The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-23
THE COUNTY EQUALlERS.
BIGGEST DAYS BUSINESS DUR
ING THE SESSION.
Reductions Amounted to $11S,OOO,
Bringing the Total to Date Up to
1904, o19-More Citations.

In point of reductions in taxable val
ues. yesterdays proceedings by the
county board of equalization were the
largest of any day, except on the third,
of the session, the aggregate of the cuts
being Sis, 449, making the total to date
$780, 19. Twenty-six Cancelled and IN
taxable mortgages were stricken from
the rolls as follows: Helena. Goldberg,
SILL 900; Wilhelmina NJ. Cannon, $4,000;
w. +. Cotton, trustee, $3.50; Sarah
Coulam, $4,000; Thomas B. Busby, 49,
100; ]. T. Little, trustee, $1,000; Theo-
dore Lovendale, $3.50; Miller-Hawley
Mortgage company, $500 and $1,000
(non-residents) Mary Ann Jack, $3.50;
G. r. Richardson. $1,000; Kate Maher,
ST. 600; Walter Bryant. $500 and $500;
Elias Sloat, $500; o. w. Moyle, S72S;
H. T. Cowburn NONRESIDENT, 500;
Richard Howe, $500; eight others, $2,2O5.
Total, $50, sos.
The assessment of $4,000 against Ar
thur Goslin's 200 sheep was stricken
off on a showing that the flock is tax
able in Grand county. In So other cases
valuations on personal property We're
cut to the total amount of $3.50.
The assessors valuation on improve
ments was found to be excessive in 50
complaints. The board of trade build
ing was reduced in value from $4,000
to $4,000, for the reason that 1T had
been used chiefly for public purposes.
The value of Willard B. Richards
building was cut from $4,000 to $4,000;
c. S. Holmes buildings were placed at
$780, 900 instead of $4,000; the buildings
on Commercial street owned by the
Lorenzo D. Young estate were taxed at
$1,000, rather than $4,000; the Shoe
maker & Wells improvements on leased
ground were reduced from $1,000 to 500,
and the value of Jennie G. Lynch's
residence was decreased $500 from
81. 900. A total of 81, 425 was taken off
the improvement valuations OF 81 other
complaining property-owners.
1t was shown that Deputy Assessor
earns valuation of land on the noun
tain tops, valuable chiefly for rock
quarrying purposes, at S1G0 per acre,
was excessive If not erroneous. The
value was fixed by the board at $3.50
per acre, resulting in a reduction of
S6,O45 to LIE Grand Young, trustee, on
so odd acres and of $14,623 on the 100
acres, more or less, owned by A. j.
Lowe ct al. For correction of errors in
the assessed value of five other tracts
of real estate, s1.03S was stricken; of.
Spencer Clawson answered the eta
ton of the board to show cause why
the value of his company merchandise
should not be raised from SIG, 500 to $25,-
600. Mr. Clawson produced his invoice
books and readily convinced the board
that SIC. 500 was a sufficiently high tax
ing value for the stock.
AS q. result of a fishing expedition"
in the county clerks office and else
where, the following were ordered to
appear on Monday afternoon and show
cause why the taxing of their money
and other personal property should not
be increased by the figures indicated:
F. H Auerbach estate, $4,000; ]. T.
Little estate, $4,000; Louise Grace En-
cry, guardianship, $4,000; Jacob Weller
estate, $1,000; Stephen Hays, $4,000.