New-York tribune., 1899-06-14

No son't think have. had ihcreau is.'' 20
rronertv I'm cases where thought the piop ,,a
100 low increased them 'o """'
hs IT'S fair market value. - .
Q-You made regularrepor''' "
did. ..,noa ons column
o-And those reports contained o"o w.
sbowine the assessment for last year. .,,
oAna then YOU put in the assessment ioi ''''
year? Ayes. . .....,on. either
q, ar lowering it. in your Judgment! A.
o-And It was entirely your Judgment 'H"' ''1
worked on? Ayes -. .,ora far 10
- ,orr Judgment? A.-The best OF my
Judgment and ability -. .,
O-Uow did you help your Juus"e"' ''
Making inquiries In different ways ,.,,,-o,
W. made inquires Of whom? A.-inqu''eu
of owners 80 ... .xor,,ne7 Al
O-How many pieces dld you 'N"i
Examined S,745 pieces. about - ..o,o,
oyou examined s.74S pieces, making pelso""'
examinations? Ayes, SIT. . -,
GA good many Of those were ouii' o"
Yes, cir o nm NOT In
,bs town OF Flushing am in the unncorpor"'eu
part of Flushing, the farm land -..,o,,o %
oJ, requires a great deal of experience ~
value farm land? Ain way yes.
o-There are difficulties about Vaiuins Guy To-
hut in city lots you had the criterion oi S",e
,o,v often many sales but It is not so easy 10 se'
q cr,terIon for farm land? A-There are safes
there at times. too , A.
Q-At times. yes; but 1t Is not SO easy
Not easy. ~. A,, 10 do
o-And a man has to work pretty haro 70 W
Justice by the city and do justice by 'he ih0i'''
uai? Ayes. ~ ,d,d
O-And you had TO work pretty haru' 10 ~
The Chairman-How many days did you spe"u'
A-From the second Tuesday In september ~
December.
p HE DID FAST WORK
q How ,,onv months? A-About three months
O-About NINETY days? A-Aoout tha' N''iu0
ing Sundays o-.- .,o.oso Ayos sir.
Tbat ,s an average of hundred pieces
savp A-Oh. .no; some Of them are huhoreu-ac'o
farms. ,, .roo A
Yes. ,.s ., ,bose
day? A.-NO A,,,
~ That would make an average Of nearly nun
a,sd day. How could you get along? A.-lhele
are probably forty or ffty lots IN oiocA' '"e' "'0
large blocks. . ,. c,yu ser
Mr. Moss-Now. ! an. looking at your OlV'l oe'
,,co examination and find you are rateo AT % per
49,, a. ar,,bmetic The second question was, Prop
er,v assessed at $s.56z S15. tax OF $S4rzoO 80 -
levied What is the tax rate? your ,s u"s" ~
was LIP. and the examiners nave ~
Ter cent for that answer ,.
~, ~ ! direct the attention Of the commit
eco % the fact that in many OF these papers where
an answer Is right but soue figures In the answer
are wrong a portion Of the mark Is gwen
n on the fourth question. ION lot OF ianu 20
by 100 there S n house running oach " iee' 49, w"
on eX,ension 1S by 25 What percentage OF the are"
- ,ho 10. ia covered by t1ne house, your an
swer ,s "a 1-3 for which you received a iha'h oI
The true answer Is 7S Inc a"s"Va "
o,van s 75l-3. You received marx ol ioi
g.. rba 9Th cnicstion Suppose the house III
nXta
What are the cubcal contents! Inc marx CIV" M
- d, rothing The mark for the sixth question
&C. & And for the seventh question Is ia'u'7
The seventh question is, III the TAX Idis.u ~ -
certain piece Of property Is %0'I 40. "nD III. ~, on
rata is I Ia what is the assessed Value Vi 'e P''
49,, Tho mark is a failure. The general paper
Is marked &C by one examiner eo Dy 'he o'Iei. ~
writing is marked 90 per cent by each exaih"er anu
exnerience So per cent by each examiner ""''
your books? 49,, ,,,b ,oruar will
The Chairman-Mr NOES hU" "'
YOU be with this witness? f.
Mr. Moss-I can finish with him IN a very ie"
minutes; then he needn't come back to-rnoiro"'
DO Won or did you report TO the CHER Deputy
in Brooklyn? A.-Queens
O-Regularly did you? Ayes
mn NOT REPORT TO MANHATTAN.
o-You didn't report over here at a"' ->0'
uas assigned over there.
no,,ce on this page (referring TO book. Mr.
Deputy. between Seventh and Eighth aVes,' ooV" ,
No a generally you decrease values. why "ds
that done? A-The property, in my OPINION ""S
assessed too high. , .o
rronO Information and from general knowledge that
had ,,a w ho,o .,
nronertv In that neighborhood? Acknowledge ahC
reformation received before started 10 assess'
o-What kind of information? A-lnformator
troro ovs,ers from various people interested II
property In that section and various sections
Odd YOU ever know owners TO oVeresUraUu u
tho valueq A-No / took their information witt
grain Of salt ,
o-Then. what was the grain of salt? AIN some
- caees they probably did not say what they meant
II and in some cases they did aywhat they meant
o-Wbat was the other basis for your judgmen
I'm reducing those values? Any judgment 10 'h'
best of my ability. the property was assessed toC
bieb IN some cases That was my Judgment
O-The general complaint has been that the prop
erty was assessed too low. How do you account fol-
an assessment too high? AIN this case the prop
erty was assessed too high know that.
O-How do you know that? A.-From my know
edge
O-What Is your knowledge-what does 1t con
sist Of? A.--As real estate man.
Q-You had no experience over there? Al had
knowledge In general
O-But knowledge In general that a New-Yorl
broker has does not tell him what the values o.
property In Queens County are. Alt tells him II
manner.
Q-In manner? Ayes, sir.
Q-Do you know who assessed II In 1877? A-No
know who did II In 1899.
o-There is the figure you went blythe assess
ment In 1891? A.-That did not bother me at all.
Q-You paid no attention to 1t? A.-No sir.
Q-What was 1t in there for? Alt was In ther
when got the book.
RELIED on Ills OWN JUDGMENT
O-There was a who had previously gon
over the ground. and who was presumably fami
lar with H. and who made that assessment. Upo
what theory did you entirely disregard the ofiicis
work OF a man that has gone over the ground
that way? A-From my own judgment and froI
information that received know that this prof.
ertv WAS espeoially too high in this nelghborhoo