bank was reduced from s@42, {p 70
500 600 largely because Of deficiency
3uaguleuts held by the hank based on real
estate which II has bid IN at foreclosure
safes.
m must not be inferred that the reduc-
lions made are reductions from the asst
assessment they are reductions from
the assessments 81 the current year. many
OF which were an increase Of 20 per cent
over the values Of last year.