New-York tribune., 1899-06-10


who assessed for 1899
o-what was the reason for your Judgment
there? Al thought that was fair ASSESSMENT
O-What did you base that thought on! A.
What considered the property worth "na' ]"
would sell for.
n wba. did YOU find out about the property
thar would make you think so? A.-Wel have
been looking at It for thirty years, ever since IL
built.
o-What good does looking at piece OF prop
erty do? A.-And passing by there In the neigh
borhood.
Odd you get any sales around ltF Al prop-
ably considered some sales.
Q-What sales did you consider? Al couldnt
remember / couldn't remember any just now
couldn't remember any individual piece OF properly.
Dwell there is your book Ayes II appears
to be 1856 $4,000 but that was probably for one
small parcel of ground.
o-That was for 1896 and affected the value OF
1898? A-The small portion OF ground that was
taken probably
o.-Who are Horgan G. slattery? Al don't
know.
Q-Dont you know anything about them? A.
No. sir do not.
o-Don't you know that they are good corpora
tion contractors at the present tim ? A-The
name appears here Edward II. Land u don't
know that Horgan e. Slattery have any connection
with i-never did.
Other name appears or the taxbookF A.
The appears here as Landau.
QZNow, We have In block LA the Plaza Hotel
increased to $4,000 nearly 81 per cent M but here
en- the sorqsr Of Is Jon" O0"
Q.-Yes the northeast corner. A:-What avenue zen o
Q.-The property was assessed in 1888 at T6'V'o
Q.OBock No. i,274 Assessed at $4,000 In 1899?
9-YYes 9Yes oan;l AT sNa G0n,i ,batF and agyNO asny,N
md f. il IS ,heTs Please GOk at at block No. iN'
o.|That was increased from $4,000 TO $1,000
that is only u Per ,b cent THO Hotel Increase @ Ait
is a big difference between the Increase over 1888
HE PATRoNIzEs THE MURRAY HILL.
Q.-You do not patronize the Murray Hi ,I,, Hotel i
do you? Al patronize the Murray hil hotei
- Odd You go there to get your eommSsOn the
day before January 1st. 1888? A.-No, sir. g.
Q.That is where they were given outE A'-Sofne
o."some OF them were? A.-seme Of them were
given out there, and some Of them were given out
Q~Yes they were What increase did yi2, yiNT mske Sai
for the Grand Central Depot? A-ohe mi'''on ao'-
Q-what was that based. on? THAT Gto improve, prov,
couple Of stories on it. ,,s ,,
Q.-You did consider that Improvement ala your
oYOu increased the Murray H Hotel Io dR2 lS per per
cent but No 2S .I East FqTyirs'S' yey you only III
o'@What is the dnerence-any difference in the
rate there? All 6ac fd M not 80 sonfldeTM be Manhaan a Ah
letic Club? A.-That is a new building. rno
Q-You only increased that 10 per cent? A'-rhe
o'MNo; the Manhattan Athletic Club? A.-oh.
'nSt + o1 No 2s that is $4,000 to 100000 1t
was increased. That is 10 per cent pracuca'iy!
~ o.IWe have 5ss Flnh-aye., Theodore A; Have,
meyer you go from S35OOO0 TO $4,000, Y per cent
and acSn WSn J % pT yGu eent sff or 5
Fifth-ave. right alongside, you jumped from So,'oo
4sSce G @ %9f S q s per cSt et fs the anns
houses. How did you come TO 90 that' A'-fou
vi" UNo SS 'a' 5 Ffhavc Fi jumped per cent What
about that? A-Al right. - .,.-
Q-Here are three adjoining houses progressing
house use $50. and the house as Fifth-aye. are as:
sessfd o from Tn f aS%t those 10 TScy 0n aTe putting
building there and they were assessed as va
VARIED ACCORDING TO JUDGMENT.
,Q.aLook at block No I,2s8 - Is Sd the property OF
the Goeets there assessed at $1,000 this year? A
the Goelet name-Goud, Henry, Osborne Hoffman
and Winthrop, c...,, ,. go. ooo % ,2oo Ooo What
is the next number? A.-Henry. from $4,000 TO
o'~That is only $4,000: what is the next? A.
Fifty-three thousand dollars 70 $4,000.
Q-That is sl2 coo. You see, how you vary between
the different houses. IT is all matter Of juds-
.Q-IIook at Block / 2s4; now, let us see how your
SGos s6S TsrS Is per '1slS cent @ @ from fro $500 to $500
per cent difference of 20 per cent in adjoining
Ruenss per cent ' @ Fha@ finSe Sn @ to sSon Drop
back to 80 per cent: 6o3 Fifth-ave to 900 q per
@ cent TO % % Is Of per S per Sens & S @
$4,000 80 13 per cent? 500 Fifh-ave. from 10000
Of eight houses @ ranging from il per cent to per
cent. all adjacent property; your rate OF increase
are alike in the Whole row? Now. what is the
reason for that change? Al didn't consider the
Q-IIow did you get the basis for the varying val
ues OF the different houses in that row? Any
o-Where was the basis for IT? A.--what /
Q-Is there anything on your book? Alright
.Q-Where is 4? There is your book and you say
that contains all the information? A-All the sales.
Q.-What Is the basis for that? A.-Mr. Flower
bought one Of the lots there. think, for $4,000
What is the LASTS there for this Irregular in
ing about irregular increase 1 what
sider ne property Will sell for.
Odd you measure the property? A.-Not
Odd you get the value of the structure on It?
Al considered the value
SIZES THEM UP BY EYE
Q.-How did you consider it-where did you get It
from? A.-Look at Reconsider what It is worth.
Q.-What experience have you had In looking at
buildings and finding What they worth from
looking at them? Al have been looking at them
for forty years.
Mr. Moss-So have ], very nearly, and yet
The Charman-You mean outside examinations?
How you tell from the outside what the In
terror Of the structure is? A building might cost
$1,000 or 100000 all depending the manner Of
decoration whether Of iron. steel wood all those
enter into the value. Ave examine the build
ings when they put up, the An old
one / judge on the outside. We know about what
sort Of a building it is IT. a private house or a
tenement house or a factory.
Q.-How many buildings in your districtf
A.-Twenty thousand.
Q.-How many days did you spend In inspecting
and examining? Avery nearly four months.
Q.That would be 100 days. 1t is physical i'm
possibility for you to examine those houses A
And go through them?
Q.-Yes, Al don't say went through them.
Examined them from the front. All except where
there were alterations old buildings; them
went through. wherever there was an alteration or
a new building An old building, we had the lot
and size of the building in field book and had
the insurance maps Of New-York to consult In