The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-12
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dealing with this bunch that We
must see ali we can that We cam
not set Justice without fighting for
The argument bY which the faH-
road attorneys had hoped 60 hy pno-
tlte the equalization board was that
property held by the company for
rallraai purposes vas net worth AZ
much aH other property iu the same
locality
Mr. Gilman said that the bid tract
of land owned by the Great North
ern. Tor the uas q ita terminal
ground. was mot worth aa much as
property around Il owned ~ pft-
vats individuals because II could not
b. improved by the erection 90 rent
able buildings Or h. HaIH
The company is simply obliged a.
hole &c there faH future uHe for
railroad purposes. 10 tu - uo value
whatever - the company iu the
meantime was NJ gHmana ~
cuHs for opposing the raises made b.
the board
WHY don't yoH HsI if then re-
piled Mullen. and the emily answer
that Gilman could make was that
the company could nHt
Another ching that made aIimsa.s
argument iH#k sIesiF waa ufuf
incident that toak place while the
discussion Va stalking place. t4aak
BLACK president q the Seattle
Hardware 6amIaHF. whi.H owns two
lots en- The corner q Fret avenue
south ana King street erraHHf#
property owned ty the Crest North
ern. sent word ta the board that he
ga not object % the araraamsut Of
tlo.aa9 placed uNaInaf them The
beard iaiHud the srarsauF's FIGURE
$4,000 90 make this auaant
The thinF thar doesn't Iaok FOOD
% me. said Mullen. 80 that citizens
Ike Prank Hlack afr making no
complaints against thr raising sc
are aaiuE en- rueh property. while
the Great Northern railroad ta kIek-
inH az Increases ue have made
against its property not half 80
large
The attorneys roteaied that the
board was making iarrer assess
inentH against Railroad property Ia
this county than In others ia this
state where the people I'D not thluk
q railroad bad a sriFht 20 exist
They reminded the board that the
company was belnK anaeaaeH about
the same shiEh" rate per mile for
IT, FiEht-of-vay IN Cascade county.
where land Is 81 little value. that IL
u In Seattle Mullen told them that
II their lands we're better able %
make money iu the Cascade maau.
taina Ia Everett. or snahomiah
that they had better locate their
railroad terminals there
In order e. consistently adhere 20
the distinction they tried % make
between commercial" property and
railroad property the latter being
- little nee. they claimed. because
u vas not and could not he put In
use the attorneys aaId they had no
objections r. the boards assessing
the lnroualdsrahle amount % land
scattered over the city which could
b. used Tor railroad purpuaeso the
same amount aH other property not
owned by The company.
Their protests we're reutnrcd On
the assessments made on the com
pauY'H tir terminal grounds on the
tide flats south of King street. and
the fumpBHNH property az Smith
Cove A few compromises were
made on these lands. but the board
almost invariably stood BY the
raises II made over tho assessors
fEurea The latter we're Is per cent
larger than last year according -
tho attorneys.
The board raised the asaessmcufa
on the c0mp.ny's 35 lots In block
3.5. Seattle Tide Lands from tic
600 each 10 ttt500. Tho Same mum
tor Of lots In block PISS opposite
were raised from 5000 10 g. GOO
The total increase IN these two
blocks alone therefore. amounted
o. So. 900 In block 2sa. N lots
were raised 81 200 each. n total IN
crease In the blocks assessment ~
81 21a Twelve lots On block 2sf
were raised from 81 200 Ia g. GOO
Tho streets which have been yacat-
81 By rho city lying between the
blocks. and many other iata were
raised In block 200 ~ Marylaudsa
plat the board made a reduction ~
81 600 ln the three lots owned hy
the company.
The board refused 90 reduce the
go 600 assessment placed uFalnat
tho compauY'H docks and ware
houses nt Smith Cove Mullen said
that the buildings were today worth
500 600 10 $3.50 .000. although GIL
man maintained that he could re-
build them for $4,000 Council
man Burnett took the trouble %
look mp the records and found that
the buildings had been assessed at
go dd0 ever since they were built.
six years ego.
The attorneys also wanted tho
toard to assess all the terminal