The San Francisco call., 1897-07-15

Total increase on real estate and i'm
provements .-............. .S2,975 ,137
And a decrease the assessment Of personal
property, compared with last year, of Sl5.-
238,e47.
This is almost entirely due to reduction of
the assessment on the banks as compared wi tn
last years assessment. 1t is claimed that they
converted a large amount of their assessable
assets into non-assessable assets. Whether
this was done by them in the course OF buSi-
ness as regular business transaction, or
that they got these worcestershire securities
shortly before and got rid OF them i'm
m edia ely after the first Monday in March, in
order to escape taxation, an examination OF
their books would, suppose, determine.
From al examination of the last report of the
State Controller it will be seen that the assessed
value of personal property as compared with
the total assessed value OF all property in the
State is less than IA per cent.
The assessed value of personal property in
San Francisco as compared with the total
assessed of all property in San Francisco is 20
Der cent while the assessed value of personal
property in all the other counties of the State
exclusive OF San Francisco, as compared with
the assessed value of all property in these
counties, is but traction over 10 per cent
AS compared with the assessed value OF real
estate and Improvements the assessed value
of personal property in the past thirty years
has grad ually but steadily declined from AZ
per cent of the total assess ed value to less than
IA per cent.
The cost of assessing personal property in
this State and collecting taxes thereon under
present cOnQ1tlOnS puts al huultloudl UuTuen
ON those who own real estate.
The Assessors OF California are fast solving
the problem oil the way to make land and i'm
pIovements bear all the burdens OF direct tax
alton for the support OF the state, county and
municipal government.
Herewith l su bmit to you detailed state
ment of sales and appralsements OF property
and the assessed value OF the same. Respect
fully yours, CHARLES UlLDEA.
The board was occupied all day In near
ing the applications for reductions in
assessments.
Reductions were made on real estate
improvements as follows:
Maurice Blass, on Haight street, near Pierce
from $4,000 10 $4,000; P. Minehan, on Freelon
street, near Fourth, from $15Oo to $3.50; J.
Daly.on Egh .eenth street, near oakwood, from
$1,000 to $1700; w. I'll. Becker. on Shotweil
street, near Twenty first, from $3.50 10 $500;
H. j. Schartb, o. West Albion avenue, near
Camp, from $500 to $4,000; Il. 7. Ha:sel-
$3.50 to S325O; C. ]. Wingerter, corner of
POST and Stockton streets, from $29, 900 to
$4,000; w. H. Matthews, corner. of
Clement street and Twelfth avenue, from
$4,000 to $4,000; Lise Robitscher. lot on Gle
ment street, near Second avenue, from $3.50
10 $500; Dennis Regan, lot on Mfnna and
Seven tn streets, from 5000 to $oOo; Grace A.
Sabin, Pine street, near Dev1sadero, assess
ment OF $500 Cancelled; c. B. f. Scho, lot on
Sherman avenue, near Huron street, from
$500 10 5000; Thomas campbell, Brannan
street, near Third, from SoOO 10 %ooo, Eliza
be tn Patton. Twenty-secoEd street, near Doio-
res. from $4,000 to $500; Carl Diel, lot on
Capp street, near Twenty-third, from $32oO to
$2750.
Reductions were made in real estate
assessments as follows:
Dennis B. Collins. four lots on Point Lobos
avenue aud Collins street, from $13.720 to
$l3, $50.
The board refused to make reductions
in assessments on Improvements ask ed
for as follows:
d. E. Grenenger, Valencia street, near
Liberty, from $3.50 to $1,000; Rosa Phillips,
Washington street, near Broderick, from
S4I2O to $500; Effie A. Burlin, Cherry street,
rear Sacramento from $25OO 10 $1,000; w. H.
Becker two lots on Snutweli street, near
Twentieth, from 5000 to $3.50; Louis Ham
sar, Geary and NeosIcr streets, from $21 800
to $4,000; James Walsh, Broadway, near
Leavepworth. from $250O to $500; Hop Wo
Company Clay street, near dupont, rom
$1,000 to $1,000; ]. NJ Dupas, Powell street,
ne ar Broadway, from $1,000 to $4,000; Bar
thlde Lassalle, Folsom street, near Fourth,
from $4,000 to $500; Thomas g. jacques,
Jones ana LeavenworIn streets, from $l2. 800
10 $40. 600; Lily Ann Collins, Hyde street,
near Pine, from $1,000 to $500; CASTOR E.
Bacon. Steiner and Sacramento streets, from
$17,750 to $4,000; Louis Mezger, Twenty
fourth and shotwell streets, from $500;
George H. wilson. Vicksburg and Twenty
third streets, $4,000 to $500.
An attorney was heard, representing
the owners of the property on Morton