Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-01-26
SECOND DIST. COMPLETED.
Retaliation of lands has been
made.
Increase of Nearly Fifty Thousand Dol
lars over there-Work has been done
Faithfully-Where the incIe ease and
Decreases are to be found -Satisfac-
tory Showing for the County.

tory Showing for the County.
The report of George w. johnson
who was appointed as commissioner
| for the purpose of making the reas-
Sessment for the second assessment
district of the county has completed
his labors and filed his report with
the county court which has accepted
it. This report shows that the work
/ has been done in very careful man
ner and it reflects great credit on Mr..
johnson. He did the work at f1nan-
cial loss to himself as the compensa-
| ton does not make it worth while for
a man to do the work.
The report shows that there has
been an increase on the west side of
$40, CSC or nearly fifty Thousand dol
lars the last ten years on building
and lands. The amount avail
able for taxation falls short in
Grant district on the acreage on ac-
count of the sale of the coal lands, the
acreage of coal having been added to
the surface acreage. There is a small
loss in Clay and Cass districts. The
gains were made in Battelle on oil OPP
tions and in Grant on coal sales.
This part of the county has not
shown as heavy an advance as the
eastern side but on this side of the
river the advance is due In great
measure to the progress that has been
made in Morgantown in the past ten
years.
The report for Grant shows that the
value Of buildings now is sos, 531: ten
years ago it was 500, $40. The value Of
buildings and lands now is $691, 8S3.
Ten years ago this was $66S, SIG. The
value Of buildings on town lots is 81, =
655. 1t was then $3.50. The value
of buildings and lots combined is So, =
$50. Then it was 81, Clio.
In Grant Independent district the
value of buildings is $14, $50; ten
years ago it was $13, The value
of both buildings and lots, 1913, 304 1t
used to be 1927, 1924.
La Cass district the value of build
ings is now $40, ass. 1t has been $4S,-
063. The values of both lands and
buildings is SAG, 257. 1t has been
SAG, 36l. The value of buildings
on town lots now stands at Sc, 845.
1t was 81, 645. The value of both
buildings and town lots is now SO, $50.
1t used to be SO, $50.
In Clay the value of the buildings
is $59,575. 1t was ten years ago $751;
$50 The combined value of lands
and buildings is now 1918, 500. 1t
was then $630,87 The value of
buildings in towns is now 81,
1t formerly stood at $l2, 045. The
combined value of both lots and
buildings in towns is $15,070. 1t
used to be $14, S97.
Battelle district the buildings are
valued at $44, 900. They were before
this $44, 800. The combined value Of
both lands and buildings is now 1892
OCT. 1t used to stand at $457, 291.
The value of buildings on town lots
is now $4,775. 1t was then 1896.
Both the buildings and town lots
combined foot up 81, 1885, They were
before $6, $685.
The totals for lthe district show
that the increase is $40, $50. 1t is
now standing at $2,319, 1877. 1t was
ten years ago $2,269, 881. This in
crease is not as large as it was on the
east side of the river but as stated
above the increase on this side is
mainly due to the growth of Morgan
town. The showing in the rural
parts Of the county are about equal.