Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-18
ASSESSED TOO HIGH.
Properly Owners VII Sail For Lass
Than Tax Valuation
STATE BOARD Is IN , QuASDARY
Larga Numb OF representative Clti'
zns DisapprOyr of the Pro-
p9s d Raise.

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siohets III 'ne I'ip' citF a'u uH''
building were crowded TINS m )rnlng
by tsxpAyers, who, at the inv tAtion
m. gt.ts bsa,.., AZ e,u,liz,tton. o,tne
Wv '''''e o.''' " o.,
W opp'se 'ue p'oPO'oA '"'9' u Nv
per cent on the valuation OF property
in Salt Lake county. The meet.
inc VIVA IN, result nj yestyrdays
- 49, CO.,
o'p'eie"o' Oo'"eeh
and county boards, ana Whiie IL is not
at all unlikely but what the hearing
compIatp,s wopId con,inu. far a
Ill,
MONTH uiu tue o'aiu see II u 81. .uA'
long AMI listen, yet 1t ID lhou sht thnt
10 one will be heard alter this after
,ooo un., tho hoard will taxa IN,
.,
que'tion nhaef auV semehe anu rem
der decision in accordance win
what weight thew place upon the
.viia,,a int,oduood
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Shaifnnah Aflhste ons Vi the county
| bosrJ, cnamplODed the cause OF the
| taxpayers by calling each ons to sent
| in rUnt OF the state board, and ques-
tioning each AS to the present asses
| SCI valuation, eiO. Each member oil
the State board was gwen an oppor'
| tunity to crOis question, anu in this
| manner the proceedings dragged
| along.
| From the figures given and the
statements ma o al both meetings 1t 10
| evident that the members OF the State
board are 10 quaudry, aud may yet
rtcoUsider the proposed raise.
| Arthur L.. ThUuIas, VINO appeared in
behalf OF Hsury Pnipps, shovel that
| all the east half Of lot birck 6s, plat
A, wss aseefsed at $4,000. Mr.
Thomas enid tnat for the past thee
years mn Ell ri hau been male to sell
the property or $4,000, and that II
could now BIS bought Ior $4,000.
Jeremiah Striugham SAID no was
owner OF b3 rods OF city property which
was assessed at 81, $50. II mad been In
the market for S2,O25. He recently
sold lot adjoining $1,000 which
was assessed al $4,000.
Mrs. CuninRtJn mad property as.
sessed at 81, 200. would sell Tor 81 500
Geo. A. snow, residing ON seventh
East between First South and South
Temple claimed I've could not get ior
his house what 1t was Assessed Tor, viz.
Si,25O.
ii. see,representing +. AueT-
bach ~ BroiheT, claimed that property
owned by the firm had been RAISED
fully 20 per cent from last year. The
Progress block, which was assessed at
$50, 900, did not pay taxes aud ex.
penses, while the Scott Auerbach
building also asse.set for $50, 900 only
paid 5000 over expei sac.
| Anursw Brlxer, representing the
Brigham Young Trust comp ny's
property, said that II was Appraised
lhrIe months age at SO Ter cent
less than the pre- sent praisemenI,
and that the Commercial street prop
erly was assesseJ 80 per cent more
III Il was WORTH. Rsnts In the
Whittinghsm anu Nauv0U booze had
teen reduced 20 per cent anu 40 per
cent.
William IL. Foster said his properly
was assesseu tor SIC, 1850, or S6l4 per
foot. He would cell for $500 per foot.
John Dsynes said his property on
Il. south Temple had been raised &c
per cent TO what 1t WIS last year.
James Dryer, appeared In behalf oil
Harold Russell, aud offered TO sell
property nssessed at 50 $50 for 81 900.
w. b. Doughall bought seven and g
half feet OF property adjoining the
Progress building last month, paying
So, 1866 therefor; 1t WAS assessor for Sd, !,