The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-17
NO HELP
FOR QUINLEN
City Refuses to Repay
His Taxes.
NO AID FOR MRS. TILDEN
A Stock Company to Provide for Gran
ite Exhibit at st. Louis, and Meet
ing DisnlisseS That Article.

ne CITY iietblnE Cdlieu ldSL evening 10 [
consider the request Of w. c. Quinlen to |
have portion of the taxes paid by him to |
the city during the past four years returned |
brought cut about hundred voters last |
evening who, after hearing the remarks
Of MI Quinlen's attorney and Of city offic- |
ials and others voted not TO repay Mr.. |
Quinlen.
The meeting organized by selecting DR.. |
| j. Henry jackson as moderator. Under /
Art 2, ITO see If the legal voters of the
city of Barre will vote to pay to W. g. /
Qninlen his claim for taxes unjustly and /
illegally collected from him for the years
1899, 1900, 1901 aud 1907 d. MI Miles. /
to bring the matter before the meeting,
moved that a warrant be drawn on the /
city treasury to repay Mr. Quinlen's taxes
unjustly aud illegally collected for the past /
four years. The motion was seconded by /
Vim. Donald.
james Mcdonald wished to know on
what grounds MI Qainlen claimed the
taxes had been Illegally collected from
him. Mr., Wishart attorney for Mr. Quin- |
| len, explained for the latter. He went In
% the history Of the case, Of the appraisal |
of the Quinlen block in 1898 for $4,000 |
of the meeting Of the board of civil au-
thority 10 August of that year, when the |
assessors stated to the board they had
made an error Of $1,000 In the appraisal
an error Of fact Mr.. Wishart claimed-and
Of reduction Of the appraisal by $1,000.
| In view OF the statements Of the asses
sors Mr.. Wishart claimed the board of
civil authority should have reduced the
appraisal $1,000 to S13, 600. BY their not
doing so there ought TO be no question as
to what the voters should do There had
been an error and the voters had right
to rectify any wrong to a citizen.
III. w. Scott, who was member OF the
board Of Civil Authority In 1898, told Of
the action Of the board when it made the
reduction IN that year. He asserted the
assessors did not claim at that time it was
an error of fact. but an error OF judg-
ment.
Al g. Fay spoke on the legal aspects Of
the case. The board Of civil authority
had heard the case, II had heard Mr..
Quinlen aud II had heard the assessors.
The case was decided by the board and
that decision was final There was no
going back on it.
/ VIM Donald thought It queer business.
| He cared nothing for the law, he wanted
justice done Mr.. Quinlen.
/ City Attorney ] w. Gordon said the
claims OF Mr.. Quinien that he was unjust
IL and illegally taxed we're untrue. Mr.
IQuinlen or his attorney have not claimed
the property was taxed more than its true
value
Err Davis questioned Mr.. Wishart If
be believed Mr.. Quinlen bad any right Of
action against the city. Mr.. Wishart de-
elined to state.
George Mann, while not upholding the
assessors, believed the board Of civil au
| thoTity had done It's duty,
James Mcdonald Thought il the city
was going to rebate Mr. Quinlen's taxes
he was entitled to little rebate himself
The property holders on Main street get
ali the improvements, while the taxpayers
on the other streets are paying for them.
1t was voted not to repay Mr.. Qulnlen
any portion Of his taxes.
Art 3. To see what action, If any, the
city viii take In furthering the project Of
an exhibit Of Barre granite at the st.
Louis Exposition, TO be held in 1904, next
came up for consideration and VIM. Dom
aid moved II be laid on the table. The
motion was lost.
u w. Gordon moved TO dismiss the aTti-
Gle, saying the city could not vote a cent
to help the granite exhibit, but he believ-
ed In the project Of an exhibit and he was
on paper to incorporate company with
| $4,000 capital stock to provide for such
an exhibit The shares would be S25
each and he hoped every citizen in Barre
would subscribe IN 1893 the exhibit at
/ the Chicago Worlds fair was provided ID
this way, The specimens exhibited were
sold and stockholders were returned a
large share Of their subscriptions.
II was proposed to send only monu-
ments and designs to st. Louis that were
, readily saleable and when the exhibition
was over to close them out aud opportion
the returns among the stockholders ac-
cordIng TO their subscriptions With this
statement the article was dismissed.
Under article 4, Mrs Carrie L, Tilden
OF Shirley, Mass. asked for a rebate Of
her taxes on the Tiiden property on North
Main street, where the buildings were
burned in May, soon after they had been
assessed On the statement Of the city
attorney that be could not see any way
the city council could help her the matter
: was dropped without action Of the meet
ing.
DR.. @. r. Camp asked permission to adj
! dress the meeting. He stated last May a
panper came to him for treatment. He
found her case such he sent her TO the
Mary Fletcher hospital At the hospital
they would not take her until expenses
! we're guaranteed, which would be 81 a day.
l He saw the oyerseer of the poor, who ex-
: pressed himself as willing to pay 81 day
The woman returned after six weeks and
the bin followed which the overseer now
D refused to pay. The hospital has waited
aud now called on him for Its pay he