The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-24
MONEY OF THE DEAD
Rich Estates In Default Before the
Tax Board.
No REPY TO CITATIONS
REDUCTIONS ON SUBURBAN
REAL ESTATE.
10 REPY TO CITATIONS
Samuel Newhouse and j. D. Kendall
Plead Exemptions of the Wealthy
and Heavily Taxed and Are Let
Off-Double Tax On Ice Plant
Many Mortgages Taken Off.

Yesterday afternoon was the time
when the representatives of five sup
posedly wealthy estates should have
shown cause to the county board of
equalization why they should not be
taxed for various amounts of cash on
hand, but none of the persons cited
put in an appearance. The board con-
cluded to defer until today the entry
of default against them, but their fall
ure to appear and show cause will re-
| suit in the estates being charged Tor
additional taxes.
The estates of deceased persons,
whose administrators or executors were
cited to show cause and the amounts to
which it is proposed to raise their as
sessments, are as follows: John Tier
nan. S16.715; Minnie Himmah, $4,000;
James T. Little, $500; Rose Daft, S4,-
500; Rebecca S. G. Brooks, $1,000; total,
s4S,1
Mr.. Newhouse Is Exempt.
The board yesterday received an af-
fidavit from Samuel Newhouse stating
that he had but 81 ,919 on deposit at
Mccormick & Co.'S bank; that he owned
no property not already legally assessed
for taxes in this county, and that his
bank account is not taxable. The board
concluded to annul its intention to tax
Mr.. Newhouse for $4,000 ready money.
On behalf of John d. Kendall, At
torney w. NJ Bradley filed an affida-
Wit declaring that his client owned no
money other than that derived from
net proceeds of mines, and already
taxed, and that his bank account is Off
set by bona fide debts. In Mr.. Ken
dall's case it was proposed to assess
him for $4,000 of taxable cash, but on
the showing made the board let him
off, as it had twenty-five other wealthy
citizens.
w. w. Chisholm has not yet respond
ed to the citation served upon him, and
A w. McCune will show cause today
why he should not pay taxes on S200OO
of money which is supposed to have
escaped the assessors observation.
Cut For Suburban Realty.
Before taking up the matter of in
creasing business real estate 81 ,0000 600
in value, the board ordered reduction
of SO 1-3 per cent in the assessments OF
South Main Street subdivision, owned
by H. w. Lawrence, and returned by
the assessor at S11,295. Reductions are
in contemplation on some other subur-
ban additions, about which complaints
of excessive valuations have been
made, but the board deferred action
until today.
The value of Charles Crows building
ON leased ground, at rs Fast First
South street, was raised from $1,000 10
s. 500, and Carl A. Larson was assessed
for a mortgage of $500.
No cause of action was the board
verdict on the complaint of the Ladies
Literary club, whose property is as
sessed at $3.50.
Untaxable Mortgages.
The following sixteen mortgages.
either owned by non-residents or de-
clared to be satisfied, were stricken
from the tax roles:
w. F. Cotton, trustee for the Rio
Grande Western Railway Employees
hospital fund, s9.01S; w. F. Cotton,
trustee for Mt. Olivet cemetery, $500;
Isabella Brown, $4,000; l. Cameron
Brown, SO, $50; Miller-H awley Mortgage
company, $4,000; Robert A. Dawson,
s., 600; w. D. Foshay, S1,400: Rudolph
Dumbeck, S1,350; B. K. Bloch & Co..
s1,219; L. C. Miller, $1,000; H. T. Cow
burn, 500; Alfred McCune. $3.50; John
r. Dayton, $3.50; The Herald company,
s127; n. j. Sheckell. SIS; total, s33, 1863.
Because the National Bank of the
Republic had taken in the plant of the
Salt Lake Ice company at foreclosure
sale, thereby using part of its capt.
tal the ice company's personal proper
ty assessed at 81, 700 was abated. The
personal property at Miller & Miller's
coal yard was reduced in value from
81, 125 to $3.50. The total of reductions
on personal property of eleven other
aggrieved taxpayers amounted to $500.
The improvements assessed to Susan