New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-15

ton2 Ayes SIR Where they gave me eu sfer when
! saw the valuation in some places nHeo " at
that ,o,owed IN some
Of the other districts, perhaps they would nave
been reduced too. Did you ever hear OF a any vet
Deputy Tax Commissioner doing that way
'S otY SG" never heard Of It? A.-They did, as
se5erds t" To 60 and tell the folks that you had
forty fifty teams waiting did you e AIM Thai?
any other Deputy Tax Commissioner ooihs 'n'''
o-That was you. ,,S own agn idea A-0e''''''''
Odd any body tell you TO do that? 40 , sll
1t was my real estate experience to'u ine ~ '"'"
o III, many pieces did you value? AETwentYy-
four thousand little over ro eme'' think. the first
week in September to January: ana y, ,,ose7
Q.7And did you examine every one OF those
o-Every single parcel2 A-Eyery single parcel arcsl
Q.-Twenty-four thousand? A'-l"eh'S -'o"i '''0'-
S'''o MUST HAVE WORKED HARD.
The Chairman-In what period of time? A
3p@About - ninety days? A-Yes, sir; 1 worked
sometimes until or O'Clock at night. oo,, VI,
sew w and iIoyt aves., Goodrich and Merchant sts
that all but two pieces on that block were re-
o ~Iialsey and Hoyt Goodrich and Merchant?
A-You can take boat and row all over mat
Q.~What consideration did you give the figures Of
last year? Al got them ana l . ga" w, WIZ 49,
there there. ~ reduced duo accordingly. -, 1907,
Q-Do you know who made the figures Oh 1871 Z
Odd you try to find out? A.-No. sir -.
Q-Dd you go TO- that man di aIid no aS know own who
The block a be NsTena P9tt sts and
large number of these pieces were increased
Those for buildings see the teaSUn On ~
A-Yes. sir. ,,.o,. ,,o.
the lots ,c n : 0 a s 2H block 2Ye sfer
Q.-Here is another lot. Walnut and Ditmar aVes
REDUCED 9Snd fFS oFhsas ' f TO to- @
ny oay.Rker and Winthrop aves. Ayes That is
Q"But You kept some of the lots at the same
tSan the A others PEe cts dered n size
Mr. Feitner-I desire 10 state right here that in
@ Pda to thp thd@ nS sSHe the courts
Q-Who told you that Long Island City was over
Q~You found that out entirely YOURSELF A
Yes, by the information received
LEFT TO Ills OWN DEVICES.
Didn't get any infGrmatiqn lon from MR. Felt IT
G 6S % f heard hS fe
Q.~You heard that after the figures were on?
Al beard it after the figures sSS Tere v ON were
entirely your own resources to put those Valua-
%" Q9You had no advice? A.-only what the Presi-
% d he give you: A IL ,5 read ra us the the
partmcnt, and he sent us all out and told us 70 DO
the very best we could
Q-But you had no advice from any one IN the
hs ac bv the cors
A.-No sir; did not even know that.
Q-Nobody told you that? A.-No
Q-You did not know II unit! after your hSures
were made? A.-Not until after my figures were
made go , -,
Joining districts? Al did. with the men on both
sides OF me- 80, =.
Q-What did they say to you? A.-That 1t was
Just about right. When we met | said; HOW are
you getting along?' They were on one side OF the
street and | on the other. said: Let us see how
YOU have done across the street." and we opened
the books and compared them . ,,,
Q-Were you advised to do that by your higher
officers? A.-No. sir.
OIThat Just happened so? Ayes We were
there to assess according to the charter
Q-What do you understand. according to the
charter to be-? A.-That was to assess the prop
erty for what 1t would sell under ordinary circum
stances
Q-What do you call under ordinary crcum-
stances? A.--As you find the property to-day IL IL
under ordinary circumstances.
Q.-Is property low there now? Ayes sir.
O.-Is that what you call ordinary crcumstances7
At was at that time. In Long Island CITY thou-
sands OF houses to rent In one section. Car
stables have left and moved away and there are
stores and tenements idle.
The Chairman-Accordng to your nguIes you IN,
spected PCS pieces of property each day? Al did
more than that on some days
O.-You did? Ayes. sir: because l would take
big long stretch and go right down one street, and
| would see from one street to the next street ana
the block each side of that, and would skip that
street and come up around TO another street. -
Q-You did not take each lot separately You
would say each lot along here Is worth so muchF
Ayes: according 10 the grade Some or the lotS
were salt meadow land.