The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-28
Editor OF The Tribune

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proncrty nnd dco;do az QUO ,ho ,,irotion ia bc
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nbIn state ~ ogair. ay,s,i,,. ra ,vo ,vorIs In
thr onti,c citv ,ssnssoi In a,,. tind f rr,rortion
one to tho otbor nvcn ,berc thc same natural
conditions eyistcd ,nJ tha ,,isJor, ~ Recorfer
Connel in dirac,inr I'm nssoss,nont IN bn made
In tIis y,y AZ oncn hono,,o ,nn,,o,t
This work consumed about tnur months of our
ti,np and was Bniebod ohort mo- on Nov IL
becomes necossorv onc, ,ear for ,ho hoard Of ms.
SCISSORS to furnish thc civ controller with the an.
proynnte estimate of tbs total. graduated first.
second and third class valuation for the Use OF
councils at about the same time that the outside
assessment Is completed In order TO do this we
TOOK the unWarrantpu liberty. IL has been
termed, to employ a clerk. agreeing 10 nav said
clerk ourselves II councils refused TO appropriate
the necessary money. This clerk has, since we
completed the assessment in the First ward. be.
gun the work of transferring the assessments from
our ield-book into the new blotter book for said
ward The clerk employed TO do this work, Mi,
Watkins. Is q rapid and thoroughly efficient ac-
countant: he has labored faithfully dny and
night since the assessment has been completed
and has had the assistance of the asscssors in
this work and il il not vet finished and will not
be for several weeks to come.
Bnrinnino MonJ,v In, o. film hoard NJ assos
sors sit ne n hoard Of revision Tho advertised
time for hearing opneols consumes about one
month or to March / hut MS A matter of fact
owing TO the days that have 70 bp set aside for
hearing appcals of land comnonies and corpora.
tions, it will be nearer Nav before this work Is
completed, and during this time not one single
moment could be devoted bv tbc boord Of as.
SCISSORS to doing clerical work This more than
consumes the time that councils have becn asked
to appropriate money TO nav deficiency. and we
ask the public to Judge as to whether or not we
were unwarrantpd in placinr that item in the
expenses of our department remembering. of
course that IL would never annnor ornin
Now, +hora o,o AZ ooo s;,,,,, assoss,,o,+s IN ,ho
c;,v of scroptn, that arc ,y;t+en aud nrr;od o,,t
first in the blotter books then from these into
the alphabetical assessment books and transferred
again and the levy figured in the tax duplicates
for the city treasurer's offcc-a grand total Of
135, 900 No living person can write TO exceed
500 assessments per doy. even in the blotter
hooks tho simplest oP ,ll the work and keep it
ND for a wear, This would take 2O7 working ,lays
each wear. but it must be remembered that this
is figured on we might say, the blotter book