The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
WANT TAXES
ABATED
Big Rush of Aggrieved
Ones.
WORK HALF FINISHED.
There Were 81 Petitioners. Besides
Report Of Auditors on Buchan-
ans Accounts.

The hearing before the board of civil
authority for the abatement of taxes de-
veloped such rush last evening that the
board found itself able to do nothing more
than to hear the complaints, after which
an adjournment was taken to this evening,
at which time the board win take action
on them. A total Of 32 requests for abate-
ment were heard, in addition to the pre-
sentation by the city auditors Of the IN
collected accounts Of former tax collect
or w. Fl. Buchanan for the year 1897,
amounting to s7O065.
The meeting was called for the city
council chamber but there was such
crowd that an adjournment was taken 10
the city court room where little order
was secured. A number OF persons who
intended to make claims went home with
out doing so because Of the crowd But
the majority were good walters and were
finally heard
Frank g. Rowland was elected chair
man Of the board and City Clerk Maekay
acted as clerk. The kinds Of complaint
were many, several men having been list
not understand why their property should
have appreciated in value at all and OBJ
jected to paying taxes on the Increased
quadrennial appraisal and still others did
not move to Barre until after the first day
Of April
The largest property owner who object
ed to his tax was Angelo Tomasi owner Of
of the block on the corner of North Main
and Merchant streets and the two houses
In the rear Of it. He was represented by
wv. A. Boyce, and Mr. Tomasi himself said
be was taxed on more than the building
cost him. The valuation put on his block
is $4,000 and on the two houses III the
rear $1,000. Mr.. Tomasi thought that
$4,000 would be fair valuation for all
the property.
Another owner OF a business block, W.
G. Quinlen, through his attorney, William
Wishart stated that he had been taxed
for four years on his block at d valuation
of Sl4, ,00O and this year at S13, 600. lie de-
elared that the listers had admitted their
mistake In the previous valuation, and he
asked for rebate on the $1,000 for four
years.
Those who applied for abatement we're
Plummer Martin, Sanford Smith, &c.
Veal, Nathaniel Ennis, Clarence r. Wood,
w. G. Quinlen, Geo. A. Ross, Mrs. Felix
prestini, Mrs Josephine Rusca, Mrs Mar
garet Pirie, Dennis Cleary, VIM. Cameron.
VIM. Donald, c. Cardi, II. B. Baldwin, W..
Ross, II. Calcagni, james Cashen, r. Ros-
so, Paul Z0rzi, G. B0ni, A. Tomasi VIM.
Carson, Louis Cassini, George Thompson,
Fred +. Cleveland, james McWiIhan. III.
A. SegeI, w. d. KIdder, Chas. Tacey,
Thomas Gabaloni for his father and Henry
Alexander for his mother, Mrs. Mary Al
exander
Q. j. L. Mathews, one of the city aud
itors, presented the uncolleeted accounts
OF 1897, OF ex-Constable w. III. Buchanan.
The amount of this list was ST09. 80, Of
which two items were in doubt, the audit
or said. G. w. Melcher called for the
reading OF the names Of those whose taxes
1t was proposed to abate. A large per-
centage were those Of Italians whose
names were so interchanged that It was
impossible to determine what was the
right name. The clerk made note of sew
eral names Of parties whom different MEM
bers Of the board thought were In the city
ct the present time.