Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-25
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.


sessment filed with the board:
Caroline NJ Cole asked to have part of
lots . and 6 of block 90 Cosmopois struck
from the rolls the same being an error in
assessment
Hiram + White presented petition
asking for the reduction in assessed value
OF lots and sec t twp 17NRGW of
10 per acre for the reason that adjoining
property was assessed lower.
Clara Wood Green, application for cor
rection OF assessment on lots / ; 6 and 7,
DIX u, Pacific Land Cos add to Aberdeen,
from $50 to S12l, fer the reason tina, the
lots are assessed at very nearly their
selling price
Application OF the Pacific Land Co to
have the value reduced on their addition
to Aberdeen from 1921 TO $25OJ as said
assessment was too high.
Aberdeen Electric Co made application
to have the assessed value on their plant
reduced from $1,000 to 5000.
Eugene France filed application for to
reduce the valuation of the following
lands; lots . ) and 6, and ne OF sec g.
POS valued at 500 reduction asked foi
500, for the reason that timber on said
lands had been destroyed by worms, and
reduction asked for on other lands that
had been logged off
Application filed from Ninemire & Nor
gan, Il \ Nixon, Medcalf Bios, Albert
Raby, Jasper Gibson, VIM + Ogden, o q
Chase, Chas Neysey, Hoquiam Boon. Co,
Mrs Isaac Beemei, reduction asked for
as values are too high.
Application OF John Winters FOR reduc-
ton OF values on their lands in 4-19-l2
and 1929 1S-2l-9 17-2l-9 30-21-9 for
the reason that values were too high.
G II Carlson filed application to have
the assessment reduced on his patent
rights from $3.50 to $3.50 as that is his
selling price for said patents.
The following applications filed with
the board for reduction OF assessments ::
Alex Young, c Pearson, Medcalf Bros,
and Henry Rosmond.
North Western Lumber Co, represented
bv Geo II Emerson, Sidney Moor Heath
and u r Jones, presented claims to the
board Tor reduction OF assessment on
lands logged of, water system OF IIoquiam,
Tugs and steam boats &c as follows: APP
plication to have all tide lands assessed
to the above named company struck from
the rolls application to have item No 25
on personal roll struck off, notes, accounts
and warrants &c application to have as
sessment reduced on their lands that are
logged off; application to have tug boats
assessment struck from the rolls; appli-
cation to have assessment reduced on
certain lots and parcels OF land in Aber-
deem; application to have improvements
ON lot Is blk 50, lIoquiam, struck from
the rolls; application to have improve
ment ON lots to II blk Sc, Westport, re-
duced to 500; application to water works
of the town OF Hoquiam reduced to $1,000
application to have certain proportion
Of personal property listed rs within the
corporate limits OF JIoquiam be changed
as being beyond the corporate limits.
North Western Lumber Company cor
tinued to explain its objections to the
assessment.
Afternoon spent in examining assess
ment rolls.
Board spent the forenoon in examining
the application OF the Northern Pacific
Railway for reduction.
Application Of the Northern Pacific
Railway Company for reduction ir
valuation rejected as adjoining lands are
assessed the same.
Board spent the afternoon examining
assessment rolls.
Application of Medcalf Bros for re-
duction Of assessment upon the following
described property: