The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-08
LEVY MADE
ON NEWPORT
C0TTAGERS
Mrs. Astor Taxed for Only
Sl00,000-- Coal Baron and
Others to Settle SmartIy.

Well known New York families. headed
by Mrs William Astor, figure in New
ports tax list just completed. The list
tlcularly by the New York tax assessors,
who have publicly stated that they will
tax them I'm New York as well.
1t will be a surprise to New Workers
TO learn that Mrs. Caroline w. Astor.
swore that her private property was
worth only a miserly 100000. Her only
brother, William G. Schermerhorn, ad-
mitted that he was willing 10 be taxed
for si50.00o His wishes were needed.
Samuel Huntington. the brother-in-law
of Mayor Low OF New York. had an easy
thing" as did Hamilton Fish Webster,
son Of Sidney Webster. the famous inter-
national lawyer.
COAL BARoN'S BLACK EYE
Z. j. Berwind. the coal baron" got
black eye his real estate value being
increased from yl93, 700 TO $603. 700. All the
recently admitted Newport citizens,
headed by Mrs. Astor. were we'll taxed,
but the principle surprise was the small
sum assessed against Mrs. Astor.
The assessors fixed the tax at the rate
OF sll 10 on each 5000, last years rate
being Sill The real estate is increased
from So, ,931, 500 to $33, $50 200. and the per-
sonal property from S7.69is 400 to S,30Os0o.
making total increase OF s2o6,5oo. The
tax Is increased from s44e. ss4 80 to S475,-
99674. a gain OF $50, i1l.&. The greater part
OF the increase in personal taxes Is In
cluded in those assessed against the four
persons who last winter were declared
citizens OF Rhode Island.
Mrs. Caroline w. Astor is assessed on
$leo 900; William e. Schermerhorn on $780,
600: Hamilton Fish Webster and s. Il.
Huntington on $4,000 each. In addition
Gibson Fahnstock is taxed on $4,000 per-
sonal property: Charles NJ. Oeirichs on
$4,000 and Winthrop Astor Chandler on
$4,000.
The new valuation exceeds by consid-
erable the net increase in personal prop
erty valuation, but there have been sew
eral taxes taken of this year by the
division of estates which were taxed
here The increase In real estate is due
to the completion of the several summer
residences. including those of Il. j. Ber-
wind, w. Starr Miller. T.. Rollins Morse,
W. Storrs Wells. a. II. Olmstead, Anna
Van Nest Gambrill and Francis V. Greene!
Mr.. Berwind's property valuation is in
creased from slsS7o0 TO s6o3.7O Mr.. Mil
lers from s69, 800 10 s76,sco: Mr.. Morse's
from So, 200 to N7.200; Mr. Wells from
ssO50e to slsl 200; Mr.. olmsteads from
s2l500 TO S33,500; Mrs. Gambrilfs from
800 TO $4,000. and General Green's
from s0,2o0 to sl2o,3o0,
INCREASE AND NEW ONES.
other increases are the valuation on
the estate OF William Astor, from $780,
200 to Sl74,2o0, and on the property OF
Emma h. Auchincloss from $l292cO TO
SIS, 200; of Lewis Cass Ledyard from
$2l 900 10 s4S, 6O0 OF Winthrop A. Chanler
from 500, 800 to $4,000; Gibson Fahnstock
from 1854 TO s35, 400; William c. Scher-
merhorn from $4,000 10 sleO,500 and Ham
ilton Fish Webster from $4,000 10 $40, 400.
The other new taxpayers include Rosel-
la c. Blandlng. who Is taxed on $4,000
real estate; Robert n. Carson, who pur-
chased the Ingersol estate and Is taxed
for s94 900; William r. Carter. who is
taxed Si9 500 on the G. V. Fay estate he
purchased Thomas Dolan who purchased
a Newport estate for Clarence w. Dolan,
and is taxed thereon for ss410 William
II. Dunning, whose Newport estate Is
valued at s14700; DIR. Austin Flint, Jr..
who is taxed on sl3,i00 real estate; Harry
O. Havemeyer, Jr., who purchased the
Jones estate, for which he is taxed on
So, 900; John jerks, whose estate is taxed
for $2l, 200; Mary B. Jennings, wife OF
oliver p. Jennings, who owns the Hoff-
man estate and Is taxed for 81, 100;
Eleanor r. Kane. wife of Colonel De-
lancy A. Kane, who has purchased the
Carey villa and is taxed for $4,000; w.
Rogers Morgan, whose property on Rhode
Island avenue is valued at S33.S00; Charles
NJ Oelrichs, who is taxed on real estate
for sl2.100 and for personal estate for
s1o500: Howard A. Stevenson, who pur-
chased the e S. f. Arnold estate, which
is valued at $50, 900. and Mrs. Duncan III.
Elliott, who is assessed on $si0O real
estate.