The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-19
BOARD Of EQUALIZATION.
an Objections to she Levy sf 1883
Must He PILED by That Date or
They VIII BE Forever Barred

The session Of tire beard o. equalization
= fast drawing 10 a clos~ Tosuo-rnw h
Infection 10 tie tax assessment cfise mirgs
De hnly registered On aAe records OF the
board O. /; wsII be forever Sisregsfdad.
p?ss members OF the board k:ov tow prone
thA avssags citizen Il 20 the "mSn&na"
ssablt. and as consequence they ara pre-
caring for grand rs;sss on the last aay.
The board was Ia session only part 81
VIE day yesterday. bat transacted much
esisiE&sa fsof wiaastafsding that ssct. Three
hssrDbsTs OF the board we're absent for
Ssyersl hours making ar sppraissBsnt OF
Chs personal property In Tire Moran slip
end Ship building Company. No action
was taken on tbs coEnpaays petition for a
Ssduo,ol os its assessment from S,se Goo
10 about sl5g0. the COMMITTEES rot being
ready to report. 9hia matter Is probably
toe most important tbs board Will deal
wttn before its adjournment. unless some
formal action ID taken On the matter Of
Making railroad tracks and right-os-way
business competitors of the Morans have,
~ Is said. Informed tAs board that The big
Ship building plant IL worth al least 500
20. but tae Mofans say sae idea u ridieu-
leus.
host peopie have no idea what iron
Ngkang machinery is actually worth"
William Moran told the board yesterday.
They simply zee that 1t II complicated and
1ooks costly ana Jump q. conclusions. We
have machinery In our shops that mas been
worn cut ana rabuIit several fines, the
value Of which Is uoGAnxi. And sosne Of
our machinery In ahsolsie and never used.
We have standing around several large
machines that ara worth only what they
would sell for ~ OLE IRON. !; does not take
% much machinery In cur business as
people imagine. although vs. have a well
equipped ssop.
Last spring when We had so many
steamers under construction down on The
etce Oats a person ignorant Of the facts
might have thought we had Thousands
OF dollars invested IN special machinery.
but ws did not. We ran Our iron working
msotinsry night and day TO get the use
put d II and the wood working tools were
vurni6hsd by The workrsr- We had less
than Zoo worth OF extra tools down on
the OATS although 100 men were !n our
Anployr
4 case very characteristic OF grsa.
humber the board has TO deal with was
RAT os Riddle g. Ward. who own the
steamer Enigma on Lake Washington II
was truly an enigma to the boar, TO as
certain how much the assessment should
De increased. The assessor had made the
valuation 500. Commissioner Bosce hap
pened 10 know something about the water
craft on the lake ana he suggested an In
0uiry. The steamboat men were accord
pnxly notified TO appear and show cause
Shy tho assessment should not be In
Creased. One Of the firm appeared and ar
interesting half hour followed
1he steamboat ulau Insisted that The as
.nessor's valuation was eminentiy just. h,i,
..fho board had Just received information
sthat the boat was worth IT ieas: s.. oco and
sHoud not be pat aside.
'How much did the stnamboa. cost your"
Ausyiad Commissioner Royce-
mot more than 81 1900 responded the
steamboat msn. I'VE built her ourselves.
dofrx ell our own work and buying our
4rachiuery second hand. II had been nsed
u another boat and was six or eigh,
gears OLD. Then the steamer has been run
ehree years already"
Fifteen hundred doliars." calculated
Commission - Ecycs with ore eve on the
ceiing ara tbs ether half closed. Il
should say yen did GO: the boat pretty
cheap You must have picked the machin-
The laughter which followed confused the
Witness little hut he stil, insisted that
khe boat was not a valuable piece of prop
er'y ard that no beat on Lake Washing
scn was making q cent. ~ last he was
asked how uaah Insurance the isoat ear
t.si Hc repiiel ssab. This gave Com
missioner Brycs another opportunity TO
false a laugh.
''weli. well, you wouldn't lose much II
s'ae would burn up. would your'' he grave
81 Inquired.
Tho steamboat man flushed again.
'Waii ! don't Know" re said seriously.
swe ars paying the premium on 8. ooo ssu,
& wofiia depend or the company whether
wc 20, that much II shs was burned
The outcome OF the inquiry wss tAat tina
Assessment on the boat was raised 20 si64s,
and the steamboat man weGt ont wonder
Ing vho had been telling the board stories
The Seattle General Hospital Ssoeey has
kset with the board 4 g>s.fIEon asking that
- saxen ON building. grounds ard per
eenal property he rsrSiit.pd or that ground
That II IA purely A charitable Institution.
This Yves done last year.
Among sh~ assessments rsisv9 YESTERDAY
WAS shat of Hamrf e Schuifz the pro
Nrsstars % tste Hotsl Butler Tsnev valued
eAsir hotel properly % a personal mature.
Ai si.oaa. T'Ae board raised II ss9.0 The
As~cals Meat Company was raised Si.TSS.