New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-02
.r,. condition they have ceen TOT years., a.
Want 10 say Mr.. Moss
~ ,,w,ys BACK TO THE DEPUTY.

,,wAys BACK TO THE DEPUTY.
..v Won that question over again. Listen
81 ro ASH Give any reasonable excuse for not In
creasing Bowery yau house districts on Orchard
that sn sSSe dspSy In sns sys
You IN his best Judgment as to values In that Sec
,,ou and assesses the properly as ne nnds IT, and
its real condition co" III any o'"e'
way. vos let us give YOU few ilustratons, and
you MI. MI 90 account for the matter? A-Well.
ou Ne n 10 "A Bowery. Atlantic Garden and
- theatre $4,000 for 1898 not increased;
ih""a pouery Miners Theatre. $4,000 not
NJ - No lO7 Bowery. $4,000 not increased;
ino'' theatre on the Bowery $4,000, not
ipa. Nos 2s1 and 2sS Bowery and In
".,s yoik's Garden. $4,000. not increased: No.
=. narsry McGurck's $4,000 not increased No.
~ n.uery 5000 not increased: No. 2Ol Bowery,
.sro not Increased; No. soS Bowery $1,000 not In
.a.sed: No 500 Bowery. Paress Hail. se5.oOO not
'ra.sed Now there is a section which takes In
,ha notable things OF Bowery life but when we be-
r,n TO get away from the concert gardens on the
Rowery we find little tendency 10 increase valua-
lions Nos SA and S9s Bowery. $4,000. increased to
s7sco Now. Mr. Sheehy, No. Se4 Bowery is next
door TO Paresis Hall Paresis Hall is not increased
in value and the adjoining property Is increased
III per cent A.-What is the increase next door 2
Q.-Seven and seventh per cent Ayes;
well is there a better building Il?
Q-Why was any discrimination made in favor OF
Paress Hall? A.-Possbly an Improvement made
on the building next door.
Q-or McGurk's Hall7 Al don't know anything
about that place.
Or Miners Theatre. or volk's Garden and all
these places? Al don't know; never visited
those places never visited McGurck's Hall or any
OF those places.
TENDER TREATMENT OF RESORTS.
c-I notice also, Mr.. Sheehy, an existing tender
ness for other resorts Of the character Thir-
tieth-st. and Sixth-ave the Haymarket $4,000. In
creased $4,000: 5000 increase 10 per cent Nos.
90 and IL West Twenty ninth-st. John Days place,
from $50 900 TO X7 O00 IA per cent. No sos Sxh-ave,
q gambling house. increased from $1,000 to 1890.
13li-ls per cent / am reading you now properties
IN the neighborhood OF other houses which have
been increased very heavily. Ayes.
Ono SIS Sixth-ave, 600 increased to $4,000,
only is per cent No. Ils West Forty-fourth-st..
SIS 900 10 sl65O0. Do you know OF any disposition
that there has been the part of deputies other
persons in your department to favor property Of
this character? Al would like TO find 1t out II
possibly could
Dwell you don't know Of any7 Al don't
know OF any: no, sir.
Q.-How is 1t. Mr.. Sheehy that while property
generally has been going up in value, the property
IN which Mr.. Sexton lives has been assessed down.
ward do you know anything about that? Al
doubt that
Q-You doubt II; 1t ought not TO be so7 A-No.
Mr. Sexton hey7 Well, he has no bearing on the
real estate assessment in the city of New-York.
want to say that he or no other man born We
know no man in assessing real estate.
Owe want to find out what has any bearing
Al don't know where Mr.. Sexton lives. But Mr..
Sexton or nobody else has got any influence on the
Assessment of real estate 1899 in the city Of New
York.
Dwell in block l22s, from Eighty-hrst to
Eighty-second-st Amsterdam-ave. TO West End
ave- are these figures No. 2O2 West Eighty second
ST. from $4,000 to $1,000. q 81 per cent; No. 2s4
West Eighty second-st.. the same; No. D6 West
Eighty second-st another owner. is increased only
N2-7 per cent. No Dos West Eighty-second-st.. or
No. 2S West Elghty-second-st.. is increased from
$oNo to 5000, II RI per cent. A-The same class Of
houses?
Ono. EOS West Eighty-second-st. Is increased
from $1,000 TO $1,000 AZ 81 per cent No. 20 West
Eishty-second-st is increased from 5000 $1,000
67l-7 per cent. No 2l2 West Eighty -second-st. is
increased from TOU-Nos. 30, 22 and "a West
Eghty-second-st. each increased from 5000 TO
81. 600 57l1 per cent. and then have the next
houses. Nos. 224 2S and 22S decreased from 10000
5000 decrease of 10 per cent. and 1t is in one
OF those houses that Mr.. Sexton lives. A.--which
house does he live in. Mr.. Moss?
SEXTON'S HOUSE DECREASED.
ONO. 22s think 1t Is. Ais that house in
creased7 Is the assessment on Sections house
raised?
Q-It Is decreased $1,000. A-sloco?
Q-Decreased. the three houses tosether7 A.
When? For 1882
Q.-For this Year, A-For 1899?
Q-Yes. Now you see the point, Mr.. Sheehy? A.
Yes, see.
Q-ln this block have this ratio: 81 81 per cent
increase, 81 per cent AZ 81 per cent three houses
g. II per cent houses substantially running along
together. and then these three houses reduced II
per cent: reduced 5000 10 per cent Amy i'm.
provemen the houses from 1898 TO 1893: are the,
a better house or were they about equal?
OFT is very evident from these figures that
there has been no change In the property, because
have the deputy on the stand stand and You can ash
him about IL.
there are matters Which have already 6een
10 your attention indicating failure to equaliz'
Dit looks little that way? A@So. mot not ever
II they are all n the same block You may take
which may the View 81 the deputy for
e s TO a house. n5 s III
year he may add 8 900 to your assessment.
closely for 1893 that there is y" no foom for thai
snpposition7 Alt may be sixteen,foot or az
When YOU have the deputy on the stand. you car
ask him. You may build l6-foot 8 or an ls-foo
house and It makes difference in the assess
Mr. Hofman-You have testified with respect tc
f Of q he @ hon ne
records? A.-Mr. Committeeman / wish to state
here, and probably Mr.. Moss and Mr.. Lambeei
don't know II. that the assessable pieces Of prop
erty is over 10000. ! cannot testify to each OF the
10000 pieces without referring to the records. II
any do that. can't.
Mr, Mcss.Can YOU ten me what the rate of in
Yes-no, can't tell YOU not now:
Bronx Borough NO sir.
SURPRISED BY FEITNER's FIGURES.
Q-Can you tell 1t for Queens Borough? A.-No
cir
.Q-Can you tell 1t for Brooklyn Borough? A.
No sir. not just now.
Q-Or for Richmond Borough? Al can't Jus
now.
Q.-Can you state substantially A-No would
not venture TO. Just at this present time
Q.-Do you know whether the rate Of increase 4!
greater in Richmand Borough than IL is In Queens
Borough? A.-They all supposed TO be equal
lied.