New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-02
assessment OF those houses is very ea"''"o'e ."
according TO proportion.
QUEER EQUALIZATION. THIS.


In, the buildings No rs to II Nassau-st. last year
were 100000 this year $4,000. an increase OF ~
per cent. Now. No. 81 Nassau-st was increased
from fifty to seventy thousand dollars where the
other was 30 per cent. The building NO IL nassau
at was increased from s6O 900 10000. an Increase
OF 30 per cent and on the other SIDE oil 'ohh-p"-
No % John-st., the increase was from sSz" 10
$4,000 an Increase of 4Oss per cent. and the ouiid-
ing No Jofrn-st Increased from $4,000 to 5000
an increase of about 80 per cent 10 you can '"'''
equalization? A.-Accordng TO the 'sue OF the
building and according TO the amount OF srouhu
and according TO the condition of the buildings, ana
the deputy assessed them in his own pest )uos-
ment the best he knew how.
O-Of course he did. and you hold MIN RESPONSE
bic for Il? A-To certain extent.
o-Thcse men that you have said were not 10 De
criticised made values In 1sss-your same Depart
ment and substantially your same inspectors anu
deputies who made valuations for 1882 and In one
block we have these varying percentages SHOULD
have added TO those I gave No. Nassau-st,
which was only increased ILL per cent On one
block YOU have 3611. Hi. ~ and % per cent
81 81 100 per cent. 100 cent. 80 per cent 81 per
cent ASS per cen. and % How could 1t be possible
that I'm one block where the conditions OF increase
of value are substantially unaltered by any process
Of equaization your Department would nave 70
make those corrections In the space Oh one yea'
At only goes 10 show that our assessment lor
this wear under our Board is correct nave noun
ing 10 say about othd years speah o"'' 'o' '''
year 1899. ,roo.od
DC :, and was a corner building. and the building
next door TO it, an ordinary. narrow BUILDING NO.
900 Broadway increased lOO per cent! At
may be correct: the deputy can produce HIS ooof
and show YOU why 1t was done. He Is here now.
n Tho deputv did this work? Al think Mr.
Beu finished that district. and he Is here with his
book and he show to this committee that
tho assessment was wrong before. II is right now
He is here.
o.-wen. we will give him a chance. Ale Is a
pretty good man.
SOME ESCAPED ANY INCREASE.
o-Do YOU know that the assessments right up
on proadwav have been increased very heavily,
and much in this same proportion or disproporton?
Ayes: Increased in the same proportion.
Dwell do YOU know that that very important
district that centres around Chambers-st ana west
,,.oadu,ov whore those wholesale groceries are-do
Won know those places have not been increased
per cent? Alt is according to the character vi
the property and of the building
O-Do you not know that such properties as the
Scheff Building the Cosmopolitan Hotel ana those
n,oces around West Broadway and Chamoers-st
80 M, Increased at all while property along
t,ro.dvrav is nun up anywhere from 80 TO 100 per
cente A-According to the condition Of the prop
erty. - , o
o. know. but. Mr. Commissioner unless you
give absolute dscredit to the work OF $685. from
your knowledge OF the business OF New-fork' now
can YOU say that there is equality In the TAX sys
ton, that raises values along Broadway 80 to 100
nor cent and does not touch values along Cnam-
bers-st? A-You will find 1t does think you
will find IT has been increased in proportion to Its
value think will find 1t So
OIL have the figures. A-Ihe uePu'ieS "'e "'''
and can tell about that.
o. ask you as a business man real estate
man and an old New-Yorker II for any purpose the
assessed valuation Of property In New-f orK' Man
haitian Borough. has TO be Increased $I"VV'V"'
why shouldn't proportion OF that increase De put
on the property have mentioned IN the heisnoo'
hood 81 West Broadway and Chambers-st? Al
think II should be.
Oft should be? Ayes. and tnink IL mas MI
Moss think you will find IT,
o-And II the property in the city OF New-York
Borough of Manhattan, is to bear an additionai
assessed valuation OF S270O.co why shouldn I
there he an increase OF valuation along the BOW
cry where all that prosperous concert-hali ana
mus,c-hal business Is going on? A.-WeI, am
afraid that between yourself and the Police De-
nartment YOU have deprecated values on the BOW
cry In the last year. -.
O-But these assessments were mace lot last
wear and this year. A.-Ths September
o.-september. 1898? Ayes. 1t probably has
decreased some.
O.-Do you mean TO say in September. 1885, when
YOU made your assessment In the Borough OF New
York that in your judgment the Bowery snould
not participate in sharing the burden mposeu vi
1927, 900 900? A-Proportionateiy IL mas
Oft has? Alt has.
O-How much? Al couldn't tell without re-
ferring to the records. I can't remember all this.
THE BowERY Is IN LUCK.
O-Do you now know. Mr.. Sheehy. that the
theatres and the concert halls that are crowded
on the Bowery night after night have not been
increased at all. this business going on regardless
Of criticism? Al don't go to see those places on
the Bowery. never visit those places. don't
I know anything about H.
O-But do YOU know they have not increased in
value? Allow do you mean, sir? don't con-
slider resort of this kind. 1t is detriment to a
house II | was assessing H.
OIL am not asking you that. Hold on now You
saw such a house is detriment to the value? A
I would consider any disorderly house detrment
to the community.
Q.-You say the places in the Bowery are a detri-
ment TO the community? Al never VISITED place
on the Bowery In my life.
Oft IL your place to know the values? A.-The
value Of that place. yes.
o-Do you mean to say that by reason OF what
goes on there the value has deprecated? A
Well =
o-Do YOU mean to say that? A.-No. do not
OFF that is the case Ar II Is ds0Tderly, L
! certainly shouldn't permit IT,
Q-Why, then, doesn't the Bowery bear Its pro-
porionate share OF with the other streets?
/ Al think II has in relation to the value OF the
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property. q.
! Q.-What is there about the value Of property on
! the Bowery where the crowds and where the
music halls are what is the difference In the condi-
ton there that should relieve 1t from carrying its
burden Of taxation? A-You know Mr.. Moss. as an
! old New-Yorker yourself. that section In the
| city OF New-York changes from time to time. You
know to-day that First-ove along the Second-ave.
In those sections there that property Is about hold
Ing It's own there: that is about all You know the
boom hasn't increased In that section. The boom
hasn't Increased the West Side. The form and
the real estate has been controlled entire
ly the centre OF the city and along through The
Bronx. Now. that is the condition.
NOTHING TO DO WITH BOOMS