The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-03
Reuister of Deeds TOrrey Files His
Annual Report of Property Sold in
KenOsha in a Year.
LARGE AMOUNTS ARE REPORTED.
Real Estate in the County Sold During the
Year Amounted to over $33O,1oo.-
Assessed Lower Value.

Register of Deeds p. G. Torrey to-
dav filed with the county clerk his an
nual statement of the property trans
ferred in Kenosha county during the
fiscal year ending Sept. %, 1901. The
report is a most interesting one and
shows that the property in all parts OF
the county has been selling and sell
ing at a good price. The city OF Re
nosha shows a small increase IN sales
over last year.
During the year there has been
seventy-four sales of real estate IN
Kenosha and this property brought
the sum of S116, 10000. During the
preceding year there were 100 sales OF
real estate and the total amount or the
considerations was only S115, 200, thus
showing a marked increase IN the sales
during the present year. This report
speaks volumes for the prosperity OF
the city and shows that the value OF
reality in Kenosha is steadily increas-
ing. Out in the county the sales OF
real estate have also been large, the
greatest number of sales being regis
tered from Pleasant Prairie.
The total sales in the county are
valued at 1913. $3.50 This is an in
crease over last year of more than
twenty-five thousand dollars. Inc
sale of comfy real estate last year
amounted to only $187, 112.35. The to-
tai figures for both city and county
show that the considerations for all
sales amounted to $3.50, 155.40, while
the considerations for the preceding
year amounted to only S30o,Olz'oo'
This is certainly a healthy growth for
a singlesyear.
The largest deal placed on record
during the year was the sale of piece
of farm property in the town of Som
ers fer the sum of S14 400, and the lar
gest sale recorded in city property was
the sale of the Knapp property on
Park avenue for the sum of $40, 500.
There has been a noticeable falling
off in the sale of property in the town
of Randall and this is partially &C
counted for by the passage OF the ice
tax law which has practically prohib bit
ed the big Chicago ice companies from
purchasing property on the inland
lakes of the county with a hope of
profit. Among the towns the most
sales have been made in the town of
Pleasant Prairie, with Somers as a
close second. The value of property
in the town of Wilmot has increased
materially during the year AID several
transfers are registered from the town
of Silver Lake.
In connection with the report the
Register has filed statement of the
assessed value of the property sold
which is interesting in showing some
thing of the manner in which property
is assessed in the city and county.
The property sold in the city for
SIG, 10000 was assessed at $21, 085, a
a little less than one-sixth of its value.
The property. sold last year for
BIS, 900 was assessed at $23, 1885, this
seeming to show that while the value
of the property is increasing, the as
sessed value is diminishing.
In the county the property which
was sold this year for $213, 955.50, had
an assessed value of $50, 40 or little
less than one-third its value on sale.
The county property, sold last year for
St87, 112.35, had an assessed value of
$91, 1860.
The comparison tends to show that
in both city and county the rate of as
sessment has been lowered slightly in
the year just passed.
The report will be tabulated within
- short time and presented to the
County Board at it's meeting in No
vember.