New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

Q.NYes compare the entries in the books. with
a as sale in the books or newspapers. as passed BY
l looked at the house.
| did YOU? A-Yes. sir; ! saw them passed by:
o.-And you have given all the qualification that
! you claim for Judging these values. have your A.
9AnS estimating the value 6x AYcs ossr ,5 and
Q.-General intelligence; OF course, such az every
res estate busness or an anything else but we
now speaking OF special qualifications for specaii
o.-pont you think that when the money is taken
ery2 A 5nt ,hnk Sayf 6dn @S think h.
o~Xnd you think you have that nrst-class sbik
ON assessing tsis prop rty did you assess each
! o--And assessed II en. the spot7 A-Where
didn't make any change. OF o9prss-I mean where
33n he has spot Walking lp the sres , sAs.ned
Odd you consult with anybody, in the real
eSsa.e oNos sou? q xxlnS tAGfe sr va"e''
those yoV 1aaesP ANo WIN asE X properly
Did any property owner know what value y9y =,
not pafs Se ms IN he rs place o Know what
value we put on bis property
HE CONSULTED NO ONE.
$50 you moved through the district without
consulting with any property owner and withou.
put on this property just what you considered in
your Judgment to be the proper thing A.
3pOss the DsDar%sn. supply any real s estate
DIDO You consult with anybody except tho
chief deputy? A.-No. sir; the chief deputy. con-
figures? A.,No sir; ! wouldn't allow him 70 cor \,
o.-You don't think he has any right TO do 1T
Al @ know he he hasn't any rig right tioh,, iyss air
SWs AdSH SSs, somethns s5n fn de",e The hsrss
are fixed by you? Ayes, sir
Q,-And the deputy has nothing TO do with liking
those assessments? A;-No. sir J make my assess
Q-why Woudnt NJ you let the chief deputy coIrec,
PAID 81
o"Didnt he consult with you! A-mcsrtainiy
consulted with me. am open to argument ana
Odd he ever convince you you had made .
ms.aYe oYou on nevey ary have ~ made mistake? I-oh I
have I don't think there is anybody iving hash'
Q~we that is sOmething Examns svsns. the rec GO
ords and keeping track OF real II esss sta as npsr
that is any qualification why IL st tbai Nr once!
AMtsrn'p' ability. ne @D- '''' '
CHIEF DEPUTY's NARROW POWERS
o-But you wouldn't allow him to correct your
nH0 his snSer s eS and wider
perience you don't think he has the abilty 10 cor
re. DO SDo' you? Al say wouldn't pass on his
ability simply say he had no Ts, rlgnt h, 10 say at
SrSH would not sT. s, any ySo S9vidrAl s c0m"'-
S'eae, o"you wouldn't let three OF them? AoNo .o,-
rected except the whole Board met and passed on
'nsn oinNot tiSs then? A-Not until the whole books
oafter the books open TO the public vS1r yor
figures? At is out OF my hands then. =,
aSs saw gooa on some piece Of properly
r you /, eysr ysr had saa fHy aTe
| O-But you have talked with Ilsrnc ac,o al Thaf
Sr Wa. the mT piece c OF property the vas exempted
1900 on account Of being unten m tSe IsW or that
is the person had to sss reside ,bst on
the property TO be entitled 70 it, so they raised '"A'
piece q PrOPfe pre the % bounds Of your dsrict7 A.
Fourteenth to FGTe5hst and i"S westerly to sxthave
and norhery to Foreth-st.. and all east oI ,ha ana
! O-And YOU don't take In Ihir'y-loui'"-'" INV
Fifth-ave.? =? Al do.
ASSESSED THE WALDORF-AsTohlA. D
Odd you assess the Wadorf-As'oriaF A.
Yes sir ~ os.oss,rg
o-what qualification have you Tor assessing ~
such a peculIar piece OF property as the " "aiooii-
s,a.,a, aI don't think there is anything very
peculiar about IT, ia. vos Of,
| GA rather complicated huildinsF A-ies, 49, SIT
n And Won considered the value OF the Duiidinss
didn't you? A.-Yes. ~ ,.. A..
o-There is a plant there very dineren' iro"i '"'
r,ant If most hotels? Att Is true.
n 7, reouires expert knowledge 10 judge or tno
,,a q, that property? A-Well. | don't Know
vbot Won call expert knowledge. | CONSIDER my
| knowledge sufficient 10 judge IT. 49,.
O-You consider yourself suficienty quan"eo W
iudpe OF that building? Ayes sir
O-And what have you figured itY A.-lne war
| r o.sassad senarately and the AStorla
% We'll separately A.-The Waldorf 100000.
and the Astoria s3soo@ 49,
n VIVA, experience had you ever had that
would enable you to fairly and correctly assess
nronerty of that kind running up to %bo"N"'
Al have told you before; Kept recorus vi '"iu'"
q, nronerty in the different parts Of the city,
ON the Tax office? A.-And everywhere
O-Haye those values been reduced A'-ies' si'
O-How? A-By the Board OF Commissioners.
n THE owners of the property appealed from
your decision? A.-Yes. sir put IN "'''e" ny
pllcstion. w..
o-And the Commissioners appeal reduced Il
s,Oo ooo7 Alive hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars believe.
n ON what ba sis was your judgment corrected
where was the error? Al suppose they thought
on account OF Mr. Boldt being the lessee IL was
pretty radical increase in one year
O--How could the fact OF any man being lessee
have anything to do with the value OF the prop
ortvo At hasn't anything actually 10 do with
the value . x..
o.-Then why should It be decreasedY Al doh's
Lpouv unless they thought. as | said before. was
q little too radical in the assessment
O.-You were not radical east OF Ihnu-ae''
A-No. sir; was fair .
You brought increased figures east OF Third
ave? A-Trifling ones
PECULIAR WAY TO EoUALIzE
o-And YOU struck them out? Al did
O-Who told you 10 strike them QUIZ A-No.
body.
ize II.