The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-13
FIERCE is
THE STORM
BREAKING
over Charles Hslmbright, Who Made
the pscennial Real Estate
AppraiSsmsnt.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
To Discuss the Appsaisemsnt-In-
crsasss Almost Entirely in the
Business District
Mr.. HELMBRIGHF's DEFENSE.
BE Claims That the New Assessments
Do Not APPROACH the Actual
Cash Values.
.HR. HELMBRIGHT'S DEFENSE.

County was made public this week. Tn
| county clerks office was the Mecca 70
scores OF property owners yesterday
both morning and afternoon. and tn
appraiser came in for pretty stronl
denunciatlon. The DIRECTORS were prin
cipally the owners Of property In III,
business district. on Main and Market
streets, in Clay and Union districts
where the larger part Of the increased
valuations is found.
Some of the larger increases in as
easements are given below:
Mcclure Building, sSs,sOo tc
s35 OOOi building and lots, 35O,31o to S1OS,'
600.
National Bank Of West Virginia
Building, $4,000 to $4,000; building and
lot, S15.7O to S2o,sOO.
MeLain block. corner Twelfth and
Market-Building, $4,000 to $4,000;
buildings and lots, S44,17o to 374,so0.
Bank of wheelIng-Building, SIs,SoOr
no increase; building and lot, 31s,5OO TO
sgl.1OO.
Reilly block-Bullding, $4,000, no In
crease; building and lot, a21s7o to s2s,-
200.
German Fire Insurance Company
Opera House blockl-Buildlng, $1,000.
no increase; building and lot, $24,57O to
$4,000.
Grand Central Hotel-BuIlding, s17,-
$50 to $4,000; building and lot, *2o.osO to
sH,sOe
German Bank-Buildlng, $4,000 to
$4,000; building and lot. 3Ss,2So to 's2,-
exchange Bauk-Buhdins. $4,000, no
increase; building and lot, Sssr5Oo to
$4,000.
city Bank-Bullding, $4,000, no In
crease; building and lot, 10000 to
Dollar Bank-Bundins, 5000, no in
crease; building and lot, 31s,26o to &c.,
900.
Peoples Building. $4,000. no
increase; building and lot, 322,elo to
$4,000
peabody NOTWITHSTANDING, $4,000,
no increase; building and lot, $4,000 to
The Objections.
The basis of the objections to the
values placed on the real estate by Mr..
Helmbrlght is Principaily that in the
other counties OF the state the apprais-
ers place much lower relative values,
and that on the values placed by Mr..
Helmbrlght Ohio county viii contribute
taxes to the state outrageously out Of
proportion both In point OF population
and actual value Of the property.
Some Of the directors in looking over
the books yesterday, ascertained that
Mr.. Helmbrlght had lowered the az
sessment Of his brother, Henry Helm
bright, on piece of property in Wash
Ington district. The building was cut
from $1,000 to $4,000, and building and
ground from $3.50 to 1880. leaving the
actual cut at $40. not $500 as had been
,fofad In anrna quarters.
''D''N " ,--,-,.4 n-,r
Mr.. Helmbright was seen by an In
tellIgencer reporter last night. He
made the following statement:
"The big increases over the us ,.
ment ior last year ute v N.i. a.'i,Ss'
exclusively 70 MAN anu tua'Ns' ss'oess :,
from Tenth 70 siN ,S,, IN Gay . a','
Union districts luxe Ni'ArN 81 49,
the highest rate Oh assessment ~, cue
lots was VIII per IRON. too'' ""u a., 90
some cases as low as Illi d loo.. i"lN
was entirety 100 low, iOr ptUpe'ty ~
tween T%eiith anu Eour'eeii'" 't ~.
Is selling to-day "t ti'VV' a Iio"' tOS''
and some o1ers ~ 'nSt "bu'e I ~,
been declined. khO" ol one sue'l '''-
stance; the herlnan Fte insu' ''" ~
Company asked Sl'EvO u i0ot iOf ne
Opera House prope''S' us Oe..s
true, are the Salua..ons nt'' ,epo, =
ed too htghE Deeioeo'y not naEe
rated the lo's on 'ne east sac Vi maj
het street pes"ee" -"s ~. ". s - ~,
teentft' az S'~ a i'Oa' . LODI H4u 100. t'Sne
on the west sac ~ tOOV' ~. i'st ','0
Fourteenth ana E!i'e t, l ~ si ",
at $3.50 on the west sue, una 'SVO o ., '"e
east slae, anu KNOW w " psopefts IT.
tnat prlhBS H'vO q t'Ons 'oV'' 'AN ,'
the ne" uSSess'"e's O'''' ""O"'
halt OIL the actuu' vSlue' ,
on residences E1s .,., t Nv, NV, ,%"