New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-02
than Manhattan by a

large percentage.
higher Ayes; ! found il was higher in Brook
V n tnan II was In Manhattan
what was the difference in brooklyn: what rate?
Al have not those figures. considered It was
Q.-You understood the assessment rate In Brook
Ign was 10 or 50 per cent OF the valuation? A.
! nave heard Brooklyn people say So yes.
Off Brooklyn was assessed at 75 or so per cent
the to m s an oa - dd mSt prn os
| the deputy to consider
AL do copsder them
! OIL am not talking to you about one of the
| five hundred thousand pieces OF property. am
talking to you about large and general matters3
increase Of rs did not bring up to 100 per cent?
not assess on H a percentage. The report was that
the Brooklyn was Is or per cent
verified the report did not 70 into n0r IL
lead. the tfn s o GS
lowest in the INCREASE AWs there Is no spe;
cal for IT, only the @ show as '"sy
" oeBo You not realize, Mr. Commissioner, that
head Of the Sosnd e, sednfe hs
equal assessment upon the entire territory-every
borough, A,-Eyery borough
S-And your attempt eauaze has resulted y, IN
varying figures of nk Aee na sHeSe as
| near as possible under the circumstances.
DID THE BEST THEY COULD
o.-what do you say7 Al say we have equal
n oThen as the head of the Department covering
all these different boroughs to get at e9aa ala yos
take to get unity Of action among the many dep
uties who have do the immediate worm pGSna This
m S"Wseli, answer the Question Ave have i've
q OF know that Al must answer this IN my
own way ,,;u Give Won a reasonable latitude; You
are excsednsy and y you shall save nave Ave
s6undant S Which have chief deputy
each borough Of Thic9 hs Tne deputy
IN the different districts report TO ins
S dspsy the nsu O Sp%Sn. nS
vice. and their opinion This deputy CONVEYS any ny
~sn ro me o %ay chef deputy and
from him is conveyed to us anS tne under the
SSSrer ANU was that shogd be Soas
and equazed all over the city e o. isf method you,
the head Of this Department Sh S6 took w't to
that very delicate dutywhas diereHt deputies
fSw e9aH d oS done i a thGHsA our
chief deputy and thTS%sh were tneF given A
General Instructions TO 20 tor ,hey a FOUND it, and
,Sen arrive at the proper conclusion aS 10 '"'
| greater value ,,,r,rc
MYSTERIOUS METHODS OF DEPUTIES
oyou have already admitted several n times increase
your ss BASED upon necessity Of an
an absolute figure on 1t, to HThs You have ad
1GISqshs up TO admitted that ssve
nSsfossSu y0Sd Do 'heR 70
that in MAJ haitian
100000 per year? hut IN order to eaualize it with
NJ assessments in other boroughs, egures TO
$50 was neSessa WASN'T to f sY H~Yes
QYou had to add s0met 6a9 had to be added
emd ha What d n TAKE to set
uiiIIO.'' prODertieS In Otner
SaWinS the deputies out In assess the
SsS they thought the mSke
and by so doing those figures weie aeure to repre-
Q,pd you sary addition for equalization? A
Nc r,.r how could they tell what was necessary zee sar
to bring about the Equality? A RTookyn and the
dtion Of 9G'a and by taking fair as
ssssSent of an assessment value it would ea0aN'
the two fact that you let these men go out
and do about as they P tSsm IN? Ave hold them
oHqw do HyG Eq nU' that they should assess the
property fair market Saae for REIMBURSEMENT
hsys SSSO "'O III
Mr. EneWe bsyen nes got w taSfe "E or
on them II was half-past when we eo' '''
iaai r HEoman-what you mean by the Sst the
ton taxatop7 AL %ssn the TO PROPERTY in his
S adgment he right or according
law we WHAT Sat does he base his Judgment in ar
irving at the market value on wn'c nrivate sales
Is from the men and talks to-
and NE Which he has different Of getting
Q~The ratio Of valuation OF real "a take that
t the Occosnsderation? A-The value of property
| in that neighborhood
| HoFFMAN's sHREWD QUESTIONS.
esn also the rule that the sn at Of tht the Sa S
alton OF property? A.-The size OF me Iot, III VIZ
the tSefe are on two t a@s
III naf ,oor or one family on floor all these things
taken into sn Fhave would be
at a higher rate from It's situatO n, ,haa pBY al
over on Third-ave' would 1t not' A-D' d."
located ,bsS on Urapsay over Sere
o naT centr e? A~Yes. ou cat,
In. oD 81 property on West Broadway
was assessed at about abo, sd the same value
y0O1 rele,i When was that sale? A:-That was
e his lorP pfop shf efaSs %
5nea as p nnS upon by
s sf that sale and the valuation placed upon the
K 4f sane the
SCISSORS valuation II shows IT al Along e correct in
that 9- paTtc wfPr instance? A;IYes -, -.
oWhst IL T m1aa is not Sae the chief
Increase to your mnd-the hish ra'e Oh 'aAa''0"'
AMI Mr. Moss-But Mr. sheehy, whatever may be the he
cause Of the Of the Jsts 81 W oneh to
ba enual in the borough, shouldn't ~ A'-Ihat
| is according to the value OF the properly
SYs hi, to p BE sqsaa which has much
| -NGz.r IN the making and enforcing OF assessable
poWei .,nns ana the collection of taxes ought 10
he as nea riy as possible exact In Its equality A
o6SsMDo you realize the tremendous payer tha u
| Vol, have? Alt is very important oihce anu a
| Sory resnonsibe Office. / realize that
COURTS SELDOM INTERFERE
| - ~ o, rsauze that the law leaves great
deal TO the judgment OF the commissioners A.
| Yes. o,, few cases where the
co1rts VII, overrule the action OF the Comm MINIS
| sioners in matters which are gwen There have