The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-05

The ASSESSED yzf.es Of property. real aud
personal. In Seattle and King county VII
form an Instructive basis for meditation
among people vino have been possessed
with The !dea thar last year was one OF
hard riraes BraGner A. Knapp no~ ssrv-
Ing as secretary % the comfy board OK
equalization. has compiled, In the course
o. his work in the county assessors office.
a covnpa-at.vs table showing ths assessed
valuation Of all property real and per-
scglal. for the years iss and 1877.
In brief his exhibit shows that the as
ssssesa valuation Of all property, real ara
personal within the City Of Seattle for
the year 49, wss sSai47 sss. while for the
asca! year OF lsss 1t Is 81 10. So Simple
subtraction shows the increase 10 be 81
81 ~.
Equally striking IS the Increase shown
In the valuation of the property in the
county al large. inciisding that within tina
city limits For tss the total valuation
OF all the property. real and personal,
within king county. including Seattle, was
IA 30 ia For the fiscal year OF 1897, now
just closed, IL was s4s sis. Hss. an increase Of
6.s,gs.6
The other features OF Mr.. Knapp's re-
port Will also bear little study. his
balance sheet. which Is q neatly compiled
document, shows the grand total Of real
the old limits OF the city, minus the tide
lands, for lss.i 70 be 1.i43.77 acres, valued
in 1885 at SIS Al $50; valued In iss7, sls.-
rs $40 Value OF improvements. 1885, se,-
S4s 735: value of Improvements. 1897. ILL.,
3aa Total for $50, SEA ~, sI5. total for lsss,
81 CO 90.
Tide lands of Seattle. old limits. total
value 1897. 81 Isl, ITO. Total personal prop
erty assessment Of Seattle, within the old
80 : NC 4la- 4 & -
Grand total OF real and personal prop
trry assessment within Seattle. old city
limits, for 1885, es.s62. ssS. for lS>3, s3l.-
SOC At
valuable feature Of the exhibit is that
which shows precisely the vaiuati ton. real
and personal, In the extensions which
have been made TO the city. The grand
total of the real property assessment
within the new limits OF the city. less the
tide lands is shown TO comprise 1885 "a
acres assessed ia 1886 at 81. $50 o2o; in 1897
at 81, a3l. SIS. The Improvements in 1856
were assessed at $223. 945, whereas for the
fiscal year just closed they were assessed
az s244. Gee.
The value OF the tide lands within the
new city limits for 1897 Is put down at
sA2a5. The total personal property assess
ment within III. new city limits. or more
properly within the extension of the city
limits was for 1885,. S75.e SIS: for 1897 sl2s-S $50.
The grand total of real and personal prop
erty within the extensions was for lsss.
S. 27s, coo: for 1857. s.. 3oo. et5
The grand total for all real and per-
sonal property In the city, old and new.
comprising 4s01 acres. as already stated,
is shown to be. for 1896. $50. SO. lss: for 1881,
$34, Ton, So.
The exhibit shows that the real estate
In the county outside the city limits. con-
sists OF 51i.SSSos acres. exclusive OF the
small amount of tide lands In the county
outside the city. The valuation OF these
lands. that IS in the county exclusive OF
Seattle, was. in 1895. sil,30i sos; In 1897.
So. &3s. $50. The tide lands outside the city
are put down as worth $1s,52o.
The total personal property within the
county, outside OF Seattle. was put down
In 1896 as worth s7s6 $50: for 1897 It Is put
down as worth 81. 5s7 ST.
In accordance with these figures, the
county, that is exclusive OF the city.
makes the following showing for the two
years In the grand total OF all real and
personal property: For 1896. si2 ,5sS; for
1887. 81. ios N.
As already stated. the total valuations.
city and county, are shown 10 be: For
1856, 81, 73s "a; for 1897. $751; ,io9.