Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-09-08
Big INCREASE.
Report of East Side Assessor
Has Been Made.

Net Increase of Near Two Hundred
Thousand nollars Morgan
town Has Most of This-Yalne Of
Realty Has Grown Greatly--Per-
sonal Property Decreasing.
The report of the assessor OF the
first district feast side) OF this
county has been filed by George NJ,
VanGilder 1t shows a very graft
| flying increase in the amountof prop
erty for taxation The greater part
Of this comes from the increase in
the city of Morgantown. In this the
greatest increase Is to be found in
the first ward of the city although
each of the wards shows fine in
crease.
Under the new assessment the
city of Morgantown pays more than
one fourth of the entire taxes raised
by the county Those who have OBJ
jected to the expenditure of county
money in about the city have over
looked this fact which justifies the
expenditure to the greatest possible
degree.
The report for the West Side has
not yet been filed but il is stated
that slight decrease has been
found to exist as compared with last
year.
The figures in each district as
compared with last year ale as fol-
lows:
Clinton district; value of buildings
in 1902 $57, $50 1901 $57,S49, value
of land and buildings 1902 1881, $50
1901 $3S0,5S5. This shows net
decrease of 1904.
Union district: buildings ST. ,535
and $92.605; lands and buildings
1898, 270 and $3s6,120 Showing
net increase of $3.50.
Morgan District: buildings $751;
lao and $48,35S, lands and buildings
$270,915 and $265,570. This shows
a net increase of ST, 1927.
In the east side outside of the city
of Morgantown and town of Smith
town the totals are for buildings
$179,725 as compared with Sl7S,-
So for the last year and for lands
and buildings 81 ,045, 265 as eompar-
ed with $l,034,075. The increase
here is $12, lob.
The City of MorganJown is the
place where the increase may be
found. The figures show for them
selves how fast the town is building.
The figures as given show first the
value as fixed for this year and the
second ones In each place are those
established for last year.
First ward: buildings $140,775
and $57, 975, buildings and lands
$16S,095 and $161 ,445 Increase Of
$89, 450.
Secon. ward: buildings $43. 800
and $2l, 1865, lands and buildings
$67,2S5 and $45,025. Increase of
$44,2S5.
Third ward: buildings $464, 1926
and $434, 155, and lands and build
lngs together $619,4l5 and $5S9,095.
Increase of $751; 400
Fourth ward buildings Sl71, 030
and $137, 900, lands and buildings
S194 765 and $160,312. Increase OF
sos, 4S3.
The total tor the east side in val
ue of buildings for 1902 is 1921, 720,
for 1901 it was $652,695 For land
and buildings it is 1902 81, 053, 220,
for 1901 it was $958,637 The in
crease in the value of the buildings
is $780, 25 and the increase on the
value of buildings and lands togeth-
is $94, 5S3 making a total increase
IN the value OF taxable real estate
of $263,60S
The value of the personally has
decreased somewhat there being a
very considerable decrease In Union
district, but the total net increase
in the value of property from which
the county will raise its taxes for
next year is nearly two hundred
thousand dollars. The showing is
very pleasing to every one and pre-
sents in very striking manner the
progress which the county Is maxi
ing.