The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18
THIRD OF A MILLION CUT OFF
EQUALIZATION REDUCTIONS FOR
TWO WEEKS.
More Citations Issued For Money to
Be Taxed-Relief of $4,000 to
Merchants Yesterday.

To date the county board of equaliza-
ton has stricken an aggregate of $780,
395 from the assessments of SIG prop
erty owners who have showed that the
assessors returns were erroneous OF
excessive, but of this sum, s279,S55 was
in satisfied mortgages. The board will
continue in session one week longer.
| If the board succeeds in raising the
assessment against the wealthy citi-
Zens who are cited to show cause next
| Thursday and Friday why they should
! not be taxed for money on hand OF
| deposited, the reductions already made
will be more than offset by the pro-
posed additions Then, too, if the value
| of business real estate is increased a
million dollars, as proposed by the
board, the total assessed valuation VIII
not fall short of last years equalized
assessment.
Citations were ordered served yester-
day on six estates and guardianship
and on one wealthy lady, directing their
! representatives to show cause next
Friday morning why they should not be
! taxed for money which the assessor
inadvertently overlooked. The previous
days citations represent proposed in
crease of 1895, 900 in valuations, but
yesterdays ran up to only SSl,175. There
are more of such to come, however.
and no person or estate need fear that
the tax board will overlook case that
is believed to merit attention.
The persons and representatives of
| estates ordered yesterday to show
cause next Friday and the amounts 10
which it is proposed to increase their
valuations Of money on hand or de-
posted, are as follows: Mrs. Mary
Judge, $4,000; guardianship of Louise
Grace Emery, $4,000; estate OF John
Herman, deceased, sl6,71 estate of
Minnie Himmah, deceased, $4,000; es-
tate of Rose Daft, deceased, $500; es-
tate of James II. Little, deceased,
deceased, $1,000.
Relief to Merchants.
Several important reductions were
made yesterday on values of merchan-
disc. The Henry Dinwoodey Furniture
company was granted reduction Of
s.. 600 from S50,275; George Mullett x
Co. 81 1000 from $4,000; Lyman Harris,
81, 500 from s15,0S0; the Davis Shoe
company, $500 from $4,000; and the
Brown, Terry, Woodruff company, W.
500 to s10,500. Eight other decreases on
personal property values amounted 10
1856.
Mortgages to the total value of $500
We're stricken off, because the DEBTS
C. Weeter, 81, 400; Parker & Depue. 81
700; Jane and w. G.. Wagstaff, $1,000;
James Bird, $500; Sedenia T. Dunford,
$500: C. F. Loofbourow, $500.
The Atwood estate buildings on stale
and Second South streets were reduced
in value from $1,000 to $1,000, and fouc
other complaints of excessive Valua-
tons of improvements were adjusted at
a loss of s215.
To correct errors in scales, reduc-
tions on real estate were made as fol-
lows; C. p Madsen, 75S East Third
South street, from $500 to S16O; j. +.
Walker, Union, from $1,000 to $3.50; FL
mira ]. Eldredge, Granger, from $500
to nothing double assessmenD; Mar
garet Hansen, North Point, from $40
to $50; j. j. Williams, jr., from $500
to $500.
mo cause of action" was the board S
decision on the complaint of the Titan
Stove g. Hardware company, assessed
for s25. $50 worth of merchandise, and
on P. w. Madsen's grievance on the
valuation of his merchandise at sl5,-
1876.
W. V. Rice wrote from Park city
that he owned no taxable real estate
or personal property in Salt Lake, eN-
cept a roll-top desk, valued at S25, hut
which was assessed at SIS. The as
sessment was ordered corrected and 4
new notice sent to the writer.